Moving Beyond Dialogue to Deliverables

We have been actively participating in crucial industry events, reinforcing our commitment to shaping the future of infrastructure development. Recently, we attended the 2025 Built Environment Indaba, which centered around “Partnering with Government and Key Stakeholders to Deliver Infrastructure Projects Through Innovative Funding & Delivery Models.” This theme resonated deeply with CESA’s advocacy for sustainable infrastructure, partnership, and collaborative solutions.

Furthermore, our CEO, Chris Campbell, and Godfrey Ramalisa, Manager: Stakeholder Liaison, Branches & YPF, participated in the Public Works and Infrastructure Summit in Sandton. This summit brought together leaders to explore turning South Africa into a thriving construction hub, emphasising the vital role of infrastructure in economic growth and job creation.

Both events underscored the critical importance of collaboration between the public and private sectors to unlock opportunities and build a resilient, future-ready South Africa. The presence and encouragement of the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Dean Machpherson, and other government ministers at both the Indaba and the Summit were certainly welcome. However, we believe it’s time to move beyond encouraging words.

We now need to see concrete deliverables and clearly defined targets for the individuals and organisations tasked with implementing these solutions. The time for discussion is valuable, but the urgency of our infrastructure challenges demands decisive action and measurable progress.

Public Works and Infrastructure Summit

Our CEO Chris Campbell is pictured with (L-R) Dr. Ron Watermeyer – Director at Infrastructure Options; Engineering Council Of South Africa’s CEO Dr. Bridget Ssamula; and Dr Nana Mhlongo, Deputy Director General at the Department of Human Settlements.

CESA’s Godfrey Ramalisa is also pictured with the Council for the Built Environment‘s Thandeka Sonkophe.

2025 Built Environment Indaba

Our CEO Chris Campbell spoke at the 2025 Built Environment Indaba, sharing valuable insights from a consulting engineering perspective. He addressed various issues impacting the industry including procurement and skills development, as well as the importance of collaboration in the industry – critical conversations we need to have as we work towards sustainable, high-quality infrastructure delivery in South Africa.