Q.6.2.1 WASTE MANAGEMENT
2.2 STATE OF THE NATION 11 FEBRUARY 2016
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Innovation: develop innovative concepts for public service delivery;
Mainstream: get innovations on track;
Coping with HIV and AIDS: plan, design and implement relevant strategies in order to cope with HIV and AIDS; and
Stakeholder participation: ensuring participation by all concerned.
It is important for the Mkhondo Local Municipality to draw the concepts and principles of this plan down to local level, through spatial development policies and strategies as part of its Spatial Develop- ment Framework review process.
38 I. Science, technology and innovation
ii. Water and sanitation iii. Transport infrastructure IV. Broadband roll-out v. SOCs.
Announced programmers for the revitalization of agriculture last year. We introduced the Agri-Parks Programmer, aimed at increasing the participation of small holder farmers in agricultural activities.
Furthermore Land reform remains an important factor as we pursue transformation, it must 50/50 policy framework. We have heard the concerns of labour about the Tax Amendment Act that I signed into law in December, following its passing by Parliament. Seven billion rand has been committed in new port facilities, The Company will participate in the supply of anti-retroviral drug to the Depart- ment of Health from the 2016/17 financial year.
The EU companies operate inside of South Africa to creating over 350 000 jobs opportunities.in most in the places of economy, health, education, security as well as empowerment of women. People in Elandspoort receive RDP houses but instead of occupying them the will decide if the sell or rent them out to other people.
39 2.3. STATE OF THE MPUMALANGA PROVINCE ADDRESS 2016
State of the Province Address by Premier DD Mabuza-26/02/2016
As the servants of the people, we are duty bound to reflect on the progress that we are making in changing the lives of ordinary people for the better, building cohesive and sustainable communities, and ensuring that we advance the national goals of building a united, non---racial, non---sexist, dem- ocratic and prosperous society.
Ours is a collective commitment towards the attainment of a National Democratic Society founded on the core values of equality, respect, human dignity and the progressive realization of socio-economic rights.
It would be remiss of me not to draw our attention to these two events in particular as they simulta- neously highlight, quite starkly, the deep dependence that our people have on our economy, our in- dustries and the jobs that they secure in order to ensure the safety, health and well---being of them- selves and their extended families.
Our hearts go out to the families of the victims of the Lilly Mine disaster. As a provincial government, we will continue to provide the necessary support to the affected families as we all come to terms with this horrific tragedy. We must, of course
Honourable Speaker, these seemingly isolated incidents, in their own way, tell the story of our journey so far. We have worked tirelessly for 22 years to eradicate poverty, inequality and unemployment and whilst we have facilitated
The creation of many job opportunities and extended the social safety net through our grants system – we are once again made aware that in life, there are no guarantees – we need a bolder, more resil- ient, more robust economy.
We need stronger, healthier families, we need a citizenry that is physically, socially and economically mobile, we need graduates, entrepreneurs, professionals and leaders from all walks of life to drive us forward towards the vision that we have for 2030 and beyond.
Progress has been made towards that vision as I do to enjoin us all to embrace a road map to a better future that stands firmly upon the foundations we have laid so far. If we are to consolidate our efforts we must ensure that we have a common vision for our future. This common vision can only be forged through dialogue, through partnerships and through an honest appreciation of the lessons learned, both good and bad.
This is a phase wherein the scaling down of costs must be strategically balanced with the scaling up of growth and delivery – neither an enviable nor an easy task by anyone’s measure – but I assure you, we are up for the challenge.
As summed up by the His Excellency, President Zuma, in his recent State of the Nation Address, “A resilient and fast growing economy is at the heart of our radical economic transformation agenda and our National Development Plan (NDP)”. We are facing the wind and our efforts are pitted against a global economic downturn, a vulnerable rand, increasing youth unemployment, especially in our con- tracting mining and agricultural sectors, and of course, the devastating drought that threatens to re- verse our gains in the areas of water provision and agricultural production.
In the face of challenges and constraints imposed by the difficult economic environment, we have made some progress: There were 165506 more people employed in Mpumalanga at the end of the fourth quarter 2015 than at the end of the
fourth quarter 2011.
The unemployment rate dropped/improved over the above-mentioned period from 27.4 percent to 25.7 percent. The
40 points below national average and by 2015 it was 7.9 percentage points better/higher than the na- tional NSC pass rate. The share of households that occupied an informal dwelling declined from 10.9 percent in 2011 to 7.6 percent in 2014.
More than 85% of our citizens now have access to basic services such as water, electricity and sanita- tion. We have acquired and redistributed over 30 000ha of land as part of the land reform programme, and whilst the progress is a little slower than what we had planned, we have also recapitalised and developed 25 commercial farms for our people.
More work still needs to be done as we continue to drive our development and socio-economic trans- formation agenda.
41 2.4 MEDIUM TERM STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK
The electoral mandate conceives of establishment of long term national capacity plan that is going to coordinate and integrate government effort as well as monitoring and evaluating the implementation.
As the organisation will be looking at the strategic priorities which is economic growth,
creating decent and sustainable livelihoods,
economic and social infrastructure, rural development, food security and land reform,
Access to quality education,
improved health care,
the fight against crime and corruption,
Solid and sustainable communities and sustainable resources management and use.
The main focus in this current period is to minimise the impact of the economic downturn on the country’s productive capacity as well as unemployment and poverty reduction and to identify other new opportunities to grow our economy. The mission is to set the country on the higher and solid growth path by the end of the mandate in 2014.
2. 5 GOVERNMENT PRIORITY OUTCOMES
In January 2010, Cabinet adopted 12 Outcomes within which to frame public-service delivery priori- ties. Cabinet Ministers accordingly signed Performance Agreements linked to these Outcomes. More detailed Delivery Agreements have since been developed to extend targets and responsibilities to Na- tional and Provincial Departments, Agencies and Municipalities.
All Municipalities are expected to consider the 12 Outcomes when reviewing their IDPs and developing their annual Budgets. Below are the 12 Outcomes and the related outputs, together with indicative areas where Mpumalanga Province and Municipalities have a role to play in either contributing di- rectly to the realisation of the Outcomes or facilitate the work of National and Provincial Departments in realising them: