The president should consider resuscitating the fifth administration’s nine-point plan, set smart and achievable targets for cabinet and government as well as clear economic targets.
The National Executive Committee of the ruling African National Congress concluded its lekgotla two weeks ago and released a 16 page bulletin entitled, “African National Congress NEC lekgotla bulletin – June 2019″, with the theme “A five year programme to translate our contract with the people of South Africa.”
Across government, there has not been a coherent implementation of the National Development Plan , a blueprint for the national development agenda. The Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation has also not been able to monitor implementation of programmes, their failures or successes, and send warning signals whenever things were going terribly wrong at provincial or local government level.
In line with all the above, the economic orientation of the South African state can best be defined as Social Market Economy and therefore does not qualify to be characterized as developmental. Over the last decade, the South African state developed very strong predatory and kleptocratic features. This is the reality that ANC ideologues and policymakers are finding very difficult to comprehend and come to terms with.
I guess this proposed shift is partially based on the Dubaian Model of the Night Economy. The context is different though – Dubai opted for this route because of climatic conditions. Maybe this shift will help government in future to achieve massification of youth employment and most probably increase productivity in the manufacturing sector and agro-processing. The three shift economy might not have the significant economic impact on the lives of workers as envisioned its proponents.
The role of state-owned enterprises is not articulated convincingly in the bulletin. Government policy gurus must be reminded of the report that was produced by the Presidential Review Committee on State Owned Entities that was chaired by Riah Phiyega. The PRC was appointed in May 2010 and finished its work on 28 May 2013.
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