Minister Macpherson will also reduce dept's leasing portfolio.
Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Dean Macpherson aims to turn South Africa into a construction site to create infrastructure-led economic growth that will ignite job creation.
He has also declared war on the "construction mafia".
Delivering his budget vote policy speech in parliament on Tuesday, Macpherson committed himself and his department to:
▶ Delivering a comprehensive asset register for the government and the owners of these assets, with the value of properties under the custodianship of the department totalling R154 billion at 31 March, 2024;
► Reducing the department's leasing portfolio;
►Declaring war on pit toilets in schools;
▶ Engaging affected ministers of offending departments to ensure they pay the R12.6 billion as at 31 March, 2024 that is rightfully due to the department; and
► Continuing to implement measures such as lifestyle audits to detect, prevent and prosecute corruption.
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