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Annual Report 2022-2023

Valu e

Description - Behaviour and/or action demonstrating the value commitment

• We deploy our scarce resources optimally and using technology we can provide an ever increasing range of infrastructure and property management solutions; • This requires us to be problem solvers and to find innovative solutions to problems; • Through continuous improvement, we strive for operational excellence across the infrastructure value chain; and • Agile and easily adaptable team. • To be open to new ideas and develop creative solutions to problems in a resourceful way; • Introduction of new technologies or upgrades that are designed to achieve both product differentiation and low costs; • Employees are fountains of new ideas fuelling better processes that pools a diverse set of perspectives and experience by assembling cross-functional teams to collaborate on projects, and • Employees use their imaginations to drive innovation. • Ensuring that we are consistent in our values, principles, actions, and measures and thus generate trustworthiness amongst ourselves and with our stakeholders; and • Being honest in the best interests of the Department, the taxpayers, and the public we serve, taking proactive steps to improve governance and prevent and act against corruption and maladministration.

Solutions-oriented

Innovative

Ethical conduct and integrity

7. LEGISLATIVE AND OTHER MANDATES

The DID derives its mandate from various pieces of legislation. Some of the legislation is specific to the infrastructure delivery industry, while other pieces of legislation are directly impacting on the construction industry.

In summary, the purpose of the DID is to develop and maintain a socio-economic infrastructure that allows all the province’s people to have access to social services.

These include: • Ensuring the implementation of all infrastructure programmes and projects reflected in the short-, medium- and long-term plans of the GPG. • Managing the construction of GPG Capex projects such as schools, hospitals, clinics, and recreation centres. • Managing the provision of maintenance services for all GPG infrastructure. • Managing the provincial property portfolio. • Ensuring participation and involvement of communities through the implementation of the EPWP within GPG Capex projects and other departmental projects. • Utilising the construction sector as a catalyst for the development of skills, the creation of jobs and the development of sustainable communities.

The specific pieces of legislation that make up this mandate are briefly described below.

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