BETTER INFRASTRUCTURE IS ESSENTIAL FOR BETTER LIVES
Dear Fellow South African,
While many parts of the country continue to experience poor delivery of basic services, South Africa has a good core network of public infrastructure that is improving the lives of our citizens.
Our country consistently ranks highly on indices published by the African Development Bank that evaluate the status of transportation, electricity, ICT and water and sanitation infrastructure. South Africa ranks in the top five countries in Africa with the best public infrastructure.
This is important because infrastructure development plays a key role in ensuring fast economic growth and alleviating poverty.
However for this world-class infrastructure to continue to support our developmental goals, it has to be properly, effectively and efficiently maintained. And decisions on infrastructure investment have to respond to the growing need and upgraded appropriately.
Last week, I attended the launch of a new phase of…
