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/ 29 September 2023

Austerity, the NDP’s grim reaper

Ten years after its adoption, the government has failed to achieve the targets set out in the National Development Plan. Looming spending cuts will render the NDP even more futile

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By Sarah Smit

Editorial

/ 29 September 2023

Is Ramaphosa and Manuel’s feted economic plan delayed or dead?

With most of the NDP targets way off the mark, our fiscal path defers the NDP goals by another decade, if we are lucky, while an incapable state will spell its death

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Business

/ 28 September 2023

Cabinet yet to discuss damning National Development Plan findings

A 10-year review of the NDP lays bare the extent to which the economy has regressed, as its targets slip further from the government’s grasp

By Sarah Smit

National

/ 8 July 2023

Spiralling food prices force households into poverty

Price hikes mean fewer people are able to put nutritious food on the table, experts warn

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By Lyse Comins

Opinion

/ 6 November 2022

Measures to reform public service offer some hope

However, allowing politicians to be involved in the hiring process might be the sticking point

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By Mcebisi Ndletyana

National

/ 6 July 2022

Declare an ‘energy emergency’, says National Planning Commission

The commission said the goals of the National Development Plan, which it is charged with advancing, ‘cannot be achieved without energy security’

By Sarah Smit

Business

/ 24 June 2021

‘We mustn’t tire’ — Manuel on South Africa’s economic recovery

During a webinar on Wednesday evening, the former finance minister said the country needs a stronger social compact and a more detailed recovery plan

By Sarah Smit

Business

/ 5 February 2021

Covid caution infects investors

The pandemic has forced some companies to cancel or pause capital expenditure, jeopardising long-term economic growth

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By Sarah Smit

Business

/ 3 November 2020

Government announces tailwinds on infrastructure project

Minister of public works and infrastructure Patricia de Lille and President Cyril Ramaphosa call for corruption crackdown in government during talks with investors on infrastructure development project in Midrand

By Tshegofatso Mathe

Article

/ 31 January 2020

Water services worse than in 1994

More than 5.3-million households and 21-million people don’t have clean water, despite money being spent on dams and pipelines to deliver water to 95% of the population. Sipho Kings looks at how R1.3-trillion worth of infrastructure has been subject to so much corruption and mismanagement that many places are worse off than in 1994, leaving the state with a R898-billion bill this decade

By Sipho Kings

Article

/ 2 July 2017

Radebe sticks to his NDP guns

The ANC’s head of policy has announced the updated achievements of the first phase of the National Development Plan’s implementation.

By Govan Whittles

Article

/ 4 June 2015

Wanted: One vision for a better future

The new commission can plan but public servants must do their jobs to make it work.

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Article

/ 19 June 2014

Keeping youth unemployment on top of the political agenda

Regardless of the perspective that one takes, South Africa’s youth unemployment statistics make for scary reading.

By Mr Jan Hofmeyr

Article

/ 19 June 2014

Lack of employment security affects youth’s social protection

As we commemorate youth month, the challenge of youth unemployment dominates discussion.

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 19 June 2014

The battle for “youth” working environments

The Glenhove Conference Centre was the unlikely venue for a wrestling match featuring the Provocateur, Policymaker, Lawyer and Sociologist.

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Article

/ 3 December 2013

SA’s poverty levels are decreasing, shows new study

A first-time study by the National Planning Commission and UCT has shown poverty in SA is decreasing and that we’re still a nation of labour migrants.

By Verashni Pillay

Analysis

/ 2 May 2013

Energy: Choices made in government’s IRP2010 need to be revisited

It is difficult to understand why the department of energy is dragging its feet with the review of the integrated resource plan of 2010.

By Robert Fischer and Gray Maguire

Article

/ 19 April 2013

Call for commission to remap judicial appointment process

KwaZulu-Natal state attorney Krish Govender on Thursday called for the formation of a "judicial planning commission".

By Niren Tolsi

Videos

/ 2 April 2013

Politics need to know: CAR, Mandela and Zuma’s pay freeze

The ANC’s back against the wall over CAR, Nelson Mandela’s sixth night in hospital and Jacob Zuma’s failed attempt at a salary freeze.

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 7 September 2012

Chabane: NDP trumps government plans

The NDP will have an overriding effect on the strategies of the government, Performance, Monitoring and Evaluation Minister Collins Chabane has said.

By Sapa

Article

/ 15 August 2012

NDP scraps increases linked to pupils’ performance

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.

By Sapa

Article

/ 14 August 2012

Five things to watch for in the NDP

SA’s roadmap for the next two decades is due to be accepted by President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday. Here’s how political manoeuvring has changed it.

By Phillip De Wet

Article

/ 30 May 2012

ANC debate: Documents reveal a party filled with tensions

A Wits academic says the ANC policy documents to be debated at its policy conference next month show a party filled with tensions.

By Sapa

Article

/ 5 April 2012

Vision of the future takes shape

South Africa’s national development plan and the ANC’s proposals have people talking, although the proposal is still a draft document.

By Lynley Donnelly

Article

/ 29 March 2012

Manuel pushes for more political activism

Minister in the Presidency Trevor Manuel says South Africans need to be more active in politics than they were during the anti-apartheid struggle.

By Ahmed areff

Article

/ 27 February 2012

Manuel: We need more than the occasional toyi-toyi

The national planning commission has released a third animated video, this time urging citizens to get involved in making the 444-page plan a reality.

By Verashni Pillay