Education

Aims for 95% secondary school

enrolment by 2020, along with a 90%
matric pass rate
Classroom-level focus on maths, language literacy
and science abilities to produce matriculants with the
skills needed by the market
Health
Cut maternal fatalities to 133 per 100 000 live births
Maintain focus on HIV programmes, including
prevention of mother-to-child transmission by reducing
vertical transmission
Human Settlements
Shacks will be removed and residents rehoused to
new settlements. Twenty-nine slums are already being
cleared, and a further 85 are on the list
Provincial government will meet with municipalities to
remove red tape to deal with backlogs in provision of
water, electricity and sanitation
Youth and unemployment
A youth development directorate in the premiers
ofce. It will coordinate youth development initiatives,
including helping young people to get into public and
private sector employment programmes, boosting skills
development for the youth and supporting young people
in business
Economy
Create 7 000 new small and medium-sized
businesses and through this, 300 000 jobs through the
provinces Small Enterprise Development Agency
Aims to create 900 000 new jobs by 2020. Creation
of 1 000 new farmers through joint projects with the
private sector should create an additional 90 000 jobs
in ve years
Senzo
Mchunu
KWAZULU-NATAL
Education
Prioritise early childhood development,
school management and governance,
teacher development, adult basic education and
training, school infrastructure, and integrating
information and communications technology and
learning
Better matric results and help students with
bursaries in higher education institutions
Health
Provide well-trained healthcare professionals by
expanding existing nursing training facilities
A total of 167 ambulances and three mobile
helicopters will be provided to increase coverage and
response rate
Human Settlements
Build integrated human settlements and cohesive
communities to provide people with decent facilities,
public services and access to economic opportunities
78 000 housing units will be provided, and a further
3 300 social and rental units will be nished this year
Youth and Unemployment
Through the National Development Plan, focus will be
on transforming the economy to ght crime and
corruption, create jobs, rural development and food
security, quality education, better healthcare for all,
integrated human settlements and developmental state
and good governance
The economy
The state will play a more direct role in stimulating
and directing investment, especially in the rural
economy and in sectors with potential to create more
employment
Two special economic zones, the Wild Coast SEZ and
the Chris Hani SEZ, will focus on agro-processing
Phumulo
Masualle
EASTERN CAPE
Education
Complete the resourcing of the
Mpumalanga Maths, Science and
Technology Academy to train teachers who will be
expected to increase the grade 12 pass rate in
mathematics and science
R2.91 billion has been spent on education
infrastructure in the past ve years
Health
Health department was placed under curatorship to
curb mismanagement and this will ensure patients have
enough food and clean linen
A new comprehensive and innovative HIV programme
will be implemented to reduce HIV-Aids prevalence rate
among the poor
Human Settlements
The Integrated Sustainable Human Settlements
Breaking New Ground concept is ready to be introduced.
It will eradicate informal settlements in the shortest
possible time
All municipalities to implement the Spatial Planning
and Land Use Management Act to guide and support
development initiatives
Youth
Establish a skills development hub in eMalahleni to
offer training to youth who are not in school
Build an artisan training centre through a partnership
agreement with Hydra Arc. Centre will train 5 000
people over the next ve years
Unemployment and Economy
Prioritising agriculture and forestry, mining,
manufacturing, tourism and information and
communications technology
A 5% annual growth of the economy to create
390 000 jobs by 2019
David
Mabuza
MPUMALANGA
Education
Create smart schools for the
techno-savvy generation
Invest energy and resources to turn around the
performance of township and farming schools
Health
Turn around the department by stabilising the
nances, improving quality of healthcare, reducing
queue waiting time and investing in infrastructure
Focus on the introduction of the National Health
Insurance (NHI) scheme
Human Settlements
Handover of existing housing projects that are
complete and ensure houses are allocated to their
legitimate owners
Introduce the use of biometric technology to stop
abuse of the housing waiting list
Employment
Unveil a comprehensive and more integrated
Expanded Public Works Programme and Community
Work Programme (CWP) that will create more than a
million job opportunities within ve years
The programme will be linked to providing
temporary relief for a longer duration and offer
training to women, youth and people with disabilities
Economy
Focus will be on eKasi development and
enterprise as the best means to promote growth,
alleviate poverty and bring township residents into
the mainstream economy
Launch of Tshepo (Hope) 500 000 next March,
