Discussion | Building plans to construct SA

JOHANNESBURG - President Cyril Ramaphosa promised to turn the country into a construction site in his State of the Nation Address.

It's not the first time that promise has been made, but it was the first under a Government of National Unity.

The GNU says it has concrete plans to build the construction sector.

It's proposing reforming regulations around public-private partnerships to streamline the process.

But Government's build programme will have to take into account the Construction Mafia.

We discuss this with Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson.