REPORT of the 4th National General Council held at the Gallagher Estate, Midrand, Gauteng October 2015

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1 REPORT of the 4 th Natioal Geeral Coucil held at the Gallagher Estate, Midrad, Gauteg October 2015

2 Report of the FOURTH NATIONAL GENERAL COUNCIL October 2015 Gallagher Exhibitio ad Coferece Cetre Midrad, Gauteg 1. Foreword by Secretary Geeral Gwede Matashe 1 2. Overview of NGC proceedigs 3 3. Credetials report 5 4. Political report by Presidet Jacob Zuma 7 5. Reports of NGC Commissios 19 a. Balace of Forces 19 b. Orgaisatioal Reewal ad Electios Reports of Sectoral Commissios 27 a. Ecoomic Trasformatio 27 b. Social Trasformatio 35 c. Educatio, Health, Sciece ad Techology 40 d. Legislature ad Goverace 44 e. Peace ad Stability 48 f. Commuicatios 57 g. Iteratioal Relatios 63 h. Rural Developmet, Lad ad Agraria Reform Declaratio of the 4 th Natioal Geeral Coucil Closig Address by Presidet Jacob Zuma 72

3 FOREWORD by Secretary Geeral Gwede Matashe 1 The fourth Natioal Geeral Coucil was held i Gallagher Estate, Midrad Gauteg Provice, over three days i a disciplied ad costructive climate. No issue was deemed too sesitive ot to be discussed, as is it reflected by the outcomes of the NGC. We thak the delegates, the various task teams ivolved i the preparatios ad the ruig of the NGC ad the leadership of our movemet for makig this gatherig a success. The success of the NGC is the result of the all-roud disciplie displayed by all who partook i it. We must ow put ito effect decisios of the NGC. Delegates, i particular, ad the movemet broadly, showed cocer about the itegrity ad stadig of the ANC i society. They directed to tur this situatio aroud ad improve our stadig. They, however, cautioed us ot to use the Itegrity Commissio for siister motives. The membership treds are a worryig factor. This is more so i relatio to the prevalece of gatekeepig i braches, ad bulk buyig of membership that creates members of members. These aomalies must be elimiated. Membership forms must be submitted to brach secretaries who will submit them to the BEC ad, ultimately, report to the brach geeral meetig. The widely reported declie i our membership figures reflects the challege of maagemet ad admiistratio of membership, particularly at regioal ad brach level. Recruitmet ad growth of membership is a importat fuctio, ad resposibility, of braches ad regios i the mai. High uemploymet, deepeig poverty ad growig iequality remai the biggest challeges facig our movemet. All our deployees must seriously take up the issue of creatig opportuities for the youg people, as captured i the various resolutios o set-asides. Total liberatio of wome ad creatig opportuities for them is equally importat. Together with addressig challeges facig these two importat costituecies, ad chagig our society as a whole, is the imperative of the liberatio of Africas i particular ad Blacks i geeral. Two sectors that received particular attetio were miig ad agriculture. The former because of complicatios facig today ad the latter due to the fact of the potetial it holds for ecoomic growth ad job creatio. Steel is aother of our commodities that requires serious itervetio ad protectio. The State-Owed Miig Compay should be stregtheed to take its rightful place i the miig idustry so as to add impetus to our developmet ageda. The 2016 local govermet electios are upo us. We must embark o the campaig eergetically to defed our base, to retai our majority ad to wi overwhelmigly. Cocerted effort must be made to defed ad retai the Metro Cities that are targeted by the oppositio. By doig so we would have wo the psychological battle our oppoets seek to impose o us. Most importatly, we must esure victory so that we ca advace the radical chage we wish see i the lives of our people. Our performace i the Wester Cape i geeral ad the Cape Tow Metro i particular, is goig to be crucial. The work preseted by peace ad stability provides valuable iformatio to accout for what we are doig to fight crime ad corruptio. This is importat for us i a eviromet where there is emphasis o corruptio to the eglect of practical itervetios uderway. We appeal that you read carefully the commissio resolutios together with the political report ad the state of the orgaisatio report. Collectively, these documets will provide you with facts o progress made thus far. Furthermore, they refute the arrative that suggests that othig is happeig to rid us of these ills. Factioalism was also uppermost i our mids. The declaratio of the NGC remids braches of 1

4 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil their right to omiate cadidates whe goig to cofereces. No braches should be forced to support a slate. Brach delegates must discuss ay cadidate proposed for ay positio i the orgaisatio. This is i lie with policy cotaied i Through the Eye of the Needle, which empowers members to aalyse the performace ad track record of the idividual members of the ANC who are omiated to ay leadership positio. This reassertio demads of each of us to look beyod who we like or do ot like. Now is the time for you, for us, to implemet the decisios of the Natioal Geeral Coucil. Ejoy your readig. Matla! 2

5 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil OVERVIEW OF NGC PROCEEDINGS 2 The Natioal Geeral Coucil took place over three days, October 9th-11th, 2015, i Gallagher Estate Midrad, Gauteg Provice. Over three thousad delegates participated, amog them: elected delegates from costitutioal structures of the ANC ad its Leagues, the Isithwaladwe/Seaparakoe, members of the Itegrity Commissio, ANC deployees i govermet, former members of the NEC, members ad cadres i other spheres, alliace parters, former liberatio movemets ad sister orgaisatios, mass democratic movemet formatios, media, guests ad ANC staff. The NGC was guided by the NEC adopted theme for 2015, The Year of the Freedom Charter ad Uity i Actio to Advace Ecoomic Freedom. Prior to the NGC, all NEC subcommittees produced discussio documets as meas to prepare all structures of the orgaisatio for discussios that would esue at the gatherig. The discussio documets, as directed by the SGO ad edorsed by the NEC, were also published for public commet ad critique i various platforms, with the aim of esurig participatio of the South Africa public, as a whole ad ot limited to ANC members oly. Provices were directed to pre-register their delegates i their provices, before comig to the NGC. O the first day of the Coucil, Friday October 9th, presided o by the Natioal Chairperso comrade Baleka Mbete, was a ope pleary sessio, which commeced with iter-faith prayers ad the sigig of Nkosi Sikelel iafrika/morea Boloka. Presidet, comrade Jacob Zuma, delivered the Political Report. The secod sessio of the first day was closed, wherei the ageda of the coucil was adopted. The Deputy Secretary Geeral, comrade Jessie Duarte preseted the credetials, the Coucil s Rules of Procedure ad the Committees, which were all adopted. The DSG further preseted the Steerig Committee s report, which addressed the difficulties that affected differet delegatios at the respective veues where they were accommodated, ad how these were resolved from the ight before goig forward throughout the duratio of the NGC. The Secretary Geeral, comrade Gwede Matashe, preseted the Mid-Term Review: the state of the orgaisatio This was followed by a presetatio of the Fiacial Report by the Treasurer- Geeral, comrade Zweli Mkhize. The coucil also received two other presetatios, that is, Progress Report o the Natioal Developmet Pla ad the Medium Term Strategic Framework by comrade Jeff Radebe, ad the Balace of Forces by comrade Nathi Mthethwa. O the morig of day two, Coucil broke ito commissios, all of which discussed the reports of the Presidet, the Secretary Geeral, the Treasurer- Geeral ad the two presetatios, with a focus o: the balace of forces ad orgaisatio buildig ad electios. The cosolidated reports of all the commissios were the preseted to the pleary: Balace of Forces by comrade Joel Netshitedzhe Orgaisatio Buildig ad Electios by comrade Nomvula Mokoyae After the pleary discussios, Coucil agai wet ito sector specific commissios for the rest of the day. O the third day, comrade Jessie Duarte the Deputy Secretary Geeral, preseted a report of the Steerig Committee. The report dealt with two mai issues: first, was the decisio to prefer charges o some delegates who had made usavoury commets o social media with regard to the Secretary Geeral s presetatio of the Mid-Term Review: state of the orgaisatio The behaviour of these comrades was deemed to cotravee the Rules of Procedure of the Coucil ad had goe beyod acceptable behaviour. It was idicated that the matter was referred to the Natioal Discipliary Committee for processig ad actio. Delegates erupted i applause, showig approval of the stace take by the Steerig Committee. The secod aspect the report dealt with was 3

6 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil the logistics regardig how the delegates would travel back to their respective destiatios, ad what precautios the orgaisatio had take to esure their safe ad smooth jourey home. Comrade Jeff Radebe presided over the sessio where the commissio reports were preseted to the pleary. These were the reports ad preseted by the comrades idetified: Health, Educatio, Sciece ad Techology Agie Motshekga Iteratioal Relatios Maite Nkoaa- Mashabae Commuicatio Siyaboga Cwele Social Trasformatio Joe Phaahla Legislature ad Goverace Pravi Gordha Peace ad Stability David Mahlobo Ecoomic Trasformatio Thembi Majola Rural Developmet, Lad ad Agraria Reform Thoko Didiza The presetatios of each of the reports were followed by a discussio ad resposes from the chairpersos of these subcommittees. The Natioal Chairperso retured to preside over the last sessio of the Coucil, which was a ope pleary sessio where the media was allowed to sit i. Comrade Jeff Radebe preseted the Declaratio of the Natioal Geeral Coucil, prepared by the Draftig Subcommittee of the NEC which draws from the issues comig out of the commissios. The declaratio was uaimously adopted. The Presidet was the called to deliver the Closig Speech, which reflected o some key decisios of the Coucil. The Coucil, from the begiig to the ed, carried out its work with great disciplie ad befittig decorum. The discussios were robust ad frak, with sesitivity to the realities facig the ANC i the preset cojucture of struggle. The keeess to address critical issues of cocer such as; istillig disciplie, riddig the orgaisatio of factioalism, itegrity of the leadership ad members ad restorig the stadig of the movemet, amog others, were uppermost throughout the proceedigs. Overall, the NGC was characterised by determiatio ad a ebulliet mood. There was clearly great public iterest i the iteractios ad proceedigs of the NGC. This was evidet i the media coverage, both the traditioal ad ew media. The oppositio parties also sought to weigh i o reports ad issues. Sigificatly, i additio to the oversubscribed press corps, there was overwhelmig participatio by the NGO sector ad Religious formatios. These are importat factors to pay attetio, particularly i a eviromet that seeks to project a overall egative message ad arrative about the ANC. 4

7 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil CREDENTIAL REPORT 3 Status Category Expected Preset ANC DELEGATES Brach delegates - Easter Cape Free State Gauteg KwaZulu Natal Limpopo Mpumalaga North West Norther Cape Wester Cape NEC ANC Veteras League ANC Wome s League ANC Youth League REC PECs MKMVA Itegrity Comm Isithwaladwe 3 2 Former NEC Members Alliace ad MDM COSATU SACP SANCO SASCO 3 3 COSAS 3 2 NGOs Religious 7 Deployed Cadres Deployed Cadres

8 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil Guests Former Liberatio Movemet 10 8 Officials Guests Staff Natioal Task Teams Additioal Security Media GRAND TOTAL ,780 6

9 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil POLITICAL REPORT of ANC Presidet Jacob Zuma 4 We welcome all of you to this Natioal Geeral Coucil (NGC), the mid-term review of our glorious movemet. The ANC costitutio prescribes that we must covee o later tha thirty moths after the atioal coferece, to review the implemetatio of policies that we adopted at the atioal coferece. We are also midful of the fact that ANC cofereces are importat beyod the cofies of our movemet, because the ANC leads society ad ANC policies affect millios of South Africas. The NGC meets as we celebrate the life ad selfless cotributio of Comrade Presidet Oliver Regiald Tambo, the logest servig Presidet of the ANC who held the movemet together durig a difficult period. We also meet durig the 60th aiversary of the Freedom Charter, the fudametal policy documet of our movemet. The ispiratioal Preamble of the Freedom Charter captures the aspiratios of our people. We, the People of South Africa, declare for all our coutry ad the world to kow: That South Africa belogs to all who live i it, black ad white, ad that o govermet ca justly claim authority uless it is based o the will of all the people; That our people have bee robbed of their birth right to lad, liberty ad peace by a form of govermet fouded o ijustice ad iequality; That our coutry will ever be prosperous or free util all our people live i brotherhood, ejoyig equal rights ad opportuities; That oly a democratic state, based o the will of the people, ca secure to all their birth right without distictio of colour, race, sex or belief; Ad therefore, we, the people of South Africa, black ad white, together equals, coutryme ad brothers adopt this Freedom Charter; Ad we pledge ourselves to strive together, sparig either stregth or courage, util the democratic chages here set out have bee wo. The Freedom Charter also articulates uity of purpose by our people the, i their determiatio to defeat apartheid coloialism. It says; Let all people who love their people ad their coutry ow say, as we say here. These freedoms we will fight for, side by side, throughout our lives, util we have wo our liberty. The Freedom Charter remais the foudatio of our democratic ad o-racial value system ad iformed the progressive Costitutio of a democratic South Africa. Iformed by the Freedom Charter ad the Costitutio, the ANC has succeeded i buildig a atio which recogises the freedoms, equality ad rights of all regardless of race, colour, creed or sexual orietatio. Guided by the Costitutio we cotiue to build a society that is totally free of racism. We should thus remai vigilat ad fight ay attempt to resurrect the demo of racism from the apartheid grave ad to glorify a system of govermet that was declared a crime agaist humaity. We must also bury the demos of tribalism ad regioalism ad ot allow these to rear their ugly heads. Pixley ka Isaka Seme spoke eloquetly agaist tribalism ad racism ahead of the establishmet of the ANC i 1911 i his piece the Native Uio. He said: The demo of racialism, the aberratios of the Xhosa-Figo (Mfegu) feud, the aimosity 7

10 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil that exists betwee the Zulus ad the Togas, betwee the Basutho ad every other Native must be buried ad forgotte; it has shed amog us sufficiet blood! We are oe people. The ANC thus remais uwaverig i its commitmet to the visio expressed i the Freedom Charter to build a South Africa that is truly uited, o-racial, o-sexist, democratic ad prosperous. ORGANISATION BUILDING AND RENEWAL The ANC provides hope to millios of our people, especially the poor ad the workig class. Our people cotiue to put their faith i this movemet because they kow that it is the oly political formatio i the coutry which has a umatched experiece, capacity ad political will to cosolidate democracy ad lead South Africa ito a better future. The ANC wet through a turbulet period i the past few years from aroud 2002 till the Polokwae atioal coferece. The iteral divisios withi the movemet had ufortuately exploded ito the public area, due to problems that had ot bee atteded to over a period of time. The 52d atioal coferece i Polokwae i 2007 became a ufortuate public spectacle of tesios withi our glorious movemet. However, the coferece was also a importat turig poit as it forced us to begi lookig seriously at the eed for orgaisatioal healig, buildig ad reewal. The coferece also affirmed the cetrality ad authority of the braches ad iteral democracy withi the ANC. The work doe to rebuild the orgaisatio ad promote healig after Polokwae culmiated i successful atioal coferece i Magaug durig the ceteary year of the ANC, The Magaug coferece emphasised the eed for orgaisatioal reewal ad uderlied the eed for cadre developmet as part of buildig the orgaisatio. The Polokwae coferece had produced a ecoomic trasformatio path which was developed further i Magaug. The Magaug coferece called for a radical socioecoomic trasformatio i what it termed the secod phase of the trasitio. Followig the extesive orgaisatioal work doe over the years, we ca ow say that there is substatial stability i the ANC. The ANC remais strog, fuctioal ad vibrat. It lives, ad it leads. However, a lot of work must be doe to rid our movemet of certai tedecies that still exist, which may udermie the gais we have made if ot atteded to. Orgaisatioal reewal thus remais a critical compoet of our orgaisatioal work. It is eve more importat whe we eed a effective ANC machiery to prepare for electios ad take trasformatio forward. The ANC has cotiuously received a overwhelmig majority durig each atioal geeral electio. We thak the millios of our people who voted for the ANC i last year s electios ad ackowledge the hard work of all our voluteers ad structures. It was a difficult electio, as will be explaied i the Orgaisatioal Report. While celebratig our 2014 electoral victory, we also ackowledge the fact that our majority has ot bee growig durig each electio. Some of our traditioal voters have i recet years become dissatisfied ad some have chose to abstai durig electios, demostratig their displeasure while still remaiig loyal to the ANC. We must ot take this support ad loyalty for grated or thik it will be there forever. The NGC eeds to udertake a frak assessmet of the state of the orgaisatio ad idetify those issues that make our traditioal support base uhappy. 8

11 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil I previous ANC cofereces we have idetified certai egative tedecies which udermie our credibility. These tedecies create a public perceptio that the ANC has become a self-servig orgaisatio or oe that at times deviates from its core values. The core values of our movemet are uity, selflessess, sacrifice, collective leadership, humility, hoesty, disciplie, hard work, iteral debates, costructive criticism, self-criticism ad mutual respect. While we have idetified egative tedecies i the past, it appears that ew oes have also emerged or the existig oes are becomig etreched. Oe of the complaits raised by our people is the impressio of lack of disciplie withi the orgaisatio ad that people do as they please ad udermie the authority of the ANC with impuity. The ANC must ot tolerate ill-disciplie, hooligaism, violece ad other egative behaviour. The recet expulsio ad suspesios of members who egage i such activities has demostrated that the movemet will ot hesitate to act to protect its itegrity. To deal with some of the egative tedecies, icludig the systematic sowig of divisios, we eed to stregthe ad empower ANC braches. Most ANC braches fuctio well. Others are facig difficulties ad eed to be freed from tedecies such as maipulatio, gate-keepig or the bulk buyig of membership. A ew form of gate-keepig has also crept i, through which ANC braches are blocked from growig bigger tha the madatory 100 members per brach. I this maer people who wat to joi the ANC are uable to do so, while those who have joied fid themselves beig used as votig fodder or to rubber stamp decisios of those who cotrol the affected braches. Such a state of affairs ad other challeges with our membership system, could be the reaso why our membership has dropped from more tha a millio members durig the ceteary i 2012 to seve hudred ad sixty ie, eight hudred ad sevety thousad ( ) members. The ANC belogs to the people ad o brach should block those who qualify from joiig the movemet. Aother pheomeo that has bee idetified as a problem is that of members who belog to other members. Their actios are determied by the people they look up to or who ow them. As a result such members defect whe the people they followed ito the ANC are expelled or become uhappy ad leave. Aother serious cacer that eeds eradicatio i our movemet is the existece of factios. Some of these factios are ot based o ideological differeces. They exist because of greed ad the huger for power which, oce obtaied, is abused to take cotrol of state resources ad to further busiess iterests. The existece of factios ad other tedecies teds to itesify i periods leadig up to elective cofereces. It should be remembered that the ANC is a broad church with may ideological strads. It is thus ievitable that we will at times have differeces regardig leadership prefereces, our ideological posture, the strategic directio of the movemet ad the tactical approach to be adopted i pursuace of such a directio. These differeces must be pricipled ad ot persoal. Oce they become persoal they become a problem for the orgaisatio. Ad oce people begi to form factios to push their positios, it also becomes a problem. To maage differeces, our movemet abides by the priciple of democratic cetralism which dictates that oce a decisio is take, either by persuasio or a vote, such a decisio is bidig o all members, icludig those who iitially opposed it. We also eed to address the reported existece of the so-called kigmakers i the ANC. 9

12 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil There is o structure or League of the ANC that has bee accorded the status of beig a kigmaker. This otio udermies iteral democracy ad the authority ad cetrality of the braches of the ANC. Our electoral processes are well documeted i documets such as Through the Eye of the Needle. They are desiged to help the braches to produce the best quality of leaders i whom our etire membership ad coutry i geeral ca have cofidece. While the ANC also does ot discourage healthy competitio for positios of leadership ad resposibility, such competitio must ot take away the fudametal right of braches to decide o the leadership of the ANC. I this regard, tedecies such as the use of moey i order to maipulate the outcomes of electoral process i the orgaisatio are totally uacceptable. A effective weapo of dealig with the egative tedecies is for political educatio to be ehaced ad istitutioalised withi the orgaisatio. I this way the membership will ot fall prey to factios ad iterest groups as they would kow ad uderstad their movemet ad be able to resist maipulatio. The stregtheig of the Leagues of the ANC forms part of the orgaisatio buildig tasks of the movemet. Politically ad orgaisatioally, the Leagues are a itegral part of the ANC. They are structures of the ANC, ad are subject to ANC disciplie. Progress has bee made i fialisig the revival of the ANC Youth League followig a difficult period. High levels of ill-disciplie of the former leadership of the Youth League led to the difficult but ecessary decisio of expellig ad suspedig some leaders of the League i I March 2013, the ANC NEC formally disbaded the ANC Youth League Natioal Executive Committee. A coordiatig structure, the Natioal Task Team was eskigtablished to lead the process of rebuildig the ANC Youth League afresh, from brach level util it was ready to hold its atioal cogress. The ANC NEC i its wisdom chaged a plaed elective cogress of the ANC Youth League i Jue this year ito a cosultative oe to eable better preparatio. The preparatory process culmiated i the successful holdig of the atioal Cogress i September 2015 which elected the curret ANC Youth League leadership. The process of healig is importat give the recet turmoil i the League. The leadership must work hard to uite all youg people icludig those whose leadership prefereces were differet. The ANC Youth League should also take up issues affectig the youth such as fudig for tertiary educatio, job creatio ad access to etrepreeurship opportuities. The ANC Wome s League also held a successful coferece i September ad elected ew leadership, a few years late as the League last wet to coferece i The Wome s League should uite wome behid the ANC ad cotiue advacig the iterests of wome from all walks of life. We are also midful of the wisdom of Presidet Tambo who said the advacemet of wome is the task of all i the ANC, me ad wome. The Wome s League must thus obtai support from all i the movemet. Buildig o the successes of these two cofereces, the movemet must also assist the ANC Veteras League to overcome its preset challeges ad hold its ow coferece. It eeds to play its rightful role of beig the torchbearers of our movemet. The umkhoto WeSizwe Military Veteras Associatio plays a importat role i the movemet, represetig me ad wome who were ready to take up arms for South Africa to be free of apartheid coloialism ad istitutioalised racism. Support to our veteras is udertake by the Departmet of Military Veteras which was established followig a coferece resolutio i

