The optimal functioning of utilities in providing regional services and support to local authorities is an essential piece in South Africa’s delivery puzzle.
Facing capacity constraints and clear transformation requirements, local and district municipalities can improve their performance by improving their relationships with regional utilities. National government has a plan: while provision of services remains the social outcome, the real focus is on empowering South Africa’s secondary cities and District Municipalities to yield revenue from their assets. In a word, the new focus is on utilities. South Africa’s utility decision-makers have a very clear directive from national government: “make it work”. National government is taking significant action to unlock the bottlenecks and ensure the country’s utilities play their role in revenue generation and collection.IMIESA invited infrastructure and service provider professionals to provide insights into their contribution to utility development in Southern Africa, to coincide with this year’s Africa Utility Week.
With insights into improved portfolio management from CPC2’s Dr Johan Coetzee, water infrastructure technical solutions from Industrial Water Cooling’s Roger Rusch, Sizabantu’s Sean Harmse and Structa Technology’s Adelaide Ruiters, utilities management, operation and maintenance contracts from Sembcorp’s Marius van Aardt and asset management from Pragma’s Andre Jordaan, this edition’s Panel Discussion reveals a multitude of technical and operational solutions that offer compelling support to South Africa’s utility sector. Read more here.
