Chairperson, what I will advise you hon Minister is to have the National Integrated Infrastructure Master Plan that will give you an authority to control all the infrastructure that is taking place cutting across all the departments.
Again, the maintenance Budget, as the custodian of all the immovable property, there is no way that the maintenance Budget is not within the Department of Public Works. So, all the maintenance Budget must be in your department, not lying around with health or your education, so that you are able to make it a point that the buildings of government are maintained.
On the issue of EPWP, there is third phase of public works, which is clear about changing the temporary part of EPWP to sustainable jobs if it can be implemented as such that can at least have impact on the jobs that are being created.
This department must take the lead in providing the guidance in transforming property sector using government portfolio guidance in transforming this sector. Then, the National Treasury must be lobbied to develop a framework for property acquisition as it relates to the leasing in of accommodation to advance the transformation agenda.
Establishment of single immovable assets register repository for uniform reporting and informed decision is critical. The confirmation of vesting in terms of Constitution is compulsory to deal with an asset however the delay on issuing this certificate from the Department of Rural Development is a crisis. How I wish you can lobby the Minister of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform to delegate this function to the Chief Directors at a provincial level, so that it can fast track the service delivery.
On CIDB, the whole system is unacceptable, especially the issue of downgrading of emerging contractors, because ...
IsiXhosa:
... ayisosizathu sabo ukuba bangafumani umsebenzi.
English:
You know this poor six emerging contractors being downgraded through this system of CIDB. The sooner the better you review CIDB rules that will assist a lot and its contradiction with the contractor development programme, the department on this side have contractor development programme on the other hand the CIDB rules degrade the same contractors that are being developed, so, the sooner the better. The ATM supports the Budget Vote. Thank you very much. [Time expired.]