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A little change in attitude could stop the infrastructure rot

SAICE president Marianne Vanderschuren says if the state had kept its promise of private-public partnerships, South Africa’s crucial assets wouldn’t be in such disarray

27 November 2022 - 00:00 By Chris Barron

South Africa’s infrastructure outside the metros is close to collapse, either “unfit for purpose” or “at risk of failure”, says Marianne Vanderschuren, president of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE)...

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