Government programmes, projects and campaigns
Programme of Action
Government's Programme of Action reflects its strategic plan for the 2014-2019 electoral term, the Medium Term Strategic Framework (MTSF).
The MTSF is the first five-year implementation phase of the National Development Plan (NDP).
It is structured around 14 priority outcomes which cover the focus areas identified in the NDP and Government’s electoral mandate: education, health, safety and security, economic growth and employment, skills development, infrastructure, rural development, human settlements, local government, environment, international relations, public sector, social protection, nation-building and social cohesion.
Operation Phakisa was designed to fast-track the implementation of solutions on critical development issues. This is a unique initiative to address issues highlighted in the NDP such as unemployment and poverty.
Outcome 1: Education
Outcome 2: Health
Outcome 3: Safety and security
- Implementation of anti-crime initiatives - the crime situation in South Africa lead to the implementation of anti-crime initiatives in 2007.
- Domestic violence - The rigorous steps the justice, crime prevention and security (JCPS) cluster is taking to root out genderbased violence is the adoption of zero-tolerance towards rape, violation of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people and other forms of violence towards women and children.
Outcome 4: Economic growth and employment
- The New Growth Path - aimed at enhancing growth, employment creation and equity.
- the dti provides financial support to qualifying companies in various sectors of the economy. Financial support is offered for various economic activities, including manufacturing, business competitiveness, export development and market access, as well as foreign direct investment.
- Women Economic Empowerment Financial Assistance - financial incentives from the Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) that helps women in various areas of business development.
- Finance for small businesses
- RSA Retail Savings Bonds - government developed these bonds to encourage the public to start saving.
- Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) - provides poverty and income relief through temporary work for the unemployed. EPWP includes the Home-Based Community Care and Food for Waste Programmes.
- Youth Economic Partcipation - coordinate the efforts of State Owned Companies (SOC) under the Department of Public Enterprises towards maximising their inputs towards youth economic empowerment.
- Community Work Programme - aims to create one million work opportunities by the 2018/19 financial year, covering all local municipalities.
- Local Economic Development (LED) is an approach towards economic development which allows and encourages local people to work together to achieve sustainable economic growth and development thereby bringing economic benefits and improved quality of life for all residents in a local municipal area.
- Youth Build is a community based National Youth Service programme that offers volunteers a comprehensive programme that integrates academic achievement, work experience, social action, leadership development, and personal transformation in a single project.
Outcome 5: Skills
The Department of Higher Education and Training reports that significant changes have happened in the skills development landscape between 2011 and 2013, including:
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- The establishment of the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations
- The rationalisation of the Sector Educating and Training Authority (SETA) framework and the strengthening of the SETA administration controls
- The establishment of a consolidated national qualifications framework
- The shift of the National Skills Development Strategy (NSDS) from being a targets-driven strategy to an outcomes-driven strategy
- Moving towards a Green Economy.
Outcome 6: Infrastructure
Outcome 7: Rural development
Outcome 8: Human settlements
Outcome 9: Local government
- Back-to-Basics is a programme devised to build and strengthen the capability and accountability of municipalities.
Outcome 10: Environment
- Working for Water - eradicates invasive alien vegetation to conserve water and the environment.
- Working on Fire - job-creation programme focusing on implementing Integrated Fire Management
- Working for the Coast - deals with some of the challenges in line with the Integrated Coastal Management Act
- Working for Wetlands uses wetland rehabilitation as a vehicle for job creation, skills development, and the wise use of wetlands.
- Oceans economy (Operation Phakisa) - to unlock the potential of our country’s vast coastline.
- Youth Jobs in Waste - focuses on landfill operation and management, planning administration relating to waste collection and planning and undertaking waste awareness campaigns
- LandCare - communities and individuals are urged to manage South Africa’s environment and natural resources using an ecologically sustainable approach.
- National water security - the prolonged lower-than-normal rainfall since the beginning of 2015 has necessitated plans to mitigates the effects of the drought.
Outcome 11: International relations
South Africa has relations within southern Africa, on the continent of Africa and in the world.
Outcome 12: Public service
- Batho Pele - the Batho Pele principles were developed to guide government employees in their work with the public.
- Disaster management - The National Disaster Management Centre ensures integrated institutional capacity for disaster risk management.
- Centre for Public Service Innovation nurtures innovation in the public sector.
- Access to information - The Promotion of Access to Information Act 2000 (PAIA) guarantees the public access to information that is not classified secret.
Outcome 13: Social protection
Outcome 14: Nation-building and social cohesion
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