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Delivering public infrastructure that transforms communities and drives sustainable development across South Africa
The Independent Development Trust partners with government to plan, implement and manage infrastructure programmes that create lasting impact
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The IDT is a Schedule 2 state-owned entity which manages the implementation and delivery of critically needed social infrastructure programmes on behalf of the government. The organisation reports to the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure who is the Shareholder representative. The IDT National Office is located in South Africa’s Capital City, Pretoria, and has nine (9) regional offices.
The social infrastructure and social development programmes we deliver include; public schools, clinics, community centres, government offices, and Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP). These are predominantly in rural communities in the nine provinces of South Africa.
[To be] a commercially driven public sector built environment project management enterprise.
The IDT is a built environment project management agency which manages and delivers integrated public infrastructure programmes.
The IDT’s approach to social infrastructure development entails all the necessary measures, facilities and networks required to prepare communities to receive, participate in, own and sustain their own development.
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The Independent Development Trust (IDT) confirms that the Collen Mashawana Foundation (CMF) has formally withdrawn from its participation in the …
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