The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) Gauteng Provincial Delegation has called for urgent corrective action and strengthened accountability in the delivery of public infrastructure in the province, following oversight visits to seven projects as part of the 2026 Provincial Week report-back programme.
The delegation concluded its four-day visit in Gauteng and this morning presented its draft report following engagements with the Gauteng provincial leadership, including the Premier of Gauteng, Mr Panyaza Lesufi, the Speaker of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature, Ms Morakane Mosupyoe, Members of the Executive Council and senior government officials.
The 2026 Provincial Week programme focused on assessing progress on commitments and recommendations arising from previous oversight visits conducted in 2024 and 2025, with particular attention to whether interventions have resulted in tangible improvements for communities.
Premier Lesufi welcomed the delegation and called for urgent matters emerging from the oversight process to be addressed without waiting for the final NCOP report to be formally referred to the province after adoption by Parliament.
The Premier indicated that where matters requiring immediate intervention had been identified, the provincial government should begin addressing them while the formal parliamentary process was being concluded. The delegation welcomed this approach, emphasising that oversight must result in corrective action and should not be limited to reporting on challenges that have already been identified during previous engagements.
The delegation visited Rustervaal Secondary School, Simunye Secondary School, Barcelona Primary School, Semphato Junior Secondary School, Khutsong Clinic, the Women’s Heritage Monument and the R82 road project.
The overall assessment found progress on some projects, while significant challenges remain on others. The delegation’s findings highlighted the need for stronger project monitoring, improved coordination between government institutions and more effective consequence management where contractors, professional service providers or officials fail to fulfil their responsibilities.
The delegation called for an independent audit of the R82 project and recommended that the problematic projects be subjected to continued oversight, including through monitoring by NCOP’s verification team. It further recommended that the relevant NCOP Select Committees be engaged to provide intensified scrutiny of the identified underperforming projects.
Given the challenges identified, the delegation also recommended that the National Treasury and Auditor-General of South Africa be invited to future provincial oversight engagements to strengthen scrutiny of financial management, procurement and project implementation.
The delegation welcomed the provincial government’s commitments to address the matters raised and emphasised that these commitments must translate into measurable improvements on the ground.
The Speaker of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature, Ms Morakane Mosupyoe, welcomed the delegation’s oversight work and reaffirmed the legislature’s responsibility to continue monitoring the implementation of commitments through its portfolio committees. “We will continue working with the portfolio committees to monitor the work that has been committed to and to hold the executive accountable. We will continue looking at the work that has been committed to and ensure that these problems are resolved in time, in the interest of the people of Gauteng, because they do need these services.”
The Speaker also encouraged the NCOP to continue raising matters affecting Gauteng that require national intervention and to ensure that these challenges remain on the national agenda.
Presenting the delegation’s report, Mr Mpho Modise, NCOP Gauteng provincial delegation member, said the delegation had identified both progress and serious shortcomings during its engagements and would continue to monitor the implementation of commitments arising from the Provincial Week programme.
“The conclusion of our site visits does not mean the conclusion of our oversight. The commitments made to the delegation must now translate into measurable progress on the ground. Where we found progress, we acknowledge it; where we found delays, weak coordination or failures in accountability, we will continue to demand corrective action.”
Mr Modise said the delegation welcomed the willingness of the provincial leadership to engage with its findings and stressed that communities should ultimately experience the benefit of the interventions being made.
“Oversight is meaningful when it results in action. The people of Gauteng need functioning schools, clinics, roads and public facilities, and they should not have to wait indefinitely for projects that government has already committed to deliver. We will continue using the parliamentary oversight mechanisms available to us to monitor these commitments and hold responsible institutions to account,” Mr Modise added.
The NCOP Gauteng Provincial Delegation will continue to monitor implementation of the commitments arising from the 2026 Provincial Week programme and will use the relevant parliamentary mechanisms to follow up on outstanding matters.
The 2026 NCOP Provincial Week was conducted under the themes “Confronting the Challenges Facing the Timely Delivery of Viable Public Infrastructure to Communities” and “Building Viable Municipalities for Enhanced Delivery of Basic Services”.
Distribué par APO Group au nom de la République d'Afrique du Sud : Le Parlement.
