DepartmentHuman Settlements Key Goals 1. Authorise the Housing Development Agency to implement informal settlements upgrading programmes on behalf of provinces: Progress2. Appoint new board members at various housing entities: Achieved3. Initiative between the department, the treasury and Northern Cape and Eastern Cape to expedite housing delivery: Progress4. Establish Operation Vulindlela to address the backlog of […]
DepartmentCooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Key Goals Analysis With 42 of South Africa’s municipalities having collapsed, and another 151 teetering on the brink, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma faces almost as severe a challenge as she did with the nation’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Dlamini-Zuma has spearheaded key interventions to try […]
DepartmentBasic Education Key Goals Analysis The 2022 academic year was the first in two years that went ahead without any Covid-19 disruptions. The department’s reports show it might take eight years to recover the learning time lost during the pandemic. In January, Motshekga laid down a recovery plan for the education system, including trimming down […]
DepartmentPolice Key Goals 1. Recruit and train 12 000 new officers over the medium term expenditure framework (up to the 2023-24 financial year): Achieved2. Strengthen crime intelligence to avoid a recurrence of the July 2021 unrest: Failed3. Address root causes of crime and violence: Partially achieved4. Fight gender-based violence and femicide: Partially achieved Analysis There […]
DepartmentInternational Relations and Cooperation Key Goals AnalysisNaledi Pandor has had the impossible task of not alienating Russian President Vladimir Putin, or more crucial allies, while he commits war crimes in the Ukraine and threatens nuclear calamity. When the war began, the department of international relations urged Russia to respect a sovereign neighbour and withdraw its […]
DepartmentDepartment of Social Development Key Goals 1. Improve grant system and prevent fraud: Progress 2. Strengthen prevention and response mechanisms to reduce gender-based violence and femicide: Progress 3. Basic income grant for tabling to cabinet: Progress 4. Address the shortage of social workers: Failed Analysis One of Lindiwe Zulu’s biggest headaches is the poor state […]
DepartmentFinance Key Goals Analysis Enoch Godongwana has emerged as one of the most trusted members of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s cabinet. Regarded as highly rational, Godongwana’s second year in the position has seen him continue his role as the finance minister with one of the tightest grips on the country’s purse strings. And, at least for […]
DepartmentForestry, Fisheries and Environment Key Goals 1. Improve overall audit outcomes: Not achieved 2. Implement recommendations of High Level Panel on Management, Breeding, Hunting, Trade and Handling of Elephant, Lion, Leopard and Rhino: Progress 3. Establish a Draft White Paper on Conservation and Sustainable Use of South Africa’s Biodiversity: Progress 4. Develop a game meat […]
DepartmentDepartment of small business development Key Goals 1. Cut red tape for small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) and co-operatives: Failed 2. Market development and market access for SMMEs: Failed 3. Up-scale support to incubators and digital hubs especially in townships and rural areas: Partially achieved 4. Enable access to finance through the funding policy: […]
DepartmentHealth Key Goals 1. Vaccinate 70% of the total adult population: Failed2. Develop anti-corruption systems: Failed 3. Create digital patient record system: Partially achieved4. Provide infrastructure support of R1.5 billion for the National Health Insurance (NHI): Partially achieved Analysis More than R2 billion was allocated to the health department for the procurement of Covid-19 vaccines in […]