# Public Works minister Dean Macpherson has unveiled a 7.6-billion-rand allocation for 2024/25 focused on fighting corruption, accelerating infrastructure delivery, and digitising operations. Key reforms include lifestyle audits, cracking down on the construction mafia, and asset optimisation. Macpherson says the department must end mismanagement and drive job creation. He emphasised that the Expanded Public Works Programme will continue its mandate to reduce poverty and unemployment:
Macpherson vows reforms and accountability amid R7.6-billion Public Works budget [SOUND]
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