BULLETIN. African National Congress NEC LEKGOTLA JULY 2015

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1 Lekgotla Bulleti Africa Natioal Cogress NEC LEKGOTLA BULLETIN JULY 2015 Foreword by the SECRETARY GENERAL, GWEDE MANTASHE Ecoomic Growth ad Job Creatio are Priority The Lekgotla was held over three days, ad was followed immediately therefore by the Cabiet Lekgotla. The mai purpose of the July lekgotla is to ifluece the budget process so that resources are allocated to the priority areas idetified by the ANC. The ANC cabiet miisters, who all atted the NEC lekgotla as cadres of the movemet, are expected to be drivers ad implemeters of the programme of the movemet after these makgotla. I 2015 the biggest challege facig our coutry is the low ecoomic growth ad potetial massive job losses as a cosequece. I the lekgotla the commissio o ecoomic trasformatio ad other commissios cosidered various optios to be embarked upo. It is, however, clear that uless the private sector comes to the party solutios are far from realisatio. The midset that uemploymet is a govermet problem or view it arrowly as a problem of the ANC, leads various role players to fail i playig their part to fid solutios. We must cofrot this crisis as a atio. We must ot wait util we reach the poit similar to the Greece situatio, ad oly the mobilise society. We must act immediately. The arrogace with which some of the major compaies deal with the uios ad bulldoze them ito acceptig that there is o alterative to retrechmets must be cofroted by the atio. The emphasis o the mai challeges facig our society does ot make other areas of work less importat. We are emphasisig the issue of job losses to highlight the importace of appreciatig that oe area has the potetial of impactig egatively o other areas. The likage betwee the state of employmet i society ad the complicatios i social developmet are clear. The cry that social wages are ot sustaiable i the log-term would be relevat whe more jobs are created. The most importat issue is the implemetatio of decisios take ad the ability to moitor the implemetatio. Implemetatio must happe i all the spheres of govermet. This is more critical as we approach the local govermet electio i These are goig to be tough electios with a barrage of attacks directed at the ANC. The uderstatig of the progress beig made ad exaggeratio of the problems is goig to be a key feature of the offesive agaist the ANC. Our respose should ot be directed at the oppositio forces but to our people. We must be preoccupied by the desire to serve the people. Basic services must be provided ot because of pressure but because of the eed to do so. The reports of the commissios must be used i guidig implemetatio ad moitorig. Ejoy the readig. 1

2 NEC Lekgotla Bulleti Political Overview by PRESIDENT JACOB ZUMA Time to Go Back to Basics We have gathered here to assess the progress we have made i creatig a better life for all our people, especially the poor ad the workig class. We declared 2015 the Year of the Freedom Charter ad Uity i Actio to Achieve Ecoomic Freedom. Our overall message as well sice the last atioal geeral electio is Together We Move South Africa Forward. It is uder these two iterrelated themes that we covee this lekgotla. We also meet just a week after celebratig Nelso Madela Iteratioal Day. Madiba cotiues to uite us i the quest to do good for our commuities ad coutry. Our Lekgotla takes place a moth after the successful Alliace summit at which we reaffirmed the strategic importace ad relevace of a uited ANC-led alliace i our society. We agreed that disuity serves oly to derail us from our historic missio to reverse the legacy of apartheid ad coloialism. The summit recogized that the Alliace remais a critical force to esure that the goals of the Freedom Charter ad the Natioal Democratic Revolutio are achieved. Ideed our movemet is the oly oe which ca successfully coceptualize ad implemet a widely supported radical programme of fudametal trasformatio which is aimed at the creatio of a o-racial, o-sexist, democratic ad prosperous South Africa. This Lekgotla should build o the spirit of the Alliace summit which declared that: As delegates to this Summit, we pledge to take forward the spirit of uity, self-critical evaluatio ad a determiatio to implemet the key decisios we have agreed upo. This is importat because it is oly through a thorough process of self-critical evaluatio that we will be able to kow exactly where we eed to chage the way we work.we will also kow where we eed to improve our capacity i order to accelerate the pace of delivery. That is the purpose of this lekgotla. This Lekgotla also takes place whe the leadership that was elected i Magaug i 2012 is ow half way through its term of office. The lekgotla should thus help us to critically ad carefully aalyse progress i the implemetatio of the Magaug coferece resolutios as we prepare for our Natioal Geeral Coucil. The Magaug coferece ejoied us to move boldly as we eter the secod phase of our trasitio from apartheid coloialism to a atioal democratic society. We further declared that we would implemet radical socio-ecoomic trasformatio to meaigfully address the triple challeges of poverty, uemploymet ad iequality. We must assess progress made i this regard ad further recommed improvemets where eeded. We have also idetified projects regarded as low hagig fruits i each lekgotla. We should reflect o how far we are i implemetig those kids of projects. The last Lekgotla edorsed the Back to Basics programme of actio which is aimed at makig our muicipalities work better. The programme remais the key ANC ad Govermet programme aimed at esurig that citizes have a positive experiece of local govermet. Key lessos from the first phase of implemetig this programmehave revealed the followig: Political istability ad weakesses i goverace are two of the primary causes of poor service delivery at muicipal level; Muicipalities with weakesses i goverace ad corporate maagemet fuctios such as fiacial maagemet, supply chai maagemet, wrog appoitmets also ted to experiece difficulties i service delivery; ad Processes ad systems for citize egagemet are geerally weak i muicipalities that are categorised as dysfuctioal. 2

3 NEC Lekgotla Bulleti While the Back to Basics approach has had sigificat successes, it has ot yet had sufficiet impact. It is ow time to be more precise ad practical regardig actios which will be effective i chagig how muicipalities are workig. I this regard, all ANC provices ad provicial govermets must do a few thigs. They must build the capacity of the provicial Departmets of Cooperative Goverace ad Traditioal Affairs i order to moitor ad support the operatios of muicipalities. They should develop a program of itervetios with atioal COGTA to reduce the umber of dysfuctioal muicipalities. Provices should esure that they do ot have ay muicipality which has fiacial disclaimers from the Auditor-Geeral. All ANC cotrolled muicipalities must also implemet the followig o-egotiables: 1. Natioal ad Provicial govermet departmets must be active i supportig muicipalities to report back to their commuities o the programmes of govermet. 2. Muicipal Coucillors must have regular commuity egagemet ad muicipal complaits maagemet systems. 3. All ANC cotrolled muicipalities must formally adopt i their coucils the actio plas developed by the provicial ad atioal COGTA departmets. 4. We must have ward level plas i every muicipality for service provisio, for ifrastructure projects ad improvemets. 5. More iterdepartmetal effort is required to esure that the root causes for weakesses i delivery of water, saitatio, electricity, roads, storm water draiage ad waste removals are addressed. We idetified these services as priorities i the last lekgotla ad must report o them. 6. We eed to put i place a rage of support packages for less resourced muicipalities, with coditios attached to them which muicipalities must meet. 7. We must itesify the professioalisatio ad moderise maagemet fuctios i muicipalities. I this regard, people who occupy positios that they do ot qualify for, must be removed. 8. We must also act decisively agaist corruptio i muicipalities. 9. Recommedatios of foresic ivestigatio reports must be implemeted by muicipalities without delay. We as the ANC must lead the process of itegrated plaig ad delivery. These are all issues we should seriously discuss at this lekgotla. I additio, the ANC must seriously discuss the criteria for selectio of Coucilors for ext term of Local Govermet implemetig the decisios of previous NEC Makgotla. Our braches must better uderstad the wards ad the eeds of the people i that ward so that there is syergy betwee what the brach is doig ad what the muicipality is doig. The political side must help to idetify the priorities. We should master that to esure that these two work together. Fially, we as the ANC must lead the process of itegrated plaig ad delivery. The ecoomy remais a apex priority. We meet durig a difficult period locally ad globally. We still eed to adjust to a world where low global growth is ormal. The Iteratioal Moetary fud expects the world ecoomy to grow by just 3.3% i 2015, which ufortuately would be drive maily by developed ecoomies. The cotiuatio of moetary support i Europe, lower fuel prices, improvig cofidece ad favourable employmet treds i some parts, are expected to provide support for ecoomic growth i developed ecoomies. I the developig ecoomies the picture is less favourable. The trajectory of growth i Chia remais strog yet fragile, while ecoomies like Brazil ad Russia cotiue to slowdow. I South Africa, developmets i Greece have further stregtheed our case for the eed for budget disciplie. We must live withi our meas. Lookig domestically, our growth remais far from our Natioal Developmet Pla goals of 5.4%. The Natioal Treasury estimates that electricity shortages are curretly costig the ecoomy close to 1 percetage poit i ecoomic growth. That suggests that we could attai close to 3 % ecoomic growth from the efforts ivested i resolvig the shortages. We cotiue to implemet the five poit pla to address power system costraits. The pla covers: The itervetios for maiteace ad operatios efficiecy; Haressig the co-geeratio opportuity through the extesio of existig cotracts with the private sector; Acceleratig the programme for substitutio of diesel with gas to fire up the diesel power plats; 3

4 NEC Lekgotla Bulleti Lauchig a coal idepedet power producer programme; ad Maagig demad through specific itervetios withi residetial dwelligs, public ad commercial buildigs ad muicipalities through retrofittig eergy efficiet techologies. Medupi curretly produces 794 megawatts of electricity from oe of the uits, ad is meat to be fully commissioed sometime i September Idepedet power producers are curretly cotributig aroud 2000 megawatts to the grid. Govermet has cotracted a further 3000 megawatts that will come o stream by Despite the achievemets to date, cotiued load-sheddig suggests that a lot of work still eeds to be doe. Resolvig the eergy shortage lifts us to ecoomic growth that is still way short of our NDP ambitios. It is through this recogitio that a further 8 priorities are beig implemeted to further improve our growth potetial as outlied i the State of the Natio Address, i the 9 poit pla. Work is uderway through the ecoomic cluster to do the followig: revitalise agriculture add more value to our mieral resources fast track idustrial policy actio pla ecourage private ivestmet moderate workplace coflict ulockig small busiess boostig the role of state owed compaies Advacig the ocea ecoomy. Over the medium-term, the cotiued implemetatio of the Natioal Developmet Pla should help address bidig costraits i the ecoomy, thus boostig busiess ad cosumer cofidece, ivestmet ad ecoomic growth. We have o doubt that if we double our efforts to achieve the goals we have set ourselves as listed above; we will achieve our NDP goals of creatig sustaiable growth ad employmet for our people. Outside of our borders there are also otable opportuities to further support our ecoomic growth performace. The sub-sahara Africa regio provides a importat support to exports of South Africa s maufactured goods. We clearly eed the regio for our idustrializatio policy. The recet sigig of a free trade agreemet is a good respose to these opportuities. Growth i the sub-sahara regio is expected at 4.5% i It is for this reaso that South Africa compaies should be ecouraged to seek expasio i the cotiet. It is welcome that aual ivestmet by South Africa compaies ito the cotiet rose from 5.5billio rad i 2002 to 36billio rad i This serves the coutry well through earigs ad also provides a chael for export peetratio. The ANC govermet has cotiued to work actively with all social parters to improve the fuctioig of the labour market ad improve labour relatios, a process led by the Deputy Presidet. The Marikaa experiece is oe we all do ot wat to see repeated aywhere i our coutry. Based o that experiece, the revitalizatio of miig tows ad providig support to commuities should remai our key focus as the ANC. The MarikaaReport was released ad govermet is workig o the implemetatio thereof. Job creatio remais a critical atioal priority. There are hudreds of thousads of ew etrats to the labour market every year, maily youg South Africas, who are able ad willig to work, ad who are lookig for jobs. We have made substatial, though ot sufficiet progress with job creatio i the past four ad a half years. The atioal ifrastructure pla remais critical for job creatio ad as a stimula for ecoomic growth ad developmet. Through the work of the Presidetial Ifrastructure Coordiatig Commissio (PICC), we have helped ublock costructio projects that were stuck. We have facilitated regulatory approvals such as water-use liceces ad deepeed the localisatio of compoet maufacturig. We have also helped to trai may youg South Africas. But there is scope to do eve more. Oe of the key challeges is that we do ot always work i a itegrated maer as the ANC i govermet. Oe sphere of govermet builds a large dam but the other sphere fails to coect the local commuity to the water from that dam, eve though there is budgeted moey for it. We must be bolder, takig the tough decisios, of what to build, where to build it, how to fiace it ad we must do it ow as our people expect ad ideed deserve radical trasformatio i their lives. I the ext 12 moths, we must take tough decisios to esure that govermet so that it works seamlessly ad to the beefit of all our people. We will take decisios o fudig that will go to a sphere of govermet that has the capacity to deliver water systems, saitatio, schools, cliics ad roads; ad we expect all ANC structures ad deployees to fully implemet such decisios. This tedecy to hide behid formal structures to disguise lack of implemetatio or ideed, a desire to cotrol teders, must be brought to a ed. A umber of developmets have take place o the iteratioal frot. 4

5 NEC Lekgotla Bulleti We have just hosted a very successful Summit of the Africa Uio which took importat decisios particularly o the eed for our cotiet to be self-reliat i fiacig our regioal orgaizatios ad fidig Africa solutios to Africa problems. Ufortuately, this Summit was overshadowed by the Presidet Al Bashir matter which brought to the fore Africa cocers about the ICC ad the role of our ow judiciary i defece of our atioal iterests. The NEC has already proouced o the ICC ad gave guidace to Cabiet. The iteratioal balace of forces has preseted somepositives that we must reflect o. The improvig relatios betwee Cuba ad the USA is a vidicatio of the correctess of the positio we have take o the illegal blockage o Cuba, as is the release of the Cuba Five who were i our coutry a few days ago. The Ira deal is aother vidicatio of the correctess of our positio o the impositio of uilateral sactios o Ira ad the right of all atios to uclear techology for peaceful use. The cotiuig attacks ad attempts to isolate Russia do ot augur well with these positive developmets ad threate to reigite aother Cold War. Our relatios remai very deep, especially after the successful BRICS Summit that was hosted by that coutry. Let us cotiue to be a campaigig orgaisatio ad a campaigig govermet ad keep i touch with our people, as we move South Africa forward with them. Our comrades i South Suda are gradually fidig each other towards the coexistece of the warrig factios withi the SPLM. We are also ecouraged by the advaces i the DRC agaist the egative forces that have for years bee destabilisig that coutry. Our forces are deployed i the FIB, therefore we must take active iterest i the curret impasse betwee the DRC govermet ad MONUSCO. Closer to home, Lesotho is a challege we caot igore ad require our collective wisdom as a Movemet. We will also cotiue to participate i party to party egagemets ad to stregthe the relatioships with frateral former liberatio movemets i the cotiet ad beyod.this idicates a lot of work o the regioal ad iteratioal frot o which we must proouce ad chart the way forward. Next moth we will mark Natioal Wome s Day ad wome s moth. We should remember that the advacemet of wome is a itegral part of the programme of the ANC ad its govermet. The Alliace Political Coucil should discuss how the wome s formatios of the ANC, SANCO, SACP ad COSATU should work together withi the Alliace. We held a successful celebratio of youth moth i Jue with lots of programmes throughout the coutry. We had equally successful Africa moth campaigs. BRICS cotiue to grow from stregth to stregth as a alterate voice ad structure i the iteratioal system which historically has favoured oe side. The Middle East is still a war zoe, ad Palestiias are ot about to achieve their deserved right to selfdetermiatio. That struggle cotiues for all of us. I our cotiet, we welcome the electio of Presidet Buhari as this opes a ew chapter i our relatios with Nigeria. We may also wat to reflect o the fidigs of the Coroer o the tragedy that befell our compatriots i that coutry durig the collapse of the church buildig i Nigeria. Let us cotiue to be a campaigig orgaisatio ad a campaigig govermet ad keep i touch with our people, as we move South Africa forward with them. Comrade, we have a lot of work to do this weeked. We must esure that we do ot fall ito the temptatio of beig caught i edless debates ad discussios. We must come up with solutios with time frames. The work we do here, will provide leadership to the Cabiet lekgotla that takes place ext week. 5

6 NEC Lekgotla Bulleti Presetatio by SECRETARY GENERAL, GWEDE MANTASHE Implemetig Radical Ecoomic ad Social Trasformatio: Reality or Myth? 1. BACKGROUND 1.1 I the Jauary 2015 Lekgotla we idetified ad cofirmed the priorities for the term edig i This was prefaced with a prompt o every public represetative ad govermet departmet to move swiftly ad with speed to implemet programmes, as a meas to address the eeds of our people. 1.2 This Lekgotla should ask if we all uderstad the urgecy of this call. This questio ca be aswered oly whe we have a sese of how resources are allocated to the priority areas we idetified. Equally importat is to aalyse the capacity of the state to execute, implemet ad esure the quality of services delivered. 2. WHAT THIS LEKGOTLA SHOULD ACHIEVE 2.1 The Treasury has bee asked to provide this Lekgotla with cocrete iformatio o the allocatio of resource allocatio to the various clusters. Our itetio is to see how the budget is directed to the priority areas. This is ot iteded to be a motivatio for oe or the other Miistry. 2.2 This Lekgotla, as a result of this process of the Treasury, should be able distiguish betwee ivestmet spedig ad cosumptio spedig, with the purpose of quatifyig progress i creatig ew ecoomic capacity. 2.3 The commissios are expected to select clear priorities for the respective clusters so that the budgetig process ca seek to put resources where they are urgetly eeded. 2.4 The Miistry of Public Service ad Admiistratio has bee requested to provide a aalysis of the capacity of the state. Ijectig fuds ito riddig us of our challeges is futile whe we do ot have the required capacity i the state to implemet programmes. Capacity should also be supported by a right attitude that is iformed by the uderstadig of the directio take by the ANC i govermet. 2.5 Amog the questios where we wish to be provided with aswers are: Why is there still heavy reliace o cosultats whe the state is boastig of beig the biggest cotributor, by far, to the ew jobs created sice 2008? Are mere umbers ad ot the requisite skills? Do Directors Geeral view it as iterferece, or do they become ervous, whe the ANC seeks kowledge ad uderstad or ay issue? This is critical for the govermet/party trust levels to be at the right level. 3. OUR PRIORITIES AND THEIR IMPLEMENTATION 3.1 The questios we have highlighted above, both i terms of our fiscal reality agaist the backdrop of a difficult ecoomic eviromet, ad the capacity of our state; should assist our frak discussio o our preset priorities ad what corer we should tur to achieve a radical trasformatio of or society. Ecoomic Growth, Job Creatio, Decet Work ad Sustaiable Livelihoods 3.2 We are slow i implemetig this priority. I a coutry like ours where uemploymet is high, job creatio should be uppermost i whatever we do ad say iterally ad exterally. 3.3 There is progress i the discussios about the miimum wage. A coclusio of this matter will go a log way i creatig decet work. The cotestatio of space betwee higher earigs ad the absorptio of the majority of people ito employmet must be discussed ad solutios should be foud. It is satisfyig for those employed to get higher wages ad better livig ad workig coditios. Nevertheless, whe such a desirable eviromet is ot complemeted with a isistece o more people beig employed ad reversig the curret tred of 6

7 NEC Lekgotla Bulleti retrechmets, a perceptio that will develop is oe where we will be cosidered to be cocered oly with what satisfies us ad those withi our fold. Cosequetly, avoidig this sesitive debate will be at our ow risk. 3.4 The ecoomy is growig at a disappoitigly low rate. The presetatio by comrade Nee will illustrate the reality ad provide us with figures. 3.5 The questios we must pose, particularly with regard to sectors iteded for growth ad employmet, are: Are we ot over-ivestig i the auto sector without seeig the multiplier effect of this ivestmet i the form of both ecoomic growth ad employmet creatio? Which labour itesive sectors are beig subsidised ad capital icetivised? Is our ivestmet i agriculture ot limited i focus, with regard to small projects, ad therefore yieldig miimal impact? Are we, perhaps, ot caught up i a false paradigm that assumes that food processig will create all the jobs i this importat sector? These questios could equally apply to rural developmet ad lad reform. How fast are we allocatig quotas to emergig compaies i the fisheries idustry as opposed to big compaies havig the moopoly? Ad what are we doig to stop our people hadig over their allocatio to big compaies for immediate cash at the expese of developig ew capacity? What is the cotributio of the forestry to the GDP? Is this sector still moopolised by compaies like Modi ad SAPPI with little evidece of ay trasformatio i the sector? 3.6 Our articulatio o these sectors that carry the biggest potetial to growig the cotributio to the overall growth ad the creatio of more jobs lacks specificity. We should apply our mid to the primary sector of food productio as critical for the whole value chai. This meas lad reform should be liked to food productio. 3.7 The questio is whether curret govermet programmes are effectively implemeted with the ecessary results beig visible. Lad reform has caught the imagiatio of society but policy clarity ad certaity is ecessary. The opeig of lad claims beyod the origial 1913 cut-off date must be give real meaig. Health ad Educatio 3.8 It suffices to say that we have bee makig great improvemet i these priority areas. This is despite a few challeges i some provices, which the media teds to give a profile to. However, we should ackowledge that this is miimal give the commitmet ad implemetatio. We should probably raise the level of our commuicatio o these advaces, which will also add impetus of actio ad greater cofidece amog our people. 3.9 The mai issues we should address ourselves to here should be: Further improvig the quality of educatio ad teacher traiig i our schools Developig a improved admiistratio of NSFAS, with a focus o esurig that the admiistrators are i the campuses ad those uiversities provide because some of these admiistrators do ot share our worldview i this regard. Outsourcig i the health sector is of critical cocer, which impacts o the delivery of capacity ad the delivery of a qualitative healthcare overall. We should address this matter, without beig restrait by argumets of creatig a black middle class. Corruptio ad Crime 3.10 South Africa, eve i the cotext of the cotiet, is perceived to be the most corrupt coutry. This perceptio derives from the arrative, costatly repeated i the public, about corruptio i the public sector ad less so i the private sector. Our public represetatives are caught i this arrative to a poit that they caot demystify it. At other times they are overly sesitive, eve to false allegatios, i their resposes The perceptio ad image of our coutry ca oly be chaged by cocrete programmes that lead to prosecutio ad covictio of those ivolved. We must be bold i dealig with corruptio withi our raks, first, ad i society more broadly I the Alliace summit we raised questios about corporate capture whe busiess iterests maipulate political ad admiistrative process for their beefit at the expese of the people. Therefore, How widespread is the practice of ame-droppig whe trasgressios are committed i the public sector ad, therefore, ed up draggig the ANC i the mud whe resources are beig leaked? Are there parallel processes that stregthe the ifrastructure for the corruptio idustry? Political appoitmets at the seior level of the state caot be immue to this tedecy. How much resources get leaked as a result of the seriousess of this growig tedecy? The real questio is whether corruptio is systemic or ot. It would be systemic if it is embedded i systems of the state. But also importat is whether the people we have i the state are of the calibre that they ca steer clear of such maipulatios ad uethical behaviour. Therefore, our assessmet should trasced the debate about the skills capacity ad iclude ethical coduct ad attitude. 7

8 NEC Lekgotla Bulleti Local Govermet 3.13 Local govermet remais a area of priority. The improvemet i the audit results i this sphere of govermet must be appreciated, with the Back to Basics programme remaiig the mai area of focus. More must be doe to correct the weakesses i local govermet as we are goig to the 2016 local govermet electios. As we move closer to the electios, there must be a widow period where the chages i leadership must ot be allowed. Ifrastructure the Social Wage 3.14 Social ifrastructure should be rolled out with the ecessary speed. Huma settlemet is at the heart of mass resetmet. However, it ca be tured aroud to be the driver of improvemet i the electoral fortues for our movemet The cotributio of social grats i takig millios of our people out of abject poverty is a positive. We should resist the emergig emphasis o these programmes ot beig sustaiable i the log ru. Such a debate, while ecessary, sometimes overlooks the reality of destitutio amog the majority of our people. It is i our ethos, ad is also our resposibility to support the poor i society. It is essetial to huma solidarity. Natio-buildig ad atioal cohesio must be factored ito the discussios about social trasformatio The catalyst sectors idetified seem to be i a crisis. We are ot bold eough i dealig with the apparet crisis. For example: cofidece. Trasport ifrastructure is a catalyst sector should focus o a efficiet, accessible, affordable ad reliable public trasport system. We caot talk of trasport ifrastructure as oly stregtheig a pit to port ecoomic system. ICT has bee idetified as a catalyst sector. Digital migratio remais elusive ad weighs heavily o South Africa s leadership role i the cotiet. Although all idicatios are that we are techologically superior eve withi the SADC, there is a growig cocer that we are beig overtake by eve some of our smallest eighbours i our ICT ad digital roll out. The matter has, largely, bee left to govermet. ANC policy positios, o the other had, have bee overlooked if ot igored. I water ad saitatio there is greater visibility. However, the projects that we committed to must be implemeted. Water ad saitatio ifrastructure is ot oly a social trasformatio matter but equally a ecoomic trasformatio issue. 4. CONCLUSION 4.1 The Jauary Lekgotla provided us with detailed reports o the progress made. We should still get the assessmet of how far we have moved sice the, ad highlight challeges ecoutered i the implemetatio. This will help us uderstad why all our efforts do ot yield the expected results, with regard to reducig uemploymet ad iequality ad eradicatig poverty. Eergy ifrastructure seems to be over-shadowed by regular load-sheddig. We do t seem to have the ecessary focus ad provide ecessary iformatio publicly o progress uderway regardig the ifrastructure roll-out. We have bee talkig about three power statios uder costructio but o-committal to whe society ca expect to see them commissioed. Regular above iflatio tariff icreases i the midst of load sheddig caot istil 4.2 Except for the impact made by social grats, we are makig little progress i our fight agaist the triple challeges. This is serious as the patiece of our people is ruig thi, particularly i the face of agitatio for discotet. 4.3 The commissios are therefore expected to talk to the priorities ad the budget process. They must idetify issues that ca be addressed urgetly. The quality ad pace of service delivered must be improved. 8

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15 NEC Lekgotla Bulleti Presetatio by NATHI MTHETHWA THE CAPACTIY OF THE STATE Iitial Thoughts for Measurig Progress INTRODUCTION 1. I order for us to better grapple with the subject matter, we eed to primarily reflect o the fudametals of our Natioal Democratic Revolutio. To restate, its (NDR) objective is the creatio of a uited, o-racial, o-sexist, democratic ad prosperous society. 2. The state ad its capacity is key to the attaimet of this strategic perspective. 3. The kid of state we are creatig is a developmetal oe, characterised by a state structure exus that eables it to achieve our developmetal goals. This poit is buttressed by the NDP which calls for a capable developmetal state. 4. State, as a term is widely used ad sometimes used iterchageably with govermet without ay distictio. I our cotext, we refer to three arms of the state i.e, the executive, legislature ad judiciary. Withi these parameters, our task at had deals with that istitutio of the state which is o-partisa but serves ay govermet of the day. It is the compoet widely referred to as the machiery. The Civil Service as opposed to the govermet which gets elected o a partisa ticket o itervals (Five year term). CAPACITY OF THE STATE 5. I order to orgaise our thoughts properly aroud this topic, we eed to pose a questio, Capacity to do what? or capable of doig what? 6. I our edeavour to respod to the questio, we will ivoke what uderpis our theoretical perspective o the matter of the state. Further, our policy posture as we defied a developmetal state i At the core of these tactics is the creative use of istrumets of the state power, steadily but surely resortig to the hads of the motive forces of fudametal chage- A state that is beig trasformed to serve the iterests of all the people. (Strategy ad tactics adopted at the 51st Coferece). 8. The strategy ad tactics directs us that the State s capacity will be measured by its ability to truly use state power to achieve fudametal chage i our society ad prosperity, servig all our people. To this extet, the opposite is also true. 9. How should the state power be used? What about iterferece or itervetio by the state withi the ivisible had of market forces? 10. Our strategy ad tactics rejects eo-liberal ideology which is essetially market fudametalism where all should idolise market forces to which all should keel i prayer: Everyoe for himself ad the devil takes the hid-most! 11. We seek to build a Developmetal State with the capacity to effect fudametal trasformatio- a state that approaches the issue of owership of meas of productio o the basis of balace of evidece, iformed by the eeds of society, particularly the poor (S & T). 12. Agai, whether our state has capacity or ot, ad capacity to do what is well captured i our strategy ad tactics. It is the capacity to effect fudametal trasformatio. 13. We eed to remid ourselves how the ANC i 2007 defied the attributes of a Developmetal State, expadig from our theoretical basis alluded to above. 14. Four key attributes of a Developmetal State are: Strategic Orietatio (which esures sustaied growth rates ad socio-ecoomic iclusio). Capacity to lead i the defiitio of a commo atioal ageda. Orgaisatio Capacity (Havig the correct structures, Istitutios ad systems that work well together), ad Techical Capacity (To traslate broad objectives ito programmes ad projects which the get implemeted effectively). 15. We ackowledge some grouds covered i creatig such capacity as defied above. Through the same breadth, a mammoth task still lies ahead o this matter. This is based amogst others, the diagostic reports of the Natioal Plaig Commissio, Presidetial Review Committee o 15

16 NEC Lekgotla Bulleti State-owed etities, previous NEC ad Cabiet Makgotla et al. Growig the ocea ecoomy ad other sectors. 16. Through the NDP, we have defied a clear atioal visio for the first time aroud which to mobilise society. We have trasformed may apartheid structures ad systems, ad eve put i place, ew oes. Periodically, we have egaged i exercises to review the macro-orgaisatio of the state to brig about improvemets where ecessary. The passig of the Public Admiistratio ad Maagemet Act should be commeded, as it seeks to respod to the ANC s sigle public service outlook. 17. Our priority ivestmet i educatio, traiig ad skills developmet is aimedc at buildig techical capacity which is cetral to the creatio of a capable developmetal state. ON STRATEGIC ORIENTATION 18. We have ot bee able to achieve a iclusive growth the way we iteded. There are clear itervetios that have emerged from our rich successive egagemets withi the Ecoomic Trasformatio cluster i the ANC ad its govermet, ad we eed sustaied implemetatio ad moitorig of these. These iclude amog others, stabilisig our SOC sector so that it ca play its rightful role i ecoomic developmet ad icreasig our ivestmet ifrastructure. 19. The Presidetial Review Committee o State-owed etities recommedatios should be implemeted with speed i order to salvage our SOC sector. Also, the outcome of our trillio rads ivestmet to ifrastructure developmet should be highlighted. 20. The cardial poit for all of us curretly is the path poited by the Presidet durig the State of The Natio Address. How do we achieve the ie poit pla viz: Resolvig the eergy challege; Revitalisig agriculture ad agro-processig value chai; Advacig beeficiatio or addig value to our mieral wealth; More effective implemetatio of a higher impact Idustrial Policy Actio Pla; Ecouragig Private Sector ivestmet; Moderatig workplace coflict; Ulockig eterprises (SMMEs), Co-operatives, towship ad rural eterprises; State reform ad boostig the role of the State owed compaies, Iformatio ad Commuicatios Techology (ICT) ifrastructure or Broadbad rollout, Water, Saitatio ad Trasport Ifrastructure; as well as ON IDEATIONAL CAPACITY 21. Although we have bee able to defie a clear atioal visio, we have ot leveraged o this achievemet to mobilise society behid the visio. Eve withi our alliace, questios do arise every ow ad the about this visio ad its appropriateess because of the lack of creativity i capitalisig o this visio, our coutry gets easily distracted to ivest a lot of eergy i debatig hollow ad destructive, somewhat populist matters (good example is Parliamet ad Liberal Press i this regard). We eed to ivest more resources ad effort i mobilisig society behid this visio, flexig the capacity of the State (icludig such structures as Commuity Developmet workers ad other sectoral structures), ANC ad its alliace parters. ON ORGANISATIONAL CAPACITY 22. We cotiue to experiece challeges i the macroorgaisatio of the state. Iter-govermetal relatios have ot ecessarily matured adequately ad, this impacts i the maer i which we ca act as a collective to deliver services to our people. Uecessary turf cotestatios withi ad betwee spheres still distract us i some cases. The back to basics approach we have adopted at local govermet level offers us with a good opportuity to stregthe our iter-govermetal relatios i order to achieve a state to serve the iterests of all the people, especially the workig class ad the poor (Strategy ad Tactics). 23. At some poit, we eed to go back to the ANC s resolutio o the Review of Provices ad fialise it whichever way. 24. A importat matter related to the capacity of the state is the istitutioal memory of the State. To what extet is the high turover of civil servats, especially at a seior level cotributes to the stability or lack thereof of the state. If the poit that, withi the state departmets oly oe Departmet has maitaied its HOD sice its iceptio is true, what does this have o the capacity of the state. ON TECHNICAL CAPACITY 25. Our ability to tur our broad objectives ito clear programmes ad projects which we implemet effectively requires a lot of attetio. We are ofte foud watig whe it comes to ifrastructure programmes, as lessos from the Presidetial Ifrastructure Coordiatig Commissio (PICC) have show us. Natioal Treasury s 2015 Public Sector Supply Chai Maagemet Review shows that durig the 2013/14 Fiacial Year, Natioal ad provicial departmets spet some R 5,5 billio ad 16

17 NEC Lekgotla Bulleti R 7,44 billio o cosultats. There are cocers that these amouts have bee icreasig over the years ad without rushig ito ill-iformed coclusios about the use of cosultats, a questio eeds to be asked whether we are usig such services strategically. I fact, i 2013/14 the total amout spet by the Public sector o goods ad services ad costructio work (accordig to Natioal Treasury) was aroud R500 billio, which shows the purchasig muscle of the state which should be leveraged for purposes of achievig our atioal visio. 26. Our Electio Maifesto commits us to tur every public sector workplace ito a traiig space. Aually, the public service recruits about youg people ito our itership, learership, ad artisa developmet programmes. We are workig hard to upscale this aual itake hopefully to , ad these will add to skills reservoir. We eed other sectors to come to the party as well. 27. However, part of our challege whe it comes to skills is ot just the issue of traiig ad developmet, but rather retetio. I the MTSF we have a target o the average time a Head of Departmet takes i their post, ad we are ot doig well i this area. As at September last year, the average was 3 years ad 2 moths for those at atioal level, ad 2 years 7 moths for the provicial sphere. This i part suggests that our NDP commitmet of stabilisig the political-admiistrative iterface might still be experiecig challeges. It might also suggest that we have ot as yet professioalised our recruitmet ad selectios practices to a poit where we are able to attract talet ad maage it effectively. 28. We have also ot doe well with the cosequece maagemet i the public sector ad this rus the risk of impactig o the public s cofidece i the state. Our reports show that i the public service, it still takes about 175 days (o average) to deal with discipliary cases ad that allegatios of corruptio reported to the Natioal Aticorruptio Hotlie (maaged by the Public Service Commissio) still take too log to resolve. The NDP requires us to professioalise the public sector ad esure higher levels of productivity, ad ill-disciplie should ot be tolerated. SOUTH AFRICA WITHIN THE GLOBAL VILLAGE 29. The developmet ageda for South Africa is clearly articulated i the Natioal Developmet Pla (NDP), Visio This jourey started i 1994 as the ANC led the democratizatio process, with programs such as the Recostructio ad Developmet Program (RDP), Growth, Employmet ad Redistributio (GEAR), Accelerated Shared ad Growth Iitiative for South Africa (ASGISA) ad others. The NDP talks of a developmetal state that eeds to be capable ad iheretly requires leadership, soud policies, skilled maagers ad workers, clear lies of accoutability, appropriate systems, ad cosistet ad fair applicatio of rules. Peter Evas posits that capable state should have the ability to pursue collective goals coheretly ad has capable public bureaucracies that are competet. Thomas Carothers puts a eve compellig argumet that a capable state is a well-fuctioig state that has capable, impartial istitutios ad a solid capacity to develop, legislate, ad implemet effective policies. 30. At a cotietal level the Africa Uio Ageda Visio 2063, which was formulated i 2013, is meat to deliver developmet for Africa. This pla is meat to be domesticated such that Africa coutries take part i the implemetatio of the Ageda At the iteratioal level the Milleium Developmet Goals (MDGs) which were i force from 2000 ad coclude i 2015 are beig replaced with Sustaiable Developmet Goals (SDGs) which will be tracked from 2016 to While the SDGs are global i ature, the resposibility of implemetatio resides with idividual coutries ad hece the eed to map the NDP idicators agaist the SDGs. 31. South Africa is a sigatory to the Milleium Declaratio of 2000 ad the coutry has bee committed to meetig ad reportig o the MDGs. Five coutry reports have bee produced o the MDGs i 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010 ad The compilatio of the close-out report of the MDGs has bee cocluded ad is beig prepared for the fial phase of presetatio to various state etities prior to its formal presetatio at the Uited Natios Geeral Assembly (UNGA) i September The report is a fair reflectio of the progress made by South Africa towards achievemet of the global developmet goals set i 2000 ad all the relevat stakeholders such as govermet, the academia, civil society orgaizatios actively ivolved i this process. 32. As ca be see from the results of the MDGs, ot all the goals ad targets were achieved. The SDGs the became the framework withi which ufiished busiess from the MDGs would be icorporated ad ew ad emergig issues would be dealt with. This is a bigger ageda tha the MDGs as the umber of goals icreased from 8 i MDGs to 17 i SDGs, from 20 targets to 169 targets ad from 60 idicators to a miimum of 304 idicators. The data eeds will be immese. The statistical commuity will be called upo to play a cetral role i the moitorig of the goals ad targets of this ew developmet ageda. 33. The Data Revolutio has bee called for to support the post-2015 developmet ageda. This will iclude the eed to develop ew methodologies ad data, to cover ew developmet challeges, such as measurig iequality, climate chage, goverace, security, violece agaist wome as well as expadig data sources ito big data so that official statistics i this cotext could esure quality ad sustaiability. 34. South Africa has bee ivolved i iteractios o the 17

