IDT order book jumps from R2bn to R6bn as Nsibande takes the CEO chair
Cabinet approved the appointment on 23 September and it took effect on 1 October, with the board pointing to a clean audit record at the CIDB.
Alford Sifiso Nsibande has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Independent Development Trust, with the appointment effective from 1 October 2026 after Cabinet approval on 23 September.
The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Dean Macpherson, welcomed the appointment. Nsibande had served as acting CEO of the IDT since 4 November 2025, and the process to appoint a permanent CEO began in February 2026 after the resignation of the previous suspended CEO, the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure said in a statement.
The department credits Nsibande, working with the IDT Board of Trustees, with improvements in the organisation’s financial and operational position during his time as acting CEO. It said the IDT’s confirmed order book grew from R2 billion to R6 billion in the 2025/26 financial year, and that cash on hand tripled from a position in which the organisation faced severe financial constraints. In the same period the IDT completed 279 social infrastructure facilities against a target of 244.
Zimbini Hill, chairperson of the IDT Board of Trustees, said the appointment followed a comprehensive and competitive recruitment and selection process. “Mr Nsibande’s leadership as Acting CEO has already resulted in tangible improvements in the organisation, and his successful track record at CIDB, particularly in delivering a clean audit, gives us every confidence that the IDT is on the path to achieving similar results,” Hill said.
The IDT is an entity of the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure and operates as a built environment project management agency, managing and delivering integrated public infrastructure programmes. The statements on the appointment, the order book, the cash position and the delivery figures come from the department and the board. This report is based on the government’s own summary of the appointment rather than the underlying Cabinet record or the entity’s audited statements, and the figures have not been independently verified.
Source: SAnews (South African Government News Agency), Public Works Minister welcomes appointment of IDT CEO, https://www.sanews.gov.za/south-africa/public-works-minister-welcomes-appointment-idt-ceo
