The Select Committee on Public Infrastructure and Minister in the Presidency will over the next two days visit key state-owned entities that are central in driving infrastructure-led economic reconstruction and recovery. The visit forms part of Parliament’s Oversight Priority Plan, which has identified investment in infrastructure as a key driver in economic recovery of the country.
“Our visit, which coincides with Transport Month, will assess how state-owned entities are implementing infrastructure initiatives to revitalise the economy as a tool to tackle the scourge of unemployment and poverty. The committee is acutely aware that investment in infrastructure should not be an issue of debate only but should be aggressively implemented, hence the need to assess implementation of this key strategic intervention,” said Mr Rikus Badenhorst, the Chairperson of the committee.
As part of the visit, the committee will interact with key entities, including.
- Airports Company South Africa, with a focus on implementing airport improvement plans across the country
- South African Airways, where engagements will centre around performance.
The committee will also interact:
- Air traffic and navigation services to assess the reliability of communication, navigation and surveillance systems at airports
- Gibela Train Manufacturing Facility to receive a briefing on facility output and localisation
- Briefing on the Salvokop government precinct development programme.
Details of the visit:
Date: Tuesday, 21 October 2025
Time: 09:00
Venue: OR Tambo International Airport
Africa Fact: Africans pioneered basic arithmetic 25,000 years ago. The Ishango bone is a tool handle with notches carved into it found in the Ishango region of Zaïre (now called Congo) near Lake Edward. The bone tool was originally thought to have been over 8,000 years old, but a more sensitive recent dating has given dates of 25,000 years old. On the tool are 3 rows of notches. Row 1 shows three notches carved next to six, four carved next to eight, ten carved next to two fives and finally a seven. The 3 and 6, 4 and 8, and 10 and 5, represent the process of doubling. Row 2 shows eleven notches carved next to twenty-one notches, and nineteen notches carved next to nine notches. This represents 10 + 1, 20 + 1, 20 – 1 and 10 – 1. Finally, Row 3 shows eleven notches, thirteen notches, seventeen notches and nineteen notches. 11, 13, 17 and 19 are the prime numbers between 10 and 20.
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