ADVERTORIAL: GAUTRAIN MANAGEMENT AGENCY
Gautrain Management Agency demonstrates how it exerts the shared value principles The Gautrain Management Agency (GMA)s vision is to provide an integrated, innovative and efficient public transport system that promotes sustainable socio-economic growth in Gauteng. GMA’s functions have been expanded to encompass other related projects and assist other organs of state to realise the integration and co-ordination of public transport within the region – essentially contributing to smart mobility. The Agency is committed to good governance, constantly striving to improve its governance framework by aligning it with leading practice such as the application of the King Codes. In ensuring that the Gautrain operates in a sustainable manner, the GMA has a clear commitment to governance and is in support of the GPG’s economic and social imperatives. As a government entity, the GMA plays a pivotal role in society and has shown the modernisation in public service and transformation of governance through the Gautrain. Through the Socio-Economic Development (SED) Charter of the Gautrain Project, the GMA contributes positively to the Gauteng society and economy.
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Driving economic growth and creating jobs Since inception the Gautrain Project has been breaking new ground to ensure that specific socio-economic development objectives are met. Gautrain has delivered a spectrum of jobs during its construction and operational phases. The SED deliverables directly demonstrate the benefits of the Gautrain in terms of amongst others, skills transfer and shareholding by black persons and women, in particular procurement, subcontracting and employment equity elements. Other than driving economic growth and creating jobs, the GMA continues to work towards economic, spatial and social transformation through the
