Mission
To place within reasonable reach of every Mosotho and resident of Lesotho, the safest and most appropriate public infrastructure and services that enhances national economic growth.
Vision
To have a safe, efficient, effective and well developed build environment that promotes investment and reduces poverty.
Objective
- To create a conducive environment for public infrastructure development
- To ensure proper management and recovery of all government building property and assets
Background
The Ministry of Public Works was established for the purposes of facilitating the implementation of the Lesotho’s policies, in so far as the Government buildings and construction industries that can contribute towards the fulfilment of such policies, through the development and provision of appropriate infrastructure and services to develop:
- Human resources especially the provision of education, social services and health care to all people.
- Priority economic sectors including trade, industry, tourism, agriculture and mining.
In order to accomplish its Mandate, the Ministry has two departments being Administration and Building Design Services and one agency. Administration department is responsible for coordination of Ministry’s activities. It is composed of Administration, Finance, Legal, Procurement, Human Resources, Planning Unit, Examinations, Information and Internal Audit sections.
The mandate of the Department of Building Design Services with the section of Buildings Maintenance is to provide high quality housing, both office and residential for the government and proper maintenance of government building stock and furniture. Some of its main objectives are to establish and maintain an appropriate institutional and legal framework in order to effectively monitor and regulate building construction industry and to set standards and guidelines for building construction industry in order to ensure high quality services in the construction and maintenance of government building infrastructure.
AGENCIES
ROADS DIRECTORATE: Semi-autonomous entity responsible for Roads infrastructure.