Government programmes, projects and campaigns

Government programmes on employment, economic issues, etc.  This is not an exhaustive list - for more information visit the departmental websites and read the latest South Africa Yearbook.

Education
Health
Safety & security
Economic growth & employment
Skills development
Infrastructure
Rural development
Human settlements
Local government
Environment
International relations
Public sector
Social protection
Nation-building & social cohesion
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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

  • Early Grade Reading Programme - aims to improve learner’s reading proficiency levels in the foundation phase. Interventions in the foundation phase have the most significant impact on learning outcomes in the long term
  • Student Sponsorship Programme - assists academically distinguished learners to realise their potential during their high school years with scholarships and bursaries
  • Early Childhood Development - a comprehensive approach to programmes and policies for children from birth to nine years of age.
  • Health Promotion - aims to create a healthy school environment by promoting the general health and wellbeing of learners and educators, and by addressing key health and social barriers to learning in order to promote effective teaching and learning
  • Kha ri Gude Mass Literacy Campaign - teaches adults to read and write.
  • National School Nutrition Programme - aims to enhance the learning capacity of learners through the provision of a healthy meal at schools
  • Funza Lushaka Bursary Programme  - provides bursaries to prospective teachers.

 

Outcome 2: Health

 

Outcome 3: Safety and security

 

Outcome 4: Economic growth and employment

  • the dtic 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.
  • 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.
  • 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

 

Outcome 6: Infrastructure

 

Outcome 7: Rural development

  • Agricultural Production, Biosecurity and Natural Resources - The programme oversees livestock production, game farming, animal and plant health, natural resources and disaster management.
  • Food Security, Land Reform and Restitution - Under the programme, the DALRRD aims to acquire and redistribute
    land, and promote food security and agrarian reform.
  • Rural Development - The purpose of the programme is to facilitate rural development
    strategies for socio-economic growth.
  • Economic Development, Trade and Marketing - The purpose of the programme is to promote economic development,
    trade and market access for agriculture products; and foster international relations for the sector
  • Land Administration - The purpose of the programme is to provide and maintain an inclusive, effective and comprehensive system of planning, geospatial information and cadastral surveys.
  • Deeds registration - The core responsibility of South Africa’s deeds registries is to:
    • register real rights in land;
    • maintain a public land register;
    • provide registration information; and
    • maintain an archive of registration records.

 

Outcome 8: Human settlements

  • Finance Linked Individual Subsidy Program (FLISP) is a subsidy established by government which aims to provide the poor and the low to middle income households with access to adequate housing.
  • The Bucket Eradication Programme aims to eradicate all bucket toilets across the country.
  • Integrated Human Settlements Planning and Development The programme manages the development of policy, planning and research in the creation of sustainable and integrated human settlements, oversees the delivery of the Integrated Residential Development Programme, and coordinates intergovernmental partnerships with stakeholders.
  • Social Housing Programme The programme provides for grant funding to establish, capacitate and capitalize social housing institutions which may develop, hold and administer affordable rental units within identified restructuring zones
  • Farm resident subsidies The Housing Subsidy Programme for Farm Residents addresses the wide variety of housing needs of people working and residing on farms by providing a flexible package of housing models to suit the local context. 

 

Outcome 9: Local government

  • Back-to-Basics is a programme devised to build and strengthen the capability and accountability of municipalities.

 

Outcome 10: Environment

  • Green Fund - focuses on innovative projects that require financing to cover funding gaps
  • 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

 

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

  • Neighbourhood Development Partnership Grant - a conditional grant to municipalities to stimulate and accelerate investment in poor, underserved residential neighbourhoods.
  • The National Responsible Gambling Programme integrates research and monitoring, treatment and counselling, public education and awareness, as well as industry training
  • National Food and Nutrition Security (NF&NS) Plan- The DSD continues to implement the. NF&NS Plan, which seeks
    to ensure implementation of food and nutrition security initiatives targeting vulnerable individuals and households.
  • Expanded Public Works Programme - This year marked the last year of Phase IV of the Expanded Public
    Works Programme (EPWP) and 20 years since the EPWP came into existence.
  • Victim Empowerment Programme - In line with its mandate to provide psychosocial support services and
    with Pillar 4 (Response, Healing Care and Support) of the NSP on GBVF, the DSD conducted capacity-building sessions for frontline workers from different stakeholders including government departments and civil-society organisations in 15 hotspot districts in all provinces.
  • Services for victims of violence and crime - The DSD continues to provide comprehensive and integrated services
    to victims of GBVF through, among others, training frontline workers in 15 hotspot districts in all provinces on the Policy on Psychosocial Support Services to victims of violence and crime.

 

Outcome 14: Nation-building and social cohesion

 

More programmes

  • The Smart Identity Document (ID) card will eventually replace the current green bar-coded ID document.
  • Tourism Incentive Programme provides financial support to privately owned tourism enterprises and promotes responsible practices by offering solutions for the sustainable management of resources
  • Tourism Grading Support Programme introduced to encourage wider participation in the tourism grading system and to reduce the cost burden of grading on small tourism enterprises
  • Women in Tourism Programme an initiative that propels and supports the development and empowerment of women in the tourism sector
  • Tourism Enterprise Development Programme provides training and support for emerging and existing tourism businesses to ensure their sustainability in the sector
  • Green Tourism Incentive Programme provides financial support to privately owned tourism enterprises and promotes responsible practices by offering solutions for the sustainable management of resources.
  • Market Access Support Programme offers partial financial support towards the cost of exhibition space, return airfare, hotel accommodation to qualifying small tourism enterprises that wish to participate and exhibit at selected tourism trade platforms.
  • Integrated National Electrification Programme is responsible for assisting municipalities with funding for implementation of electrification projects so that universal access to electricity is reached by 2025

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