Emphasis on implementation and clear commitments needed to spur infrastructure growth – CESA

12 March 2025 – Following the delivery of the 2025 Budget Speech by the Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana, Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) has highlighted the need for a concrete plan of action to translate the budget’s intentions into tangible infrastructure development and economic growth.

CESA CEO Chris Campbell stated: “The Minister’s speech has outlined key priorities, and now the focus must shift to implementation. While the budget includes encouraging proposals, including how ‘accelerating infrastructure investment is key to fostering faster inclusive growth’, the true test lies in how effectively these plans are executed to address our nation’s infrastructure deficit and stimulate economic activity.”

CESA acknowledges the government’s commitment of more than R1 trillion in spend over the next three years to infrastructure development; reconfiguring the budget facility for infrastructure to run multiple bid windows instead of just one annual window to mobilise significant private finance and improve allocative efficiency in fiscal support; and issuing its first infrastructure bond in 2025/26.

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