Public-Private Partnership Conference zones in on the Gautrain Project
Gautrain Management Agency
The Gautrain Management Agency (GMA) is tasked with overseeing the operations of the Gautrain.
The Gautrain Management Agency CEO, William Dachs, shared key insights and lessons about Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) at the Inaugural PPP for Defence and Security Conference which took place on 16 August 2023 in Tshwane.
This one-day event, under the theme “Uniting Public and Private Sectors for the Empowerment of South Africa’s Defence and Security Sectors”, brought together key stakeholders from government entities, the defence and security industry, private funding institutions and academic and research institutions to explore PPP opportunities and discuss strategies to strengthen South Africa’s defence and security capabilities. ?
Gautrain, an initiative of the Gauteng Provincial Government, is recognised as the first PPP of its scale in South Africa. Gautrain’s private partners are structured under the Bombela Concession Company.
Dachs highlighted that although the Gautrain was planned and implemented as a transport project, it is an economic development project focusing on reaching objectives of stimulating economic growth and job creation, promoting investment and new development.?