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Breaking Barriers & Building a Better Tomorrow

Wednesday, 7 September 2022

09:30

Welcome address 
Tracy-Lee Behr, Portfolio Director: Built Environmentdmg events

09:35

Keynote Address: Breaking Barriers & Building a Better Tomorrow

Speaker: Honourable Minister Tertius Simmers, Department of Human Settlements, Western Cape Government

09:55

Spotlight on Provincial Investment & Development 

  • Market trends and investment opportunities to watch out for in the Western Cape construction sector in 2022/23
  • Major business opportunities and initiatives for construction, infrastructure development, spatial transformation and inner-city refurbishment in the Western Cape

Speaker: Honourable Minister Tertius Simmers, Department of Human Settlements, Western Cape Government

10:10

Reducing Red Tape for the Ease of Doing Business in the Western Cape

  • Making it easier, cheaper, and faster to do business in the province through business process improvement (BPI) projects in a municipal setting.

Speaker: Michelle Ellis, Director: Red Tape Reduction Unit, Department of Economic Development and Tourism, Western Cape Government

10:45

Building the Western Cape together – Panel discussion

  • Public and private sector collaboration to unlock construction bottlenecks
  • Overcoming industry challenges to smoothly move projects from pre-construction to post-construction phases
  • Providing support for construction industry participants and building confidence in the industry

Moderator:
Luvuko Mqaqa, National President, The South African Institute of Building Design (SAIBD)

Panelists:

Michelle Ellis, Director: Red Tape Reduction Unit, Department of Economic Development and Tourism, Western Cape Government

Advocate Fikile Hlabangana, Legal Counsel, NHBRC

Bheki Twala, President, Township Economic Commission SA (TECSA)

Matthew Cullinan, Executive: Infrastructure Development at Atlantis (Greentech) Special Economic Zone

Cheryl Walters, Director: Development Management, City of Cape Town

11:20

Questions & Answers

11:45

Closing Remarks from Panelists

  • Where do we go from here to build the Western Cape of tomorrow?