CIDB & CBE Annual Performance Plans 2026/27; with Deputy Minister

Annual Performance Plan (APP) of Government Departments & Entities 2026/27 The Portfolio Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure received a briefing on the annual performance plans of the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) and the Council for the Built Environment (CBE). Both entities centred their presentations on their programmes. Deputy Minister Sihle Zikalala, in his introductory remarks, reported that the CIDB was performing consistently around 80% of its targets. It has been audited consistently by the Auditor-General of South Africa and currently holding an unqualified audited opinion. Findings of the past five years have indicated a need for the entity to focus on contractor performance monitoring, payment delays, intergovernmental alignment, and the entity has been central in dealing with matters that stemmed from the national construction summit, especially the 2024 Durban Declaration which dealt with stoppages of construction work in sites. Further, he stated there was a need to support the Council for the Built Environment in terms of staff complement because of work overload, so that it could function effectively. The Board of the entity was functioning well and would continue to have more Members because of its composition and professional bodies. The entity has been the top performer since 2019 to date in terms of compliance and audit. The challenges it was facing were mostly related to the Build Environment Professional Councils. Members commended the CIDB for receiving 100% compliance concerning payments to service providers within 30 days because that was having an amazing impact on the people; sought an explanation on what CIDB meant by “access to finance”, and asked if that meant contractors would no longer need to go to the bank. They asked how the entity was going to ensure extortion would be eradicated; they wanted to understand if CIDB had measurable interventions to reduce the cancellation of construction projects to ensure public sector infrastructure tenders were implemented to make sure a successful movement from advertising to successful awards. The Committee also asked how the CIDB, with the proposed independent Construction Ombud, was going to improve the speed and transparency against public sector clients who were failing to meet CIDB standards or ethical prescripts; and asked what the status was on the Infrastructure Development Bill and CBE Bill because the intention was to assist with the reforms. To the CBE, the Members sought clarity on the kinds of complaints the CBE was getting from the public and asked about the sort of “public” it was talking about, and if by “public” it was referring to the general public or a certain group. They wanted to know if it had initiated investigations regarding disciplinary reviews against registered practitioners involved and what regulations were being added to the 2026/27 plans to prevent the recurrence of collapsing buildings. They asked how the reduction of programmes from five to four was going to ensure that core statutory oversight duties would not be derailed, and which programmes would be discontinued. What concrete diversified revenue collection measures were planned for 2026/27?