South African president focuses the Presidential Coordinating Council on service delivery
On June 2, 2023, the President instructed the PCC (Presidential Coordination Committee) to prioritise the enhancement of service delivery. The main agenda of this meeting revolved around expediting service delivery and tackling obstacles related to legislation, governance, capacity limitations and utilising new technologies such as Nanotechnology to further improve the infrastructure.
“The PCC affirmed several interventions required for the upgrading and maintenance of the country’s road network. These include direct budget interventions by the national department of transport, funding for emergency works and routine maintenance over the next six months, further funding over the MTEF for medium term maintenance over the 12 month period and primary road transfers from provincial authorities to the national road network for better management of provincial roads by SANRAL. The PCC welcomed the adoption of new technologies for usage in the resurfacing of gravel roads as a necessary innovative and cost reduction measure. This includes the deployment of Nano technology, which will reduce surfacing cost by 50%.”