Good roads are the veins that will ensure that the heart of the Eastern Cape’s economic growth keeps beating. In his recent provincial budget speech the MEC for Finance, Phumulo Masualle, stated that the Eastern Cape had recovered well from a negative economic growth rate of 4,2% in the second quarter in 2009 to a positive 3% in the fourth quarter of 2011. He forecast further growth rates upward of 5% by 2016. The MEC for Roads and Public Works, Thandiswa Marawu, must therefore put steps in … [Read more...] about Consider this, Thandiswa Marawu
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Exorbitant Consultant Commissions Eating up Provincial Roads Budget
The awarding of exorbitant commissions when appointing contractors is eroding away vast amounts of our provincial roads budget. Sixty percent of the Provincial Roads budget of R1,668 billion has for this financial year been outsourced to the Coega Development Corporation (CDC) to establish road forums in certain municipalities. The milking of the system starts when Coega (who were appointed by the provincial government because of a concern by them of the use of too many consultants being … [Read more...] about Exorbitant Consultant Commissions Eating up Provincial Roads Budget
The Department of Roads and Public Works Has No Idea
In response to a parliamentary question by me to the MEC for Transport it was revealed that due to the transition of moving roads from the Department of Transport to the Department of Public Works "there was a non invoice tracking tool for contractors". For the response, click here. So in effect the province has no idea of what expenditure it paid to road contractors. This casual response is unacceptable and I will be following up with the Auditor-General to investigate this matter … [Read more...] about The Department of Roads and Public Works Has No Idea