18 NEC Lekgotla Bulleti SDGs at atioal, cotietal ad iteratioal level. Followig the lauch of the itergovermetal process o the post-2015 ageda at the Uited Natios, South Africa has bee ivolved i iterdepartmetal cosultatios relatig to the SDGs. The themes that South Africa focused o were ecoomic developmet, social developmet, evirometal issues, global parterships for developmet ad peace ad security. StatsSA wet further to review a proposed list of SDG idicators to test them for suitability, relevace ad feasibility. This exercise led to StatsSA mappig a list of idicators from the NDP ad MTSF agaist the proposed list of SDG idicators to check for relevace ad the degree to which the iteratioal ageda coicided with the atioal ageda. 35. The Africa Uio Ageda, Visio 2063 is premised o seve aspiratios for the cotiet, which are: (i) a prosperous Africa based o iclusive growth ad sustaiable developmet; (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) a itegrated cotiet, politically uited ad based o the ideals of Pa-Africaism ad the visio of Africa s Reaissace; a Africa of good goverace, democracy, respect for huma rights, justice ad the rule of law; a peaceful ad secure Africa; a Africa with a strog cultural idetity, commo heritage, shared values ad ethics; a Africa whose developmet is people-drive, relyig o the potetial of Africa people, especially its wome ad youth, ad carig for childre; ad (vii) Africa as a strog, uited ad ifluetial global player ad parter. 36. All coutries i the cotiet are expected to alig their developmet plas to Ageda To make this possible a exercise led by the Africa Uio is uderway to formulate idicators for Ageda 2063 Te-year implemetatio pla. CONCLUDING REMARKS 37. We have certaily made a lot of progress towards buildig a capable state ad the 4 attributes the ANC has defied as show above remai a useful aalytical tool to use i this regard. However, there are clear gaps that we still eed to address i each oe of these attributes. The NDP has placed before us a umber of meaigful itervetios ad these eed to be pursued i a focused maer. 38. At cotietal level, the idicators for the Te-year pla of ageda 2063 will be formulated. This work should be ready by Jauary The idicators will the be give to all Africa coutries for domesticatio or aligmet to the respective atioal developmet plas. A aual report of the progress the cotiet is makig o implemetig Ageda 2063 will be produced uder the leadership of the Africa Uio. At iteratioal, the Heads of State ad Govermet will preset their respective fial reports of MDGs (2000 to 2015) at the UNGA i September Each coutry will outlie which of the MDGs, targets ad idicators were achieved ad ot achieved. This process will lead to discussios o SDGs ad the roadmap goig forward. 39. Evidece-based policymakig is very critical for a capable developmetal state. It is a way of makig public policy decisios that are fully cosistet with a democratic political process characterized by trasparecy ad accoutability. The state should be i a positio to track with empirical evidece if the policies that are udertake by govermet, as well as by differet political admiistratios, are makig progress or otherwise. Because official statistics ad evidece are a public good, freely accessible to policy makers ad the public, it could place a greater premium o how participatory democracy complimets represetative democracy. 18

19 NEC Lekgotla Bulleti REPORTS FROM THE COMMISSIONS This Sectio covers Reports to the Pleary Sessio by various NEC Sub-Committees ad reflect o the outcomes of the Commissios. 1. ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION 1. Itroductio 1.1. The Commissio s deliberatios were iformed by the Jauary 2015 NEC Lekgotla recommedatios; the Presidet s Polical Overview to the NEC Lekgotla; a evaluatio by the Moitorig ad Evaluatio Uit o progress i the implemetatio of the MediumTerm Strategic Framework by Comrade Jeff Radebe; ad the Ecoomic Outlook ad Fiscal Policy Challeges presetatio by Comrade Nhlahla Nee The Commissio received brief Presetatios from Comrades Sezei Zokwaa, Ngoako Ramatlhodi, Rob Davis, Siyaboga Cwele ad Nomvula Mokoyae o the selected productive areas listed below. The presetatios reflected progress made, challeges idetified ad proposed solutios. The productive areas are as follows: Agriculture ad Agro-Processig; Miig ad Beeficiatio; Maufacturig ad IPAP; Ifrastructure: ICT; ad Water ad Saitatio. 1.3 The Commissio was seized with the task of evaluatig progress, ad focusig o the challeges that must be addressed i deepeig the 2d phase of radical socioecoomic trasformatio. 1.4 The strategic choices that have to be made i trasformig the ecoomy tur o the ecoomic will to esure that across key sectors of the ecoomy, fudametal structural chage is udertake as a key objective of creatig a ecoomic climate that will esure iclusive ecoomic growth that will trasform the lives of i particular the poor ad address the relatioship of the developmetal state to productio relatios i the ecoomy positioig itself as a facilitator together with the private sector of growth ad developmet. 1.5 Structural chages i the ecoomy are iformed by a assessmet of both global ad domestic ecoomic cosideratios, slowig global growth ad ucertai fiacial stability across the world coupled with fallig commodity prices ad droppig commodity demad. Domestically slow growth remais the cetral challege with its related cosequeces. 1.6 The secod phase of our democratic trasitio calls for bold ad decisive steps to place the ecoomy o a qualitatively differet path that elimiates poverty ad uemploymet, creates sustaiable livelihoods, ad substatially reduces iequality. It also calls for radical ecoomic trasformatio ad a sustaied focus o addressig the ueve quality of service delivery. I this respect the strategic role of our State Owed Eterprises (SOE s) is eve more importat today ad the goverace ad fiacig challeges to SOE s have to be addressed if we are to realise the optimal potetial of the SOE s i drivig ecoomic growth ad developig the ecoomy. 1.7 Iformed by the 2014 Maifesto ANC directs govermet to build o the progress i implemetig the priorities electoral madate of decet employmet through iclusive growth; a skilled ad capable workforce to support a iclusive growth path; a efficiet ad resposive ecoomic ifrastructure etwork ad ecoomically vibratad sustaiable rural commuities cotributig towards food security for all. 1.8 Our key ecoomic objectives remai the acceleratio of ecoomic growth alog a iclusive ad sustaiable path; the achievemet of much higher levels of employmet creatio ad decet work; the substatial reductio i iequality, esurig meaigful black participatio i the owership, cotrol ad maagemet of the ecoomy ad rollig back ecoomically uhealthy moopoly practices which skew the ecoomy ad ucompetitive behaviour. 19

20 NEC Lekgotla Bulleti 2. EVALUATION OF SPECIFIC POLICY INTERVENTIONS 2.1 Progress sice the last NGC was reflected upo i the key sectors of the ecoomy. These icluded - Agraria trasformatio ad lad reform strategies; the miig sector; eergy security; employmet ad icome growth; tourism; maufacturig ad trade itervetios; the quality of ivestmet ad the outcomes that are beig achieved ad the strategic fuctioig of State Owed Eterprises. 2.2 Progress o these policy itervetios was ackowledged ad the eed for greater clarity i the articulatio of policy across sectors. idustrialisatio. 3.8 Beeficiatio must be used as a base to extract more icetive beefits liked to log term plaig. 3.9 IDZs must be used effectively to build the maufacturig base Youth the Tax Icetive scheme must be focused o fewer but strategic sectors Addig price advatage to programmes ad value chais of mieral beeficiatio; ifrastructure; iovatio; ad regioal itegratio, must costitute key cosideratios to stimulate maufacturig. 3. MANUFACTURING AND THE INDUSTRIAL POLICY ACTION PLAN Key Challeges: 3.1 The maufacturig sector s percetage cotributio to SA GDP ad employmet has declied over time, with 2015 ratios substatially lower tha i the late 1990s. Its competitiveess has bee eroded by risig admiistered costs, decades of uder-ivestmet i ecoomic ifrastructure, ad the electricity supply challeges. 3.2 Whilst much has bee achieved i the maufacturig sector it cotiues to declie. Whilst productio has recovered jobs cotiuig to declie ad cotributio to GDP is relatively droppig. 3.3 I the global cotext, there is more ucertai with Chia s growth path o loger as commodity-itesive. New supplies of key mieral commodities are comig o-stream i a eviromet of very soft commodity prices leadig to further dowward pressure o prices e.g. coal, iro-ore, ad steel. 4. MINING Key Challeges 4.1. The global cotext has become more ucertai with Chia s growtho loger beig as commodity-itesive as before The South Africa miig sector is experiecig serious challeges due to fallig global commodity prices, labour relatios istability ad restructurig that is leadig to massive job losses New supplies of low cost mieral commodities are comig o-stream i a eviromet of very soft commodity prices, leadig to further dowward pressure o prices i coal, iro-ore, ad steel Compliace with the miig charter is still a challege, resultig i slow trasformatio of the sector. 4.5 The slow pace of beeficiatio, which is more at pilot level requires implemetatio of projects eeds to be expedited. Key recommedatios 3.4 There is a eed to boost maufacturig through stregtheig applicatio of specific icetives. Icreased coditios must be applied to icetives to achieve strategic objectives. 3.5 The restructured sector support package ad revised productio icetive scheme for clothig, textile, footwear ad leather should serve as a good example which has resulted i the stabilisatio of job losses stabilized, ad i certai parts of the sector a growth i jobs. 3.6 Ecoomic trade-offs ad icetives must address greater icome ad jobs. That oly coditioal icetives should be issued ad they should be liked to productio. 3.7 Ecoomic Support Packages eed to be allocated to ulock private-sector ivestmet ad catalyse Key Recommedatios Mieral ad Petroleum Resources Developmet Act (MPRDA) 4.6 The MPRDA curretly back before Parliamet should be split ito separate mieral ad petroleum legislatio to provide dedicated attetio to oil ad gas. The process eeds to be expedited to facilitate local beeficiatio as well as provide clarity o a oil ad gas legal framework. State Itervetio i the miig sector 4.7 The Bill to create the legal framework for the State owed miig compay should be fialized as part of stregtheig the compay ad ehacig State itervetio i the miig sector. 20

21 NEC Lekgotla Bulleti 4.8 The legal regime should eable the State to have more tha oe State-owed miig etity, with mieral resources ad rights as a whole vestig i the State through the Departmet of Mieral Resources ad idividual State-owed etities cotrollig ad maagig rights grated to them. Trasformatio of the Miig Idustry 4.9 Whilst welcomig the Miig Charter compliace assessmet, the priciple of oce empowered always empowered as articulated by sectios of the miig idustry requires govermet to cosider egagig the idustry with a itetio of fidig solutio through other chaels withi the tripartite forums, icludig the opportuity offered by the October Miig Phakisa Work o implemetig programmes to revitalise the miig tows ad the Framework Agreemet for a Sustaiable Miig Idustry must cotiue ad should be give support As part of the trasformatio of the miig sector, ecessary support should be give to emergig miig compaies for the purposes of promotig job creatio. Beeficiatio ad Tradig of mierals 4.12 Itesificatio of promotig idustrializatio through miig beeficiatio, speedig up implemetatio of beeficiatio programmes, prioritizig the iro ore ad steel, polymers, eergy mierals, titaium, platium group metals ad upstream iputs value chais Calls for a ivestigatio ito the tradig regime o mierals so as to esure that exportig of mierals is doe i a optimal maer that esures maximum returs to the coutry ad deals with illicit tradig, such as miss-pricig, profit shiftig ad tax base erosio. Job Losses 4.14 Noted with deep cocer the job losses i the miig sector ad welcomed the itervetios of the Departmet of Mieral Resources to save jobs by usig Sectio 52 of the Mieral ad Petroleum Resources Developmet Act (MPRDA), which empowers the Departmet to itervee to save jobs Calls for actio to be take by Govermet to curb the udesirable practice of uecessary moth-ballig shafts ad puttig them uder care ad maiteace, which results i more job losses. Miig Phakisa 4.16 Welcomes the Miig Phakisa takig place i October, which should be used as a platform to revitalise ad moderise the sector, mitigate agaist ay further job losses, expeditebeeficiatio, promote ad supportresearch ad developmet, stabilise the sector, esure labour relatios stability, as well as improvig the welfare of miig workers. 5. ON AGRICULTURE 5.1. Whilst otig sigificat effort i the implemetatio of the Jauary 2015 Lekgotla recommedatios, the source of food basket is threateed by competig uses, which if ot maaged ca reduce sigificatly South Africa s ability to feed itself ad ejoy comparative advatage i the agricultural trade. Strog lad use plaig ad maagemet is therefore critical. Key support ad itervetios measures As a respose to the above challeges the followig issues were idetified as key support itervetio measures to cosidered: A. High value crops for small holders 5.2 To broade market access ad icrease global competitiveess, esure various iitiatives for the local maufacture of aimal feeds to reduce iput costsare i place. 5.3 That the biofuel strategy implemetatio eeds to be accelerated ad the ecessary icetive packages put i place. 5.4 A feedlot strategy be developed ad implemeted with a bias towards the previously disadvataged ad small holders as part of militatig agaist possible loss of stock from severe droughts. B. Iput costs for the sector 5.5 The cost of iputs, farmig machiery ad equipmet s remai major competitive obstacles to farmig. 5.6 Speedig up of the establishmet of a local idustry based o maufacturig of farmig machiery, equipmet ad local farmig iputs eeds to be udertake as well as o the maufacturig of fertilizers ad the key role of Foscor s i esurig this happes. C. Promotig food security 5.7 More cocerted efforts towards the promotio of subsistece farmig through food gardeig ad family gardes. There must be a itegratio pla that liks food security ad utritio. 5.8 DAFF, DRDLR ad DTI to work cooperatively towards implemetatio of the 46 idetified agro parks ad the acceleratio of this programme. 21

