Infrastructure challenges across Gauteng are expected to be handled with a nearly R40 billion budget, but is it enough? Infrastructure challenges across Gauteng are expected to be handled with a nearly R40 billion budget, but is it enough?
This is according to Finance MMC Jacob Mamabolo, who delivered the province’s budget speech on Tuesday.
“These resources will be used to continue with the implementation of projects that commenced with construction in the previous financial years and projects that have met the minimum planning requirements for funding,” explained Mamabolo during his budget speech. A widespread water outage affected most areas in the city last year in July. From Soweto to Fairland, residents were told by the provincial government toas the shutdown would last a week as important maintenance was performed on several key water infrastructure locations around the city.
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