Background
The Minister in the Presidency for Performance Monitoring and Evaluation, Collins Chabane launched the Development Indicators 2012 Report on Tuesday, 20 August 2013.
On Friday, 23 August 2013 Minister Chabane will host a panel discussion with industry experts on various subjects covered in the report. The indicators contains 85 indicators clustered according to 10 themes, namely economic growth and transformation, employment, poverty and inequality, household and community assets, health, education, social cohesion, safety and security, international relations, and good governance.
The purpose of this discussion is to stimulate debate in the public discourse, and ensure that the Indicators are understood in context by the stakeholders and the public. It also seeks to unpack the Indicators in detail and get expert opinion and input from the target audience on what is working and how we could improve the reporting of such reports in the future.
The event will take place as follows;
Date: 23 August 2013 (Friday)
Venue: The Wanderers Club, Illovo, Johannesburg, Gauteng
Time: 8h00
Programme:
Welcome & remarks: Mr Xolani Gwala
Overview and introductions: Dr Sean Phillips - Director-General, DPME
Speech: Minister Collins Chabane
Remarks: Chairperson, Standing Committee on Accounts
Response from the Panel (5 min each)
- Education perspective: Godwin Khosa, Chief Executive Officer - JET Education Services
- Health perspective: Dr Khangelani Zuma, Executive Director - Human Sciences Research Council
- Safety and Security: Kalyani Pillay perspective: CEO - South African Banking Risk Information Centre (SABRIC)
- Economic growth and job creation perspective: Dr Miriam Altman, Commissioner - National Planning Commission and Head of Strategy, Telkom
- Rural development perspective: Professor Umillo Bob, Dean of Research and Full Professor in Geography - UKZN
- Pan African perspective: Prosper Ladislas Agbesi, CEO and Chairman, Lash Consult and Executive Chairman, Pan African Business Forum
Discussions and questions
Closing remarks:
Deputy Minister Obed Bapela
Enquiries:
Harold Maloka
Cell: 082 847 9799