22 NEC Lekgotla Bulleti D. Extesio Services 5.9 A support package to farmers i support of rural developmet be udertake which i-tur could address the level of reliace o state grats That water resource maagemet ad allocatio, which results i may lad reform farms lyig fallow eeds urget attetio That there is a urget eed to itesify research, developmet ad iovatio i the sector ad calls for the itesificatio of the work of the Agricultural Research Coucil, icludig adequate fudig commesurate with the developmetal eeds of the agricultural sector The reductio i the Commercial farmers is a cocer ad requires extesive research ito the cause of this pheomeo. A educatio ad traiig itervetio strategy that is liked to skills developmet, academic developmet ad research developmet that provides iitiatives ad that focus o the youth eeds to be udertake. This would also help with the ifusio of youg people i Agriculture. For these iitiatives to be successful they must be able to take beeficiaries to the farm ad lik this process with lad reform projects ad state farms Rapid adaptatio of farmig methods that respod to climate chage is critical. E. Access to fudig/fiace 5.14 Recommeds the aalysis of fudig support sources, review ad improve co-ordiatio ad itegratio fudig support to esure efficiet agricultural productio Calls for icreased direct state ivolvemet i farmig i partership with those who work ad live o the lad through the ivolvemet of SOE s ad DFIs. F. Market Diversificatio 5.16 Positio the state as a market for agricultural productio ad utritio. Prioritisatio of state procuremet to promotesmall holder farmig ad cooperative farmig These itervetios are desiged to support the sector, hampered by exteral factors such as global barriers to trade through artificial iteratioal stadards ad massive subsidies by other coutries disguised i idirect icetive programmes. order to maage market access istability. H. Speedig up of Lad Reform ad support 5.19 The speedig up of lad reform achored o the fourtier lad teure system ad the work of District Lad Reform Committees remais cetral. Govermet will implemet the relative rights for people workig ad livig o the lad more commoly but ot accurately referred to as the 50/50 policy framework. The pilot projects i this regard will be speeded up whilst esurig commo uderstadig ad a sigle message from the ANC Calls for the stregtheig of spatial plaig ad lad use maagemet Further stregtheig of cooperative goverace to esure sychroisatio of programmes across spheres i the iterest of atioal developmet. 6. ICT TRANSFORMATION, MODERNISATION AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES 6.1 The Commissio oted that the state etities i the ICT sector are beig itegrated ad ratioalised as per the Jauary 2015 Lekgotla recommedatio. Whist cocer was expressed o the pace of the process it is expected to be cocluded by the ed of the fiacial year. O e-govermet 6.2 The state iformatio techology agecy (SITA) s fuctio is beig ratioalised from 18 to 3 focus areas, focusig o esurig secure govermet etwork ad data cetres. 6.3 Recommeds desigatio o the procuremet of computer ad other ICT equipmet s i a way that facilitates local idustrializatio ad the creatio of jobs O broadbad roll out 6.4 Notes the procuremet process i govermet for broadbad rollout;ad urges govermet to proceed with speed i this regard. 6.5 Recommeds that the egagemet o the details of the implemetatio with Treasury be cocluded soo to expedite the movemet forward. G. Supply Chai Support 5.18 Mechaisatio systems must be reviewed to esure their effectiveess ad that all Agricultural ifrastructure support to icrease agricultural productivity be idetified, costed ad prioritised for fudig. Agricultural storage capacities must be prioritised for smallholder farmers i 22 O the coversio of the Post office ito a fully-fledged state bak 6.6 Urges govermet to act with speed to resolve the challeges faced by the South Africa Post Office ad the coversio of the Post Bak ito a fully-fledged bak.

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68 NEC Lekgotla Bulleti 5. EDUCATION, HEALTH AND SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Celebratig 60 years of the Freedom Charter INTRODUCTION The Chairperso welcomed all members of the commissio. Two presetatios were made, oe o tasks of the commissio ad proposed approach; ad the other o the Natioal Health Isurace (NHI). APPROACH AND MANDATE The Commissio focused o the followig: The evaluatio of progress made agaist plas ad programs by various sectors. The idetificatio of critical priority areas, proposed amedmets of plas ad programs plus budgets for quick wis towards the achievemet of the electio madate ad targets by December The Chairperso took members of the commissio through the reportig template, which was desiged to get all participats to focus o assessig progress made sice the 2015 Jauary ANC NEC Lekgotla. It also oted that the template required of all participats to focus o resolutios ad commitmets made at the said ANC NEC Lekgotla. The commissio was remided of the fact that the curret work of the ANC takes root from resolutios of the 53rd ANC Natioal Coferece, the Natioal Developmet Pla 2030 ad the 2014 Natioal Electio Maifesto plus resultat priorities detailed i the Medium Term Strategic Framework of govermet. The Commissios oted the iput made by the Presidet, the Secretary Geeral ad other Natioal Executive Committee members at start of Lekgotla. These were the Political Overview, the Program of the ANC, a report o the Moitorig ad Evaluatio of performace of MTSF targets, fiscal overview ad the capacity of the state. The Commissio was addressed by Cde Aaro Motsoaledi o the NHI ad some of the critical issues that affect the health sector. RESOURCE DOCUMENTS Members of the commissio each receivedcopies of presetatios made o the first day of Lekgotla, a copy of the Jauary 2015 ANC NEC Lekgotla Bulleti, a copy of detailed reports of the work of the ANC i the Basic Educatio, Higher Educatio ad Traiig, Health as well as Sciece ad Techology sectors up to 30 Jue 2015; ad the reportig template. COMMON CHALLENGES The Commissio was remided of the followig challeges that were idetified as cross cuttig for all sectors, especially for Basic Educatio ad Health, as sectors that have cocurret atioal ad provicial fuctios ad resposibilities: o Huma resource challeges ad skills gaps i educatio ad health, icludig the those associated with teachers, doctors, urses ad other health professioals plus researchers; o Quality of educatio ad Quality of health services; o Goverace, resourcig ad implemetatio challeges associated with cocurret powers, e.g. resource allocatio ad budgetig at atioal ad provicial levels. Other challeges iclude: o Weak ANC braches i so far as effective leadership of campaigs ad programmes i these sectors; o Istability of maagemet structures i some govermet departmets caused by ujustifiable removal of maagers; ad o Prologed o-appoitmet of maagers ito vacat posts. TASKS FOR THE COMMISSION The Commissio was requested to review actio o the resolutios of the Jauary ANC NEC Lekgotla. It was also directed to cosider importat questios ad iputs made by the leadership whe it was settig the toe of Lekgotla. o What was implemeted? o Idetify challeges ad impedimets. o What are priorities for ad what are budget priorities? 68

69 NEC Lekgotla Bulleti o o o o o o What are reasos for the low ecoomic growth of our ecoomy? Is the deploymet of resources, e.g. fiacial ad huma, appropriate? What are the levers? What kid of support is eeded by commercial farmers ad other commercial sectors? How ca we attai the ideal compositio of the state ad ideal capacity of the state? What role should the private sector play or be ecouraged plus icetivised to play? PROCESS Members of the Commissio broke ito three groups for detailed discussios of sectoral progress agaist resolutios of the ANC. Reports of the groups were received ad discussed by the re-coveed Commissio. The commissio adopted the report. Thefull report detailig the work of the Subcommittee up to 30 Jue 2015 isavailableo request for Lekgotla delegates for iformatio. PROGRESS REPORT, WITH SPECIAL FOCUS ON RESOLUTIONS OF THE 2015 JANUARY ANC NEC LEKGOTLA 1. Sciece ad Techology: 1.1 Resolutio: Cotiue to esure that fudig for Sciece ad Techology reaches 1.5% GDP ad at least reaches the ivestmet equivalet to Africa Peers. This must also be liked with the commitmet to improve the fudig of Higher Educatio ad Traiig. Aalysis of progress: Modellig work o the actual amout for 1.5 % has bee doe ad the Miisters of Sciece ad Techology ad Fiace set up a task team to do further work. Challeges ad itervetio measures: o The task team will work o idetifyig sources of fudig from other spheres of govermet icludig provicial ad muicipal govermets. o We should cotiue to leverage private sector fudig for iovatio. Commets, idetificatio ad review of priorities ad budget: Noe. 1.2 Resolutio: The role of Sciece Techology ad Iovatio should be icorporated ito the strategies of the Ecoomic Trasformatio Committee (ETC) to support attempts to diversify ad trasform the South Africa ecoomy because of its cross cuttig ature. Aalysis of progress: There has bee o progress i the implemetatio of this resolutio. Challeges ad itervetio measures: The Ecoomic Trasformatio Committee (ETC) should be directed to have sciece ad techology as a stadig cross-cuttig ageda item. 1.3 Resolutio: Fast-track the fializatio of a Research ad Iovatio Vote to esure that Sciece coucils across govermet are properly ad cosistetly fuded whilst explorig a coordiated ad harmoized reportig mechaism. Aalysis of progress: o The Budget coordiatio structure ad how such a budgetary process would work were shared with the Natioal Treasury. o Attempts by the Natioal Treasury to set up a fuctioal group to coordiate budgets for Sciece coucils have resulted i meetig for the first time this year as part of the budgetary process. Challeges ad itervetio measures: o We should quickly establish a vote for S&T as part of the budgetary process. o Establish a legislative framework or istrumet for the distributio of fuds to sciece coucils across govermet by the DST ad Natioal Treasury. 1.4 Resolutio: Draw o the work ad experieces of the Departmets of Sciece ad Techology ad Basic Educatio i providig coectivity to schools across the coutry. Aalysis of progress: Wireless Mesh Network, a alterative that is cheaper tha broadbad, has bee rolled out i schools i Limpopo, Mpumalaga ad the Norther Cape. Challeges ad itervetio measures: o We ote the iclusio of DST pilots i Limpopo, NC ad Mpumalaga with the SA Coect. o Need to esure that there is broadbad rollout by the Departmet of Telecommuicatios ad Postal Services (DTPS); ad the rollout eeds to happe urgetly. 1.5 Resolutio: Esure there is research o educatio issues to iform policy. Aalysis of progress: The HSRC has bee coductig studies o attitudes of learers o mathematics ad sciece ad other scietific studies that iform policy. 69

70 NEC Lekgotla Bulleti Challeges ad itervetio measures: There has to be a icrease i demad by policy makers for research o the improvemet of educatio policy, e.g. research o the usage of tablets or laptops ad their cosequeces to improvig learig outcomes. 1.6 Resolutio: Accelerate the process of evaluatig the remueratio of academics to attract youger people ito academia. Aalysis of progress: DHET has icluded this work as part of the programme to expad the ext geeratio of academics i cosultatio with the DST. Challeges ad itervetio measures: Iclude the remueratio of academics to the DHET programme for the ext geeratio of academics. 2. Basic Educatio: 2.1 Resolutio: Provide psycho-social support to schools. Aalysis of progress: o Departmet has piloted a project to deal with psycho-social support. o Mass media campaig will soo go out which talks to school violece ad bullyig. Challeges ad itervetio measures: o Pregacy ad Drug Abuse i schools. Moitor ad support girls who are pregat to esure that after pregacy they retur to school. o Bullyig ad drop outs at schools. o Saitary towels for girls. There is a teder at Treasury to deal with saitary towels. Must cosider possibilities i local maufacturig of saitary towels. o Must support COSAS programme called Learig without Fear to achieve safe ad coducive learig eviromet for learers. o Must ivolve ANC Braches to support our schools ad take resposibility for educatio. 2.2 Resolutio: Esure that educatio is regarded as a cotiuum. Aalysis of progress: Work beig doe to esure that this is addressed at the basic educatio level from Grade R to Grade 12. Challeges ad itervetio measures: Must expad this work to iclude higher educatio i order to achieve Grade R to Life Log Learig. 2.3 Resolutio: Allow for a discussio with stakeholders to reflect o the frequecy ad scope of the ANA test, otwithstadig its positive receptio. Aalysis of progress: o Miister has gazetted o ANA policy for public commet. o DBE is recosiderig the testig ad cosiderig differet approaches, e.g. Diagostic ad Cofidetial testig. o Positive ote is that all learers were writig the ANA. o DATA o ANA outcomes has bee used by Districts to itervee i schools. Challeges ad itervetio measures: o Must cosider if we are spedig moey wisely o ANA. o Movig ANA from third to Fourth Quarter. o Must use iteratioal bechmarkig ad Higher Educatio Istitutios to validate the tool used for testig 2.4 Resolutio: Esure that we sustai the mometum of the ifrastructure programme, with particular referece to the provisio of water ad electricity. Aalysis of progress: o DBE ad DST are workig together o techological itervetios to deal with water challeges i some of our schools. o We should complete the schools uder costructio withi the fiacial year. Challeges ad itervetio measures: o Muicipalities are chargig schools for water ad electricity above busiess rates. Some Muicipalities use examiatio periods to discotiue services as leverage for schools or Provicial Departmets to pay. o There are about 6000 schools with pit latries, particularly i the Easter Cape. o There are schools which still rely o raiwater oly. o There is vadalism of excellet ifrastructure, icludig electricity, water ad saitatio at schools. Some commuities are usig school resources particularly for water, pushig the utilities bill higher. o Must egage Eskom to play a social ivestmet to our schools. o Muicipalities must be egaged to declare special dispesatios for our schools, through favourable rates. Must mobilize society to take resposibility for school resources. o There exists opportuities for employmet creatio through the maiteace of services i our schools. 70

