Challenges faced by engineering departments in metro and local municipalities

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT : It is our objective and duty to ensure effective service delivery to all. To enable City Engineers to execute their duties, cooperation between all levels of governance is critical and a clear understanding of the challenges. On behalf of our members and as the standing president of IMESA, I would like to respond to a comment made by National Treasury Director-General Dondo Mogajane (interview on Morning Live, SABC2, 12 November 2021) that engineers need to explain why services cost so much and keep escalating. He was referring to funds allocated to municipalities in the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement delivered to Parliament by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana