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INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT: SOCIAL INTEGRATION FRAMEWORK OUT FOR COMMENT
- 02 June 2025
- Built Environment
- SA Legal Academy
Please note: On 10 July 2025 a notice was gazetted extending the commentary deadline. However, there appears to have been an error in setting a new date (4 July 2025, six days before the extension notification was published). SA Legal Academy will endeavour to clarify this as soon as possible.
The Department of Public Works & Infrastructure has called for input by 20 June 2025 on a draft integrated framework for social facilitation, the purpose of which is to broaden community participation in nearby infrastructure development projects.
According to the document’s accompanying Government Gazette notice, this is noting the extent to which public infrastructure projects continue to be hampered by vandalism, site disruptions and community resistance.
The move comes four years after Cabinet’s approval of a departmental concept document intended to address the ‘inconsistent and fragmented community engagement’ apparently understood to underlie infrastructure project delays and hindrance.
Once finalised for implementation, the framework is expected to:
- go some way towards introducing a standardised approach to social facilitation practices throughout the construction industry
- encourage ‘organic engagement, co-creation and co-ownership’, and
- promote ‘ongoing monitoring, reporting and data collection to ensure continuous learning and adaptation’.
Among other things, the document’s executive summary:
- notes the array of best-practice guidelines underpinning what is now envisaged, and
- draws attention to the importance of including organised labour and local small enterprises in the stakeholder engagement process.
Please click the link below for more information:
- draft framework
Published by SA Legal Academy Policy Watch
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