13 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil STRENGTHENING THE ALLIANCE The ANC also advaces its programmes with the support of the Alliace. All compoets of the Alliace, plus SANCO, play importat roles i i advacig the goals of the NDR. The ANC, the leader of the Alliace, is a multiclass Natioal Liberatio Movemet advacig the Natioal Democratic Revolutio, the primary objective of which is the establishmet of the Natioal Democratic Society which is uited, oracial, o-sexist, democratic ad prosperous. The SACP is the vaguard party of the workig class, with the objective of advacig a socialist revolutio aimed at creatig a commuist society uderpied by a classless society. COSATU is a progressive trade uio federatio whose core objective is to fight for ad defed the rights of workers ad to protect workers from the super-exploitatio of the capitalist class. SANCO is a civic movemet ad a critical compoet of civil society which mobilizes ad orgaizes commuities aroud bread ad butter issues. The Alliace has faced challeges give the difficulties that were faced by COSATU. The ANC has played its role as the leader of the Alliace to provide support ad will cotiue to do so. A stroger uited COSATU is importat for the coutry ad for the Alliace. IMPLEMENTATION OF ANC PROGRAMME OF ACTION/GOVERNANCE The NGC will take stock of the implemetatio of policies that we adopted i 2012 ad the achievemets ad challeges. We have doe well i implemetig the clauses of the Freedom Charter ad substatial progress has bee made. Our curret primary focus is ecoomic trasformatio ad lad reform which ted to lag behid give the complexities. The clauses of the Freedom Charter are as follows: 1. The People Shall Gover! 2. All Natioal Groups Shall have Equal Rights! 3. The People Shall Share i the Coutry`s Wealth! 4. The Lad Shall be Shared Amog Those Who Work It! 5. All Shall be Equal Before the Law! 6. All Shall Ejoy Equal Huma Rights! 7. There Shall be Work ad Security! 8. The Doors of Learig ad Culture Shall be Opeed! 9. There Shall be Houses, Security ad Comfort! 10. There Shall be Peace ad Friedship! a. Ecoomic trasformatio We made a udertakig that we would over the ext five years, take decisive ad resolute actio to overcome the triple challeges of poverty, iequality ad uemploymet, which are at the heart of South Africa s socio-ecoomic challeges. We idicated the itetio to trasform the structure of the ecoomy through idustrialisatio, broadbased black ecoomic empowermet, addressig the basic eeds of our people, icludig wome ad youth, stregtheig ad expadig the role of the state ad the role of state owed eterprises. We reiterate as well that our most effective weapo i the campaig agaist poverty remais the creatio of decet work ad iclusive growth. For us to achieve iclusive growth ad create jobs, the ecoomy must grow at faster rates. I both the Natioal Developmet Pla ad the New Growth Path, we set target growth rates of above 5 per cet a year ad idetified specific actios that eeded to be take to grow the ecoomy faster. Despite our efforts, GDP growth has bee slowig dow over the last three years. The secod quarter of 2015 saw GDP cotractig by 1.3 per cet. This was after positive but small growth of 1.3 per cet i the previous quarter. The NGC must reflect frakly o why our ecoomy is ot expadig as fast as we desire. 11

14 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil Secodly we will look at which of the steps we agreed to take have bee implemeted effectively ad which oes have ot bee implemeted, ad why. A sigificat part of the reaso our ecoomy is slowig dow is because may ecoomies that we trade with are either slowig dow or cotractig. I additio to the slow global growth, we also have several domestic obstacles to ecoomic growth. These iclude eergy, fallig commodity prices ad the sometimes ustable labour relatios eviromet. O eergy we are makig good progress through expadig reewables, extedig cogeeratio cotracts ad improvig maiteace ad stabilisig Eskom. We are also i the log term developig a eergy security pla based o producig a reliable eergy mix for the coutry. There are also positive sigs i the ecoomic eviromet despite the challeges. There are sigs that the weakeig of the rad is helpig exports while the curret accout deficit has arrowed. Govermet ad state owed compaies have sustaied ivestmet spedig ad this creates a platform for higher private ivestmet whe the cycle turs favourable. For example, more tha oe trillio rad has bee ivested i atioal ifrastructure projects, compared with 451 billio rad i the previous five years. The coutry also cotiues to attract foreig direct ivestmet i spite of the global ecoomic situatio. This was worth 43 billio rad i the 2014/15 fiacial year ad 3.31 billio US dollars from Jauary 2015 to July The Uited Kigdom, Uited States of America, Germay, Australia ad Idia were the key FDI sources for South Africa. South Africa also ivests i other ecoomies. The top five destiatio coutries for FDI outflows from South Africa iclude the Uited Kigdom, Nigeria, Ghaa, Zambia ad Uited States. Sice 1994, trade with sister coutries i the cotiet has icreased 35-fold to about 400 billio rad, thus promotig itra-africa trade. As part of implemetig the Natioal Developmet, the ANC govermet this year adopted a Nie Poit Pla which is beig implemeted curretly. It ivolves ivestmet i the sectors of agriculture, miig, the ocea ecoomy, eergy, idustrialisatiio, small busiess developmet, boostig state owed ad rural eterprises ad others. The ANC govermet cotiues to uphold broadbased black ecoomic empowermet as well as affirmative actio i order to further speedily trasform the owership, maagemet ad cotrol of the ecoomy. Lad is a itegral part of ecoomic trasformatio. Achievemets iclude early 5,000 farms, comprisig 4.2 millio hectares, that have bee trasferred to black people, beefitig over 200,000 families. I additio, early eighty thousad lad claims, totalig 3.4 millio hectares, have bee settled ad 1.8 millio people have beefited. Achievemets to date iclude early 5,000 farms, comprisig 4.2 millio hectares that have bee trasferred to black people, beefitig over 200,000 families. I additio, early eighty thousad lad claims, totalig 3.4 millio hectares, have bee settled ad 1.8 millio people have beefited. But the process remais slow hece the developmet of ew policies as outlied i Magaug. Followig the decisio of coferece to reope the lad claims lodgemet date, oe hudred ad four thousad two hudred ad forty eight ( ) ew claims have bee lodged. The decisio to grat exceptios to the lad claim cut-off date of 1913 so as to accommodate the Khoi ad Sa descedats, heri tage sites ad historical ladmarks is also beig implemeted. To esure more effective radical ecoomic trasformatio, we have to build a more capable ad effective state, which has the techical ad political capacity to lead developmet ad trasform the ecoomy. 12

15 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil b. Social trasformatio Durig the 2014 geeral electios our people agreed with us whe we said we had a good story to tell, ad that South Africa was a much better place to live i tha before Ideed a lot has bee achieved. A detailed report is provided i the orgaisatioal report. More of our people have bee lifted out of extreme poverty. More tha 16 millio people especially older persos, vulerable childre ad persos with disability receive much eeded social grats to alleviate poverty. The Public Works ad Commuity Work programmes had created six millio work opportuities for uemployed people, 40% of them youg people, by Over 3.3 millio free houses have bee built, beefitig more tha 16 millio people. Nearly 500 iformal settlemets have bee replaced with quality housig ad basic services. About 12 millio households have access to electricity, seve millio more tha i Aroud 92% of South Africas had access to potable water last year, compared to 60% i I 2014 we lauched the Local Govermet Back to Basics programme to improve the fuctioig of local govermet. Such itervetios are critical as we prepare for local govermet electios. We cotiue to ivest i our childre s educatio which is a ivestmet ito the future. Over seve millio learers from poor households do ot pay school fees. Over seve millio receive free meals at school. A key ew achievemet is the fact that every provice i our coutry ow has a uiversity. Over the past two years we have added three ew uiversities, Sol Plaatje Uiversity i the Norther Cape, the Uiversity of Mpumalaga ad Sefako Makgatho Health Scieces Uiversity i Gauteg. Fudig for studets from poor families through the Natioal Studets Fiacial Aid Scheme (NSFAS), has icreased from 441 millio rad i 1997 to over 9.5 billio rad i 2015 but remais iadequate give the icreasig umbers of studets. Programmes are beig implemeted to improve the disbursemet of fuds, to root out fraud i NSFAS, as well as to source additioal fudig. The frustratios relatig to the slow pace of trasformatio o campuses have also bee sharply expressed by studets ad this is a reality. Academic staff remais predomiatly white ad male. New academic posts targetig youg black academics ad wome are beig created to address trasformatio. While some of the issues raised by studets eed attetio, recet acts of violece ad vadalism o campuses is uacceptable ad actio should be take agaist studets who break the law. c. Health Dramatic progress has bee made o health care especially i the fight HIV ad AIDS sice the aoucemet of a turaroud strategy i South Africa ow fuds the largest Ati-retroviral treatmet programme i the world, with 3.1 millio South Africas beig o life savig medicatio. This has caused a icrease i life expectacy as persos livig with HIV are livig healthier lives. I additio more babies are bor without HIV due to a successful prevetio of mother to child trasmissio programme. All these ad other achievemets must be sustaied through the itroductio of uiversal health coverage through Natioal Health Isurace. d. Peace ad stability The latest crime statistics idicate that we have over the past te years substatially decreased the levels of certai categories of serious crime. But more eeds to be doe to make our people to feel safer. The braze behaviour of crimials who kill police officers, blow up ATMs or shoot people i highways 13

16 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil ad shoppig malls especially i the build up to the festive seaso does ot make our people feel safe. There is clearly somethig more that eeds to be doe to sed a message to crimials that crime does ot ad will ot pay. The NGC will reflect o progress made i crime fightig. The ANC eeds to work harder to reverse the icorrect public perceptio that the ANC ad its govermet are soft o corruptio ad that the ANC is a corrupt orgaisatio. It is thaks to the ANC s ati-corruptio programmes ad policies sice 1994 that the fight agaist corruptio is high up o the coutry s ageda. The may istrumets that have bee established to fight corruptio ad their output demostrate the seriousess of the democratic govermet about fightig corruptio. For a example, the Ati-Corruptio Task Team exists which comprises thirtee govermet departmets ad istitutios aimed at fast-trackig ivestigatios ad the prosecutio of corruptio cases. There also exist other specialised ati-corruptio uits withi various law eforcemet agecies which have made tagible progress. The ANC govermet also works with the Natioal Ati-Corruptio Forum to coordiate a civil society wide respose. Iterally withi the ANC we took a decisio i Magaug to establish a Itegrity Commissio to promote ethical behaviour. The members are highly regarded elders ad stalwarts of our movemet. We eed to provide them with the ecessary support. Drugs are destroyig our youth ad may families are sufferig. We call upo ANC braches to mobilise commuity members to stop turig a blid eye towards people who sell drugs i their eighbourhoods. Domestic violece ad violece agaist wome also still requires utmost attetio. The covictio rate relatig to sexual offeces stood at 71 percet i the first quarter of the curret 2015/16 fiacial year. BUILDING PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP The ANC s ageda i the iteratioal area is based o its belief ad commitmet to progressive iteratioalism. Durig our liberatio struggle, we beefitted immesely from iteratioal solidarity. The ANC will cotiue to work with progressive forces of the world agaist political systems which udermie global goverace ad exploit the atural resources of the developig coutries, i particular i Africa. The ANC has successfully egaged former liberatio movemets i the cotiet ad has cosolidated our partership ageda based o servig the poor i our regio ad the cotiet as a whole. We reiterate our call at the 53rd atioal coferece that whe assessig the balace of forces, as they apply to Africa, we eed sharpe our uderstadig of the role of ati-imperialist motive forces i the preset world situatio. This is eve more crucial i the cotext of the global capitalist crisis. We should cotiue to ask a few questios ad to fid aswers. Who are the motive forces of the Africa revolutio? What is the role ad cotributio that our revolutio is makig to the regeeratio of Africa? This calls for stroger cooperatio amog liberatio movemets i the regio to esure that the gais of liberatio ad decoloisatio are ot reversed. We also eed to be alive to lessos from North Africa, especially the aftermath of the political chages that were referred to as the Arab Sprig. We must carefully aalyse foreig itervetios that brig about regime chage which leave the people leaderless ad allow military formatios ad right wig orgaisatios to lead, as has happeed i Libya, causig serious istability i the Sahel regio. We must also cotiue to support the Africa Uio 14

17 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil ad Africa solutios to Africa problems. We caot afford a situatio where cotietal iitiatives to brig about lastig peace, security ad stability o the cotiet cotiue to be udermied by powerful foreig forces. We cotiue to promote good relatios with our parters i the developed North such as the EU, the Uited States, Japa ad others. We have also teamed up with our parters withi the Brazil, Russia, Idia ad South Africa (BRICS) formatio. With regards to global goverace, the ANC should cotiue to pursue the reform of the Uited Natios ad its orgas to reflect the curret global political ad ecoomic cofiguratio. Further, the impact of the global fiacial crisis to both developig ad developed coutries makes a compellig case for the reform of the global fiacial architecture. The establishmet of the BRICS New Developmet Bak is a welcome developmet i this ew frotier. We should cotiue to advocate for the rights of the people of Palestie ad to call for uity amogst Palestiia formatios. We reiterate our support of the people of Wester Sahara ad urge all our structures to cotiue supportig their struggle for self-determiatio, freedom, huma rights ad digity. We also welcome the re-establishmet of diplomatic relatios betwee Cuba ad the Uited States ad the release of the Cuba Five. We reiterate our call for the liftig of the ecoomic ad fiacial embargo to help the Cuba people to gai their ecoomic freedom. At the historic 70th aiversary of the Uited Natios last moth, the UN Geeral Assembly adopted the Sustaiable Developmet Goals to replace the Milleium Developmet Goals which ed o 31 December The SDGs are iteded to usher i a world characterized by greater equity, a world without poverty ad a world i which we ca live i greater harmoy with ature. We have a lot of work to do at this NGC. The statemet by Comrade Pixley ka Isaka Seme i 1911 motivatig the objectives of the foudig ANC coferece is relevat to this NGC, 104 years later. He said: We shall have come together to bury forever the greatest block to our security, happiess, progress ad prosperity as a people. We shall have come together truly, as we are, the childre of oe household to discuss our home problems ad the solutio of them. We look forward to frak ad robust discussios as braches review ad evaluate the implemetatio of ANC policies. We wish all delegates successful deliberatios. The ANC lives! The ANC leads! Amadla! All Power! 15

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21 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil REPORT OF NGC COMMISSIONS (AS ADOPTED) 5 Report o THE BALANCE OF FORCES INTRODUCTION This report covers discussios o the Balace of Forces from all the 8 commissios. Because may of the proposals relate to matters dealt with by the sectoral commissios, this report deals with broad geeric issues. STRATEGY AND TACTICS The Commissios were of the commo view that the 2007 Strategy ad Tactics documet ad the 2012 Preface are still relevat. However, developmets sice these Cofereces have brought ito sharp focus may ew dyamics which require further reflectio. All such issues call for creative applicatio of the tools of aalysis i the ANC s arseal, so as to sharpe our uderstadig of South Africa society ad the world i which we live, ad to ehace the orgaisatio s role as a vaguard of the NDR. It was agreed that the process of draftig the Strategy ad Tactics documet for the 2017 Natioal Coferece should start as soo as possible, ad etail wide cosultatio withi the raks of the ANC ad its Alliace parters as well as i broader society. GENERAL COMMENTS ON THE DOCUMENT The aalysis as preseted i the discussio documet was broadly welcomed. Proceedig from the perspective that the balace of forces is a dyamic process, it is agreed that we eed always to pay attetio to the chagig objective coditios ad subjective factors: domestically, cotietally ad i the wider world. I this regard, there is eed further to iterrogate issues such as: The relatioship betwee the assessmet of the balace of forces ad the ANC s strategic objective. The variety of mushroomig civil society structures ad the failure of the ANC to reach out ad give leadership to such forces. The growth i the umbers of motive forces of the NDR which do ot see the ANC as the leader of the process of trasformatio, reflected amog others i their electoral choices. Comprehesive aalysis of the ature ad character of forces opposed to fudametal trasformatio. The root causes of weakesses withi the ANC, icludig the sis of icumbecy, which udermie its ability to mobilise society aroud the cause of radical social chage. How we make use of our ivolvemet i regioal ad global ecoomic ad other fora to advace the progressive ageda. The objective ad subjective circumstaces that have precipitated divisios with the progressive trade uio movemet, ad how the ANC ca play its leadership role i promotig the uity of workers. ORGANISATIONAL RENEWAL The critical focus of the ANC is to esure that it 19

22 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil remais a strog ad cohesive orgaisatio that is a vaguard of the motive forces of the NDR, able always to ifluece ad lead the broad democratic movemet ad society at large. As such, we should seek, o a ogoig basis, to strike the appropriate balace betwee the umber ad quality of members. The fudametal task of orgaisatioal reewal is outlied i the resolutio of the 2012 Natioal Coferece. This icludes the motivatio for, ad decisio o, the Itegrity Commissio. It is imperative that these decisios of Coferece are implemeted. The NEC should esure that this happes, ad report o progress to the membership, at least o a aual basis. STATE AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION Success i implemetig the programmes of radical ecoomic trasformatio ad other objectives of the movemet depeds, critically, o progress i buildig a capable developmetal state. While much progress has bee made i this regard, there are may weakesses that maifest i the various agecies of the state, ad these eed to be addressed o a comprehesive basis. Of particular cocer is the combiatio of factors, some objective ad others a cosequece of machiatios by efarious forces, which have the effect of udermiig the legitimacy of the state. The Commissios further oted with cocer that actios ad/or omissios by some of the movemet s cadres i various cetres of power have the effect of udermiig people s cofidece i the govermet ad i the ANC. The ANC has a resposibility to esure that the state is capacitated to fulfil its obligatios to society ad to speed up the process of social trasformatio. I accordace with prescripts of the Costitutio ad provisios of relevat legislatio, the ANC should esure that all agecies of the state are appropriately staffed ad resourced. NATION BUILDING AND SOCIAL COHESION Whilst we welcome the progress made i buildig a o-racial, o-sexist, democratic, uited ad prosperous society, we are fully cogisat of the eed to mobilise all sectors of society aroud the Natioal Developmet Pla, with the aim of proceedig as speedily as possible towards a Natioal Democratic Society. The leadership role of the ANC should fid full expressio i the efforts to forge a social compact. As part of this process, the ANC must develop a deeper grasp of the evolutio of various classes ad strata i society, icludig the emerget middle strata, who are a product of the process of social trasformatio. The aalysis must iform how we relate to ad egage these social strata i a maer that advaces the objectives of the NDR. A appropriate respose to this chagig reality does ot imply a slackeig of our focus o the workig class, the poor, wome ad other margialised sectors of society. INTERNATIONAL BALANCE OF FORCES The South Africa govermet ad the ANC are widely respected amog a multitude of coutries ad regios across the globe. South Africa has made great strides i makig its voice ad that of Africa heard, i various iteratioal fora. There is a dager, though, that this ca be udermied by our ow poor performace ad coduct. Iversely, exemplary coduct ad effective performace withi South Africa by both the ANC ad the govermet do have a importat cotributio to make i ehacig the coutry s stadig i the global area. The approach of our movemet is iformed by the imperative to pursue the iterests of our people, ad to build a safer ad more humae world order. I this regard, the followig areas eed further aalysis: o How we cotribute to the stregtheig of, ad work with, the AU ad regioal bodies to advace Africa iterests. 20

