MEC Jacob Mamabolo tables 2024/2025 Infrastructure Development Annual Report showing signs of service delivery improvement
By Prudence Motsila
Gauteng MEC for Infrastructure Development and COGTA Jacob Mamabolo has tabled the 2024/2025 Annual Report for the Department of Infrastructure Development, highlighting progress made in improving service delivery. The report was presented at the Gauteng Provincial Legislature on the 2nd of September 2025, marking the end of the first year of the 7 administration, which the MEC said was a pivotal moment in the life of the Department. He said the report represents real progress in restoring capacity, institutional discipline, and delivery systems. 
Steps taken to strengthen institutional capacity and interventions to reposition the department as a central driver of service delivery and economic growth in the province were also outlined.
MEC Jacob Mamabolo pointed to the recently launched Project Readiness Matrix (PRM) as one of the critical service delivery interventions in the implementation of infrastructure development projects under his department. The PRM ecosystem includes a governance framework used for reducing completion risks and laying the groundwork for a capable, responsive, and resilient infrastructure institution. "Our turnaround is not an end itself, it is the means through which we deliver infrastructure that directly advances socio-economic transformation," MEC Mamabolo.
"We are mastering the fundamentals. We are embedding the Project Readiness Matrix (PRM). We are aligning strategically under one Executive Authority. And most importantly, we are using infrastructure to drive inclusive growth, create jobs, and improve the quality of life for the people of Gauteng," MEC Mamabolo.
The annual report presentation also highlighted the benefits of Premier Panyaza Lesufi's strategic realignment of DID, GIFA and CoGTA under one Executive Authority. "Our first year has been about mastering the fundamentals, building internal capacity, and embedding turnaround interventions that will define the path ahead. This alignment is not cosmetic, it is strategic. It harmonizes mandates, leverages institutional strengths, and positions infrastructure and urban development at the center of our socio-economic transformation agenda," said MEC Mamabolo.
The department also identified 13 pressing developmental challenges faced by the province , namely; Local Government Turnaround, Water Security, Energy Security, CBD Revitalization, Social Equity, Infrastructure Development, Asset Utilization, Investing in Alexandra 4.0, Waste Management, and Job creation. The MEC said strategic interventions have been identified to "ensure that infrastructure delivery is not isolated but integrated into the broader socio-economic development goals of our province."