which will focus on building entrepreneurship skills
David
Makhura
GAUTENG
Education
Build ve public libraries by June,
and dependent on funding, a further
seven in various schools
Continue to produce the best matric results in the
country (Free State was best in the country last year)
Health
Focus on the vigorous implementation of NHI
Stabilise the healthcare system. Plans are in place
to build two hospitals and seven clinics this year
Human Settlements
Focus on new housing and the improvement of
existing structures
Demolish unsuitable housing and pursue
integration of communities through more social
housing projects
Youth Unemployment
Skills development training as a foundation for
addressing the youth unemployment issue
Equip 500 interns with rare skills, although its not
clear what these would be. Train a further of 500
experiential pupils and 900 students whose acquiring
of a driving license would be facilitated
Economy
Textile industry earmarked as a point of focus, with
aims to employ 1 000 people into a cut, make and
trim programme
Plans to make the province into the chicken hub of
South Africa through the creation of poultry hubs,
which will simultaneously create jobs and better
secure food security in the province
Ace
Magashule
FREE STATE
Sylvia
Lucas
NORTHERN CAPE
Education
Implement Grade R classes across
the province
Construction of the Sol Plaatje University
to commence in September
Health
Progress made in expanding primary health to
underserviced areas
Revitalisation of hospitals will see the completion
of the Mental Health Hospital and 80% completion of
De Aar Hospital
Human Settlements
R186 million allocated to build 1 848 houses in the
Ouboks Housing Project in Colesberg
Bucket system will be eradicated by March next
year
Youth and Unemployment
Will upscale the Environment Youth Service
Programme in the areas of working with waste, on
wetlands, for water and on re
Expand ward-based CWP to provide more work for
the unemployed
Economy
Support smallholder farmers by speeding up land
reform and providing technical, infrastructural and
nancial support
R2.5 billion investment on road infrastructure to
enhance accessibility
Education
Registration of 200 early childhood
development facilities to reach 97 000
children younger than four
R292 million to be spent on building 26 new
schools and classroom additions
Health
Revise policy governing the operating hours of all
clinics, particularly in rural areas
R20 million committed to assist with water and
sanitation challenges in Bloemhof
Human Settlements
R462 million set for housing projects in the mining
areas, including Marikana
400 hectares of land bought to provide human
settlement for the Bapo Ba Mogale community
Youth and Unemployment
State-owned farms to be allocated to
communities and youth cooperatives for productive
farming
Create 7 407 jobs opportunities through
infrastructure development, green economy and
social economy
Economy
R1.5 billion partnership launch to skill emerging
contractors in various disciplines related to the built
industry
Rehabilitation of agricultural projects in Kraaipan,
Springbokpan and Vryhof
Supra
Mahumapelo
NORTH WEST
Education
To prevent the textbook delivery
saga by having support material for
pupils delivered on time
Targeting an 80% matric pass rate this year (from
70% last year)
Health
R145 million set aside to buy and repair critical
equipment including boilers, laundry machines,
theatre equipment, autoclave machines and mortuary
fridges, among others
Human Settlements
No concrete plan on how the province will address
housing backlog after a R900 million housing tender
awarded irregularly was cancelled. The tender would
be readvertised
Youth and Unemployment
To create 426 000 jobs by 2019 in partnership with
the private sector. This will be contribution to the NDP
target of 6 million jobs
Economy
To grow the economy by 5% by 2018 following a
decline of 4.5% in 2007
Infrastructure development, industrialisation and
manufacturing have been identied as new game
changers in addition to mining, agriculture and
tourism
Stan
Mathabatha
LIMPOPO
Helen
Zille
WESTERN CAPE
Education
Bulk of budget spent on
underprivileged pupils
Improve language and mathematics outcomes at
schools
Health
Innovation and partnerships with the private sector
are required to meet a growing population's health
need
R3.3 billion will be spent on new healthcare
facilities, as well as upgrading existing ones
Human Settlements
Change perception that free housing is solely the
governments responsibility to provide
Citizens to be directly involved in human settlement
projects instead of waiting to receive a house
Youth and unemployment
The provinces youth development strategy focuses
on interventions to provide support to young and
vulnerable parents and caregivers
To use the NDPs proposals for job-creating
economic growth as a solution to unemployment
Economy
Create a welcoming and enabling environment for
entrepreneurship
Provide business development, procurement
support and access to nance to thousands of small
and medium enterprises
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As President Jacob Zumas second term begins in earnest,
we take a look at the promises his nine provincial lieutenants
have made and the challenges they face