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We welcome you all who are attending this pre-budget vote media briefing by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure, which we have been tasked to lead. It is an honour and responsibility that we do not take lightly.
Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Sihle Zikalala has tabled in Parliament an R8.7-billion budget for his department for the 2023/24 financial year, which will focus on reforms, decisive action, positive policy direction and confidence restoration in democratic institutions. Of the overall budget, R2.7-billion has been allocated for the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP), aimed at creating jobs, which is transferred to municipalities, provinces and the Independent Development Trust for the non-State sector.
Data capturing is one of the most cumbersome tasks for any retailer! And as such the retail industry is passing through a transitory phase; where things are evolving dynamically and customers are demanding the best.
If another failed bid window in the country’s renewable energy procurement programme is to be avoided, and the much-needed 4 GW of renewable energy capacity that needs to be added to the grid each year until 2030 is to eventuate, the employment of multiple solutions and improved energy mechanisms to optimise existing transmission infrastructure capacity is required, states the South African Wind Energy Association (SAWEA). The industry body says interim short-term solutions are necessary to allow Eskom more time to implement its Transmission Development Plan.
While commending the work done by the Eskom team, the Grid Allocation Rules need to be finalised to provide clarity to the market and ensure further delays in allocating grid capacity to renewable energy projects are reduced.