23 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil o How we utilise our positive attributes as a coutry, to ehace the stadig of our regio ad cotiet ad to advace the global trasformatio ageda o Ways of stregtheig the progressive alliaces that have bee forged over the years, icludig BRICS i particular. I this process, we eed to be cogisat of the fact that i all iteratioal parterships a variety of cosideratios, rather tha charity, iform the coduct of iteratioal relatios. o Workig with other coutries o the cotiet, ad with allies i other parts of the globe, we must cotiue sharply to raise the issue pertaiig to the reform of multilateral istitutios. o Alog with these iteratioal parters, we should also strive to uderstad ad chage the egative geo-political dyamics playig out i various parts of the world. Africa We ote that the NGC is meetig at a time whe Africa is o the rise ad there are opportuities for the cotiet to effectively respod to challeges of poverty, uderdevelopmet ad iequality; ad to build peace ad democracy. This positive tedecy must be cosolidated. Further aalysis is required o ew dyamics o the cotiet, icludig chagig ecoomic balaces, as well as pheomea such as the emergeces of the KINGs (Keya, Ivory Coast, Nigeria ad Ghaa). This should lead to requisite strategies o how South Africa ca parter various strategic achor coutries. The ANC must take active part i efforts to stregthe the Africa Uio ad to esure the implemetatio of Ageda Middle East The ANC will cotiue to pursue peace ad democracy i the Middle East, icludig the liberatio of the people of Palestie. I this regard, we must cotiually review South Africa s relatios with the state of Israel. CONCLUSION The NGC reaffirms the ANC s commitmet cotiually to shift the balace of forces i favour of the forces of social trasformatio to attai a Natioal Democratic Society; ad to stregthe its parterships with global forceswhich are committed to buildig a peaceful, more equitable ad more humae world order. It is the covictio of this Natioal Geeral Coucil that profoud possibilities exist to speed up social chage, icludig radical ecoomic trasformatio. This however depeds o the capacity ad the will of the ANC to meet its historical madate. Failure to build such capacity ad to correct the icipiet weakesses withi the orgaisatio, will place the Natioal Democratic Revolutio i grave dager. 21

24 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil Report o ORGANISATIONAL RENEWAL AND ELECTIONS Structure of Commissio Report 1. VALUES 2. ORGANISATIONAL RENEWAL Geeral issues Membership ad Braches Relatioship with Local Govermet Alliace, Youth, Wome 3. DEALING WITH NEGATIVE PRACTICES Role ad powers of the Itegrity Committee Corruptio Factioalism leadership ad cadidate selectio ad slates Ill-disicplie. 4. CADRE DEVELOPMENT 5. ELECTIONS 1. VALUES Commissios recommeded that the ANC takes the followig steps to reew ad etrech our commitmet to the core values of the ANC: 1. Iduct all leaders at all levels o the core values of the ANC ad the coduct expected from leadership. 2. Develop a basic itroductory documets to explai our core values ad positio o backward tedecies such as tribalism, racism, xeophobia, sexism, homophobia, regioalism, etc. 3. All ANC members ad leaders should be able to promote social cohesio, atio buildig, ad explai the ANC approach to the atioal questio. 4. Use political educatio to reew our basic values of solidarity ad iteratioalism, especially amog the youth. 2. ORGANISATIONAL RENEWAL The Commissios reiterated ad re-emphasized the eed to accelerate the implemetatio of key resolutios. Especilaly importat are those related to cadre developmet, disciplie, ward based POAs, the broader orgaisatioal reewal ad the relatioship betwee the ANC ad the state. We eed a Moitorig ad Evaluatio system to track implemetatio at Luthuli House uder the SGO. The ANC should have a cocrete orgaisatioal strategic pla aually to esure orgaisatioal reewal. Amog other issues that should be adressed are the followig: Exteral egagemet tools ad developmet of cadres to do this work properly i each commuity. Regioal secretaries should ot be public reps ad the NEC should istruct them to resig with immediate effect. Deploy more resources to capture ad preserve our records ad history. Be creative ad decisive whe dealig with problems focus o solvig problems. 22

25 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil Uity should be preserved at all cost o wiers ad losers should emerge from ANC cofereces ad cadidates who have sigificat miority support should be accommodated so that our executives reflect the true character of the ANC. Develop a more scietific deploymet system that records expertise, qualifiatios ad traiig eeds amog our core cadres deployed to public service or as public reps. Deploymet strategy weak ad cadres who have failed i oe deploymet should ot be awarded higher or other positios. Availability of sufficiet NEC ad PEC for orgaisatioal work should be a strog cosideratio whe deployig cadres to govermet. Improve coferece preparatio process ivolve sectors cosistetly. BRANCHES AND MEMBERSHIP The fluctuatio of membership ad disappearig members ad BECs, are a major cocer. Commissios felt that the practice of buildig ad bulk-buyig electio braches before cofereces should be dealt with firmly as acts of ill-disciplie ad corruptio. The commissios further emphasized that the ANC should: Develop brach profiles which should also have the brach POA as well as what has bee implemeted i that brach ad place reports o the cloud system. The brach should have at least oe meetig per quarter where the list of members i the brach, activities, ad participatig members are published. This iformatio will become part of the audit processes ad the criterio of a brach i good stadig. Audit should also focus o life of the brach ot just umbers, sigatures ad R20. We eed to support political programmes ad campaigs at local level ad use the brach maual for guidace ad the tablets ad cloud system for reportig ad commuicatio with braches. Approach to commuity work should iclude street committees, where ecessary, ad the NEC should develop clear guidelies o the structure, role ad powers of the street committees ad how they relate to other legislated ad ANC structures. Iteract with people ad break social distace, all cadres ad especially leaders, should have real liks with commuity - other tha ANC braches. Stregthe SGO to provide visibility, campaigs, support to braches, ad m ad e of programmes. Allocatio to braches of membership fee should be 100% from ow. Iform members of whe probatio period expires. Track expiry ad iform members electroically. Speed up approval of membership ad allow less less space for maipulatio. Make gatekeepig a discipliary offece. PEC ad REC should moitor membership growth ad watch out for gatekeepig i areas with high volumes of ANC supporters or differet geographic costraits. Dysfuctioal BEC should be disbaded ad BTTs put i place after due process with a clear time limit. Some commissios felt that the 100 miimum umber was too much, especially i miority areas. Whe ew members joi they should go to the BGM where they should be welcomed ad make their oath. Eve provisioal members should get a card ad be iformed of whe their probabtio expires. RELATIONSHIP WITH GOVERNMENT AT LOCAL LEVEL Previous resolutios o ward coucillor ad brach relatioship must be implemeted: coucillor serves o BEC ex offico, mothly reports must be made to BEC ad three mothly report to brach. 23

26 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil Braches should support icumbet ward coucillor without reservatio o coditio that they follow the ANC guidelies. Cooperate o back to basics issues ad play strog role o supportig the ward coucillor, especially with commuity participatio ad cosultatio aroud local commuity eeds. Miisters ad MECs must ivolve ad iform braches whe deliverig a service or a programme i their area to assist us with claimig delivery for the ANC. Alliace Cotiue to build a strog Alliace with a practical ad fuctioal programme ad campaigs at atioal, provicial ad regioal level Youth Stregthe ANC YL ad support PYA ad their resolutio to support SASCO campaigs for SRC electios o campusses. ANC must aalyse youth issues, cocers, demographics to better uderstad them as a motive force ad a core costituecy for electios. Istitutioalise cadre developmet for youth ad do ot leave it to the YL. Cocers were also raised that geeratioal mix does ot peetrate all areas of deploymet. Wome Empowermet ANC must work with WL o struggles ad programmes for emacipatio ad empowermet of wome. It is ot a act of charity or a issue for the WL aloe. We should strive to achieve 50/50 for officals at all levels, as well i spite of them ot beig a structure. 3. DEALING WITH NEGATIVE PRACTICES Itegrity Commissio (IC) Corruptio was widely accepted by Commissios as a major threat to the NDR ad the orgaisatio. The Commissios discussed corruptio at legth ad welcomed the Itegrity Commissio s operatioalizatio. The growig perceptio that the ANC is soft o its ow members ad that this has serious implicatios ad reputatioal damage for the ANC. As the Presidet said: these tedecies create a perceptio that the ANC is a self-servig orgaisatio that deviates from its core-values. Magaug decided to set up the IC made up of veteras beyod reproach to ivestigate ad make a determiatio based o the best iterests of the orgaisatio. The followig was agreed by commissios: 1. The Commissio should get powers to implemet decisios ad ot just to recommed to the NEC. They already ivestigate but are curretly recommedig to the NEC ad most recommedatios have ot bee adopted. The iocet util prove guilty doctrie should ot apply as this is ot a court or DC process. The IC should pursue the iterest of the ANC ad ask members to step aside while dealig with their problems, for the sake of the orgaisatio. The IC should also be adequately resourced. Their determiatio o cases are fial. All previous decisios should be implemeted. 2. Added after debate i pleary: I takig its decisios the IC must esure that its processes are ot used to stifle debate or dey members their basic democratic rights or be used as a meas of settlig political scores (similar to what is set out i Rule 25.6 of the Costitutio that guides DC processes.) 3. The IC must iform the Officials of its decisios before their coclusios are aouced. 4. The IC should also be set up at provicial level, ad members should be vetted ad approved by the atioal IC. 5. All IC members should be above reproach ad should ever have faced a serious allegatio or charge withi the ANC or govermet. 6. All members of the ANC should subject themselves to the due processes of the Commissio. Ill-Disciplie, Abuse of Orgaisatioal Process, Coflict The ANC is ofte cofroted with icidets of ill- 24

27 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil disciplie by leaders i their relatioships with structures they work with. This is especially apparat whe it comes to iteral coflicts ad leadership electios. May coflicts that result ed up i court because of a uwilligess by the provicial leadership to address brach complaits about leadership or coflict. We have a clear complait system that goes through the secretaries at provicial ad atioal level. This should be the first approach for all who are aggrieved ad the process should be fair ad trasparat. Whe these structures refuse to deal with a problem we eed a alterative to desperate members approachig a court. The followig proposals came from commissios: Appoit a respected vetera or small team, at provicial level who ca deal with complaits ad problems to try ad avoid court cases. They should be madated to mediate coflicts ad assist braches ad members with gettig a hearig if they have a substative complait. Act o ill disciplie whe it occurs withi structures. At each level the secretary should immediately call members to accout ad egage with member tofid out reasos ad problems, ad to correct poor behaviour. The DC should prepare a simple maual o its process to assist those that are charged or wat to brig charges. The ANC eeds a whistle blower lie or complait lie that is seperate from the elected leadership who may be the target of a particular complait. This could possibly be oe of the fuctios for the veteras team metioed above. Failure to complete work or report o tasks at all levels of leadership should be addressedby the secretary ad the structure if eeded Defectio We eed to be strategic to reivolve ad reitegrate defectors who retur without speedy promotio that may be see as disadvatagig loyal members. Factioalism i Electios ad Slates Commisios were uited that the practice of slates should be outlawed ad that serious steps should be take to prevet ad deal with this practice. We have to abado the ew culture that wiers take all that has set take root i the ANC this cetury. Proposals are: Ba formalizatio of lobby groups ad the promotio of slates - those who promote these must be disciplied by a DC Need to locate the power to elect leaders with braches as the basic ad cetral uit of the ANC. This meas that braches must vote accordig to their brach madate at elective cofereces ad cosolidatio of prefereces at regioal or provicial level should be outlawed NEC to produce guidelies o how to deal with leadership selectio addedum to Eye of a Needle with practical guidelies o process. Buyig votes or rewardig through other meas is a act of corruptio o both sides ad must be dealt with by DC ad IC if eeded. Itroduce miimum threshold of brach omiatios for elected ANC positios (possibly 10%). Seperate electios for each offical positio to do away with slates ad allow for losers to be accommodated at deputy level as a act of uifyig the ANC. 4. CADRE DEVELOPMENT Political School There is o reaso ot to implemet the political school with the resources we have available. Political school shoudl ot be see as a structure but as a curriculum with diverse ad accessible methods to use i e-learig ad debate. Braches ad ay other group of cadres shoudl be ecouraged to hold study groups at o cost. While we work towards buildig a structure we should brig politics ito every brach, coucil ad executive of 25

28 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil the ANC. A curriculum exists ad we eed to work o producig videos, mauals ad assigmets that ca be dowloaded ad used by ay cadres. A e- school ca also be developed for idividuals who have iteret acccess. We should raise fuds to trai facilitators for all braches of the ANC ad Leagues. Iductio Leaders of braches eed capacity to lead commuites ad respod to local issues ad coflicts. A clear iductio programme should be desiged ad made compulsory for leaders ad public represetaives at all lelels. New cadres ad those from other parties should be iducted withi 6 moths. 5. ELECTIONS The Commissios oted that electios may be oly 8 moths away. We have strog support i the coutry, much of it uregistered ad may ANC voters (13%) who are alieated or have become passive. We eed to udertake the followig urget tasks: 1. Complete the selectio of the best possible ward cadidates ad a balaced team of PR cadidates by December. I strategic muicipalites the NEC should cosider a process for mayoral cadidate selectio ad aoucemet before the electio as this may aid the campaig. 2. Esure that all youg potetial ANC voters have ID documets ow ad register them as voters ext year. 3. Register them ad all others who have moved i February ad March ext year. 4. Youth campiag that registers, educates ad mobilises youg people for all structures ad campaig voluteers. 5. Egage with all orgaised sectors, report o our delivery ad discuss the challeges we face ad their cocers. 6. Aim to wi back the black middle class vote ad mobilise the workig class to support the ANC. 7. Seriously egage white, coloured ad Idia voters, ad orgaisatios from those commuites, with a view to icreasig our support ad wiig over key opiio-makers. 8. Target improvig our support i the Wester Cape by cosolidatig ad registerig the base vote, ad ivadig the oppositio strogholds. 9. Ehace local commuity egagemet with ANC ad ward coucillors ow ad make sure that delivery is welll publicised ad key problems are adressed. 10. Become more scietific about our mobilisatio of ad cotact with voters. Use the ew cloud system to capture ANC support ad potetial support as well as local issues. 11. Expad the 20 questios booklet for voluteers ad leaders ad cadidates to capture ew issues as they arise. 12. Develop a detailed social media policy ad code of coduct to be adhered to by all members. 13. Trai all Miisters, Mayors, MECs ad commuicatios people to deal with ANC messagig before ed

29 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil REPORTS OF SECTORAL COMMISSIONS (AS ADOPTED) 6 1. Ecoomic Trasformatio 1. The Magaug Coferece s madate o ecoomic trasformatio 1.1 At the 53rd Natioal Coferece i Magaug i 2012 the ANC s resolutio o ecoomic policy was iformed by the Freedom Charter s call that the people shall share i South Africa s wealth. 1.2 Sice our democratic break-though i 1994, sigificat progress has bee made i meetig the basic eeds of our people, icludig through the growth of the social wage ad the provisio of social ifrastructure. However, the redistributio of wealth ad the growth of job creatig idustries have ot met the people s expectatios. 1.3 As a result, the ANC has resolved to take measures to accelerate growth ad itesify of the programme of ecoomic trasformatio. The itesificatio of our itervetios will form a itegral part of the secod phase of our trasitio from apartheid to a atioal democratic society, ad will be based o the followig pillars: Uitig all South Africas aroud the Natioal Developmet Pla (NDP) to promote growth ad developmet ad eradicate the triple scourge of uemploymet, poverty ad iequality, State-led ifrastructure ivestmet aimed at massively improvig social ad ecoomic ifrastructure, with a emphasis o the use of local cotet ad local compaies, The successful implemetatio of the strategies to give effect to the Natioal Developmet Pla, icludig the New Growth Path ad the Idustrial Policy Actio Pla aimed at stimulatig growth, employmet ad the reidustrialisatio of the SA ecoomy Trasformig the miig sector with the aim of wideig the beefits of SA s abudace of mierals, icludig the creatio of safe ad decet work o the mies as well as beefits for ear-mie local commuities. Particular focus o beeficiatio is essetial ad has to be expedited without delay Promotig youth employmet, small busiess ad cooperatives Buildig a developmetal state with the techical ad political capacity to lead developmet ad trasform the ecoomy A supportive macroecoomic policy framework, orieted towards recostructio, growth ad developmet, ad iformed by the imperatives of sustaiability ad log-ru macroecoomic stability. 2. Negative ecoomic headwids locally ad iteratioally 2.1 The global ecoomic coditios have bee extremely difficult over the past three years. Growth has slowed i Chia ad is egative i coutries like Brazil ad Russia. The US ad Europe have faced low ecoomic growth 27

30 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil ad Europe has bee further affected by the Greece crisis. The rate of ecoomic growth i Africa has falle sharply, especially for oil producers. Commodity prices have falle sharply, icludig prices of a umber of SA s major mieral products such as iro ore, coal, gold ad platium. 2.2 Negative global coditios affect the South Africa ecoomy i a umber of ways, icludig job losses, reduced ivestmets, reduced exports ad exchage rate volatility. 2.3 There are also specific domestic weakesses i the SA ecoomy. May ecoomic problems cotiue to be based o the structures of iequality ad uderdevelopmet iherited from South Africa coloial ad apartheid past. Other problems, are more cojuctural i ature, such as low levels of growth ad ivestmet, reduced busiess cofidece, limited fiscal space, a ogoig shortage of electricity, the threat of jobs losses i miig, metals ad other sectors, ad drought coditios. 3. Ifrastructure 3.1 The atioal ifrastructure plais a critical tool for delivery of the goals of the NDP. 3.2 The slowig global ecoomy ad the eed to speed up social delivery ad job creatio, requires that ew project approvals, fudig ad implemetatio should be brought forward where possible i key areas, such as, water (dams, water pipelies ad household coectios), trasport (road, rail ad port), eergy (geeratio, trasmissio ad distributio), broadbad rollout ad social ifrastructure (health, educatio ad saitatio). The PICC must fialise such projects o a expedited basis. The ANC NEC Lekgotla must receive a full report o project pipelie implemetatio i Jauary Maiteace of ifrastructure is a key way of improvig performace ad creatig jobs. Maiteace must be prioritizes, icludig through clear targets, rig-fecedfudig for maiteace, clear audits of maiteacespedig ad likig the maiteace targets to the performace agreemets of civil servats. 3.4 Ifrastructure developmet, particularly maiteace, provides a key opportuity to trai youg South Africas i the rage of artisaal skills, icludig plumbig, electrical works, masory, brick-layig,etc. 4. Miig 4.1 The miig sector is udergoig a period of distress as a result of the curret low commodity price cycle. The ANC calls o parties to exercise restrait i dealig with issues of employmet ad wages i order to avoid job losses ad to sustai the sector s potetial for future growth ad developmet. 4.2 To reduce ucertaity i the miig sector, the speedy promulgatio of the amedmets to the Miig ad Petroleum Resources Developmet Act (MPRDA) is required icludig to give effect to beeficiatio. Furthermore, the resolutio of the curret dispute over the iterpretatio of the terms of South Africa s Miig Charter is also urgetly required. 4.3 I lie with the Resolutios of the 53rd Elective Coferece i Magaug, the State Owed miig compay must be stregtheed. 4.4 Progress has bee made i advacig beeficiatio ad this process must be expedited. 4.5 Recogisig the ueve levels of maturity for mierals ad petroleum, the Mieral ad Petroleum Resources Developmet Act should be split ito two separate legislatio, oe caterig for mieral resources ad aother oe for petroleum (oil ad gas) resources, which should icorporate the free-carry priciple for the state. 4.6 All participats i the miig idustry are called upo to joitly explore appropriate 28

31 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil itervetios i order to place the miig sector alog a iclusive growth trajectory that promotes sustaiable developmet, icludig protectio of jobs, beeficiatio of mierals ad eables the sector to be a catalyst for developmet. I this cotext, the NGC welcomes the lauch of the Operatio Phakisa i Miig. 5. Oil ad gas 5.1 The effective use of gas as a source of eergy i South Africa has sigificat potetial to reduce eergy costs ad improve the ecoomy s overall efficiecy ad competitiveess. This ca be a sigificat game-chager for the South Africa ecoomy with sizeable positive employmet effects as well as the potetial to reduce the cost of livig. 5.2 The recommedatio of Operatio Phakisa o the Ocea s Ecoomy to advace offshore oil ad gas exploratio should be implemeted. Furthermore, the exploratio oshore for shale gas should be accelerated i such a way to esure that o damage is doe to South Africa s water ad other evirometal resources. Furthermore, the effective itegratio of the South Africa ecoomy with the oil ad gas resources available i the Souther Africa regio holds vast potetial. South Africa compaies, icludig state-owed compaies, should have a clear role i the gas idustry. 6. Eergy 6.1 The shortage of electricity supply serves as a sigificat costrait o ecoomic growth ad developmet i South Africa. Delays i the Medupi ad Kusile power statio projects have resulted i a uacceptable cost escalatios, a prologed period of power shortages ad related ecoomic problems. 6.2 As South Africa adopts various short- ad medium-ru strategies to overcome the curret shortage of power geeratio, icludig the successful Idepedet Power Projects (IPP s) for reewable eergy ad the plaed extesio of the IPP model to coal ad gas projects, the ANC cotiues to assert the positio that state owed compay Eskom should remai at the cetre of South Africa s Eergy Idustry, icludig i the ew build programme. 6.3 Priority should be give to makig clear decisios o future baseload power ivestmets i order to avoid aother challege of electricity availability i the medium to log term. The implemetatio of a optimal eergy mix is key, so as to esure optimal power geeratio that is affordable, ad ecoomically ad evirometally sustaiable.this will require ope ad trasparet processes o future coal, reewables, gas, uclear ad hydro ivestmets. Maiteace ad refurbishmet of the curret fleet is also a priority matter with regard to ogoig ad future power geeratio. 6.4 The IPP office must be restructured with the objective of esurig a improvedgoverace structure ad i order to stregthe its impact to achieve atioal policy objectives. 6.5 The process of settig up additioal refiig capacity i the Coega SEZ is a importat developmet for the liquid fuels sector growth ad developmet. This will boost idustrializatio, job creatio ad attract sigificat foreig direct ivestmet. 7. Surface trasport ifrastructure 7.1 Traset should cotiue with its extesive capital expasio programme, but i order to avoid problems of future shortages ad excesses of rail capacity, its ivestmet plas will have to remai cogiscet of developmets ad treds i market demad. Traset should seek to optimize the developmetal impact of its ivestmet programme, particularly through the maximizatio of local cotet with the explicit aim of creatig jobs ad stregtheig local idustry. 7.2 Ecoomic policy must take ito accout the 29