71 NEC Lekgotla Bulleti o Provicial Departmets must esure that they pla for ifrastructure particularly maiteace. Commets, idetificatio ad review of priorities ad budget: A additioal R1.5 billio will be eeded for ifrastructure. 2.5 Resolutio: Educatio to provide rapid uiversal coectivity for ICT as a eabler for quality educatio. Aalysis of progress: o Operatio Phakisa o commuicatios has begu. o Hard Lab will be o its ext stage by September. o Implemetatio of the Paperless Classroom i 8 schools aroud Gauteg has begu. Challeges ad itervetio measures: o Security remais a challege at schools to protect our ICT ifrastructure. o Must mobilize society to esure that our school ICT ifrastructure is protected. Commets, idetificatio ad review of priorities ad budget: No iformatio provided to Lekgotla o specifics of atioal ad provicial priorities ad budgets. 2.6 Resolutio: Esure that the Departmets of Higher Educatio ad Traiig ad Sciece ad Techology work collaboratively, cohesively ad i a itegrated maer i the promotio of Sciece, Maths ad Techology to support the Departmet of Basic Educatio s ewly established Maths, Sciece ad Techology uit. Aalysis of progress: There is a framework of three departmets, DST, DBE ad DHET o Maths, Sciece ad Techology. Challeges ad itervetio measures: Work is beig doe to esure that the departmets clearly outlie their roles ad resposibilities. 2.7 Resolutio: Explore ways i which schools with ameities share their resources with historically disadvataged schools, give the disparities i resources because of the legacy of apartheid. Aalysis of progress: No cocrete progress at this level, except for some prooucemets i the Gauteg Provice. Challeges ad itervetio measures: Need to esure that this work begis. Commets, idetificatio ad review of priorities ad budget: No iformatio provided to Lekgotla o specifics of atioal ad provicial priorities ad budgets. 2.8 Resolutio: That we swiftly move to a Quality Maagemet System (QMS) to eable the DBE to assess the competecies of educators for developmet purposes ad to ecourage self-assessmet by educators. Aalysis of progress: o A electroic versio of the self-assessmet for educators has bee doe. o Competecy tests for officials ad Pricipals will be itroduced i Jauary Challeges ad itervetio measures: o Competecy tests are ot used for appoitmets at all levels by SGBs. o There could be labour resistace of this itervetio. Commets, idetificatio of priorities ad budget: Resolve the impasse with SADTU to eable the sector to urgetly implemet the QMS throughout the coutry. 2.9 Resolutio: To discourage curriculum chages i order to avoid chage fatigue. Aalysis of progress: o No major curriculum chages are beig implemeted. o No disruptios of curriculum are evisaged. o No major complaits from teachers o curriculum. Challeges ad itervetio measures: Norms ad stadards are beig used to esure implemetatio of curriculum Resolutio: Fast track the implemetatio of the LURITS system to eable the educatio sector to track learers from basic to higher educatio. Aalysis of progress: o Cooperatio betwee DBE ad Home Affairs is cotiuig. o The Learer Uit Record Iformatio ad Trackig System (LURITS) will be the official source of data from May o Received fudig from the private sector for the first phase. o Districts are beig iovative o how they are usig the data available. Challeges ad itervetio measures: o The curret system is ot web based. o Basic Educatio ad Higher Educatio ad Traiig should cooperate o how data is shared i order to track progress of studets. 71

72 NEC Lekgotla Bulleti This data should be used for research to uderstad outcomes Resolutio: Itervee i the itermediate ad seior phase of school especially i the area of mathematics. Aalysis of progress: o Both phases have had itervetio. o itervetio to assist Grade 7-9 teachers o Maths. o Timetable is ot disturbed. o Mpumalaga + 4 other PEDs have rolled out. o Provices are ruig the project. Challeges ad itervetio measures: o Results of the progress of this itervetio will be see after the ANA results. o Schools ot teachig Maths at Grade 12 have bee istructed to provide math commecig i Grade 10. o Provices are advised to employ Maths teachers for these schools. o Need to push up the umber of mathematics learers ad teachers. o Support eeded from other departmets to adopt schools. o Must explore the use of experts i out uiversities. o Must recruit uemployed graduates ad trai them for a year. Commets, idetificatio ad review of priorities ad budget: There are budget costraits but reprioritizig of fudig will take place Resolutio: Provide support to Learer Represetative Coucils (LRCs) to better uderstad their roles i the goverace of school. Aalysis of progress: o Departmet ad COSAS have met o three occasios to discuss amogst other issues, capacitatig Learer Represetative Coucils (LRCs). o A Natioal Coferece for LRCs will take place before ed of the year. o COSAS has begu with Provicial Cofereces for its LRCs Resolutio: Mobilise commuities to oppose tedecies to target schools as part of civil disobediece. Aalysis of progress: There has bee improvemet i may areas that were moitored by DBE. Challeges ad itervetio measures: Presece of ANC structures is ot felt i commuity protests to guide ad edure that schools are ot targets. Commets, idetificatio ad review of priorities ad budget: ANC braches must esure that they take resposibility ad lead society Resolutio: Improve the efficiecy of scholar trasport provisio. Aalysis of progress: o Scholar Trasport policy had bee approved. o There is joit work betwee DoT ad DBE i this regard. o Seve out of Nie provices have located scholar trasport with the Departmet of Trasport. Challeges ad itervetio measures: o There are challeges i routes ad rates charged for scholar trasport. o Must moitor progress i Provicial Departmets. o Must give guidace to parets ad SGBs i order to eable them to esure that private trasport providers meet the requiremets of the policy. Commets, idetificatio ad review of priorities ad budget: Eve though substatial budget has bee allocated for this service, it is uable to address all learers i eed due to iefficiecies of budget use Resolutio: To embed our costitutioal values ad priciples as well as those of the Freedom Charter i the Curriculum. Aalysis of progress: o Costitutioal values have bee icluded i lessos o Workbooks for ext year have bee approved to iclude values. Material will be distributed o the Freedom Charter. Challeges ad itervetio measures: o Traiig will be doe for LRCs across the coutry. o Must esure focus is o meetig procedures, importat policy areas, ad uderstadig of their goverace resposibilities. o LRCs must be orietated across the coutry Resolutio: Improve efficiecy i the roll out of the Natioal School Nutritio Programme (NSNP). Aalysis of progress: o There is a impact evaluatio by DPME that will be cocluded for this fiacial year o the Natioal School Nutritio Programme (NSNP). 72

73 NEC Lekgotla Bulleti o Meu is beig reviewed. Challeges ad itervetio measures: o Limpopo is ot complyig with the resolutio o the discotiuig of the tederig for school utritio. o Must stress the implemetatio of ANC policies across structures Resolutio: Commitmet by all parties to maitai labour peace durig the period of salary egotiatios. Aalysis of progress: There has bee improvemet i this regard, especially due to the resolutio of the salary egotiatios. Challeges ad itervetio measures: Egagemet must cotiue with parters to esure that labour peace is sustaied beyod salary egotiatios. 3. HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING: 3.1 Resolutio: Back to school campaig must be exteded to iclude Higher Educatio Istitutios. Aalysis of progress: There is curretly a Apply Now Campaig that the departmet is udertakig Challeges ad itervetio measures: o Ehace the iterface betwee the DBE ad DHET to esure adequate career guidace at grade 9, 10, 11 ad 12. o We should eforce that learers apply by August prior to the year of proposed admissio. o Isist that uiversities esure that feedback o provisioal admissios is give to applicats by November. o Schools should be ecouraged to assist learers to apply i time irrespective of their results i mid-year examiatios. o Higher Educatio Istitutios (HEIs) to develop a framework for the maagemet of walk-is through creative meas such as olie applicatios or resposible admissio assistats. Commets, idetificatio ad review of priorities ad budget: Not much resource eeded apart from those already committed by the departmet. 3.2 Resolutio: Fialise the policy for free higher educatio for poor studets at udergraduate level as a matter of urgecy. Aalysis of progress: There has ot bee much progress apart from the submissio of the report by the workig group to the miister. Challeges ad itervetio measures: o Isist o the miister to release to the Sub- Committee o Educatio, the report of the Miisterial Workig Group o Fee-Free Educatio. o Utilise the curret meas test of NSFAS for esurig that this fee-free educatio fuds the poor but also cosider aother framework for the fudig of the missig-middle. Commets, idetificatio ad review of priorities ad budget: We assume that the fudig for this will be determied by the report ad the policy implemetatio framework but it is surely goig to cost a huge amout. 3.3 Resolutio: Fialise a policy o Commuity Service for all studets by July 2016 ad implemetatio by December Aalysis of progress: This is work i progress. Challeges ad itervetio measures: The taskteam has reported the difficulties of this system but plas are i place withi the specified timeframe. Commets, idetificatio ad review of priorities ad budget: Resources will be determied by the outcome of the Miisterial report. 3.4 Resolutio: Disagreemets at HEIs must be dealt with i a disciplied maer without resortig to vadalism ad destructio of property or acts of itimidatio. Aalysis of progress: There has bee progress i this frot as there were o disruptive strikes i the preset year. o Challeges ad itervetio measures: o The South Africa Studets Cogress (SASCO) committed to esurig that all strikes that it udertakes i istitutios will be peaceful. o The departmet has also bee egagig i workshops with the Studet Represetative Coucils (SRCs) to esure that o disruptio of property happe durig protests. o Esure prompt respose o grievaces of studets so that they do ot escalate ito violece. o The movemet structures i campuses should use soft-power to esure that they guide the various protests to be about the actual grievaces rather tha the disruptio of property. Commets, idetificatio ad review of priorities ad budget: There is o eed for resources for this program. 73

74 NEC Lekgotla Bulleti 3.5 Resolutio: Coclude work of the various committees ad structures o shiftig Nursig ad Agricultural Colleges to a atioal competecy by March Aalysis of progress: There has bee progress i this frot workig with both the miister of health ad the miister of agriculture. Challeges ad itervetio measures: o All documets ecessary for the trasfer should be fialised by respective miistries by the ed of August o Whilst the trasfer is fully supported, the DHET should maitai the ature of programme provisioig i agricultural ad ursig colleges. Commets, idetificatio ad review of priorities ad budget: No sigificat resources eeded, apart from those already committed by the respective departmets. 3.6 Resolutio: Fialise Higher Educatio ad Traiig fudig model ad framework by March 2015 ad implemet approved framework by March Aalysis of progress: This is work i progress; but implemetatio will take place three (3) years after approval. Challeges ad itervetio measures: Work o this frot has bee satisfactory. Commets, idetificatio ad review of priorities ad budget: This policy will require the dedicatio of more resources but also the purposeful utilisatio of the resources curretly available. 3.7 Resolutio: Fast track Cetral Applicatio Service (CAS) for implemetatio by March o Aalysis of progress: There has bee work o this frot but there is a delay i the date that this will come olie. Challeges ad itervetio measures: o DHET should esure that it develops a policy framework for admissios criteria liked with the Cetral Applicatio Service (CAS). o I the meawhile uiversities should be ecouraged to eter ito agreemets o cetral applicatios usig the curret model of KZN as a example. Commets, idetificatio ad review of priorities ad budget: There eeds to be fudig commitmet for this project. 3.8 Resolutio: Egage all relevat structures of the ANC ad govermet to avail resources. Aalysis of progress: o Various spheres of govermet are fudig studets i higher educatio ad traiig i a scattered ad ucoordiated maer. o Most ANC braches are idiget ad thus it will be ufair to require them to commit resources to fud Post-Schoolig Educatio ad Traiig (PSET). Challeges ad itervetio measures: o Govermet departmets should commit large amouts of their budgets ito fudig studets through NSFAS, usig the example show by the departmet of health, educatio ad social developmet. o Esure placemet of qualified persoel from govermet-fuded bursary schemes. o We should eter ito parterships with various private etities with the sole aim of fudig higher educatio. Commets, idetificatio ad review of priorities ad budget: This will require a fair amout of fudig from the various departmets. 3.9 Resolutio: Fialise Policy ad Procedures for Measuremet of Research Output of public HEIs by March Aalysis of progress: There has bee satisfactory work i progress i this frot Resolutio: Implemetatio of foresic audit of NSFAS at istitutios by March 2015 likig this up with the Gap fudig. Aalysis of progress: This is work i progress. Challeges ad itervetio measures: o The challege is that of fudig goig to udeservig people. o We eed to esure that the audit is completed soo. Commets, idetificatio ad review of priorities ad budget: The DHET has committed resources for this project Resolutio: Implemetatio of first phase of Staffig South Africa Uiversities Framework by 01. Aalysis of progress: The first phase of Staffig South Africa Uiversities Framework is beig implemeted. Challeges ad itervetio measures: A cohort of 200 has already bee idetified for phasig i ext year. 74

