Abstract
The main purpose of this paper is to document some challenges faced by Independent Development Trust (IDT) in infrastructure delivery of the provincial government of KwaZulu-Natal. Infrastructure delivery has a significant effect on the local budgets or budgets of projects in the province. The main focus of the study was the root causes of delays, budgetary overruns and the resultant effect on service delivery back-logs and socio-economic impact caused by such delays. The study setting comprised of professional stakeholders in the built environment and these include specialists and professionals in the engineering, construction management, civil and general building fields. The objectives of this study were achieved by means of a self-administered questionnaire that was distributed to a group of participants, composed of project managers, quantity surveyors, engineers, architects and project managers working with IDT. The nature of the research was quantitative and data analysis used descriptive and a bit of inferential statistics to arrive at some generalizations and conclusions. The study was able to affirm that there are major inefficiencies in the current infrastructure delivery model of the South African government. Major causes identified include factors such as delays in payments, poor planning, subsiding levels of professional ethics and standards exercised by professionals in the built environment, and so forth. The study also made some recommendations from the research findings. Clearly the infrastructure delivery model requires a new trajectory in tackling the under-development and triple challenges of poverty, unemployment and slow economic growth.
Highlights
The roots of government(s) failures or success lie(s) in the economic policies and decisions around appropriate economic mix, on how best is the government able to yield optimal output
The main purpose of this paper is to document some challenges faced by Independent Development Trust (IDT) in infrastructure delivery of the provincial government of KwaZulu-Natal
The objectives of this study were achieved by means of a self-administered questionnaire that was distributed to a group of participants, composed of project managers, quantity surveyors, engineers, architects and project managers working with IDT
Summary
The roots of government(s) failures or success lie(s) in the economic policies and decisions around appropriate economic mix, on how best is the government able to yield optimal output. Despite the measures adopted and sustainable development goals, failure to finish most projects on time, budgetary overruns and poor quality of workmanship have created negative perception, as well as the reputation of IDT in managing projects in the provincial government of KwaZulu-Natal. This negatively affects budgetary allocations given to IDT in each financial period. IDT has been confined to spending a lot of resources combating unnecessary operational issues and managing risks that ought to have been avoided by proper planning It is against this background that the paper seeks to investigate factors that affect the delivery of infrastructure in the province of KZN as part of strengthening the economic growth. Infrastructure delivery must be properly managed, as it affects the local budgets or budgets of projects in the province
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