The Free State Department of Public Works and Infrastructure is the department of the Free State Provincial Government mandated to coordinate, provide, promote building of infrastructure, and sound management of assets within the Free State Province of South Africa.
The mission of the Free State Department of Public Works and Infrastructure is the coordination, provision and promotion of infrastructure, and the sound management of assets.
The core functions of the Free State Department of Public Works and Infrastructure are the:
- Design, construction and maintenance of social and economic infrastructure
- Management of provincial government owned property
- Facilitation of rented property
- Provision of provincial government office accommodation
- Coordination, implementation and monitoring of the Expanded Public Works Programme
- Security for interdepartmental buildings
The key functional areas of the Free State Department of Public Works and Infrastructure include the:
- Construction, maintenance and upgrading of a sustainable social and economic infrastructure
- Development and sustaining of small and emerging contractors
- Empowerment of the targeted groups
- Demand for integrated accommodation for all provincial government departments
- Attainment of government’s broad socio-economic objectives (property incubator programme)
- Need for norms and standards for spatial allocation/utilisation of office space
- Need for increased revenue generation
- Administration of rental payments
Office Bearers/Management
MEC
- Ms Kathleen Dibolelo Mance (ANC)
Head of Department
- Ms Mosa Masimene
Chief of Staff
- Mr Phiwe Mathe (Acting: Office Manager)
CFO
- Ms Allison Adams
Deputy Directors General
- Ms LM Mokheseng (Head: Office of the MEC)
- Mr Siza Mtolo
Chief Directors
- Ms Lebohang Khumalo (Property Management)
- Ms GB Zake (Information Communication Technology)
Directors
- Ms Irene de Beer (Strategic Planning and Service Delivery Improvement)
- Mr Stan Diakos (Human Resource Management)
- Mr M Dlamanzi (EPWP Projects Implementation)
- Mr TG Khumalo (Works Design, Construction and Maintenance)
- Mr Arthur Mackay (Head: Project Management Unit; Head: PMU)
- Ms Seabe Magashule (Operational Property Management and Housekeeping)
- Mr PG Masiteng (EPWP)
- Ms M Masiza (Acting Deputy Director: ICT)
- Ms N Matselane (Acting: Security Services)
- Mr SP Menye (Research)
- Mr TT Mmile (Office of the HOD)
- Ms Refilwe Mocwaledi (Internal Audit)
- Mr Kgathatso Moletse (Legal Services)
- Ms Joyce Motsie (Monitoring and Evaluation)
- Ms Agnes Ntilane (Strategic Immovable Asset Management – Property Portfolio)
- Mr Molebatsi Phasumane (Acting: Supply Chain Management)
- Ms Phumla Phuti (EPWP Innovations and Empowerment)
- Mr Andre Pretorius (Acting: Finance)
- Ms Z Sibanyoni (Acting: EPWP)
- Mr G Tlhaole (Acting Deputy Director: ICT)
Communications Officers
- Mr Mlungisi Maqubela (Head: Communication)
- Mr Paul Matlanyane (Media Liaison Officer)
Secretary
- Ms Mpho Mokhoali (Personal Assistant: MEC)
Contact Details
The contact details of the Free State Department of Public Works and Infrastructure are listed in the table below.
| Physical Address: | Office 310, OR Tambo House, Cnr Markgraaf & St Andrew’s Streets, Bloemfontein, 9301 |
| Postal Address: | P.O. Box 960, Bloemfontein, 9301 |
| Telephone: | 051 492 3909 |
| Email: | hodoffice@fsworks.gov.za |
| Website: | www.publicworks.fs.gov.za |