32 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil opportuities provided through a itegrated trasport system that ehaces the competitiveess of supply chais by more effectively itegratig differet trasport modes across these chais. 7.3 The regulatory approach should be equitable ad fair ad based o a approved strategy for a itegrated freight system aimed at reducig the overall cost of logistics to beefit growth ad job creatio ad promote local idustrialisatio. 7.4 The ANC supports the user-pay priciple. The NGC otes the cocers raised about the curret etoll system i Gauteg. Accordigly, the NGC urges govermet to cotiue to move with speed to explore meas to address the socio-ecoomic impact o our people, icludig alterative meas of fudig road ad other ifrastructure. 8. Iformatio ad Commuicatio Techologies (ICT) 8.1 Telecoms ad broadbad costs are too high i South Africa as compared to other coutries, icludig may other Africa coutries. These high costs are servig to retard ecoomic activity ad to hold back the potetial developmet of a vibrat digital ecoomy with its sigificat job creatig potetial, particularly for youg people. 8.2 We urge govermet to fialise speedily the review of the existig ICT policies ad regulatio ad adopt a ew itegrated ICT White Paper o the use of ad adoptio of the ICT to uderpi the implemetatio of the NDP. I this regard the ew policy must: esure uiversal access to broadbad ifrastructure i all areas of the coutry esure cosolidatio of govermet ICT assets ad etities to avoid duplicatio ad provide a coheret platform for use of the govermet owed assets to accelerate ifrastructure deploymet create a policy ad regulatory regime that opes access to ifrastructure for existig ad future licesed etities, i particular SMMEs, o a trasparet ad o discrimiatory basis create a separate licesig ad reportig eviromet that will promote trasparecy i the provisio of ifrastructure ad ICT services reduce termiatio rates ad make roamig affordable atioally ad withi the SADC regio ecourage the developmet of local South Africa digital cotet, localize the maufacturig of ICT products ad services itegrate the post office ito the digital etwork ad positio it as poit of presece ad access for govermet services. This itegratio must be uderpied by a Uiversal Address System that coects south Africas through traditioal post offices ad ew IT techologies fialise the corporatisatio of the Post Bak as a ucleus of state-owed bak migrate govermet services to olie e-govermet services that are always available. 8.3 The above strategy will require a icrease i traiig ad developmet i order to provide the ecessary ew skills sets i egieerig ad techical fields ad use of techologies by ordiary South Africas. 8.4 The spectrum is a sigificat ad critical scarce atioal resource that must be accessed by curret ad future licesed operators. I this regard, we further urge govermet to fialise, by December 2015, the ew spectrum policy. The ew spectrum policy must esure equitable access by licesed operators to critical ifrastructure. The ew spectrum policy must prioritise rural areas to esure availability of ifrastructure i all areas of the coutry. It must also seek to 30

33 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil esure the icreased affordability of commuicatio services. 8.5 The Natioal Developmet Pla evisages substatial job creatio opportuity i digital-eabled ecoomic activity, especially for youth. The effort to promote ivestmet ad job creatio i IT eabled services must be itesified. 9. Labour market reforms 9.1 A key questio is how do we positio our policies to beefit from the coutry s potetial demographic divided, i the cotext of a rapidly closig widow of opportuity i this regard. 9.2 Ogoig efforts by the Nedlac costituecies to advace discussios o a miimum wage i the South Africa ecoomy are fully supported by the ANC. This process is i lie with our commitmet to creatig decet work for people i South Africa ad is iformed by the commitmet i our 2014 Electio Maifesto to ivestigate the modality for the itroductio of a atioal miimum wage as oe of the key mechaisms to reduce icome iequality. 9.3 There eeds to be icreased emphasis o artisaal ad practical traiig for youg South Africas. This is particularly importat for those youg people who are fallig through the cracks ad fid themselves either i educatio or i ay form of employmet. New, effective mechaisms must be foud to support busiesses, state owed compaies, TVET colleges ad other istitutios to provide practical traiig for youg people i our ecoomy, icludig through appropriate icetives. 9.4 It is urget that the educatio ad post-educatio system support youth, esurig they have basic capabilities i commuicatio, comprehesio ad maths for employability. The gap i these capabilities place excessive pressure o employers ad traiig istitutios. 9.5 Efforts to stregthe the labour regime must be fast-tracked. These iclude: Improvig lifelog learig ad career advacemets Improvig labour market matchig ad trasitios Stabilisig the labour eviromet, improvig dispute resolutio ad shop floor relatios Stregtheig the labour courts, bargaiig coucils ad resourcig the CCMA Idetifyig routes to more equitable wage determiatio i the private sector Public sector labour relatios coducive to delivery Steps be take to address casualisatio of labour through esurig compliace with the law. 10. Stregtheig Black Ecoomic Empowermet 10.1 The black idustrialists programme, as part of a broader programme of trasformatio, is itegral to efforts to scale up maufacturig. Sigificat fuds from the IDC ad dti have bee earmarked to support the growth of black idustrialists. The challege, though, is for this programme to support real sector productive etrepreeurship ad exclude ret seekig itermediaries Greater coceptual clarity is required i order to improve ad broade the trasformative impact of our various black ecoomic empowermet (BEE) iitiatives. While we have made progress i some areas, there have also bee reversals ad uiteded cosequeces with regard to some of our BEE itervetios. Processes eed to be udertake to iro-out such problems ad to develop more sophisticated mechaisms to esure the full etry of black South Afri- 31

34 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil cas as productive citizes i the owership ad maagemet of compaies State procuremet represets a sigificat market for busiesses, large ad small, ad should be viewed as a key istrumet for empowerig emergig black busiesses. I this regard, we eed to review the PPPFA to eable the implemetatioof set asides that work more effectively i promotig black busiesses Cosideratio should be give to settig up a ew fud to acquireicreasig owership i both listed ad ulisted compaies that are seekig to dispose of their holdigs, especially durig the curret ecoomic dowtur ad relate period of low commodity prices, as part of the overall empowermet programme. 11. Tourism a export service sectors 11.1 A sector which holds great potetial for job creatio, especially i rural areas, is tourism. Advacig trasformatio i the tourism sector is paramout. The tourism sector has exceptioally strog likages to the rest of the ecoomy, for example food ad beverage productio, fiacial services, pritig ad publishig, security services, ad may others The ANCotes the issues raised by the public o the ewly itroduced Visa processes, also otes the process iitiated by govermet led by the Deputy Presidet ad call o Govermet to expedite a solutio to this matter,i order to restore the coutry s atural comparative advatage i this importat sector There is potetial to ulock greater value by ivestig more i urturig a culture of domestic tourism. By icreasig govermet ivestmet i tourism marketig, we could create meaigful ew job opportuities ad ecoomic growth Key export sectors icludig for costruc- tio ad fiace services eed to be supported to eable Africa developmet to beefit from local capacity ad to trasform local capacity to eable substatial etry of black South Africas. 12. Agriculture 12.1 Agriculture ad agro-processig has large employmet creatio potetial ad sigificat farm exports add favourably to South Africa s balace of paymets. Policy should be put ito place to allow the developmet of a large umber of small-holder farms, which are itegrated ito the commercial farmig value chai I order to achieve this, deliberate attetio should be paid to icreasig the employmet impact of the sector by the developmet of a agriculture icetive scheme that supports key iputs such as workig capital, access to ifrastructure, feeds ad fertilizers, paret stock ad research ad developmet for the developmet of ew cultivars ad vaccies Expad agro-processig iitiatives as a key focus of maufacturig promotio policy. 13. Maufacturig 13.1 Maufacturig cotiues to be a major sector of South Africa s ecoomy, providig a sigificat base of skilled employmet opportuities. Through its Idustrial Policy Actio Pla (IPAP), govermet seeks to trasform the structure of South Africa s maufacturig base through creatig ew levels of dyamism ad competitiveess i the sector Curret ecoomic coditios are provig to be very difficult for the maufacturig sector. I order to arrest the declie i maufacturig performace, a reewed emphasis eeds to be placed o localisatio, particularly liked to procuremet by govermet ad state-owed compaies. There should 32

35 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil be clear cosequecs for o-compliace by public etities of our policies o localisatio Improved efficiecies i South Africa s trasport ad logistics etworks would also be highly beeficial to maufacturig performace i the coutry The steel productio sector is facig particular challeges, due to fallig prices resultig from a global glut i steel output. Govermet should take all ecessary steps to save South Africa s steel productio idustry, but all such assistace ad protectio should be coditioal o the steel producers givig firm ad specific udertakigs with regard to job retetio, ew ivestmet commitmets ad future pricig, which will facilitate dowstream competitiveess A review of maufacturig-related icetives should be udertake i order to assess the social returs of such icetives ad with the objective of directig them towards more labour itesive ad thus employmet promotig outcomes. I particular, more emphasis must be give to labour itesive sectors of maufacturig i the desig ad allocatio of icetives The etry of black South Africas i maufacturig as ower ad maagers must be facilitated ad speeded-up We must explore policies to promote therehabilitatio of waste streams i order to recover value, beefit the ecosystem ad create ew idustrial activities through re-use a system sometimes referred to as the circular ecoomy. Such policies offer sigificat potetial for job creatio, SMME developmet ad iovatio. Greater collaboratio betwee state, private sector ad the society is therefore of critical importace Further cosideratio should be give to stregthe the state s role i petrochemical ad steel-makig idustries, i order to achieve atioal developmet goals A rage of cross-cuttig issues eed to specific attetio, such as: Research ad Developmet (R&D): Ivestmet i R&D is key itervetio to lift the rate of iclusive growth ad iject iovatio i the ecoomy as a driver for jobs, competitiveess ad delivery. The ANC supports that further efforts eed to be made to improve the level of ivestmet i R&D Ivestmet: the Promotio ad Protectio of Ivestmet Bill seeks to cofirm the rights of foreig ivestors i South Africa i a legal regime compatible with our costitutio. The ANC therefore supports the Bill ad its objectives Cooperatives ad small busiess: collective eterprises such as cooperatives are a importat meas to draw more South Africas ito ecoomic activity ad esure more equitable developmet. Small busiesses costitute a further istrumet to promote etrepreeurship ad combat ecoomic exclusio. Govermet measures to support small busiess ad cooperatives eed to be scaled up to esure their impact is felt across the ecoomy. IMPLEMENTATION I order to: mobilise the resources to implemet the above priorities. lift the rate of iclusive growth ad job creatio, ad take ito accout the eed to address iequalities i the society, the ANC policy framework that supports a progressive tax policy ad the recet calls by the OECD to cosider a higher tax cotributio by wealthier South Africas, the NGC ow calls for the followig: 33

36 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil 1. Raisig resources: Budget reprioritisatio Reprioritisatio of the Budget across all three spheres of govermet i order to reduce cosumptio expediture, boost ivestmet spedig ad raise reveues. This will require hard choices i the allocatio of resources ad decisive actio agaist waste ad corruptio 2. Raisig resources: Tax reveue Cosideratio of a appropriately structured wealth tax to raise reveues for ivestmet i skills, ifrastructure ad the ecoomic developmet priorities idetified. 3. Raisig resources: Base erosio ad trasfer pricig A crackdow o trasfer pricig abuses ad fraudulet behaviour by some corporatios that deprives the fiscus of resources ad local stakeholders from the beefits of ecoomic activity. 4. Buildig the developmetal state: State owed compaies Firm actio to improve the performace of stateowed compaies through better goverace, by esurig the appoitmet of skilled staff ad qualified board members ad protectig public istitutios from improper iterferece particularly i allocatio of teders ad appoitmet of staff. 5. Political co-ordiatio To improve political coordiatio i the movemet, the Ecoomic Trasformatio Committee (ETC) should be cosolidated as a sigle etity with substructures, to esure coherece i policy recommedatios to the NEC. ETC structures at provicial, regioal ad zoal levels eed to be itesified ad coordiated with the ETC at atioal level. 6. Govermet co-ordiatio Withi govermet, the Presidecy should step up efforts to coordiate the work of the various ecoomic departmets i atioal govermet ad across the three spheres, to esure that implemetatio is made more coheret ad effective. 7. Social coordiatio: Fiace sector Egagig with the fiace sector, icludig baks ad asset maagers, to secure the lowest effective borrowig rates for the state i order to promote developmet iclusive growth ad job creatio. Such egagemet will have the aim of securig a agreed cocessioary rates for public ifrastructure ivestmet. 8. Social coordiatio: Busiess ad labour To deepe the dialogue with the private sector ad orgaized labour i order to idetify commitmets that eed to be made by busiess, labour ad the state, to address the ew global headwids ad to boost local iclusive growth ad developmet. This process should coclude with a Natioal Job Summit to uveil these commo commitmets to the atio ad help esure that wider society is mobilised behid the programme of ecoomic trasformatio. 34

37 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil 2. Social Trasformatio INTRODUCTION: The STC Commissio report was premised o the Resolutios of the 53rd Natioal Coferece, the Strategy ad Tactics as adopted i the 53rd Coferece ad the 2014 Electios Maifesto. The Commissio also took ito cosideratio the decisios of the ANC NEC makgotla ad the Alliace Summits. For the past 20yrs we have cocetrated o solidarity based policies aimed at reducig abject poverty ad reducig iequalities. This social wage which has bee described by the World Bak as oe of the most effective i reducig poverty ad icreasig icomes for the poorest; Access to potable water has grow by 29 percet; 3.7 millio houses has bee provided ad 15 millio people ow have access to decet shelter. This was a ecessary basis for buildig a uited state based o the will of all the people, without regard race, sex, belief, laguage, ethicity or geographic locatio ad improvemet of quality of life amog all the people. Now we are eterig the Secod Phase of our Radical Socio Ecoomic Trasformatio ad our work is to cocetrate o work that will help our people to help themselves out of poverty. This approach will create the capacities, eviromet ad the ecessary resources that will facilitate peoples active egagemet i the process of their ow developmet. May of the recommedatios ad discussios complemeted the issues raised i the report ad the presetatio made i the Commissio ad will ot be repeated i this report. The report therefore describes some of the core issues that eed to be take forward ad prioritized We have assessed the work doe by govermet ad it will provide a good basis o which to develop a electoral platform for the upcomig electios. The report deals with the followig areas: Social Cohesio, Social Developmet, Wome, Sports, Water ad Saitatio ad Huma Settlemets. 1. SOCIAL COHESION: The discussio o Social Cohesio was framed by the 13 key issues that are i the electios maifesto. The followig were some of the more saliet issues that emerged from the discussios: o Social trasformatio is liked to spiritual trasformatio (Charter positive values). There is a exus betwee the two. If this is ot doe the work o social trasformatio will be a techical exercise. Therefore, the eed to popularize the Charter of Positive Values throughout the structures of the ANC ad Society as spearheaded by the Moral Regeeratio Movemet led by the Deputy Presidet. o Promotig Costitutioal values will assist i society acceptig ad practicig the protectio of digity ad rights of others as well as their ow rights. o The Commissio supports the ewly formed Cultural ad Creative Idustries Federatio of South Africa (CCIFSA)that will build cultural ad creative idustries. There will also be a requiremet of legislative reform such as the itellectual property regimes as it pertais to the cultural ad creative idustries. o There is a eed to do more i promotig our Idigeous Laguages i both public service ad the Educatio System, this shortcomig has led to the misplaced criticism o the itroductio of Madari i basic educatio as a optioal laguage o We should accelerate the idea of local maufacturig ad beeficiatio (e.g. our Crafts) as the issue of ecoomic well-beig caot be deliked from buildig social cohesio. 35

38 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil o The media especially TV plays a very importat role towards social cohesio ad atio buildig. We must cosciously ecourage producers to produce progressive productios, esp. productios targetig the youth. o The ANC eeded to be more active i issues of social cohesio especially i relatio to esurig that geographic ame chages made by govermet is based o cosultatios withi the ANC structures as well. o As part of our heritage work the ANC eeds to develop a strategy to deal with the issue of statues ad other cultural artifacts that celebrate the heroes of apartheid. We also eed to build statues that celebrate our ow heroes. o The ANC must lead a public discourse foregroudig matters of idetity,ethicity,race whist also emacipatio the Africa voice, Such a discourse must start at brach level. o A issue was raised about social distace withi the ANC as well. It was proposed that the practice of differetial treatmet of people perceived as VVIPs ad VIPs should be discouraged. At the same time the ANC braches were ecouraged to develop strategies to reduce social distace betwee itself ad commuities. REDUCING POVERTY AND INEQUALITY/ SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 1. The Commissio supported the recommedatio with respect to the trasformatio of Social Protectio ad Welfare Services outlied i the report. 2. The followig issues were raised as matters that eeded attetio: a. Fast Track the Release of the Comprehesive Social SecurityDocumet, which has bee with us for almost 20yrs. The documet must be tabled at NEDLAC before the ed of this year. 3. Acceleratethe implemetig Programs ad Policies to reduce Alcohol ad Substace Abuse must be overcome give the damage doe by alcohol ad substace abuse i commuities. This icludes the proposed measures to limit alcohol advertisig ad promotio. The commissio calls o all our structures ad Alliace must have programs o mobilizatio of commuities o alcohol ad Substace abuse 4. Notig the good work doe by govermet o dealig with poverty ad iequality through social grats. The illegal ad/or immoral deductios from the pesios by fiacial service providers must be stopped. 5. The DSD eeds to examie whether there are mechaisms to esure that a portio of the grat is used exclusively for the purchase of utritious food to improve child utritio. WOMEN 1. The madate of the Departmet, which is the socio-ecoomic empowermet of wome, promotio of wome s rights ad geder equality was supported. 2. Preferetial Procuremet rules eed to be ameded to make specific allocatio to wome eterprises icludig cooperatives. 3. The Wome s Empowermet Bill is a step i the right directio ad its implemetatio eeds to be prioritized. 4. The set aside for wome as outlied i the Departmet of Huma Settlemets must be doe by all govermet departmets as part of a process of egederig the budgetig processes. 5. Addressig geder based violece ad safety of people from cotact crimes is a multi-departmetal resposibility ad will be coordiated through the Itegrated Social Crime Prevetio Strategy ad through the crimial justice system. a. This icludes promotig the rights ad safety of the LGBTI commuity. b. A comprehesive strategy that seeks to deal with patriarchy throughout society should be developed ad implemeted. This should be led by the ANC workig i partership with relevat civil society orgaisatios. 36

39 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil 6. Accoutability ad coordiatig measures should be put i place to esure that all govermet departmets work towards the empowermet of safety of wome 7. The Departmet of Wome will eed to egage the Natioal School of Govermet ad the relevat departmetal colleges o this area of work as it cosolidates its capacity. 8. The Wome s league must set up a Youg Wome s Desk. 9. As idicated i previous resolutios the puishmet of perpetrators of violece must be to the fullest extet permissible by law. Recet court cases has idicated that the Crimial Justice still too leiet. 10. We must be aware of the cotiuig triple oppressio of wome. This icludes cotiued class oppressio that itersects with racism, particularly for wome o farms. We eed to work o improvig the wages ad geeral workig coditios of wome workers as part of the wome empowermet ageda. 11. The NGC recommits to the establishmet of the Wome s Empowermet Fud. 12. We eed to be committed to the resolutios we made at the last Policy Coferece ad Elective Coferece o stoppig the practices of Ukukegewa ad Ukuthwalwa, The ANC eed to egage the relevat Traditioal Leaders to resolve this challege. The Childre s Act ad other legislatio such as PEPUDA already make such practices illegal especially i relatio to childre. 13. The 50/50 priciple must be implemeted i full i the ANC ad i govermet. 14. We eed to develop programs to address the vulerabilities of wome betwee the ages They receive very little services ad are ofte abused sigle mothers. I may cases the rate of alcohol abuse is quite high. This issue was raised ad eeds to be researched with a view to developig appropriate programs. SPORTS AND RECREATION 1. Sport is a key tool for social trasformatio ad social cohesio a. Sport fudig model i govermet eeds to be completely overhauled so that sports ca meet its madate. b. Therefore eeds the ecessary levels of ivestmet by all of govermet, icludig allocatio from ALL provices from the equitable share. c. Implemet the Rig-Fecig of the 15% of the MIG to fud the buildig ad maiteace of sports facilities comprehesively d. Cosider the implemetatio of a 2 percet levy o the alcohol idustry through the proposed restrictios o alcohol advertisig. To promote Healthy Life Style e. The levy o ticketig as proposed was supported, to assist i fudig amateur sport 2. The STC emphasized the implemetatio of compulsory schools sport ad for Physical Educatio as a stad -aloe subject. This will require the review ad amedmet of the Schools Act. 3. The speedig up the trasformatio of all sportig codes was supported. a. To iclude the boards of all Sports Federatios. b. We should cosider possible sactios agaist corporates that cotiue to support utrasformed codes ad federatios. 4. We must review lease agreemets that perpetuate uequal access to Sports ad Recreatio facilities i all commuities 5. We should also look measures icludig fudig from local govermet to esure the maiteace ad protectio of existig sportig ad recreatioal facilities. 6. The roll-out of outdoor recreatio facilities is importat ad should be adequately fuded. 7. We eed a campaig that breaks dow the otio that sports for me is about moey ad status i a eviromet that leads to the potetial abuse of wome. 37

