National Planning Commission to release Ten-Year Review of the NDP on 26th September
The National Planning Commission (NPC), in its capacity as an independent advisory body and custodian of the National Development Plan (NDP) Vision 2030 has completed a detailed and thorough ten-year review of the progress made since the adoption of the NDP in 2012. The NDP is South Africa’s comprehensive developmental vision and the only cross-cutting long-term plan for national development in South Africa. Its strategic goals include the elimination of poverty and the reduction of inequality and unemployment by 2030.
The review assesses the key NDP indicators or targets, such as poverty, inequality, and unemployment for the past ten years (i.e., 2012-2022). In addition, it evaluates the extent to which planning has been institutionalized and what reforms have been undertaken to the country’s planning system following the adoption of the NDP. The assessment is timely given that 2024 will mark the end of the term for both the sixth administration since South Africa’s democracy, and the current 2019-2024 cycle of the Medium-Term Strategic Framework (MTSF), which guides the work of all government entities.
Alongside the Review, the NPC will issue an urgent Call to Action to reassert the significance of the goals of the NDP as the lodestar of our developmental vision as a nation, rooted in good governance, economic transformation, social cohesion, and a just transition to more sustainable development pathways. These goals remain as relevant today as they were in 2012, if not more so.
The details of the launch are as follows:
Date: 26 September 2023
Time: 10h00 – 12h00
Venue: Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Auditorium, 600 Lilian Ngoyi Street, Pretoria
Kindly RSVP to Sandisiwe Mapine at 071 370 1048 / Sandisiwe.Mapine@dpme.gov.za
Kindly direct all media queries to:
Zarina Rahman
Cell: 082 345 2919
E-mail: Zarina@dpme.gov.za
