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”The Public Works, Roads and Transport Department, which is responsible for procuring and monitoring construction work, did not have the internal capacity to oversee construction on projects, leading it to rely heavily on consultants,” she said.
Maluleke said the failures in delivering, maintaining and safeguarding infrastructure were due, in part, to lack of accountability, where the terms of construction contracts are not used to hold the contractor and professional service providers (consultants and implementing agents) accountable when they do not perform.
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