40 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil WATER AND SANITATION 1. STC supported the eed to review legislatio to facilitate the removal of uused ad iequitable water rights allocatios i order to esure a more equitable distributio. Natioal govermet will be the custodia of water. Water tradig will be abolished. 2. The Departmet of water will explore coservatio iitiatives. A example icluded possible restrictios o the umber of golf courses withi a particular radius. 3. Govermet must develop small dams especially i rural areas as part of water coservatio; 4. Urgetly provide every household with quality, clea water which i the short term may iclude portable purificatio taks ad water taks for rai water harvestig to promote food security. 5. Bucket Eradicatio Program to be a priority. This does ot mea that all solutios will be water based (flushig toilets). Other iovative measures will be utilized. There will also be chages to the maer i which govermet deals with waste water ad grey water. 6. We must also look at trasformig the irrigatio boards. 7. The War o Leaks will serve to coserve water ad provide opportuities for youg people who will be cetrally ivolved i. 8. The Back to Basics program will serve to improve the abilities of local muicipalities to effectively maage water resources ad improve water service delivery. Grats will oly be disbursed to muicipalities with prove capacities. The MECs of COCTDA will be empowered to have legal oversight over muicipal capacities. We must also address corruptio where people destroy water ifrastructure to advace arrow busiess iterests related to water. HUMAN SETTLEMENTS 1. The ANC govermet aims to build a o-racial, itegrated society through the developmet of sustaiable huma settlemets ad quality housig. 2. Programmes ad proposals iclude: Collapsig the 3 subsidy bad ito 1 to eable households earig below R3500 to access a uiform subsidy amout ad expasio of the subsidy istrumet to medium-icome households (earig R3500 to R 7000 p.m.). Fudig for medium-desity Social Housig (state subsidized retal housig i areas where there is a high demad for housig). Loss Limit Isurace to allow baks to led to people who may ot qualify for bods or be able to afford deposits. This will reduce the risk to baks ad others ledig moey. Fixed Iterest Rates ad alterative fudig liked to savigs/isurace products. 3. Over the ext fiftee years, the Departmet of Huma Settlemets will embark o a radical spatial trasformatio programme aimed at chagig the apartheid spatial patters, through the establishmet ad buildig of ew post-apartheid cities. 4. Promote the Itegrated Urba Developmet. 5. Promote the housig market by removig barriers to housig trade, esurig that the supply of state-assisted housig must respod to housig demad i areas where the populatio is growig, ad esurig that people get access to title deeds i towships 6. Iformal settlemets must be upgraded where possible ad itegrated ito the broader urba pla to overcome spatial, social ad ecoomic exclusio. Attetio should also be paid to upgradig of people livig i mud houses as they are ofte of a substadard quality. 7. Provide icetives to promote desificatio ad disicetives to sprawl (housig spread-out over large areas). 38

41 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil 8. Implemet the Military Veteras Housig Programme. 9. Miig Tows huma settlemet programme icludig basic services to be prioritised. 10. Implemet the Huma Settlemets ad Geder Empowermet Programme. 11. We must improve our moitorig of RDP houses: The resale of RDP Houses must be preveted. The quality of houses i the Wester Cape for example is of huge cocer. The DA placig its ow members ahead i waitig lists. The waitig lists must be legislated to prevet political abuse. I the case of people with disabilities we eed to build accessible homes. 12. All outstadig title deeds must be issued withi 12 moths. 13. We eed to fast track the developmet of Agricultural Villages for farmig commuities. 14. The fud to plug the gap market should also be fast tracked, give that plas to do this was aouced 5 years ago. NGC... i pics Some of the guests who atteded the NGC 39

42 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil 3. Educatio, Health, Sciece ad Techology APPROACH TO WORK OF THE COMMIS- SION AND DESIRED OUTCOMES The Commissio focused o: A assessmet of the work of various sectors, icludig priorities; Idetifyig policy gaps that impede delivery; ad Proposig steps to be take to icrease the speed of delivery to esure that the ANC ad govermet complete their madate. Structures ad istitutios assessed The report provided members ad stakeholders a accout of progress made by the followig: ANC Subcommittees ad structures: ANC NEC Subcommittee o Educatio ad Health ANC Subcommittees o Educatio ad Health at the level of the PEC, REC ad Braches. ANC deployees i govermet: ANC i various legislatures, amely ANC Study Groups ad Portfolio Committees i Parliamet, Provicial legislatures ad Local Govermet. Govermet departmets: Basic Educatio, Higher Educatio ad Traiig, Health ad Sciece ad Techology. Questios which were cosidered Have all members of the Commissio reviewed ad uderstood resolutios of the 53rd ANC Natioal Coferece which are policy? Do members of the Commissio agree with the assessmet that is i the official documets of the ANC that is the subject of discussio i this Commissio? If ot, could those areas that are idetified as iaccurate be listed ad highlighted by members of the Commissio? Has eough work beig doe i ANC structures ad i commuities? What was implemeted ad what were the mai reasos for success? What were the mai reaso ad challeges for o-implemetatio? Was the deploymet of resources, e.g. fiacial ad huma, appropriate? What were policy gaps that made implemetatio difficult or usuccessful ad what chages are you proposig? What must be doe to speed up the pace of delivery? Is the ANC ready for the 2016 Local Govermet Electios? INTRODUCTION The Commissio adopted the report which is cotaied i the Umrabulo Special Editio: NGC The report is a accout to the NGC of progress made by sectors of ANC Subcommittees o Educatio ad Health ad a assessmet of performace of each sector agaist resolutios of the ANC take at the 53rd Natioal Coferece i Magaug i Members of the Commissio icorporated, for the purpose of erichig our discussios, importat observatios ad directives that are cotaied i the Political Report by our Presidet ad the Orgaisatioal Report by our Secretary Geeral; plus the iputs made by Cde Jeff Radebe ad Cde Nathi Mthethwa at Pleary at the start of this NGC. 40

43 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil The Commissio also oted that: Sice 2012, the ANC NEC has take additioal importat policy decisios that have sought to speed up the pace of delivery, e.g. the itroductio of Operatio Phakisa. Importat decisios that we have to cosider have also bee take at a global level, e.g. the ed of the era of Milleium Developmet Goals (MDGs) ad the itroductio of Sustaiable Developmet Goals (SDGs). Remider to all i the commissio As the goverig party, the ANC relies o the stregth of its braches ad their ability to work amog the people, mass participatio of commuities i programs of the ANC ad those of govermet, ad its ability to use state power to advace speedily its goal of realizig the ANC s historic missio. MATTERS OF EMPHASIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COMMISSION Please ote that these matters of emphasis ad recommedatios are additios to the tabled report that is beig recommeded for adoptio by the Natioal Geeral Coucil (NGC). ANC BRANCH, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL SUBCOMMITTEES Recommedatios to NGC Reaffirm the cetrality of the ANC braches i commuity mobilisatio aroud the NHI. ANC braches must idetify members with relevat skills for deploymet i School Goverig Bodies, cliic committees ad hospital boards. CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES Recommedatios to NGC The ANC ad govermet must itesify the implemetatio of programmes to curb the scourge of teeage pregacy. Programmes targeted at addressig teeage pregacy must focus o both the boy ad girl child. BASIC EDUCATION Recommedatios to NGC O School Goverig Bodies The Commissio oted that amedmets to the South Africa School Act (SASA) are ready for presetatio to the Subcommittee. The DBE must expedite the review of powers of the SGBs. Fast track the policy of itroducig ispectors. Build more schools i villages ad towship, especially special schools. O Aual Natioal Assessmets (ANA) The Commissio expressed overwhelmig support for the ANA. The challeges relatig to its implemetatio must be resolved. The curret process of review of ANA that has bee iitiated by the DBE must cotiue ad all stakeholders must participate ad cotribute. Fast track the policy of itroducig ispectors. Build more schools i villages ad towship, especially special schools. O ICT i Schools The Commissio welcomed the lauch of Operatio Phakisa o ICT i educatio. The implemetatio of the framework for use of ICT i schools i a atioally coordiated maer must be speeded up. O Scholar trasport Speed up the provisio of scholar trasport; ad this must be implemeted i all provices. Early Childhood Developmet The Commissio welcomed the progress made with the uiversal access to Grade R. Collaboratio with other departmets i implemetig the additioal year for ECD was oted ad welcomed. Steps must be take to implemet traiig pro- 41

44 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil grams for ECD practitioers ad to icremetally improve their coditios of service. O Laguages The Commissio oted actios take to implemet the itroductio of Africa laguages i all schools ad recommeded a stregtheig of this program whilst also itroducig foreig laguages such as Swahili. O Post Provisioig Norms Fialise the ogoig review of Post Provisioig Norms. O Quality of Educatio It was clarified at pleary that the educatio sector is payig serious attetio to learers ad studets with disabilities. A proposal was made that the policy of compulsory educatio be implemeted more vigorously, ad that this be emphasised as a resposibility of parets. It was further proposed that loiterig by childre of school-goig age be declared illegal. The resolutio o Teachers o time, i class ad teachig remais a challege especially i rural ad towship schools egagemet; ad SADTU cofirmed that it regards this dictum as its revolutioary duty. The ANC must cotiue egagemets with uios o this matter to esure that this resolutio is realised. Lack of security i some schools has led to istability. DBE must icrease support for safer schools programmes. Balace the rights of learers with those of educators to improve disciplie i schools. Schools should be provided with admiistrative support. Towship ad village schools must be prioritised ad supported to esure that they meet miimum stadards. O Maths, Sciece ad Techology The Commissio oted ad welcomed the DBE s establishmet of the directorate o maths, sciece ad techology, as well as iitiatives to support schools to improve learer outcomes i maths, sciece ad techology. Support the partership betwee the DBE, DST ad other parters such as ESKOM, which are aimed at improvig performace ad participatio i maths, sciece ad techology. HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING Recommedatios to NGC O the Natioal Studet Fiacial Aid Scheme Clarity was provided to pleary that the Costitutio of the Republic refers to basic educatio as a right ad further that the provisio of free educatio should be met progressively. The Commissio oted the growth of NSFAS as oe of the greatest achievemets of our democratic govermet post The Commissio also oted that the NSFAS fudig model eeds to be reviewed i order to esure greater efficiecy ad improved support to studets. The resolutio of Polokwae o free educatio for the poor must be fast-tracked. The level of uiversity fees is regarded as too high ad optios for regulatig them must be cosidered. O Sector Educatio ad Traiig Authorities The Commissio expressed cocer at the uder-achievemet of some of the SETAs but oted that i the majority of cases this is due to the shortage of places for experietial learig. There should be parterships betwee SETAs ad govermet departmets to icrease capacity for experietial learig ad for the ehacemet of service delivery. O TVET Colleges Expasio of access i TVET colleges. There should be a qualificatio mix i TVET col- 42

45 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil leges with a stroger focus o techical ad vocatioal traiig. HEALTH Recommedatios to NGC O Natioal Health Isurace The Commissio oted good progress i several of the NHI Pilot sites ad urged expasio of this iitiative. The Commissio oted the immiet release of the White Paper o the NHI. The DoH was ecouraged to fast-track the implemetatio of NHI ad Treasury was urged to make fuds available for this. Clarity was provided NGC that coferece directed that govermet fid ways of fudig the NHI from the public purse. O the traiig of medical studets The framework for the traiig of medical udergraduates must be reviewed. The traiig of medical studets i Cuba ad other coutries must be stregtheed. A proposal was made at pleary that the DHET set miimum requiremets for admissio to medical schools. O maufacturig of drugs or pharmaceuticals The DoH ad DST were urged to cotiue with their work to esure that South Africa takes the lead i drug maufacturig i lie with Africa Ageda Other recommedatios The practice of Remuerative Work Outside of the Public Service (RWOPs) must be reviewed. Digity packs or saitary towels must be rolled out to girl childre from poor families. The Commissio reaffirmed the resolutio that directs that Commuity Health Workers (CHWs) be absorbed ito formal govermet employ. Commuity Health Workers (CHWs) must be deployed to implemet the ati-tb Directly Observed Treatmet Strategy (DOTS). 43

46 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil 4. Legislature ad Goverace 1. CONTEXT I order to trasform South Africa ANC eeds to wi electios; ANC eeds vote to stay i power; Buildig cofidece of people o the ANC govermet; Respod ad deliver o peoples immediate eeds; Delivery is depeded o how we use fiace ad ecoomic growth; Delivery is also depeded o appoitmet of capable, disciplied idividuals with humility ad iterest of commuities at heart; 2. LEGISLATURES ISSUES The 5th Parliamet has bee characterised by uity of the oppositio with the itetio of destabilisig Parliamet. The ANC must focus o turig Parliamet ito a activist Parliamet with a major emphasis o its developmetal role, ad to guard agaist the erosio of digity PROGRESS The 2010 NGC resolved that all Bills must go before the relevat NEC sub-committee for processig prior to itroductio ito Parliamet. The same priciple should apply to Provicial Legislatures ad PECs. The separatio of Legislative ad Executive fuctios is beig implemeted. RECOMMENDATIONS The Strategy discussio documet iitiated separately by the Chief Whip ad Speakers forum was oted; It was further agreed that oe discussio documet should be developed that combies the two iitiatives; The urget fialisatio of the matter withi 12 moths was emphasised 3. PROVINCES Provices must be reviewed to stregthe the democratic state ad its developmetal madate, as well as the allocatio of powers ad fuctios, plaig across govermet, the two-tier system of LG ad the effectiveess ad fuctioality of some provices. PROGRESS The ANC summit of December 2010 edorsed a framework documet to guide the review process. A ANC Task Team will iterface with govermet to esure implemetatio of the resolutio. The Presidetial Commissio has ot yet bee appoited, hece, the review process has ot commeced. RECOMMENDATIONS Review of Provices must commece; Establishmet of the Presidetial Commissio should be fast-tracked; Chages i provicial boudaries require a chage to the Costitutio, This is costitutioal matter ad a chage thereto requires a two-thirds majority. 4. PUBLIC ADMINISTRTAION There must be a developmetal state to deliver o the NDP. This requires the state to build its istitutioal, orgaisatioal, techical ad leadership capacity i order to successfully implemet govermet programmes ad reduce the reliace o the private sector ad outsourcig. 44

47 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil PROGRESS The Presidetial Review Commissio has bee established. The Public Admiistratio Maagemet Act (PAMA) was promulgated i December Costitutioal issues relatig to the Sigle Public Service eeds to be resolved. A Provicial Moitorig, Support ad itervetio Bill has bee developed to provide targeted support to Provices. Geder equity is laggig behid, despite set targets ad requiremets. Buildig statecapacity is a log term task. RECOMMENDATIONS Public Admiistratio Maagemet Act, 2014 provides for a regulatory framework to set Huma Resource orms ad stadards across spheres. The L&G Sub-Committee must moitor the operatioalisatio of PAMA as a step towards creatio of a Sigle Public Service. Sigle Public Service eed to look at mobility of staff across the spheres of govermet. Buildig state capacity is key to state delivery. Natioal School of Govermet must create thought leadership betwee the private sector ad govermet. Resolve allocatio of fudig. Service delivery ethos ad attitude The public service must adopt a service delivery ethos ad attitude. The Presidetial Review Commissio should fialise the review of all salaries. 5. TRADITIONAL LEADERSHIP ISSUES The Costitutio restores the digity of especially idigeous commuities, icludig the Khoi ad Sa. They are close to the people, ad fuctio accordig to both formal ad iformal orms ad rules. PROGRESS Sigificat progress has bee made to recogise the system. Provicial ad Natioal Houses are fuctioal, ad supported by govermet. A discussio paper has bee drafted to take forward decisios o outstadig issues, for submissio to NGC. The B2B programme will icorporate the role of Traditioal Leaders, ad relatios with coucillors must be improved. RECOMMENDATIONS The Traditioal Leadership ad Goverace Framework Amedmet Bill was officially itroduced ito Parliamet o 23 September 2015; o The Bill provides for recogitio of Khoi ad Sa commuities. First briefig of the Committee will be o 27 October BOUNDARY DEMARCATION ISSUES Coferece madated that the structure, role ad madate of the MDB be reviewed, based o the maturity i the system of goverace ad our democracy. The frequecy of boudary reviews is a cocer. Coferece has also resolved o the ward delimitatio process. The frequecy of muicipal ad ward boudary reviews is a cocer. PROCESS The role ad resposibilities of the MDB are beig reviewed, based o a report that was developed by the Demarcatio Task Team. Demarcatio must be aliged to the cesus. The frequecy of ward delimitatio must be reduced. 45

48 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil RECOMMENDATIONS South Africa LG system is still evolvig. Cotiue to address fiacially ad ecoomically o-viable muicipalities after the 2016 LG electio. Cosider the views of commuities whe determiig muicipal boudaries ad delimitig wards. Cosider the time-period betwee the demarcatio ad delimitatio of boudaries. The redetermiatio of muicipal boudaries has resulted i a chage of ward boudaries this impacts o ANC Braches. 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT ISSUES District govermet is ot workig as iteded. There is o differetiatio model that allows special capacities of cities to be recogised ad uleashed. Govermet has recetly lauched the Back-to- Basics programme. PROGRESS There is less progress relatig to policies of powers, fiscal allocatios, uviable muicipalities, ad the two-tier system. The Back-to-Basics programme will attempt to address some of the shortcomigs i LG. RECOMMENDATIONS PUTTING PEOPLE FIRST: Ward committees must come from commuity costituecies / structures, ad ot represet idividual iterests. GOVERNANCE: Troika there must be cotiuous cooperatio amog the troika. Clarify role of the Chief Whip. Coucillor performace regular evaluatio of coucillor performace. Stregthe Coucillor traiig ad support. Oversight Muicipal Coucils must esure cotiuous oversight; accoutability; ad aligmet of structures. LG FINANCES: Natioal Treasury, SALGA, CoGTA are reviewig LG fiacig model., icludig LG Equitable Share ad Grats 8. IMMEDIATE ACTIONS TOWARDS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT 2016 ELECTIONS ANC requires critical decisios o how it treats, values ad positios LG i terms of the broader developmetal ageda of the ANC, ad must be decisive i addressig the followig: o Calibre ad quality of cllrs to be deployed; o Accoutability ad trasparecy of cllrs to commuities; o Cosequece ad performace maagemet; o Leadership ad maagemet traiig; o Micro-maagemet of muicipalities by ANC structures (PECs, BECs, RECs); o Dealig decisively with fraud ad corruptio; ad o Campaigs ad programmes to chage the image of LG. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ANC The 60% retetio of Coucillors should be liked to performace; Cosideratio of omiatios from the leagues for appoitmet i Mayoral positios; Utilise Natioal ad Provicial ANC deployees to support ad work with Coucillors i priority/high risk muicipalities i electios campaig work; ANC Braches to develop programmes that respod to the immediate eeds of commuities; 46

49 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil LG electio Maifesto to be premised o the pillars of Back to Basics programme. GOVERNMENT WIDE ISSUES The quality of egagemet betwee govermet ad citizes must be improved. All public represetatives i all spheres of govermet must commuicate better o the work that govermet has doe. A sigificat amout of time is spet i meetigs, which limits their ability to egage with commuities. The eed to create more active citizeship ad a more resposive State. GOVERNMENT RECOMMENDATIONS All spheres to respod swiftly to issues raised by commuities; Idetify low hagig fruit/quick wis i all govermets departmets; Massify implemetatio of programmes with direct impact o youth, wome ad commuities, such as EPWP & CWPs; Icrease public participatio ad commuity report backs ad door to door campaig; Exted programme such as Tirisao/Sukuma Sakhe to address protests ad immediate commuity eeds; Develop mechaisms to address uderspedig of ifrastructure grats by weak muicipalities. 9. IMPLEMENT L&G OUTSTANDING RESOLUTIONS ANC structures to moitor, evaluate ad esure implemetatio of outstadig coferece resolutios Noted substatial progress made i the implemetatio of previous coferece resolutio; Deployees to cotiue with the implemetatio of outstadig resolutios ad provide regular feedback to the appropriate structures of the ANC; ad ANC structures to stregthe their capacity to moitor ad evaluate o-goig govermet ad deployees work. RECOMMENDATIONS Special attetio to spatial trasformatio a itegratio measures to reverse apartheid spatial patters that characterises our muicipal spaces; The IUDF must provide a govermet-wide policy framework o how urbaisatio should be maaged to esure resiliece ad iclusio; Stregthe moitorig of implemetatio of spatial itegratio i all spheres by regulatig cooperative goverace through the IGR Act (as ameded) I order to give effect to the resolutio o itegrated plaig ad service delivery the NEC should review the allocatio of focus areas of differet NEC Sub-committees to stregthe co-ordiatio of policy ad oversight of service delivery. 47

