Notable Quotes
Vowed to 'turn South Africa into a construction site' to stimulate economic growth (October 2024)
Identified 'fragmentation' as 'one of the biggest problems' where municipalities, building regulators, and Public Works 'each operate under a different set of regulations' with 'no synergy or common objective' (December 2025)
Called for centralizing 'all legislation and regulatory authority governing South Africa's built environment' under Department of Public Works (November 2025)
Said 'our legislative framework is outdated' as 'the National Building Regulations and Building Standards Act was last meaningfully amended in 1996' (2025)