Infrastructure finance expert commends incoming amendments to PPP framework

As government garners public comment on key proposed amendments to legislation governing public-private partnerships (PPPs), Infrastructure Finance Advisory Institute director Bongani Mankewu says the framework reform is the right course of action but needs to be free of “bureaucratic clumsiness”. Simplification and reforming the PPP framework to crowd in private investment into sectors such as water, transport, and human settlements is the correct path, he states, as public finance in this regard has proven to be cumbersome.