The Gauteng province
– which has a more
than R1.6-trillion
infrastructure deficit –
cannot develop sustainable
infrastructure and grow
economically without synergies
with its African neighbours.
“As much as our efforts seek
to position
Gauteng as
a globally
competitive
city region,
this does
not imply
that our province and our
country deem themselves a
competitor to our African
counterparts. Instead, we view
our position as being one of
the rock-beds and launching
pads on which Africa’s
growth and development
can be taken to even higher
levels of production,” said the
Gauteng head of department:
infrastructure development,
Bethuel Netshiswinzhe, speaking
at the Infrastructure Africa
conference held at the Sandton
Convention Centre earlier this
month.
Gauteng premier David
Makhura said recently that
Gauteng would need more
than R1.6 trillion over the next
15 years to
respond to
social and
economic
infrastructure
requirements.
He
pointed out that the provincial
government had been mobilising
support for the private sector
to invest in its five economic
corridors – Central Development
Corridor (Johannesburg),
Eastern Development Corridor
(Ekurhuleni), Northern
Development Corridor
(Tshwane), Western Corridor
(West Rand), and Southern
Corridor (Sedibeng).
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R1.6m Needed over 15 years
