Infrastructure South Africa (ISA) will host the Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium South Africa 2025 next week to showcase infrastructure investment opportunities in South Africa and Africa.
SIDSSA, held from 25 to 27 May in Century City, Cape Town, is aimed at bringing together key stakeholders, experts, and decision-makers in the field of infrastructure development.
President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to address the symposium which will be anchored by the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Dean Macpherson. Various other Ministers and Deputy Ministers will lead numerous panel discussions and technical discussions throughout the event.
“This instalment of the SIDSSA is the first of the 7th administration and will aim to, inter alia, showcase infrastructure investment opportunities in both South Africa and the African continent.
“It is the intention of the symposium to foster regional cooperation and integration as envisaged by the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa.
“To this end, the symposium has attracted nine Infrastructure Ministers thus far from Uganda, Ghana, Kingdom of Swaziland, Kingdom of Lesotho, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Namibia, Zambia and the Republic Equatorial Guinea and a few others pending confirmation,” said Infrastructure SA.
This year the symposium will feature the following milestones:
- Announcement of new Top 12 Infrastructure Project Priorities stemming from the Bid Window 1 for Project Preparation.
- The second edition of the Construction Book, a repository of funded infrastructure projects going into procurement in the 2025/2026.
- A Leaders Forum, a gathering of South African Ministers, Deputy Ministers, Premiers and Infrastructure MEC’s with invited Ministers from the continent.
- Signing of memoranda of understanding with important partners and stakeholders committing resources to advancing infrastructure delivery.
The symposium will also provide an update on the gazetted Strategic Integrated Projects; an update on the projects already receiving project preparation support and infrastructure fund project pipeline.
Ahead of the symposium, delegates will conduct a site visit at the Potsdam Water Treatment Plant.
For more information and the programme go to SIDSSA - Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium SA. – SAnews.gov.za
