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A mid-term report was tabled on Friday by Minister in the Presidency Collins Chabane.

Job creation initiatives across government departments remain a challenge, according to the report.

While “possibly over 350,000 jobs” were created last year, employment levels are still below those of 2008, before the recession, according to the “Mid-Term Review of the Priorities of Government”.

The document — which looks at the period 2009 to November last year, halfway through the 2009 to 2014 electoral term — further notes that youth unemployment “remains a serious challenge”.

On education, the report calls for the department of basic education to strengthen its textbook distribution logistics, “with clear targets so that workbooks and textbooks arrive on time”.

This was “still not the case in all provinces”.

On the Matric percentage pass rate, it says while this is on an upward trend, the overall average marks are not improving.

“There is an ongoing challenge to improve the quality of passes.” 

On housing, the review finds rapid urban migration has resulted in “a sharp increase in housing demand and informal settlement growth”.

“There were... 1.2 million households in more than 2,500 informal settlements, and 1.1 million in overcrowded and under-serviced conditions.” 

Services:

A graph included in the document shows a three-fold increase in service delivery protests since 2008, while satisfaction with local government continues to fall sharply.

The report further shows it is doubtful government will achieve its targets of providing 100% access to adequate sanitation by 2014, or 92% access to an electricity supply in the same year.

It calls for a “particular focus on improving access [to basic service targets] in the rural districts with the highest backlogs”.

On the environment, the review finds 34% of South Africa’s terrestrial ecosystems, 82% of its main river ecosystems and 65% of its marine bio-zones are threatened.

Half of the country’s wetlands have already been destroyed.

It says water demand is expected to rise by 52% over the next 30 years, while the supply of water is likely to decline if the country lost more wetlands and if leaks from old and poorly-maintained municipal infrastructure persist.

On land reform, the review records that overall, including redistribution and restitution, 6.7 million hectares of land have been transferred between 1994 and last year.

“This represents 27% of the target of transferring 24.5 million hectares by 2014.” 

Further, 11,000 new smallholder farmers were established on the land since 2009, against a target of 50,000.

The full review can be read on the website, www.thepresidency-dpme.gov.za

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Jun 1, 2012

TKay

And after this report, what is the way forward?
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Jun 1, 2012

Zwanga

Good question......I am happy there are numbers out there for us to interogate them....its a pity few people will interogate the numbers as they are not used to debate serious issues. If you look at other reports, you'll most people commenting without thinking......here is the report that requires citizens to ask difficult questions......haters and fake opinion makers will read the first paragraph and disappear. We are living in interesting times indeed................
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Jun 1, 2012

CheeseBoy

Acknowledges a three-fold increase in service delivery protests since 2008, and that satisfaction with local government continues to fall sharply

you can put that on zuma's cv. The saviour of the people? Facts speak for themselves. You got what you voted for. and you are about to give him another four years and service delivery protests are gonna triple some more.


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Jun 1, 2012

S1nud3ity

Hehe, and Jacob gave himself an A+.
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Jun 1, 2012

S1nud3ity

Hehe, remember all the noise the ANC made about the 'corrupt' DA advertising contract? And the leaked report? Well the official report is out, and Madonsela found the contract to be valid.
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Jun 1, 2012

MicaParis

Corruption is the root of all this statistical false prevalence. Personally I do not think Comrade Collins ''the Animal'' Chabane's analysis are true reflection of what is detailed by the report. The report is very bad but the statistics had been manipulated so that the General Public will not be frightened by the bad administrative disaster that South Africa is laboring around at the moment. Comrade Chabane is my immediate supervisor two levels up and is just about time that Comrades tell the Public the true reality of the service delivery shambles. The General Public will never ever get the correct statistics as far as the HIV, Unemployment, Job loss, crime and service delivery are concerned, the problem is that they will hit so much at the ANC leadership to the extant that the public might loose confidence in the ANC. But people are not fools they can see what is happening , the time is now that ANC should start telling the masses the truth and map out the way forward and deal with the consequences there is no use to dark and dive for ever whereas people can see that the situation is getting out of hands.
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Jun 1, 2012

Dandan

S1nud3ity

dont forget her subordinates are all w.hite males, its pretty clear she is dancing on whi.tes guitar, how can you tell us this is valid when TBWA is nt BEE beneficiary, what do wh.ites males know about BEE/AA
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Jun 1, 2012

Dandan

MicaParis

it is true I heard about it, remember they had MPAT some few weeks ago , the evaluators were independent with other reps from different depts, I suppose you must know better as an exec two level closure to the Min
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Jun 1, 2012

Maratachelete

I have always wondered what ministers in the presidency actually do-if you ask me,their positions are taior-made for them,friends.I have no confidence in government finish and klaar!
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Jun 1, 2012

MicaParis

Dandan
MicaParis

it is true I heard about it, remember they had MPAT some few weeks ago , the evaluators were independent with other reps from different depts, I suppose you must know better as an exec two level closure to the Min
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Chief I know very well about the MPAT reports right from the Provincial level. Statistics from Limpopo, Eastern Cape and Gauteng had been manipulated. Let me tell you about false prevalence that non Government entities are doing , for example, AG gave Limpopo a clean audit in the previous financial year, I mean with the Province having a shortfall of 2billion can that be true. They are lying to you for political reason of continuity. But I will never sell out my people because I have been appointed a Chief Director, I will always tell the truth and it will always hard more so because I have top qualifications to justify my top position and can be able to read and tell the general public correct non manipulated statistics, all this because of laziness and political false stability. The people are watching you!!
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