Water Wheel - Jul/Aug 2007

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SAMPLING (Second Edition) Water Research Commission TT 303/07 Keeping an eye on our rivers Let’s build together – Minister Public Works Minister Thoko Didiza has called for greater cooperation in the construction industry in an effort to drive infrastructure development in emerging economies. As government news agency BuaNews reports the Minister was speaking at the closing session of the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction in Cape Town earlier this year. She said that the construction industry has a pivotal role to play in infrastructure provision. “Construction creates the foundations of the global economy and the basis for human advancement. It also accounts for about 10% of the global economy, and provides much needed employment and dignity to millions of people around the world.” That is why infrastructure development continues to occupy a central position in government’s agenda to roll back the underdevelopment of decades of neglect, Didiza said.

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