75 NEC Lekgotla Bulleti 3.12 Resolutio: Educatio Alliace must have a programme to support the PSET system. Aalysis of progress: o Meetigs of the Educatio Alliace have ot bee coveed. o The Educatio Alliace does ot have a programme to support the PSET system. Challeges ad itervetio measures: o The Educatio Alliace should have regular meetigs with the aim of implemetig its programme of actio ad supportig the PSET system. o The Alliace should submit a progress report after its meetig i August Resolutio: Moitor HEIs to esure they are ot usig the atioal bechmark test as a hidrace to the trasformatio ageda. 4. HEALTH: Aalysis of progress: The higher educatio ad traiig has ot put i place a system to moitor HEIs use of the atioal bechmark test. Challeges ad itervetio measures: There has bee discussio by the DHET with the Higher Educatio South Africa, ow ewly amed Uiversities South Africa o this matter ad progress ca be properly tracked i the begiig of ext year. 4.1 HIV ad Materal ad Child Health Resolutio: Iovative programs, e.g. brigig mothers ad fathers of board o issues such as exclusive breastfeedig, must be embarked upo to keep the mometum of the HIV campaig. Aalysis of progress: Breastfeedig regulatios have bee published. Challeges ad itervetio measures: o Egagemet of ANC structures ad those of wome. o Commuity Health Workers must be utilised. Commets, idetificatio ad review of priorities ad budget: Youg mothers are subjected to peer-pressure ad there are cultural barriers to breastfeedig Resolutio: Our commuities must work together with others o campaigs agaist advertisemets such as those that promote illegal abortios ad other uethical practices that edager lives of our people. Aalysis of progress: A ew policy o cotraceptio ad reproductive health usig alterative ad/or ew methods is i place, e.g. cotraceptive implats. Challeges ad itervetio measures: o Those who coduct illegal abortios are ot arrested. The Natioal Family Plaig Campaig. o The campaig by itself is ot eough. It must be supported by various structures. Commets, idetificatio ad review of priorities ad budget: Promotio of dual methods of cotraceptio amogst learers ad wome i the reproductive age. 4.2 Tuberculosis (TB) Resolutio: Itesify the fight agaist Tuberculosis at Primary Care level. Aalysis of progress: Testig campaig for TB, HIV ad No Commuicable Diseases (NCDs). Challeges ad itervetio measures: Itesify testig for TB ad target big gatherigs such as soccer evets ad rallies. Commets, idetificatio ad review of priorities ad budget: Budgeted for i Resolutio: Foster greater collaboratio with relevat govermet departmets ad research istitutios to pursue programs of research ad developmet of ew drugs agaist priority illesses ad diseases. Aalysis of progress: Recruitmet of researchers ad establishmet of a special fud, amely the Public Health Ehacemet Fud. Challeges ad itervetio measures: Iclude research skills earlier i the school curriculum ad work with educatio departmets to expose learers to various idustries. Commets, idetificatio ad review of priorities ad budget: Itroduce scietific ad research skills durig the Gap Year Resolutio: ANC Braches must have health portfolio to deal with TB ad other health issues. Aalysis of progress: The performace of PEC Subcommittees is ot uiform. 75

76 NEC Lekgotla Bulleti 76 Challeges ad itervetio measures: There are o campaigs by weak braches ad Subcommittees. Commets, idetificatio ad review of priorities ad budget: The capacity of may braches is weak. 4.3 Healthy life style Resolutio: ANC Braches must have health portfolios to promote programs that promote at o costs healthy lifestyle of members, their families ad commuities i wards where the ANC operates. Aalysis of progress: Obesity prevetio strategy has bee fialised ad will be lauched. Challeges ad itervetio measures: All sectors must participate i the lauch of campaigs, e.g. Obesity Prevetio campaig. Commets, idetificatio ad review of priorities ad budget: Members of the ANC at all levels of the movemet must participate i campaigs Resolutio: It is proposed that a day, e.g. Wedesday afteroo, be adopted i commuities ad schools as a commo day for health promotio, icludig health educatio ad healthy lifestyle. Aalysis of progress: The Departmet of Sports ad Recreatio is leadig most campaigs. Challeges ad itervetio measures: Itervee by usig media, icludig social media ad Facebook. Commets, idetificatio ad review of priorities ad budget: The Departmet of Sports ad Recreatio must support other govermet departmets ad also work with commuities Resolutio: There should be strict regulatio of the establishmet ad operatios of alcohol outlets, bottle stores ad shebees. Aalysis of progress: Regulatios are ot eforced. Challeges ad itervetio measures: Commuity must be egaged i educatio programmes o harmful use of alcohol. Commets, idetificatio ad review of priorities ad budget: Budgets must be allocated for educatio programmes ad campaigs Resolutio: Health eeds to work closely with the security cluster to deal with the issue of illicit drug importatio ad abuse. Aalysis of progress: o This has ot bee achieved. o However, health is workig with the social cluster o this programme. Challeges ad itervetio measures: Expad beyod social cluster Resolutio: The NDoH must resolve urgetly the challege of a dysfuctioal Natioal Foresic Chemistry Laboratory that compromise the state s ability to provide the Justice System with blood alcohol results eeded as evidece of druke drivig. Aalysis of progress: New laboratory opeed i KwaZulu Natal i April Challeges ad itervetio measures: o Mobile laboratory to be bought ad chemists appoited. o Partership betwee health ad trasport departmet must be established. Commets, idetificatio ad review of priorities ad budget: o Trasport to pay for staff. o Health to procure mobile laboratories Resolutio: The Commissio idetified the eed for the Subcommittee to advice the ANC about socially-acceptable use of alcohol. Aalysis of progress: Not achieved. Challeges ad itervetio measures: Ecoomic Trasformatio, Social Trasformatio, youth ad wome must collaborate at the level of NEC Subcommittees to work o commo policy ad programs agaist alcohol abuse. Commets, idetificatio ad review of priorities ad budget: Work with govermet committee led by social developmet Resolutio: The ANC Youth League must play a leadership role i the fight agaist drug ad alcohol abuse ad gagsterism by orgaisig youth camps ivolvig affected youth. Aalysis of progress: Not achieved.

77 NEC Lekgotla Bulleti Challeges ad itervetio measures: Network of all youth formatios to be established led by the ANC Youth League. Commets, idetificatio ad review of priorities ad budget: Dedicated fuds for campaigs ad partership with relevat govermet departmets. 4.4 Expasio of free Primary Health Care Resolutio: Prioritise ad itesify the roll out the program of the Ideal Cliic Model usig the Operatio Phakisa Delivery Model. Aalysis of progress: The programme has started. Iformatio systems have bee istalled i 700 of 1400 targeted facilities Challeges ad itervetio measures: Commuicatio strategy for the roll out of the NHI ad the Ideal Cliic Model must be implemeted. Commets, idetificatio ad review of priorities ad budget: Coordiatig uit beig established i provices. Structures of the ANC ad Alliace must be iformed so that they will support the program Resolutio: Adopt the model of Operatio Sukuma Sakhe ad the War Room Implemetatio Program (WRIP) i all provices to be the method of delivery of commuity programs ad creative use of auxiliary workers, such as Commuity Health Workers, Lay Cousellors, AIDS Coucillors, Commuity Liaiso Officers ad Commuity Developmet workers. Aalysis of progress: Gauteg ad KwaZulu Natal have War Rooms. Challeges ad itervetio measures: Promote the creatio of war rooms i other provices. Commets, idetificatio ad review of priorities ad budget: Leadership by Premiers Resolutio: Reactivate programs to esure that the District Health System (DHS) is fuctioal i all provices, as a practical step of stregtheig Primary Health Care (PHC). Aalysis of progress: o District Health strategy approved. o 70% Cliic Committees i place. Challeges ad itervetio measures: Noe. Commets, idetificatio ad review of priorities ad budget: Create 52 District Goverace ad Maagemet structures Resolutio: Commuity Health Workers (CHW) must be absorbed ito formal govermet employ part of Ward-based PHC outreach teams. Aalysis of progress: CHWs are members of Ward-based PHC outreach teams. Challeges ad itervetio measures: Absorb more Commuity Health Workers ito Wardbased PHC teams. Commets, idetificatio ad review of priorities ad budget: The health sector has commissioed work to determie costs of absorptio, which is estimated at about R4 billio. 4.5 The implemetatio of the Natioal Health Isurace (NHI) Resolutio: It is proposed that implemetatio of the NHI starts at PHC level, as that would be affordable. Aalysis of progress: o Work i some NHI pilot sites progressig well. o All sites reviewed. Appraisal report available. Challeges ad itervetio measures: Detailed pla has bee developed. Commets, idetificatio ad review of priorities ad budget: Studets ad other formatios to be iformed Resolutio: Actively egage all relevat structures of the ANC ad Alliace i the movemet ad i Parliamet to fast-track the fializatio of the White Paper o the NHI ad the ecessary legislative framework to esure that the NHI Fud ad legislatio are i place by the date of the ext atioal coferece. Aalysis of progress: Gauteg Provice has ivolved all levels ad all structures of the ANC. The same process is uderway i the Easter Cape. That will be followed by KwaZulu Natal. Challeges ad itervetio measures: Alliclusive structure to be established to educate the public o NHI. Commets, idetificatio ad review of priorities ad budget: Dedicated budget for advocacy. 77

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105 NEC Lekgotla Bulleti Aexure 1 BASIC EDUCATION: ADDITIONAL COMMENTS AND ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS POSED May of the questios have bee aswered i the report of the Commissio. However, the Commissio discussed questios posed ad made the followig commets, mostly focused o Basic Educatio: 1. The Commissio has reviewed resolutios of the 2015 Jauary ANC NEC Lekgotla. 2. The Commissio evaluated progress, idetified resolutios ad plas that were implemeted successfully ad those which were ot implemeted. The Commissio also oted that some commuities are takig resposibility for their schools. 3. Challeges ad impedimets 3.1 Not eough commuicatio is happeig. Sometimes our commuicatios is ot peetratig public discourse. 3.2 Societal mobilizatio. Makig Educatio a societal issue. 3.3 ANC must take owership of the issues of Educatio. We have structures that are complacet, feedig to the delivery state arrative. ANC must reclaim our commuities ad all spaces. 3.4 Safety i our schools is a challege. Easy access of crimial elemets withi our schools remais a growig cocer. We must support the COSAS campaig called Learig without Fear, which seeks to raise awareess about school safety. We must begi by targetig the most dagerous schools. 3.5 Fecig of our schools must be fast tracked. 3.6 We must work with local govermet to deal with the locatio of alcohol outlets, which are operatig ext to our schools. 3.7 Corruptio ad collusio cotiues to cripple our ability to make sigificat progress particularly i the School Nutritio ad Scholar trasport programs. 4. Priorities for this fiacial year. Ad how does budget respod to these? 4.1 The 1000 Libraries per year program, liked to the readig program. These iclude rehabilitatio ad buildig of libraries. 4.2 ICT is a importat priority. ICT will assist to release moey from the textbooks ad assist i ecoomies of scale. 4.3 Upgradig over 4000 Early Childhood Developmet practitioers salary levels to level Traiig of Early Childhood Developmet (ECD) practitioers. 4.5 Mathematics ad Sciece Uit. 4.6 Improvig Aual Natioal Assessmets (ANA). 4.7 Esurig labour peace. 4.8 Natioal School Nutritio remais a importat priority. 5. Low ecoomic growth i terms of our sector. How ca we assist as sector? 5.1 Skills remai a challege i the ecoomy, particularly the low levels of artisa productio. 5.2 Diversity of Skills is importat. Career pathig should begi 5.3 Log term plaig ad policy stability. 5.4 ANC plaig cycle must also be exteded. The five year policy review cycle is usustaiable. 6. Do we have appropriate deploymet of resources both fiacial ad huma? 6.1 We have improved over the recet period. 6.2 We have forced provices to fud curriculum, ad have see some improvemets i this regard. 6.3 I some areas we have challeges of huma resource allocatios. 7. Opportuities that ca accelerate success 7.1 We have idetified the commuity, teachers orgaizatios ad studet orgaizatios as the drivers of success. 7.2 Look at Agriculture as oe of potetial of ecoomic drivers. 8. How ca we attai the ideal compositio of the state ad ehace the capacity of the state. Do we have sufficiet huma resources? 105