50 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil 5. Peace ad Stability 1. FOCUS OF THE COMMISSION The Commissio coceived its madate as prescribed by the ANC Costitutio beig both determiig progress made i the implemetatio of the 53rd Natioal Coferece Resolutios, ad profferig proposals to stregthe implemetatio thereof towards the 54th Natioal Coferece. Determiatio of progress made icluded assessmet of evidece of performace as well as that of objective ad subjective coditios defiig the sociopolitical eviromet i which the Natioal Democratic Revolutio cotiues to be prosecuted after the 53rd Natioal Coferece. I this regard the Commissio after cosiderig reports o each policy area uder Peace ad Stability came to the realizatio that it is icumbet upo the ANC to protect the revolutio from amogst others threats of terrorism, violet extremism ad quasi-treasoous acts like police killigs. The Commissio The Commissio oted that there was sigificat progress i implemetatio of resolutios. Be that as it may the Commissio observed that there were areas which eeded to be stregtheed ad that there existed some hurdles towards the full implemetatio of coferece resolutios. While may hurdles to implemetatio are bore of subjective factors which ca be crossed through maximized effort ad determiatio, others are achored o objective factors to be addressed tactically. There is both progress ad challeges i trasformig orgas of state charged with peace ad stability, i this regard progress should be expedited ad challeges resolved. There also should be stregtheig of the capacity of the state to implemet coferece resolutios. Over ad above the eed to stregthe both the state capacity ad trasformatio thereof, it is oted that atioal sovereigty ad domestic stability have i period uder review bee cosiderably threateed. The Commissio welcomed amogst others the itroductio of the ew immigratio regulatios ad ackowledged the impact of Operatio Fiela i the fight agaist crime. The legislative chages with regard to immigratio were meat to maage immigra- tio i a maer that balaced SA opeess to travelers takig ito cosideratio security imperatives. Operatio Fiela cotiues to have a positive impact agaist crime. Operatio Fiela should be stregtheed ad exteded to all provices. Immigratio regulatios should be implemeted cocurret with measures take to limit uiteded cosequeces. I this regard we support the Iter-Miisterial Committee led by the Deputy Presidet ad urge to speedily coclude its task. The Commissio takes a dim view o the killig of the police ad believes that killig of the police is high treaso. The Commissio therefore souds a ster warig to those who kill the police, i this regard the Commissio declares: hads off the police or else you will face the wrath of the people ad their govermet! 2. Improvig the State s corruptio ivestigatio, prosecutig, ad covictio capacity 2.1. RECOGNIZING THAT: The data o covictios o corruptio is beig collated for publicatio i the ear future The Public Service Maagemet Act has come ito force ad its implemetatio is beig moitored by the Legislature ad Goverace Subcommittee The FICA has bee ameded to iclude promiet ifluetial persos Private corruptios remais a competitio legislatio issue i the form of collusio, price fixig, horizotal ad vertical restrictive aticompetitive acts. However plas are i place to esure the impositio of stiffer pealties o private sector corruptio offeders. 48

51 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil 2.2. NOTING THAT: Coordiatio betwee ati-corruptio agecies eeds stregtheig Cooperatio betwee the ivestigators, foresic experts ad prosecutors is ueve ad cosequetly some corruptio cases are lost due to poorly court ready dockets ad compromised evidece The comig ito force of the legislatio has ot had a sigificat impact i deterrig public servats from doig busiess with the state The focus o ati-corruptio activities should exted to issues like lad, buildigs, liceses ad permits, ad provisio of govermet services RECOMMENDING THAT: There should be ehaced coordiatio of all ati-corruptio agecies Ivestigatios should be itelligecedrive ad prosecutio-led to esure a high covictio rate Civil servats icludig those i the security cluster should be periodically rotated from oe employmet site to aother so as to circumvet growth of uprofessioal ad frequetly corrupt relatios with cliets, service providers ad other persos they iteract with ad/or are resposible for The govermet should coduct a lifestyle audits for all employees of the state ad its related etities The vettig process should be expedited for govermet employees ad its related etities There should be a sigle vettig agecy for the state to vet all strategically placed civil servats (icludig state owed eterprises) icludig those who reject promotio eve though it comes with a improved remueratio package Deploymet Committee should also esure proper vettig is udertake prior to deploymet of comrades The ANC should take decisive actio agaist members ivolved i corruptio icludig those usig moey to ifluece outcomes of cofereces Challege the leadership of the private sector to subject itself to istrumets of fiacial iterest disclosure, vettig ad life style audit. 3. Esurig that all the people of South Africa are ad feel safe 3.1. RECOGNIZING THAT: There has bee a geeral decrease i serious crimes over 10 years accordig to the crime statistics released for 2014/15, although the category of cotact crimes remaied stubbor Commuity Safety Forums have bee established i all the provices except the Free State. There are 126 Commuity Safety Forums i the coutry.the police secretariat should embed of the fuctioig of the CSF A cocrete roadmap towards the Sigle Police Service is beig implemeted. A techical legal team has bee put together to esure that there is legal compliace i implemetig the resolutio Operatio Fiela has bee rolled out throughout the coutry ad has boosted the cofidece of the people i the capacity of our govermet to fight agaist crime NOTING THAT: There is isufficiet fudig for CPFs There is lack of public cofidece i the Crimial Justice System (CJS) ad the ability of the govermet to self- 49

52 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil correct as evideced vigilatism acts ad violet public protests The lack itegratio of the CJS through amogst others ICT impacts o its optimal performace A high umber of parole applicats are rejected due to lack of compliace with the offeder profiles Proximity ad accessibility of police statios to commuities especially rural ad peri-urba oes remais a challege i the fight agaist crime There are iadequate systems i place to facilitate victim participatio i parole processes Though allocatio of resources i the past te years has bee icreasig at 10% per aum, there has ot bee sigificat correspodig beefit to the people The Regulatio of Gatherigs Act oly requires the applicat to give otice ad ot apply for permissio, i this regard to stop a illegal march requires a order of court by a magistrate. This has ivariably led to legal difficulties where police have vetured to stop illegal marches without first securig a court order There is a perceptio that crime pays ad hece commuities harbor certai crime beefectors for ow beefit, e.g. those who coduct illegal electricity coectios are sometimes ot oly protected by the commuities but the illegal coectio which are a illicit beefit remai i place befittig a huge umber of commuity members There is a perceptio that South Africa job creatio favours oatioals ad the reality that some o-atioals occupy strategic positios which drive our policy implemetatio i the civil service. This is a source of potetial domestic istability as we as a risk to atioal security There are o street committees i the majority of commuities despite their critical ecessity i fightig crime There is a cocerig rise i icidets of brutal police killigs by crimials. The acts police killigs are tatamout to treaso ad should attract the highest pealty befittig such crimes Recetly promulgated regulatios of Umaed Aerial Systems (aka droes) have a potetial of iadvertetly facilitatig the breach of atioal security as droes could be abused to aerially moitor activities of security orgas Several policy people who are deployed i the same area for legthy periods of time ted to be vulerable to compromisig policig priciples ad thus become ieffective i the fight agaist crime RECOMMENDING THAT: Ehace the capacity of the courts to elimiate the backlogs ad icrease the covictio rates. Call upo the judiciary to report regularly ad timeously o the fializatio of cases Proximity ad accessibility to police statios should be improved through buildig ifrastructure ad facilities to esure ehaced police visibility at commuity levels There is a eed for the security cluster to look at its resource allocatio guide icludig service model The admiistratio of the CJS should be stabilized such that all outstadig ivestigatios ad prosecutios are cocluded expeditiously, ad all vacat posts filled Stregthe the capacity of the CJS to prevet, ivestigate ad prosecute crime to esure better results Expedite the itegratio of the CJS such that ICT is at the cetre of case 50

53 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil maagemet, policig, ad prosecutio There should be parterships with iteratioal crime fightig etities to esure that crimial etworks are combatted i all their bases across the crime chai i each coutry The govermet should look at amedig the Regulatio of Gatherigs Act to facilitate ease of stoppig illegal marches The ANC braches should play a critical role i exposig those who commit crime as well as those who harbor crimials The govermet should ot oly arrest those who commit crime but should eradicate all sources of beefits derived from crimial activities icludig but ot limited to illegal electricity coectios The security cluster should pla regular programmed joit operatios to fight crime ad corruptio i maer that is visible to the public The govermet should explore the use of ICT for crime prevetio e.g. istallatio CCTV techology from atioal to muicipal level There should be equitable resource allocatio across the CJS to esure uiform maximum output The resolutio ot to appoit o-atioals at seior ad strategic govermet positios must be adhered to ANC braches should be i forefrot of protectig the police ad should mobilise their respective commuities i the fight agaist police killigs. The braches should embark o a campaig to war police killers that if they do ot refrai from such acts they will face the wrath of the people ad their govermet The Commissio reasserts the resolutio to complete the process of regulatig the Private Idustry ad thus urges that the Bill should be siged ito law regardless of exteral pressure The regulatios o Umaed Aerial Systems should be reviewed to obviate all possible security breaches that may arise uitededly Police should be deployed o a rotatioal basis to ehace their effectiveess i fightig crime. 4. Private Security Idustry 4.1. RECOGNISING THAT: The Private Security Idustry Regulatio Bill is before the Presidet for asset NOTING THAT: The immiet sigig of the Private Security Idustry Regulatio Amedmet Bill has triggered threats by some coutries that if it is siged ito law it would have a egative effect o ecoomic growth i the coutry. Private Security threateed to lobby South Africa s exclusio o AGOA ad other tradig platforms The private security idustry owership of ad massive employmet of foreiger s poses a security risk The fact that the private security idustry is i possessio of excessive amout of capacity poses a atioal security risk A umber of atioal key poits are secured by foreig owed private security compaies Noted a icrease of the utilizatio of private security by govermet across the three spheres Certai South Africa private security compaies doig busiess i the cotiet sometimes get ivolved i activities that udermie South Africa s diplomatic work i the cotiet. 51

54 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil 4.3. RECOMMENDING THAT: Govermet must with immediate effect take leadership i securig all atioal key poits usig our security services The security cluster to egage all spheres of govermet with regard to the utilizatio of private security compaies The Presidet should sig the Private Security Idustry Regulatio Bill without much ado to esure that cotrollig iterest of private security compaies is i the hads of South Africa atioals. 5. Creatig the Border Maagemet Agecy (BMA) by 2016, Cocludig the Iteratioal Migratio Review ad Recogitio of DHA as a security departmet RECOGNIZING THAT: The progress made towards establishig the Border Maagemet Agecy (BMA) which iclude work o brigig the BMA Bill to Parliamet Comprehesive review of Iteratioal Migratio Policy is uderway ad a Gree Paper is due to be gazetted for public discussio early i To this effect there has bee support for the view that South Africa eeds to thik about i a positive way while takig robust steps to esure it is maaged strategically ad securely by the whole govermet supported by civil society 5.2. NOTING THAT: South Africa has ot adequately ivested i the people, systems ad istitutios eeded to maage migratio effectively ad securely The existig White Paper o Iteratioal Migratio (2009) is compliace based, whereas proactive maagemet of iteratioal migratio requires adoptig a risk-based approach withi the framework of the Costitutio The existig White Paper does ot take the cotext ad its strategic iterests ito accout Despite a service delivery ad goverace role, the Departmet of Home Affairs (DHA) essetially operates i a highly secure eviromet. To this effect, the eed for the DHA to be located withi the security cluster is ot adequately recogized ad hece the Departmet is classified as a geeral admiistrative departmet ad is hece oly provided with a baselie budget that is sufficiet to operate as a routie admiistrative departmet deliverig services of relatively low value There are may people who are udocumeted throughout the coutry Iteratioal migratio is a worldwide problem ad requires iteratioal cooperatio to address There is a high migratio rate from other parts of the cotiet to Europe ad South Africa There is a ecessity for a permittig regime for low skilled migrats from eighbourig coutries There is a eed to develop a efficiet refugee regime There are uiteded cosequeces i balacig security ad ecoomic imperatives RECOMMENDING THAT: Fializatio of the White Paper which will form the basis for draftig comprehesive ew legislatio The IMC led by DP to coclude its tasks as soo as possible DHA must be categorized as a security departmet with adequate fudig to provide its services i a secured maer. 52

55 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil 6. Fialisig ad implemetig the sigle police service 6.1. RECOGNISING THAT: The policy framework has bee set i the White Paper o Police NOTING THAT: There were some objectios raised by SALGA ad a iterdepartmetal task team has bee established to address it RECOMMENDING THAT: The implemetatio of this outstadig coferece resolutio must be expedited. 7. Implemetig the Defece Review Strategic Policy ad Stregtheig Peace Support Operatios 7.1. RECOGNISING THAT: A Defece Review Overarchig Implemetatio Framework, aliged with the Natioal Plaig, Budgetig ad Reportig Cycle, has bee completed ad approved The South Africa Natioal Defece Force (SANDF) has cotiued to cotribute to peace, stability ad security o the Cotiet by deployig military capabilities i a wide rage of promiet ad iteratioally recogized exteral Peace Support Operatios (PSO) The SANDF has bee ivolved i supportig the people of South Africa ad the cotiet i the domai of humaitaria assistace The SANDF cotiued to execute Border Safeguardig operatios by deployig 13 sub-uits alog the borders The SA Navy cotiues to deploy its assets to combat piracy i the Mozambica Chael NOTING THAT: There has ot bee adequate advocacy for the resourcig of the Defece Force as the Defece Review The Defece Review Strategy processig by Parliamet took place cocurretly with the hearigs i the Arms Procuremet Commissio. The public perceptio that arms procuremet was taited by corruptio was igited by the hearigs despite the fact that the quality of evidece proffered i the commissio hearigs revealed the cotrary The Defece Review is ot fuded i the curret MTEF to implemet some of the recommedatios as cotaied i the Defece Review which deal with Milestoe 1. There is o idicatio that it will be fuded eve i the outer years due to the ecoomic coditios prevailig i the coutry ad all efforts are uderway to egage Natioal Treasury for more fudig The SANDF members deployed i Suda are uable to defed themselves effectively because UN coditios limit their fire power to peace keepig arragemets ad ot peace eforcemet armamets which results i egative rebel forces havig superior weapos to that of the SANDF It has ot bee possible to deploy the required 22 sub-uits alog the borders due to fudig challeges RECOMMENDING THAT: The ANC should lead a advocacy campaig to educate the public about the ecessity of the implemetatio of the Defece Review especially as it relates to atioal sovereigty ad safety of all citizes Adequate provisio of fudig must be made by the state for the implemetatio of the Defece Review outcomes. Alterative models of 53

56 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil fudig the implemetatio of the Defece Review such as rigfecig the Uited Natios (UN) reimbursemet for PSO ad reveues geerated from disposals of obsolete assets should be explored The ANC should esure that DOD ad DIRCO egage with the AU ad UN to esure appropriate equippig of the peace keepers i Suda to eable them to defed themselves or the SANDF members to withdraw from the Suda Peace Keepig Operatio (PKO). 8. No-Statutory Forces Itegratio 8.1. RECOGNISING THAT: A project team has bee established i the Office of the Deputy Miister of Police to deal with amogst others pro-ratig of leave, pesio pay-outs, ad re-rakig NOTING THAT: The challeges of remueratio, beefits,raks ad promotios i certai areas remai uresolved i the security establishmet RECOMMENDING THAT: Govermet must coclude the resolutio of all outstadig matters related to the NSF by the ed of the fiacial year. 9. Trasformatio of the Judiciary 9.1. RECOGNISING THAT: There has bee otable progress i the demographic trasformatio of the bech albeit with mior progress i achievig geder equity The Departmet of Justice has commeced with the rollout of the ratioalizatio of magisterial districts which commeced o 1 December 2014 i respect of the Gauteg ad North West Provices The costructio of the seat of the Mpumalaga Divisio of the High Court is scheduled for completio by August Govermet cotiues to build a miimum of two magistrates courts per year which is attributed to the 53 ew courts which were built i the past first 20 years of democracy The Natioal Forum o the Legal Professio established i terms of Chapter 10 of the Legal Practice Act 10 of 2015 which came ito operatio o 1 February has commeced with its tasks. The Natioal Forum o the Legal Professio is the first statutory body that represets both attoreys ad advocates ad is therefore a importat step i the quest to creatig a sigle regulatory framework for all practitioers as part of advacig trasformatio of the legal professio The policy ad legislative framework, i terms of which the admiistratio processes which are coected with the Judicial fuctios of the Courts is the resposibility of the member of the Cabiet reasoable for the admiistratio of Justice NOTING THAT: The Commissio welcomed the meetig with the Presidet called by the judiciary. However the commissio is gravely cocered by the growig icidets of judicial overreach The commissio uderstads that the ANC is a idepedet structure with its ow Costitutio ad iteral discipliary processes ad therefore the ruligs of the judiciary o ANC iteral processes to eve disbad ANC structures are see i the dim light by the commissio. 54

57 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil While the commissio upholds separatio of powers ad idepedece of the judiciary, the recet prooucemets of the judiciary i public Sectio 165(4) of the Costitutio already guaratees the idepedece of the Judiciary ad also sactios proper admiistrative support to the judiciary ad the courts by the executive (orga of state).podia o matters relatig to policy are of serious cocer RECOMMENDING THAT: We reiterate the defece of the costitutioal democracy We recogize the separatio of the three arms of state to be equal, distict ad idepedet Ecourage public discourse o the fuctioig of the three arms of state The ANC should orgaize a people s summit to egage o the challeges preseted by judicial overreach There should be a deliberate programme to support progressive black legal professioals to ehace the trasformatio imperatives of the judiciary The Admiistratio of the Courts icludig ay allocatio of resources, fiacial ad ifrastructure maagemet ad policy matters relatig to the admiistratio of courts must remai the reasoability of the Miister resposible for the admiistratio of justice as provided for i the Costitutio The priciple of separatio of powers ad the idepedece of the judiciary must be respected by all sphere of govermet Sectio 165 (4) of the costitutio already guaratees the idepedece of the Judiciary ad also sactios proper admiistrative support to the judiciary ad the courts by the executive.there is therefore o eed to amed the costitutio. 10. State Security ad Cyber Security RECOGNISING THAT: Cyber security structures have ow bee established. Democratic itelligece dispesatio has come a log way i establishig the domestic security situatio ad i creatig the coditios for democracy to flourish, as well as creatig space for citizes to exercise their costitutioal rights South Africa has cotributed sigificatly to the security of the Souther Africa regio ad the cotiet The Departmet cotiues to work closely with other security agecies i SADC through the regioal early warig cetre, Africa Uio Peace ad Security Coucil through Committee o Itelligece for State Security i Africa ad Africa Cetre for Study ad Research o Terrorism ad Uited Natios Security Coucil through the Executive Directorate o Couter Terrorism as well as agecy to agecy relatios A draft Natioal Cyber security Policy Framework (NCPF) ad a draft Cyber security Bill have bee prepared NOTING THAT: There have bee icreased icidets of cyber attacks globally There is limited regulatio of cyber space i the world Noted icreased utilizatio of foreig usecured iformatio systems i govermet. 55

58 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil Iteratioal terrorism ad globalizatio have resulted i the softeig of borders ad exacerbated security problems to uacceptably dagerous dimesios There is a risig umber of purportedly orgaized illegal miig activities (aka zama-zamas) ad this pheomeo potetially poses a threat to domestic stability ad atioal security RECOMMENDING THAT: The Govermet should expedite the fializatio of the relevat legislatio ad regulatios There must be public awareess campaigs o securig the cyber space The security cluster must put systems ad measures to protect the itegrity of state iformatio systems Focused attetio o ecoomic itelligece ad illicit ecoomy Govermet must fialise the implemetatio of a security cluster ICTS Cooperatio agaist iteratioal terrorism ad violet extremism i the global village should be stregtheed There should be a iter-miisterial cooperatio i elimiatig illegal miig activities. 11. Military Veteras RECOGNIZING THAT : The Military Veteras Act 18 of 2011 will be reviewed to focus amogst others o extesio sectio 5 beefits to depedets ad repeal of the clause disqualifyig dishoorably discharged members from access to beefits The Special Pesios Act will be reviewed to focus amogst others o tax exemptios to beeficiaries ad cosideratio of late applicatios NOTING THAT: The curret formulatio of the legislatio regulatig military veteras remai exclusioary Other orgas of state ot adequately fulfillig their obligatios towards military veteras RECOMMENDING THAT: The Military Veteras Act ad Special Pesios Act eed to be reviewed ad ameded All state orgas across all spheres of govermet must comply with the Military Veteras Act 18 of A process to clea the database for military veteras 56

