GDID ANNUAL REPORT 2024/25

In respect of health infrastructure projects, the Department undertook maintenance at 64 health facilities and completed renovations and refurbishments at the Helen Joseph Hospital Nurses Residence on behalf of the Health Department. This work has contributed to the building of healthy and sustainable communities. During the year under review, the Department maintained 37 government buildings and facilities under the STARS sub-programme and completed five infrastructure projects in total. These projects include sectional completion of the Wedela Primary School Combi Court (sectional completion), the Westhoven Regional Office, the Dr Fabian and Florene Ribeiro Treatment Centre, the Benoni DRT Regional Office and the Tshwane Tolab. It is critical to indicate that the focus is not only on completed infrastructure projects, but we also continue to track and report on the backlog projects, i.e., projects that have not been completed as planned in the previous financial years. This is part of the accountability measures that the Department has adopted over the years. Our commitment to efficient delivery of quality public infrastructure has also seen the Department launch a groundbreaking solution during the 2024/25 financial year. Known as the Infrastructure Delivery Platform (iDEP), with an integrated project management dashboard located at Lutsinga Infrastructure House, it is a transformative toolset to modernise and streamline project management across the province. The iDEP will assist in the critical stages of the project management process to eliminate risks. Furthermore, the Department is getting the basics right to complete projects on time to avoid project delays. The system’s innovative approach combines governance, smart technologies, and proactive infrastructure management and positions itself as a game changer in the way public infrastructure projects are managed and delivered in the province. In addition, the system will enable better co-ordination with municipalities and Client Departments and help eliminate non compliance and poor project management, as well as the management of litigation matters emanating from projects. Infrastructure Delivery Platform (iDEP) Implementation

coupled with capacity-building mechanisms through training and development of our staff members as one of the methods to ensure competency and delivery of our mandate. To this effect, the Department has provided capacity building to 1 583 staff members to increase efficiency in their respective scopes of work. These trainings are also a method of keeping staff updated with new developments on policies and legislation for implementation in their respective fields of work within the Department. Public Infrastructure Delivery Entrusted with championing socio-economic infrastructure delivery, investment, and management in GPG, the Department has worked tirelessly to reduce infrastructure backlogs through the rationalisation of our project pipeline and the prioritisation of incomplete projects, especially those in distress, to ensure increased community access to critical infrastructure. As an agent of social infrastructure entrusted with delivering public infrastructure for Client Departments, we have increased our focus on spatial and socio-economic transformation. Despite the challenges, the Department managed to complete a total of 18 infrastructure projects in the 2024/25 financial year. As the custodian and manager of GPG immovable assets and the champion of socio economic infrastructure delivery in Gauteng, the Department has, during the period under review, recorded a number of achievements. In an effort to improve service delivery, the Department ensured the provision of quality public infrastructure with the completion of 12 construction projects for the Department of Education. The following schools were sectionally completed in the financial year: Semphato Secondary School (sectional completion) and Dr WK Du Plessis (sectional completion), with renovations and refurbishments completed at Kokosi Primary School, Lotus Garden Secondary School (practical completion), Tshirela Primary School, Lenasia Secondary School, Robin Hills Primary School, Athlone Girls High School and Goudwesskool Secondary School whereas upgrades and additions were completed at Laerskool Queenswood, Thuto-Pele Secondary School (sectional completion) and Mogobeng Primary School.

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