Infrastructure South Africa has indicated that it plans to offer quarterly status reports on the projects that are included in its so-called ‘Construction Book’, which is published yearly and lists public infrastructure projects across all three spheres of government that are considered “construction-ready”.
Speaking ahead of the release by President Cyril Ramaphosa of the third edition of the book, Infrastructure South Africa head Mameetse Masemola said the quarterly updates would provide an indication as to whether the projects were proceeding as intended.
She acknowledged that a collation of projects was insufficient and indicated that it, thus, intended to provide regular reviews in a bid to offer “line of sight” over government’s R1.1-trillion infrastructure commitment “from budget to delivery”.
The third edition, Masemola confirmed, would also include public-private partnerships for the first time, but would have municipal infrastructure, including water, sanitation, electrification and roads, as its key focus.
This was in line with the ‘Shaping the Future of Municipal Infrastructure’ theme of the 2026 edition of the Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium South Africa, where the new Construction Book was due to be unveiled.
