I work in the construction industry (Pr. Architect) and I can attest that the processes involved in building anything legally take a lot of time. It doesn't matter what political organization is in charge, as the bureaucratic checks and balances (the forest of red tape) are the same  for all. I recently worked with ANC Councillors on a project in eThekwini, and I learned that if you don't have buy-in from everyone who is in the slightest way affected by the project, the project stalls. Conversely, the small number of  "rogue" jobs (no municipal approval) i have done tended to move much quicker than the legal ones, because business-people (contractors) want business, and clients (people) want buildings to occupy. The powers that be need to consider that the pace and demands of peoples day to day lives does not fit neatly into the bureaucratic time frames of plans approvals. A new model for delivery has to be created. Run it like a business, but work from the ground up. No hand outs!