{"id":91194,"date":"2025-10-07T19:07:54","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T19:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/anc-aims-to-enhance-government-project-management-capacity"},"modified":"2025-10-08T14:38:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T14:38:21","slug":"anc-aims-to-enhance-government-project-management-capacity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/anc-aims-to-enhance-government-project-management-capacity","title":{"rendered":"ANC Aims to Enhance Government Project Management Capacity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Following concerns over the government&#8217;s heavy reliance on tenders, the African National Congress (ANC) has proposed measures to strengthen the state&#8217;s capacity to manage major projects.<\/p>\n<p>The tender system has often been associated with corruption in government, with procurement rules not being adhered to during the awarding of some contracts.<\/p>\n<p>During its three-day National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Boksburg, the ANC resolved that the state must improve its ability to execute large-scale projects.<\/p>\n<p>Party president Cyril Ramaphosa made these remarks while delivering the closing address at the meeting on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Government&#8217;s last update, issued last year, revealed that delays in infrastructure projects across the country have cost the state nearly R3 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Public Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson also disclosed that the department had been experiencing a 79% delay rate in projects.<\/p>\n<p>The ANC&#8217;s NEC has acknowledged that many of these delays stem from weak state capacity and poor project coordination.<\/p>\n<p>Ramaphosa said the party has come up with a solution to this problem.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The NEC resolved that the fourth intervention must be to improve the capacity of the state to manage major projects. 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