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Cape Town - President Jacob Zuma's infrastructure commission, aimed at improving visibility and co-ordination around SA's R860bn public investment drive, was yet to have a meeting, said Energy Minister Dipuo Peters.
Last month Minister in the Presidency Collins Chabane said the establishment of that commission and another to be headed by Deputy President Kglamea Motlanthe, would be similar to the high-level bodies that were established to drive preparations for the 2010 Soccer World Cup.
However, during Thursday's briefing of the infrastructure cluster of ministries, Peters said: "The commission is informed by what the president implored on us to do: accelerate service delivery and it would be different to what the infrastructure cluster is doing."
Peters said the focus of Zuma's commission would be on service delivery at local government level with the aim to accelerate service delivery at the level at which people live.
She cited transport and electricity as two of the key outcomes of that commission and it would look at issues such as repairing road pot holes and how to connect residents to the electricity grid through the municipalities.
Part of that, said Peters, was to look at the infrastructure requirements and to the tool that would be used, the "asset management audit" that would audit what was needed.
"I don't want to pre-empt the outcome of the first meeting of the president because he would be chairing that meeting to identify the particular areas of focus," she said.
Peters said that 61 municipalities had been identified for quick intervention for the president's commission to look into.
Last month Minister in the Presidency Collins Chabane said the establishment of that commission and another to be headed by Deputy President Kglamea Motlanthe, would be similar to the high-level bodies that were established to drive preparations for the 2010 Soccer World Cup.
However, during Thursday's briefing of the infrastructure cluster of ministries, Peters said: "The commission is informed by what the president implored on us to do: accelerate service delivery and it would be different to what the infrastructure cluster is doing."
Peters said the focus of Zuma's commission would be on service delivery at local government level with the aim to accelerate service delivery at the level at which people live.
She cited transport and electricity as two of the key outcomes of that commission and it would look at issues such as repairing road pot holes and how to connect residents to the electricity grid through the municipalities.
Part of that, said Peters, was to look at the infrastructure requirements and to the tool that would be used, the "asset management audit" that would audit what was needed.
"I don't want to pre-empt the outcome of the first meeting of the president because he would be chairing that meeting to identify the particular areas of focus," she said.
Peters said that 61 municipalities had been identified for quick intervention for the president's commission to look into.
