The Infrastructure Dialogues is a high-level platform for stakeholders in the infrastructure sector to discuss and share their views. The value of the Dialogues is enhanced when senior leaders and managers from government, the private sector and civil society continue the conversation once the event itself is over. Each Dialogue is recorded so that interested people who have not been able to attend in person are able to read a report of the proceedings and join in the conversation. This Compendium of the Infrastructure Dialogues 2016–2017 is a distillation of those conversations, presenting the key themes and identifying issues that preoccupy all who are constructively involved in improving South Africa’s infrastructure.

The desired outcome of this Compendium – as with the Dialogues themselves – is to contribute towards an improved climate for policy and decision-making, and strengthened cooperation within this critical sector.