59 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil 6. Commuicatios The Battle of Ideas, Acceleratig Digital Future, Media Trasformatio ad Diversity INTRODUCTION The Commissio: Cosidered the NGC Discussio Documet, takig ito accout the Resolutios of the 53rd Natioal Coferece. Noted strides made to implemet the decisios of the Natioal Coferece, ad observed that implemetatio was geerally slow across a umber of critical issues. Ackowledged the eed for stroger iteractio ad egagemet betwee the NEC Commuicatios Sub-committee ad the deployees i govermet o critical policy ad goverace issues which icludes amogst others broadbad, digital broadcastig, prit media trasformatio ad goverace matters relatig to key istitutios such as the SABC ad the SA Post Office. Recogize the obligatio for the ANC NEC to cotiuously moitor ad evaluate the implemetatio of the resolutios of the Natioal Coferece ad produce regular reports to track progress. THE BATTLE OF IDEAS Notig that: Members affirmed the report preseted as a true reflectio of the state of implemetatio. The ANC should lead the battle of ideas at all levels of society. The outcome of the ragig battle ideas has a bearig o our ogoig effort to create a o racial, o sexist, democratic ad prosperous South Africa. The ogoig oslaught agaist the ANC ad the broader democratic movemet by forces i the extreme eds of the political spectrum eoliberalism ad pseudo leftist extremism- is ot iformed real politics of ideology ad argumets about the fudametal trasformatio of society, but their ideas are about the lust for power as a ed i itself. The role of the maistream press to facilitate cosciously or ot - oppositioist politics agaist the ideological hegemoy of the ANC ad its govermet will cotiue as log as the media remai utrasformed. The battle of ideas is ot cofied to the maistream media, although the role played by the media caot be igored. Advaces i commuicatios techology have created ew platforms for the battle of ideas The ANC ad govermet still have access to strategic platforms to egage i the battle of ideas. Further otig that: The existece of a utrasformed superstructure of the geeratio ad dissemiatio of ideas icludig academia, the media ad jouralism schools. These istitutios also ifluece the cultural expressio of South Africa. Progress made towards the re-establishmet of the ANC Departmet of Iformatio ad Publicity to oversee ad coordiate the commuicatios activities of the movemet. The establishmet of the war room although its activism is largely cofied to the electio periods. The eed to expad ad trasfer strategic commuicatios capacity throughout the structures 57

60 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil of the orgaizatio icludig braches ad regios. The ANC has started to develop ew media Apps, eg NGC App ad the media reports o it The developmet of the Natioal Commuicatios Policy though still i draft form. At the core of this policy is the resposibility of the leadership ad geeral membership to commuicate i a systematic ad coordiated way. Hereby recommed that: The ANC should accelerate the implemetatio of outstadig decisios of the Natioal Coferece. Where ecessary create task teams to drive ad moitor the progress ad the implemetatio of ANC policies. Our approach to the battle of ideas should iclude the use of direct commuicatios ad umediated platforms such as public participatio forums as a way of mobilizig various sectios of society to advace ad defed the Natioal Democratic Revolutio (NDR). The ANC should establish structured, strategic relatioships with various social sectors icludig the superstructure of the geeratio of ideas (the media, academia ad jouralism schools). Govermet should itroduce a ew curriculum about the history of the atioal liberatio struggle ad cotiuously participate ad lead the developmet of the cultural expressio of South Africa i order to ifluece ad or iform the outlook of society. Further recommed that: Leaders of the ANC at all levels (icludig coucilors ad members of parliamet ad the legislatures) should be empowered ad capacitated to lead i the battle of ideas. Braches should be empowered with iformatio to play a role i the battle of ideas. The ANC should establish a cotet hub ad dissemiate iformatio through social media to reach members, supporters ad the geeral public. The ANC should establish the Battle of Ideas Coucils at all levels to steer the war room programmes withi the ANC, govermet ad legislatures. The ANC should proactively distribute cotet to the membership, ad resourcig braches to use commuicatios tools. Create whatsapp etworks i braches to facilitate ogoig discussios. Brach secretaries should be assisted with moder iformatio ad commuicatios tools. ICT SECTOR Notig that: ICTs are tools to facilitate ecoomic growth ad social developmet. Sigificat strides have bee made to promote uiversal access, empowermet, competitio, cosumer protectio sice the 53rd coferece. The trasformatio of the ICT sector remais very slow ad there are still barriers to etry for small players. The traditioal telecommuicatios ad broadbad segmets are domiated by moopolies i the fixed ad mobile markets. These cotrol over 80% of licesed market activities, domiate the key radio frequecy spectrum bads ad ow the ifrastructure critical to promotig competitio ad iovatio i the sector. Coferece resolved to itroduce a ew policy ad regulatory ladscape uderpied by ope access etworks liked to the licesig of scarce radio frequecy spectrum. The advet of ope access etworks costitute a orderly, radical trasformatio of the ICT sector to achieve uiversal access ad social iclusio, competitio, cosumer protectio ad seeks to stregthe the strategic role of the ICT sector i ecoomic growth ad developmet. Hereby recommed that: Govermet should complete the ICT Policy Review by the ed of the curret fiacial year 58

61 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil 2015/16, at the latest. The Itegrated ICT Policy should facilitate radical chages i the sector i lie with the over all policy thrust of radical ecoomic trasformatio. The evisaged Itegrated ICT Policy should be uderpied by a ew ope access market structure, with a ew spectrum policy as a itegral eabler of the ew radical path. The scarce spectrum should be licesed to a wholesale, ope access etwork based o clear regulatory priciples to reduce barriers to etry ad itroduce the priciple of use it or loose it. Efforts to harmoise e-govermet ad the role of various state istitutios should be accelerated. Govermet should pay specific attetio to the role of SMMEs throughout the value chai of the ICT sector, with strog emphasis o SMMEs that are owed by youth ad wome. A clear roadmap to empower SMMEs is eeded. Cosider itroducig free WiFi i muicipalities but coordiated by atioal govermet. BROADCASTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES Notig that: Sice 1994, the ANC ad its govermet have made uprecedeted strides to trasform broadcastig to meet the eeds ad aspiratios of all South Africas. Progress made sice 1994 iclude the licesig of over 200 commuity radio statios, the licesig of private radio statios i almost all provices ad the trasformatio of the SABC from a state ito a public broadcaster. Sigificat progress has bee made to implemet the resolutios of coferece through iter alia the wholesale review of the broadcastig policy to itroduce a ew broadcastig market structure which will also deal with competitio issues throughout the value chai, icludig a ew regulatory mechaism to deal with olie services that icreasigly compete with local broadcasters for advertisig. The SABC is still faced with serious corporate goverace challeges which the ANC ad its govermet must ulock, ad that oppositio parties are exploitig this to advace their ow political ad ideological iterests. The implemetatio of the digital terrestrial broadcastig programme is ogoig. It is regrettable that we have ot met the Jue 2015 deadlie. Digital terrestrial televisio is a game chager with sigificat impact beyod the traditioal televisio broadcastig sector. Further otig that: Sigificat progress has bee made sice 1994 to build a strivig commuity broadcastig sector. Govermet has lauched a process to review the Media Developmet ad Diversity Agecy to stregthe its role i supportig a thrivig commuity media sector. The role ad impact of commuity media should ot be measured i quatity, though importat, but should be based o the quality of programmig ad the impact of the commuity sector o the lives of the citizes, especially the rural ad urba poor. A cohort of other policies are beig itroduced to facilitate the harmoizatio of commuicatios across the various spheres of govermet. This iclude coordiatig commuicatios strategies ad plas with state etities. Hereby recommed that: DTT should be implemeted without delay to create a ew broadcastig ladscape that will icrease the role of Free to Air televisio to meet the eeds ad aspiratios of all South Africas. The Natioal Broadcastig Policy should defie the etire broadcastig market icludig how to treat broadcastig like services leadig to the developmet of a full competitive ladscape. Domiat players should share their ifrastructure with ew etrats with sigificat black owership. Further work is eeded to stabilize the SABC to esure that it meets its role ad social obligatios. This iclude addressig goverace challeges facig the public broadcaster. 59

62 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil Additioal resources are eeded to support the Media Diversity ad Developmet Agecy (MDDA) to stregthe its work i facilitatig media diversity ad developmet. This should be liked to esurig that commuity media projects, especially radio, serve their commuities ad are accoutable to them, ad i the laguage that people use ad uderstad. Further recommed that: The ew policy should stregthe the growth ad developmet of the local cotet idustry, Each provice should have at least oe commuity TV statio to boost local cotet. The establishmet of a Natioal Youth Radio statio should be fast tracked (NB: Trasformig Radio 2000 was oce mooted as oe of the optios). Coferece resolutio o the fiacig model for the commuicatios regulator ICASA should also be implemeted without delay. ICASA should adhere to its ow rules ad regulatios, ad should esure that they are aliged to govermet policy. POSTAL SERVICES Notig that: The postal sector is a sigificat player i the South Africa ecoomy, ad its cotributio will grow with govermet s efforts to accelarate ecoomic growth ad developmet. The SA Post Office is the biggest operator i the postal sector with its over 3000 outlets ad access poits throughout the coutry. Parcels of up to 1 kg (letter busiess) are reserved for the Post Office, while the courier busiess is ope to competitio. Over the years, the mail busiess, has bee decliig due to electroic subsititues like with profoud impact o the busiess of the Post Office. The Post Office has also lost the edge as the leadig provider of courier services. This has bee exacerbated by goverace ad related fiacial challeges i SAPO, icludig the failure to implemet effective turaroud strategies. The Post Office is the oly operator i South Africa with uiversal service obligatios to rollout postal outlets ad addresses to uderserviced areas. There are still South Africas (i rural areas ad iformal settlemets) who do ot have access to address limitig their participatio i the maistream ecoomy. The PostBak has a market capitalisatio of about R2billio, which is largely depositors moey. The Postbak maitais a separate accout ad fiacial statemets. Hereby recommed that: The Post Office should be restructured as a matter of urgecy to play a bigger role i the ecoomy ad to provide the followig services: o o o o o o Exted bakig services to the ubaked (through a corporatised Postbak); Traditioal mail busiess; Broadbad access poits; Electroic commerce takig advatage of its extesive distributio etwork; Uiversal address system without further delay; Various govermet trasactios such as social grats, licece reewals etc. The Post Office should upgrade its IT capacity to be able to deal with ew opportuities. The Postbak is a state bak which seeks to promote uiversal access to bakig while at the same time it provides a platform for the desbursemet of various state trasatios such as social grats. Attempts to licece the Postbak i terms of the Baks Act, if this is the oly optio, should ot compromise the ANC s resolutios aroud the Postbak. Where ecessary, the Baks Act should be ameded to allow the state to establish the Postbak i lie with the resolutios of the ANC o the role ad social obligatios of the Postbak. 60

63 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil PRINT MEDIA TRANSFORMATION, ACCOUNTABILITY AND DIVERSITY Notig that: Prit media is still domiated by the traditioal oligopoly comprisig Naspers, Times Media, Idepedet Newspapers ad Caxto. Util the recet trasactio ivolvig Idepedet Newspapers, the sector was predomiatly white owed ad cotrolled. ANC itervetios o owership trasformatio have resulted i a icrease i BBEE i the prit media. Accordig to GCIS Media Ladscape 2014 Caxto is still 100% white owed, Times Media Group has 55.64% black owership, Media 24 about 45%, ad INMSA about 55%. The big media houses also ow ad cotrol small commuity ewspapers ad other apsects of the prit media ladscape such as pritig, packagaig ad distributio. Naspers ad Times Media Limited also ow ad cotrol broadcastig assets beyod the requiremets of the cross media owership rules. Other istitutios that are cetral to market etry are cotrolled by the established media houses icludig the Audit Bureau of Circulatio, distributio ad pritig outlets. Small ad idepedet prit media projects struggle to gai etry ad access to readers give cotrol by the big players of the value chai. As elsewhere i the world, productio costs have bee cut resultig i less expediture o ews cotet, more uiformity ad poor stadards i jouralism raisig questios about its relevace ad media accoutability.. The prit media iteratioally is facig ew challeges due to digitisatio ad access to the Iteret. Hereby recommed that: The decisio of the 52d Coferece regardig the eed for a parliametary iquiry ito the desirability ad feasibility of a Media Appeals Tribual withi the framework of the Costitutio of the Republic of South Africa should be implemeted. The parliametary process should explore a system of accoutability that balaces the right of freedom of expressio ad other rights, ad esure proportioal redress wheever the media ifriges o the rights of others. This should iclude reviewig defamatio laws ad the eed for a legislative right of reply. A empowermet charter is eeded to accelarate trasformatio i the prit media sector. This should be prioritised. This should focus o iter alia demographic represetatio throughout the value chai. The MDDA should be adequately resourced to fiace small commuity media ad the alterative press i geeral. (NB: the prit media is o loger cotributig to the MDDA leavig govermet as the oly cotributor to the diversity fud). The MDDA must play a bigger role tha beig cofied to fudig. The Competitio Commissio should also ivestigate curret practices i the prit media sector to establish whether there are ati-competitive practices. The advertisig idustry is critical i the developmet of the prit sector ad its ideological orietatio. Trasformatio of the advertisig idustry should be accelerated. Govermet should accelerate efforts to trasform the marketig ad advertisig idustry, ad use its adsped to promote diversity. The ANC Media Charter should be reviewed to restate the visio of the ANC regardig the role of media i a democratic society. GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATURE COMMUNICATIONS Notig that: Natioal Coferece resolved that he cotiued fragmertatio of govermet commuicatios withi ad across the three spheres of govermet defeat the strategoic role of commuicatios as a tool for goverace ad service delivery. This should be addressed through a comprehesive atioal commuicatios policy. Amogst others, the atioal commuicatios policy should provide for the use of all laguages ad all platforms to reach citizes. 61

64 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil Coferece also oted the limited commuicatios capacity i the legislatures ad muicipalities across the coutry, directig that the two spheres should be adequately resourced to commuicate efficietly ad effectively. The ANC ad govermet at all levels should coordiate messages. Govermet adsped ca be allocated i such a way that it cotributes towards diversity ad developmet. Coferece resolved that Comtask should be reviewed to esure that the orgaizatio of govermet commuicatios reflect the chagig eviromet as govermet eeds to commuicate effectively across multiple platforms. State owed eterprises play a sigificat role i service delivery hece their commuicatios programmes should be aliged with those of govermet. Hereby recommed that: Govermet should icrease the distributio of Vuk zezela ad other media through iovative meas such as the Iteret ad i additio to the curret Apps. Govermet should expedite the fializatio of the policy framework aimed at stregtheig commuicatios i muicipalities i time ahead of the local govermet electios. Govermet should cotiue to use ad icrease direct egagemets with commuities via Izimbizo ad other public platforms. This allows govermet to tailor-make messages ad address specific issues. Govermet should expedite the fializatio of the Natioal Commuicatios Policy which has already bee developed ad distributed to all govermet departmets to respod. Govermet should cotiue to develop ew tailor-made electroic Apps targetig youg people to icrease the uptake ad usage of govermet iformatio by youg people. The umber of govermet departmets that use the cetralised media buyig system should icrease ad this should facilitate ad cotribute to media diversity ad developmet. 62

65 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil 7. Iteratioal Relatios 1. INTRODUCTION The importat task of our Natioal Democratic Revolutio (NDR) is to grapple with the complex ad ever-chagig world order. The balace of forces ad the balace of power is about cocrete aalysis of the dyamic world material coditios ad how they impact o our coutry ad Africa, i particular. Our visio is to create a better South Africa i a Better Africa ad Just World. Key amog the aspects of the balace of forces is the uderstadig that the world is still uipolar with strog sigs of multi-polarity o the rise. The ecoomic model of 1945 o loger works eve for the developed world. We are witessig the stregtheig of the South-South Cooperatio with BRICS as a alterative voice. Thus, there is a eed to have a ew world order that will work for all humaity i which the developig world (BRICS) play a critical role. The ANC as a movemet remais ati-imperialist ad pursues progressive iteratioalism, iteratioal solidarity, Africa Ageda, ad multilateralism; hece, we participate i a majority of multilateral fora. Our last importat assigmet as Chair of G77 + Chia (G77) will be to lead the G77 to Paris for the Uited Natios Framework for Climate Chage Covetio (UNFCCC) egotiatios i defece of the Durba Platform of Actio, iformed by the priciple of commo but differetiated resposibilities ad capabilities. The NGC welcomed the assessmet of the implemetatio of the Magaug Coferece ad these were said to be fair, with a broader uderstadig that the implemetatio of iteratioal relatios is depedet o parters ad the ature of the balace of forces that could tilt i our favour from time to time. Therefore, the NGC focused its recommedatios o the followig key successes, challeges ad difficult policy issues. 2. RECOMMENDATIONS 2.1. TheNGC oted that although the Milleium Developmet Goals (MDGs) were ot reached, through our decisive itervetio we maaged to migrate the ufiished MDGs ito the Sustaiable Developmet Goals (SDGs). The 17 SDGs together with 167 targets ad 300 idicators, which are i the mai about fightig the triple challege of poverty, uemploymet, ad iequality, are aliged withthe Natioal Developmet Pla(NDP). As a mark of our diplomacy it was agreed that all the SD Goals will be iteralized ito Coutry Natioal Plas. South Africa, led the G-77 + Chia i esurig that the 70th Summit of the Uited Natios Geeral Assembly (UNGA) uaimously adopted the SDGs It is recommeded that we popularise the SDGs, especially throughatioal parliamet, all legislatures, govermet, ad all commuity structures (icludig ANC ad Alliace), so as to mobilise our people ad develop actio plas It further recommeded that the ANC-led govermet allocate adequate budget ad resources towards attaimet of SDGs The NGC cofirmed itssupport for theafrica Uio (AU)Ageda 2063 Visio, recogisig that it is a cotiuatio of Africa Reaissace philosophy, ad recommeded that as a movemet it is icumbet upo us to popularise its seve aspiratios. The aspiratios are: A prosperous Africa based o iclusive growth ad sustaiable developmet; A itegrated cotiet, politically uited, based o the ideals of Pa Africaism; A Africa of good goverace, democracy, huma rights, justice & the rule of law; A peaceful & secure Africa; A Africa with strog cultural values ad ethics; 63

66 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil A Africa where developmet is peopledrive, relyig particularly o potetial of wome & youth; ad Africa as a strog & ifluetial global player ad parter 2.5. The NGC reiterated recommedatios from Magaug that whilst implemetig the NDP, we cotiue to stregthe its iteratioal relatios sectio, which will be reiforced at the scheduled 2017 ANC Policy Coferece The NGC recommeded that the ANC edeavour to mobilise society i support ofitsiteratioal Solidarity workso that the work is more visible ad cosistet marked byaggressive participatio by members ad leaders of the Alliace rather thabeig sporadic The NGC recommeded that the ANC should covee a workshop of the Alliace to discuss ad develop a commo uderstadig o buildig ad settig the ageda of the Global Progressive Movemet, guided by the resolutios of the 4thIteratioal Solidarity Coferece (Global Ati-Apartheid Movemet)so as to build a better, just, humae, fair ad equitable world order The ANC cotiues to uphold ad respect huma rights ad it codems impuity, war crimes, ad acts of geocide, as resolved i Magaug. However, it also opposes the double stadards ad selective actios of the Iteratioal Crimial Court (ICC), ad the fact that permaet members of the UN Security Coucil that are ot sigatories to the Rome Statute have ufettered powers with regard to referrig cases to the ICC Therefore, the NGC took the decisio to ask the ANC-led govermet to begi the process of withdrawal of its membership of the ICC, preceded by the discussios that are takig place amog the member states of the ICC ad those takig place withi the Africa Uio o the ICC matter. I the meatime, the atioal parliamet must begi the process of amedig the Act implemetig the Rome Statute to alig with Diplomatic Immuities ad Privileges Act of The NGC calls o member states of the Africa toaccelerate the ratificatio of the Protocol to the Africa Charter o Huma ad People s Rights ad o the Establishmet of the Africa Court o Huma ad People s Rights. It supports the AU process towards the merger of this court with the Africa Court of Justice i order to establish the capacity to fight war crimes, crimes agaist humaity ad acts of geocide The NGC recommeds that the NEC must request the ANC-led govermet to coduct a comprehesive review of all multilateral agreemets that South Africa has etered ito sice The NGC recogised that the rise of terrorism ad extremism is a direct product of regime chage ageda, ad attemptig to resolve political challeges through military meas. The youth have bee targeted for recruitmet by extremists ad there has bee a icrease i mass migratio from affected areas i Africa ad the Middle East ito Europe. Therefore, thengc recommeded that the ANC cotiue to advocate for peaceful resolutio of coflicts ad oppose military itervetios It was further recommeded that we cofirm our rejectio of Uited States Africa Commad (AFRICOM) ad other exteral military itervetios i Africa icludig the secretive moves to militarise Africa The NGC recommeded that we: a) cotiue to isist that provices ad muicipalities recogise that iteratioal relatios is coordiated by atioal govermet i lie with the DIRCO s Measures ad Guidelies for the Ehaced Coordiatio of South Africa s Iteratioal Egagemets documet, which must be promoted amogst provices, muicipalities ad civil society; ad b) hold the view that the posture of the ANC ad ANC-led Govermet is commo, clear, coheret ad must be decisive The NGC further recommeded that the draft White Paper o foreig policy, icludig the clarificatio of atioal Iterest, is preseted to ANC structures for iput that will guide its 64

