State-owned enterprises drive new infrastructure funding

The country's public enterprises are gearing up to get South Africa better connected

South Africa's state-owned companies are playing a core role in the new growth plan. The Department of Public Enterprises, which supervises these companies, is working hard to create an efficient, competitive and responsive economic infrastructure network in line with its service delivery agreement signed in October 2010.

As it focuses on achieving the outputs contained in the agreement, there will be a huge emphasis on infrastructure development and in securing public private partnerships in order to successfully implement this development.