CESA RESPONDS TO SONA  – COLLABORATION IS KEY

09 February 2023 In response to the State of the Nation address, Chris Campbell, CEO of Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA), states, “We are pleased to see that our voice is being heard with the imminent finalization of the public procurement bill to address weaknesses identified by the state aimed at improving efficiency, value for money and transparency in our procurement system”.

Campbell said that CESA is pleased with the continued focus by government on professionalising of the public service, that will be staffed by skilled committed ethical people critical to an effective state and ending corruption and patronage as well as wastage while ensuring that qualified people are appointed to senior management positions and to move towards creating a single harmonized public service.

Campbell went on to state that, “While we agree that we need all hands on deck to deal with the macro infrastructure issues such as energy and water security, we need to simultaneously accelerate the pace of fixing our micro infrastructure delivery systems”.

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