67 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil fialisatio, thus assertig the cetrality of the ANC as the oly developer of policy The NGC regards the formatio of the Brazil, Russia, Idia, Chia ad South Africa (BRICS) platform, particularly the BRICS Bak, as a cofirmatio of the ANC s primary approach to iteratioalism, iteratioal solidarity ad multilateralism The NGC recommeded that South Africa, together with the Africa Uio, cotiue to utilize the Ezulwii Cosesus as a guide o our positio o the UN Security Coucil reform icludig the isistece that Africa receive at least two permaet seats, however, it must lobby for review to stregthe the Cosesus o this matter. We eedto egage BRICS parters who are Permaet Members of the Security Coucil to support this cosesus ad South Africa s availability to serve i oe of the Permaet Seats of a reformed Coucil The NGC recommeded that we ecourage disegagemet with Israel especially withi govermet ad legislatures, uless promotig solidarity ad resolvig the coflict. I particular, travel to Israel will be discouraged O party-to-party relatios, thengc recommeded that the ANC develop policy guidelies o iteractio with political parties that are i oppositio The NGC recommeded that we cotiue to advocate for the self-determiatio,freedom, ad idepedece of Wester Sahara, ad as the ANC we collect ad distribute childre readig materials, clothig ad medicies to Wester Sahara The NGC recommeded that the ANC, SACP, COSATU, ad SANCO should meet ad develop a commo programme o Swazilad.Further recommedig we egage all the political stakeholders to better uderstad the situatio ad to fid out whatfuture they evisage for Swazilad The NGC welcomed the resumptio of diplomatic relatios betwee Cuba ad the Uited States, particularly the release of the Cuba Five. The commissio recommeded that we support the Cuba call for the retur of theguataamo Bay to Cuba ad the liftig of the US ecoomic embargo agaist Cuba The NGC welcomed the itervetios made to resolve matters i Lesotho. The NGC recommeded that we eed to reflect ad take a differet approach o Lesotho, such that we iclude our affected provices i the discussios to develop a comprehesive approach to assist them to fid a lastig solutio The NGC cofirmed the view of the July 2015 Lekgotlao dual citizeship, however sice it is a ew policy matter, it recommeded further research ad discussio o the matter at the 2017 ANC Policy Coferece I lie with Polokwae ad Magaug resolutios, the NGC further recommeded that we fast track the stregtheig ad expasio of the Iteratioal Relatios Uit at Luthuli House ito a fully-fledged departmet. 65

68 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil 8. Rural Developmet, Lad ad Agraria Reform INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND The Commissio was drive by the madate of Assessig progress made i the implemetatio of the 53rd Natioal Coferece resolutios ad idetifyig areas where there has bee less progress; Aalysig challeges ecoutered ad lessos leared i the implemetatio of the resolutios ad subsequet programmes; Idetifyig ad respodig to existig ad emergig developmetal challeges. The Commissio was iformed by a structured ad focused iput that assessed progress sice the 53rd Natioal Coferece. The assessmet iput covered itervetios to give effect to the resolutios of the ANC s 52d ad 53rd Natioal Cofereces, the challeges faced durig implemetatio, policy ad legislative itervetios, progress to date, ad a aligmet aalysis of progress agaist the Natioal Developmet Pla, the electios Maifesto ad the Medium Term Strategic Framework. The Commissio took ito accout the Presidet s Political Report to the NGC i particular the Presidets referece to lad as a itegral part of ecoomic trasformatio, as well as, iputs o the Balace of Forces ad the Battle of Ideas. Agraria Trasformatio ad Rural Developmet remai cetral priorities of the ANC govermet. Agriculture remais oe of the sectors that offers potetial for icreased cotributio to the GDP, icreased job creatio ad a major cotributor to the rural ecoomy. The Commissio oted progress i the implemetatio of almost all the resolutios as agreed to at the 53rd Natioal Coferece held i Magaug i December The Commissio further oted other iitiatives supportig agricultural ad rural developmet i particular the Agri-parks. The Magaug Coferece resolved that mechaisms be foud to esure that those who work the lad must visibly beefit from the lad reform programme. The Commissio oted that progress has bee made i esurig that a Legislative arragemet ad policy framework for the implemetatio of this resolutio is i place, icludig the policy framework o the costitutioal provisio of relative rights for people workig ad livig o the lad. The progress from the willig buyer willig seller policy has bee addressed through the promulgatio of the Property Valuatio Act, 2014, which will codifies the just ad equitable priciple as reflected i sectio 25 of the Costitutio. The Commissio oted progress to revitalise agricultural productio i commual areas ad give support to productio icludig implemets, seeds, fertiliser, dip taks ad fecig. Cocer was expressed that the 53rd Natioal Coferece had ot fully articulated its agricultural visio i the sigificace of agriculture. The Magaug resolutios oly look at food security, i cotrast to the Presidets SONA of 2015 which speaks to food security, creatio of jobs ad for youg people ad agricultures cotributio to the GDP. O lad teure it was oted that the itroductio of the Regulatio of Lad Holdigs Bill which will itroduce the Lad Commissio, will go a log way i resolvig curret disputes. RECOMMENDATIONS 1. O Lad Reform 1.1 The Departmet of Rural Developmet ad Lad reform should cotiue to stregthe the security of teure for farm workers. 1.2 Lad rights for people i Commual ar- 66

69 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil eas should be formalized such that security of teure is secured ad such lad ca have commercial value. I order to esure agaist the risk of people becomig ladless i this process, a limitatio clause i the title deed givig the State the first right of refusal must be secured. 1.3 The commissio resolved that there should be equitable access to lad for wome ad their iterests be protected. 1.4 Uemployed graduates should receive dedicated support ad be prioritised i access to lad through lease hold arragemets of State lad. The same should apply to the youth. 1.5 The ecessary reform of legislatio that established Commual Property Associatios must be udertake so as to esure that the State ca itervee i the iterests of the broader commuity. The legal reform should also stregthe the role of commuity participatio. 1.6 Measures to capacitate beeficiaries of lad reform should be stregtheed through improved post settlemet support. 1.7 The amedmets to the Expropriatio Amedmet Bill, curretly before Parliamet,is critical ad should be expedited. 1.8 O lad curretly owed by foreig atioals, legal optios should be cosidered i the cotext of what the Costitutio provides for. Lease holdigs to Foreig Natioals should be capped at 30 years. 1.9 O lad owed by baksthe legal prospects of expropriatio of this lad where it is established to be lyig fallow, eeds to be pursued The curret proposed ceiligso differet forms of lad owership ad use is supported ad should fid expressio through the itroductio of legislatio ANC structures especially i rural areas eed to be capacitated o the meaig ad iterpretatio of law as it relates to lad teure ad agraria reform. 2. O Goverace 2.1 To esure itegrated support, departmets ivolved i rural developmet ad lad reform should esure that their regulatory frameworks are aliged to support lad reform ad agricultural developmet 2.2 The services ad plas of Rural Developmet offices ad that of Agriculture should be itegrated to maximise outcomes. Lad availability ad access through the lad reform programmes must be fast tracked ad better coordiatio betwee both Departmets. 3. O Agriculture 3.1 The ANC should focus o the developmet of clear policies o agriculture that esure that there is a deliberate focus to support agricultural developmet. 3.2 The Agricultural Policy Actio Pla (APAP) ad NDP eed to be developed further give that agriculture is cetral i our resolutios ad programs. The 2017 Natioal Policy Coferece must receive a comprehesive review of policy which poits to the cetrality of agriculture i radical socio-ecoomic trasformatio. The focus should address the features of the Jauary 2015 NEC Lekgotla resolutio. 3.3 Agricultural support to small, medium scale black farmer should be prioritized. 3.4 Specific agricultural ifrastructure ad its owership especially i the former batustas eeds to be reviewed ad trasferred to the State. 3.4 Agricultural fiacig should be reviewed to esure that fiacig models are favourable to developig farmers. 3.5 The legislative review of the Lad Bak eeds to be udertake. This review must be iformed by matters of fiacig of agricultural developmet ad the broader fiacialisatio of the ecoomy that has had a direct impact o emergig farmersresultig i their iability to source fudig. The positioig of the Lad ad Agricultural 67

70 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil Bak must be expedited ad it must be retured to its origial madate as a developmet fiace istitutio Revival of agricultural colleges must be further ehaced. 3.7 Agricultural subsidies should be give withi the trade rules that the coutry is sigatory to so as to address the impact of historical deregulatio of the agriculture sector whose impact had a egative impact o ad left the agricultural idustry vulerable to, global ecoomic turbuleces. A review of our tariff regime ad the implemetatio of import substitutio should all be cosidered. 3.8 A agricultural trade strategy should also esure it support local producers i creatig local markets for small eterprises. 3.9 Research eeds to be udertake to lookig ito the prospects of establishig food baks The fiacig of Agriculture ad Rural developmet cosistet with the commitmets of the Heads of State ad Govermets as reflected i the 2003 Maputo Declaratio at 10% of GDP remais a target which should be strived for. The curret fudig level of 1,8% of GDP is icosistet with the priorities attached to the political ad ecoomic madate of both Rural Developmet ad Lad Reform ad Agriculture Forestry ad Fisheries. Attractig icreased ivestmet ito agricultural research remais critical i the overall developmet of the sector ad as a meas to stregthe the coutry s market share Iformed by both the Polokwae ad Magaug resolutios o addressig progress ad challeges i Ecoomic Trasformatio, the Commissio proposes that govermet must comprehesively address trasformatio of the agricultural sector, reviewig policy levers at its disposal, to break the curret structure ad owership patters of the agricultural sector which has led to distortios. 4. O Rural Eterprises The commissio recommeded that Eula idustries which are ot agricultural based must be ecouraged ad supported 5. O Food Security The fetsatlala programme eeds to be massified i particular, mechaizatio support to lad i commual areas 6. O Water ad Agriculture There is a eed to reform the irrigatio boards to esure that equitable access is realized to water provisio ad the irrigatio schemes. 8. O Miig ad Agriculture That the tesio betwee agricultural lad ad miig developmet should be maaged to esure that agricultural lad is ot accessible for food security ad commercial agriculture 9. O huma settlemet developmet Models for high rise should be explored i order to esure that ecroachmet of agricultural lad is miimized. The Commissio has emerged better iformed ad prepared to drive the implemetatio of Agraria Trasformatio to a higher trajectory. 68

71 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil DECLARATION of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil 7 We, the over delegates to the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil of the Africa Natioal Cogress, gathered here i Johaesburg i the year of the 60th aiversary of the Freedom Charter, declare for all our coutry ad the world to kow that the struggle forthe socio-ecoomic liberatio of all our people remais o course. Over the last three days, we udertook a critical review of our work towards the realisatio of the visio of the Freedom Charter; evaluated progress i implemetig resolutios of the 53rd Natioal Coferece, ad how we give effect to the commitmets we made i our 2014 Maifesto. This Natioal Geeral Coucil is the culmiatio of a process of egagemet by ANC structures, Alliace parters ad other sectors of society that reiforced the culture of debate ad itrospectio. Cosistet with the traditios of our movemet, we have frakly ad hoestly, withi our established traditios of criticism ad self-criticism, iterrogated our stregths ad weakess, our achievemets ad our shortcomigs. We have affirmed our determiatio to defed the essetial character of the ANC as a progressive revolutioary movemet that is rooted amog the people. Practices ad tedecies icosistet with the values of the Africa Natioal Cogress threate the effectiveess of our movemet as a istrumet for liberatio. This is a critical momet for the Natioal Democratic Revolutio, cotaiig both great possibilities for decisive advaces ad a sigificat risk of reversal. All people ad sectors must haress their collective will ad efforts towards creatig a better life for all. Therefore, we reaffirm our resolve to root out corruptio, factioalism, buyig of members ad gatekeepig. We agreed to reiforce measures to iculcate withi our cadreship the values of service, selflessess, itegrity ad disciplie. This NGC paid particular attetio to the stadig, capacity ad powers of the Itegrity Commissio established followig a resolutio of the 53rd Natioal Coferece. We agreed that the decisios 69

72 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil of the Itegrity Commissio are bidig ad the Commissio should be better-resourced to fulfill its madate. To cofrot the practice of factioalism i leadership electios, we agreed that the formalisatio of lobby groups ad the promotio of slates should be discipliary offeces. Brach delegates should vote accordig to their brach madate at elective cofereces ad the practice of cosolidatig prefereces at regioal or provicial level must ed. The ANC brach is at the cetre of our work, ad must esure that members are actively egaged i political work ad commuities are mobilised to effect chage i their lives. We agreed that the archives are of immese importace ad we must dedicate more resources to capture our history ad preserve our records. Therefore, the Liberatio Heritage Istitute should become a atioal resource, located i the state, to provide South Africa society with sigificat isight ito the struggle agaist coloialism ad apartheid. The NGC recogises the advaces our movemet ad govermet have made towards the emacipatio of wome ad promotio of geder equality. Nevertheless, we commit to itesifyig efforts for the total liberatio ad empowermet of wome. We emerge from this Natioal Geeral Coucil with a clear sese of the tasks we must udertake to advace the struggle for ecoomic freedom, recogisig that we do so uder difficult iteratioal ad domestic ecoomic coditios. The global ecoomic crisis cotiues to egatively impact o the ecoomies of developig coutries, with low global growth ad depressed commodity prices beig the emergig challeges. We have accordigly agreed to accelerate efforts to mitigate job losses i vulerable sectors ad create ew opportuities i potetially job-creatig areas. Uitig all South Africas aroud the Natioal Developmet Pla (NDP) to promote iclusive growth ad developmet, ad eradicate the triple scourge of uemploymet, poverty ad iequality is imperative. We agreed to address weakesses that exist i several agecies of the state. The capacity of the democratic developmetal state to coordiate implemetatio of policy is critical for optimal utilisatio of huma ad material resources, i order to maximise the impact of our programmes ad projects. We must itesify icreased job creatio ad employmet opportuities through mechaisms such as localisatio, SMME ad cooperatives support ad istrumets like the procuremet set-asides ad icreased owership ad participatio by black people i the ecoomy, with a particular focus o the youth ad wome ad people with disability. Owership of lad is a itegral part of ecoomic trasformatio. We support curret proposed ceiligs o differet forms of lad owership ad use, ad these should fid expressio through the itroductio of legislatio. We must cosider legal optios with regard to lad curretly owed by foreig atioals withi the cotext of what the costitutio provides. We must review agricultural fiacig i order to esure that fiacig models are favourable to developig farmers. The NGC welcomes measures to make quality educatio more accessible to all. We should icrease the umber of youg people i post-graduate programmes. The NGC oted that overall crime cotiues to declie. However, rates of violet crime remai stubborly high despite the iitiatives aimed at crimes such as murder ad armed robbery. We call o all our people to joi hads i the fight agaist crime. We shall take particular steps to combat the killig of police. Geder based violece ad safety of people from cotact crimes is a societal resposibility that we must address. Govermet must move with speed o a itegrated respose through the crimial justice system. The ANC, together with its alliace parters, must work with commuities to mobilise agaist alcohol ad substace abuse. We agreed that the ANC must itesify its ivolvemet the battle of ideas. Further, we should accelerate the radical trasformatio of the ICTs as a meas to cotribute to ecoomic growth ad developmet. The 70

73 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil corporate goverace challeges facig the SABC should be resolved speedily so that the istitutio ca fulfill its public resposibility. We reaffirm the urget eed for media trasformatio, accoutability ad diversity ad this icludes the parliametary equiry o the feasibility ad desirability of a Media Appeals Tribual i lie with the Costitutio. We remai seized of the task of buildig a better Africa ad a better world. The ANC reiterates our support for regioal itegratio ad Ageda 2063, the AU s developmetal programme. The ANC remais committed to iteratioalism ad we support the struggles for atioal selfdetermiatio ad a multilateral approach to the maagemet of global issues. We reiterate our solidarity with the people of Palestie ad support the isolatio of busiesses i the UN List that operate i the occupied territories i Palestie. We advocate for the self-determiatio, freedom ad idepedece of Wester Sahara.We support the call by Cuba for the retur of Guataamo Bay ad the liftig of the USA ecoomic embargo agaist Cuba. The NGC oted the processes uderway, uder the auspices of the AU icludig South Africa to review Africa s participatio i the Iteratioal Crimial Court. We welcome the adoptio of the Sustaiable Developmet Goals by the UN Geeral Assembly as a firm global coveat to brig about a more equitable, sustaiable ad just world. The NGC recogises that for the ANC to cotiue the process of trasformig our society ad to realise the objectives of this phase of our struggle it is imperative that we retai our decisive madate from the people. We will therefore work hard to esure that we gai a overwhelmig majority i the upcomig local govermet electios, through cosolidatig our support base ad wiig ew costituecies. The Back to Basics programme should be at the core of buildig a effective ad efficiet local govermet. Reversig the apartheid geography by esurig spatial itegratio ad acceleratig access to basic services is achievable through stregtheig itegrated plaig ad delivery mechaism across all spheres of govermet. We should fast track the implemetatio of the Presidetial Commissio review of provices. We thak our sister parties from the Former Liberatio Movemets for their support ad participatio durig the NGC. The ANC cotiues to reflect the hope ad embody the aspiratios of our people. Our movemet remais the most effective istrumet for the achievemet of a uited, o-racial, osexist, democratic ad prosperous South Africa. We close this Natioal Geeral Coucil coscious of the great resposibility o our shoulders, idividually ad collectively, to strive for ad achieve a better South Africa, a better Africa ad a better world.we should move with urgecy, coscietiousess ad cosciousess. As we leave here, we recall the closig statemet of the 3,000 delegates who gathered at the Cogress of the People i Kliptow o 26 Jue 1955: Let all those who love their people ad their coutry ow say, as we say here: These freedoms we will fight for, side by side, throughout our lives, util we have wo our liberty. 71

74 Report of the 4th Natioal Geeral Coucil CLOSING ADDRESS by ANC Presidet Jacob Zuma 8 We have come to the ed of a most successful ad productive Natioal Geeral Coucil of the ANC. We ed o a high ote because the NGC has bee marked by high levels of robust discussios ad disciplie. We cogratulate all the delegates for reaffirmig the stadig of the ANC as a leader of society ad as a disciplied, vibrat ad dyamic istrumetfor social chage. Oe of our uique stregths as the ANC are selfcriticism ad self-correctio. I opeig the NGC, we preseted serious ad ucomfortable challeges affectig the movemet ad ivited delegates to egage these i the commissios ad provide solutios. The reports from the Commissios have idicated that ideed serious reflectio wet ito the discussios. Orgaisatio buildig ad reewal was a key factor i this NGC i our determiatio to rebuild the ANC ad reew the character of our glorious movemet. We aoucedthat our membership figure stood at seve hudred ad sixty ie eight hudred ad sevety ( ) members, dow from 1,2 millio i This correctly shocked the delegates ad membership because we all wat to see a growig ANC all the time. As always, such a figure at a coferece reflects audited members i good stadig. As is also kow, this is usually lower tha the figures o the database which would iclude all categories such as those whose membership had lapsed, those who are still o probatio ad those that have bee ufortuate victims of gatekeepig ad membership system admiistrative problems. The ANC membership also teds to grow leadig up to elective cofereces. The NGC has also take resolutios to improve the membership admiistratio system ad to elimiate tedecies such as gatekeepig ad the bulk buyig of votes. With the implemetatio of all our remedial actios, we ited to have all 1,3 millio ames that are curretly o the database to be cofirmed as members i good stadig sooer or at least by Let us all work hard to achieve that goal. The stregtheig of ANC braches to eable them to perform their costitutioal tasks has bee emphasised. The ANC Brach Maual clarifies the role of the brach as follows whe it says: The brach is the basic uit of the ANC, ad the most importat structure i the movemet. It is i the brach that ANC members put to use their skills, eergy, political isight ad experiece i a programme to trasform society The brach is the meas through which we orgaise our people. It is the brach which must idetify ANC sympathisers ad supporters who ca be recruited as ANC members, ad through political iductio ad ivolvemet i the programmes of the movemet ca be developed ito tried ad tested cadres. It is the ANC brach which is the first poit of cotact with the broader commuity. The brach must respod to the eeds ad iterests of the commuity, ad provide clear directio to the commuity o the most importat issues facig it. A healthy, active ad growig brach is the key to a strog, ifluetial ad successful ANC. We urge comrades to seriously read the Brach maual. If we implemet its directives we will ot have problems i esurig the correct fuctioig of the braches. Let us also grow the ANC ot oly i terms of quatity but also quality. Political educatio therefore remais paramout. I this regard, the NGC has agreed to reiforce 72