Govt faced with shortages of project consultants

Responding to the committee of supply speech delivered by the Minister of Infrastructure Science and Technology (MIST), Nonofo Molefhi, the Shoshong MP, Phillip Makgalemele said there was lack of extensive consultation in the ministry because government infrastructure did not accommodate the latest architectural developments. “We need to increase the consultation services in this department, there is no extensive consultancy on projects that is why we see most projects failing,” he revealed.

Molefhi further said government was struggling to attract consultants and engineers because most of them preferred to join the private sector. “We do not have enough engineers and consultants because most of them have gone to the private sector and that is why we engage the private sector in our consultancy services,” he said.