The ANC’s aggressive stance on teaching as an essential service bodes ill for three-year wage agreements reached in the public sector last year.
The first day of the Cabinet lekgotla has started in Pretoria, where ministers will discuss the upcoming year’s priorities.
The monopoly domination of the economy is an obstacle to the goals of economic transformation, growth and development, President Jacob Zuma has said.
The National Development Plan, rhinos, service delivery, soccer, Brics, Marikana and Mandela have been on President Jacob Zuma’s mind as 2012 ends.
If poverty and joblessness is not addressed with vigour, social stability could take a hit, new ANC deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday.
South Africa’s ruling party is moving to appease investors and business in the country, if its draft economic policy document is anything to go by.
The NDP will have an overriding effect on the strategies of the government, Performance, Monitoring and Evaluation Minister Collins Chabane has said.
The national plan entails spending a bit more than 10% of South Africa’s entire annual wealth and its gross domestic product.
Unless you are trying to bury an unpopular announcement, an intervening news event of terrible magnitude is every spin doctor’s worst nightmare.
South Africa is building its future and the National Development Plan’s target of poverty elimination requires effort by every South African.
The message from the national development plan, officially launched on Wednesday, is a simple one for such a complex, expansive document.
A revised version of the NDP has been handed to President Jacob Zuma, with changes to key issues like salaries, the economy and cadre deployment.
Minister in the Presidency Trevor Manuel says South Africans need to be more active in politics than they were during the anti-apartheid struggle.
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/ 13 January 2012
Employers must be recognised as the instigators and funders of this vital task, says Sean Archer.
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/ 9 December 2011
The links between higher education and innovation need more careful scrutiny if we are to achieve a shift to "use-inspired basic research".
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/ 2 December 2011
The National Development Plan renders people with disabilities, at least 6% of South Africans, invisible.
Minister in the Presidency Trevor Manuel says Fedusa is to draft proposals for the National Development Plan after hearing about issues of concern.
The national planning commission will not respond to the DA statement on the National Development Plan and their question of whether it will take off.
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/ 23 November 2011
The new national planning commission shows an emerging consensus, but could be hampered by the current government, says DA leader Helen Zille.
Trevor Manuel’s national development plan is clear on the problems but does it present workable solutions?
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/ 18 November 2011
Business, labour and government signed a green-economy accord, committing to the creation of 300 000 jobs by building a green industrial base in SA.
Trevor Manuel has unveiled the NPC’s national development plan. But how does it differ from the macroeconomic path unveiled by Ebrahim Patel in 2010?
National planning commission chair Trevor Manuel has detailed the new development plan with some innovative ideas — including YouTube videos.