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Engineering a solution to slow infrastructure rollout

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Infrastructure remains the centrepiece of the Reconstruction and Recovery plan, which promises to enable a significant expansion in the delivery of public infrastructure, creating jobs, unlocking investment and boosting aggregate demand. But research firm Intellidex points out that there remain serious chicken/egg problems around required PFMA/MFMA/PPP regulatory changes to meaningfully unlock infrastructure rollout. Ahead of the State of the Nation address Michael Avery hosts Sugen Pillay, President of the Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA); Tracey Myers, President of the South African Institute of Valuers (SAIV); and Vishaal Lutchman, CEO of the South African Institution of Civil engineers (SAICE); for a roundtable on what they would like the President to focus on to unblock the constipated infrastructure pipeline.
10 Feb 2021 1AM English South Africa Business · Business News

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