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107 NEC Lekgotla Bulleti 6. PEACE AND STABILITY 1. Focus of the Commissio The commissio moved from the premise that the ANC govermet has executive jurisdictio over the whole Republic icludig o-state actors. I this regard equal attetio should be paid to the coduct of the private sector ad civil society formatios as it is to that of public servats ad represetatives. The Peace ad Stability subcommittee has a critical role to play i esurig domestic stability, ad safeguardig atioal sovereigty agaist iteral ad exteral threats. The Commissio further asserted that more should be doe to restore public cofidece i the ANC as the custodia of the aspiratio of the people, ad i the capacity of the ANC govermet to fight crime ad corruptio. The commissio focused maily but ot exclusively o assessig progress made i implemetig resolutios of the Jauary 2015 Lekgotla. Subsequet to progress assessmet ad idetificatio of implemetatio gaps, the Commissio idetified areas for implemetatio by the orgaizatio as well as those by govermet. The commissio also oted that corruptio does ot oly relate to the procuremet eviromet but cuts across may other areas icludig at a service iterface. The Commissio further alluded to the eed to ehace the hegemoy of a progressive arrative i the public domai. I this respect the ANC has a political resposibility to participate i public dialogue ad where ecessary costructively criticize decisios o matters affectig the livelihoods of South Africas irrespective of the ature of authorities prooucig such decisios. 2. Prohibitio of public servats ad public represetatives from doig busiess with the State 2.1. Progress The Public Service Maagemet Act has come ito force ad its implemetatio is beig moitored by the Legislature ad Goverace Subcommittee There has bee improved compliace with fiacial disclosure imperatives i the public sector The FICA has bee ameded to iclude promiet ifluetial persos Challeges 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 Recommedatios The Peace ad Stability Subcommittee is resposible for law eforcemet ad should therefore play a role i the eforcemet of the legislatio The applicatio of the legislatio should be exteded to lower level maagers as i most cases they are at the coal face of procuremet activities ad are vulerable to fiacial ad/or i kid iducemets 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 lifestyle audits for all employees of the state ad its related etities The vettig process should be expedited for govermet employees ad those of its related etities There should be a sigle vettig agecy for the state to vet all strategically placed civil servats (icludig i 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 lauch a cocerted public awareess campaig agaist corruptio The ANC should take decisive actio agaist members ivolved i corruptio icludig those usig moey to ifluece outcomes of cofereces. 107

108 NEC Lekgotla Bulleti 3. Improvig the State s corruptio ivestigatio, prosecutig, ad covictio capacity 3.1. Progress The data o covictios o corruptio is beig collated for publicatio i the ear future Challeges Coordiatio betwee ati-corruptio agecies eeds stregtheig Cooperatio betwee ivestigators, foresic experts ad prosecutors is ueve ad cosequetly some corruptio cases are lost due to poorly court ready dockets ad at times compromised evidece Recommedatios There should be ehaced coordiatio of all ati-corruptio agecies Ivestigatios should be itelligece-drive ad prosecutio-led to esure a high covictio rate. 4. Stregtheig of Ati-corruptio legislatio 4.1. Progress 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 Challege There is lack of syergy i the plethora of corruptio legislatio Recommedatios The govermet should look at syergizig its aticorruptio istrumets (icludig laws, regulatios ad istitutios) Challege the leadership of the private sector to subject itself to istrumets of fiacial iterest disclosure, vettig ad life style audit. 5. Esurig that all the people of South Africa are ad feel safe 5.1. Progress A CPF traiig maual has bee cocluded ad regulatios fialised There will be a atioal CPF coferece i CSFs have bee established i some muicipalities i the coutry 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 crime Challeges There is isufficiet fudig for CSFs There is lack of public cofidece i the Crimial Justice System (CJS) ad the ability of the govermet to self-correct as evideced i 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 offeder profile prescripts 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 to the Police i the past te years has bee icreasig at 10% per aum, there has ot bee sigificat commesurate beefit to the people The Regulatio of Gatherigs Act 205 of 1993oly 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 complicatios where the police have vetured to stop illegal marches without first securig a court order There is a perceptio that crime pays ad hece some 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 coectios which are a illicit beefit remai i place beefittig a cosiderable umber of commuity members There is a perceptio that South Africa job creatio teds to favour o-atioals 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 well as a risk to atioal security Recommedatios Ehace the capacity of the courts to elimiate backlogs ad icrease covictio rates. Call upo

109 NEC Lekgotla Bulleti 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 its 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 improved outcomes Expedite the itegratio of the CJS such that ICT is at the cetre of case 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 205 of 1993to 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 a 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 Operatio Fiela should be itesified ad exteded to all parts of the coutry especially the Wester Cape. 6. Private Security Idustry 6.1. Progress The Private Security Idustry Regulatio Bill is before the Presidet to be asseted to Challeges The private security idustry owership of, ad its massive employmet of foreigers pose a atioal security risk The fact that the private security idustry is i possessio of excessive amout of capacityalso 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 Certai South Africa private security compaies doig busiess i the cotiet sometimes get ivolved i activities that compromise South Africa s diplomatic work i the cotiet Recommedatios 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. 7. Creatig the Border Maagemet Agecy (BMA) by 2016, ad Cocludig the Iteratioal Migratio Review 7.1. Progress A draft BMA Bill was fialized after cosultatio with affected state orgas ad submitted to Cabiet i mid- requestig approval to publish the draft Bill for public commet Subject to cosideratio by Cabiet at the ed of, the draft Bill should be published for public commet i August Based o these time frames the Bill should be submitted to Parliamet i October Challeges There have bee serious challeges which eed urget attetio i relatio to cooperatio ad coordiatio of BMA compoets, however i a itegrated approach. 109

110 NEC Lekgotla Bulleti 7.3. Recommedatios There should be a speedy resolutio of matters i relatio to cooperatio ad coordiatio of BMA compoets. 8. Cocludig the Iteratioal Migratio Review 8.1. Progress Home Affairs has lauched the first phase of egagemet o immigratio policy that will lead to the Gree Paper by the 31st March, 2016; ad a White Paper i 2016/17 that will form the basis for draftig comprehesive legislatio Challeges 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 Recommedatios The fializatio of the White Paper which will form the basis for draftig comprehesive ew legislatio should be expedited Cabiet has appoited a IMC led by DHA to look at the uiteded cosequeces. 9. Fialisig the White Papers o Safety ad Security, ad o Police 9.1. Progress The White Papers have goe to Cabiet ad has bee gazetted for public commets The White Papers will go to Parliamet o the 4th August, Fialisig ad implemetig the sigle police service Progress The policy framework has bee set i the White Paper o Police Challeges There were some objectios raised by SALGA ad a iterdepartmetal task team has bee established to address it Recommedatios The implemetatio of this outstadig coferece resolutio must be expedited. 11. Fialisig the Defece Review Strategic Policy Progress The Defece Review Strategic Policy was adopted by Parliamet, what is left is its resourcig Challeges There has ot bee adequate advocacy for the resourcig of the Defece Review Strategic Policy as the Parliametary public hearigs were held for a short period ad did ot receive requisite publicity The Defece Review Strategic Policy 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 Recommedatios The ANC should lead a advocacy campaig to educate the public about the ecessity of the Defece Review Strategic Policy 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 Strategic Policy outcomes. 12. No-Statutory Forces Itegratio Progress 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 Challeges The challeges of remueratio, beefits,raks ad promotios i certai areas remai uresolved i the security establishmet.

111 NEC Lekgotla Bulleti Recommedatios Govermet must coclude the resolutio of all outstadig matters related to the NSF by the ed of the fiacial year. 13. Trasformatio of the Judiciary Progress There has bee otable progress i the demographic trasformatio of the bech albeit with mior progress towards achievig geder equity Challeges 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 the extet of disbadig ANC structures are see i a dim light by the commissio While the commissio upholds separatio of powers ad idepedece of the judiciary, the recet prooucemets of the judiciary from public podia other tha the bech o matters relatig to policy are of serious cocer Recommedatios We reiterate the defece of costitutioal democracy We recogize the separatio of the three arms of state as oe of the costitutioal priciples The commissio ecourages public discourse o the fuctioig of the three arms of state The ANC should orgaize a people s cosultative 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. Security Bill ad it is ready for tablig before Cabiet Cyber security structures have ow bee established Challeges 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 Recommedatios 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 i place to protect the itegrity of state iformatio systems Govermet must fialise the implemetatio of the security cluster ICTS. 15. Military Veteras Progress The data base of military veteras has bee cocluded ad verified Challeges The curret formulatio of the legislatio regulatig military veteras remai exclusioary Other orgas of state ot adequately fulfillig their obligatios towards military veteras Recommedatios The Military Veteras Act 18 of 2011 ad Special Pesios Act 69 of 1996 eed to be reviewed ad ameded All state orgas across all spheres of govermet must comply with the Military Veteras Act 18 of Cyber Security Progress The security cluster has fialized the Cyber 111

112 NEC Lekgotla Bulleti 7. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 1. INTRODUCTION The Lekgotla reflected o progress made i the implemetatio of the priorities idetified i the Jauary 2015 Lekgotla, ad assessed the curret situatio with the view to otig our progress i implemetig the resolutios. Takig ito cogizace the fluidity of iteratioal relatios, the commissio was satisfied with the progress made. The commissio s report to the Lekgotla icorporates both the report of the Departmet of Iteratioal Relatios ad Co-operatio (DIRCO) o the commitmets made by the ANC i both the ANC s 53rd Natioal Coferece Resolutios ad NEC Lekgotla Resolutios of Jauary Sice this is the Year of the Freedom Charter ad Uity i Actio to Advace Ecoomic Freedom, the commissio further cosidered: The fact that clause 10 of the Freedom Charter There Shall Be Peace ad Friedship is ideed mostly achieved i terms of assessmet of govermet programmes from 1994 to date ad we cotiue to advace o ew issues i the everchagig world. The Souther Africa regio is the safest regio i Africa where all coutries are stable, have free ad fair electios without iterferece i sovereigty, save i cases where there are political challeges such as Lesotho ad Swazilad, i terms of huma rights, freedom of associatio ad democratisatio challeges. Ad the Democratic Republic of Cogo where we are helpig i dealig with the egative forces that have bee iterferig with the coutry s achievemet of peace. Elsewhere i the cotiet the umber of coflicts ad coups has bee reduced sice the early 1990s ad a umber of coutries are reformig their laws ad costitutios towards stregtheig their democracies. Except the few coutries such as Somalia, Cetral Africa Republic, Libya, Suda ad South Suda which are faced with challeges. be a precursor to the Africa Stadby Force for eablig us to resolve Africa problems with Africa solutios. 1.2 The Lekgotla oted ad further reaffirmed DIRCO s strategic objectives as expressed i South Africa s Foreig Policy ad resolved i previous ANC coferece resolutios: Creatig a better South Africa ad cotributig to a better ad safer Africa ad the world The imperative for South Africa to play a leadig role i champioig the values of huma rights, democracy, recociliatio ad the eradicatio of poverty ad uderdevelopmet. The priciple of humaity that is a value ad philosophy embedded i our atioal cosciousess. Our atioal iterest of ecoomic diplomacy which aims at opeig up ew trade ad ivestmet opportuities ad further ehacig them where they already exist, i the South-South, North- South, Regio, Africa ad through ivolvemet i multilateral blocs such as BRICS, IBSA etc. Other ew iitiatives are beig ecouraged to expad our relatios i ew blocs such as the discussios of the creatio of the Colombia, Idoesia, Vietam, Egypt, Turkey ad South Africa (CIVETS). We also welcomed our cotiued participatio i the G77 plus Chia ad i the G20. South Africa s participatio i the iteratioal space ad its role should be uderstood i the cotext of the pursuace of its atioal iterest which is a expressio of its domestic priorities ad iterests. Amogst these is the urget goal of defeatig the triple challeges of poverty, uemploymet ad iequality, to realise the achievemet of the Natioal Developmet Pla. It is also to fulfil our programme of creatig a better life for all i a safe ad secure coutry. 112 The commissio also oted the ew developmets o the rise of terrorism which is stregtheig eve those coutries that had stable democracies ad is a scourge that must be defeated. Advaces o achievemet of peace ad stability should still be cosolidated. We also to welcome the establishmet of the Africa Capacity for Immediate Respose to Crises (ACIRC) which will 2. MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION AT THE 2015 NATIONAL GENERAL COUNCIL (NGC) The commissio i the Lekgotla reflected o the followig resolutios from the Jauary 2015 Lekgotla ad realised that most of the issues eed deeper aalysis ad some might impact o policy positios takig ito cogizace the chagig global eviromet. Amogst

113 NEC Lekgotla Bulleti the istructios from the Jauary Lekgotla was to develop discussio poits to help the ANC take decisios ad better uderstad global developmets ad their impact. We therefore recommed that these matters which are already i the discussio documet for NGC 2015 be cosidered the. These are: Statistics o ecoomic growth i South Africa ad the world, particularly growth forecasts i the Eurozoe ad their impact o our ecoomy; Potetial implicatios of the electio outcomes i Greece, as well as the curret developmets i the EU-Greece impasse ad their implicatios for the EU ad for South Africa. We also eed to assess the state of the other EU coutries which may follow Greece s tred icludig Portugal, Italy ad Spai. Developmets as a result of the emergece of terrorist groups ad terrorist attacks i Nigeria, Keya, Somalia, the Sahel Regio, Middle-East, Frace ad Australia, amogst others; The Ukraie/Russia coflict ad its impact o eergy, the tough stace of the USA, icludig the sactios imposed o Russia ad our uderstadig of these developmets; Low growth figures amog our BRICS parters the slowdow i Chia, Idia ad Russia; ad similarly, our respose ad relatios with Idia sice the chage of govermet. 3. ONGOING ASSESSMENT OF OUTCOME 11 OF THE MEDIUM TERM STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK (MTSF) 3.1 The implemetatio of Outcome 11 of the MTSF focuses o what the NDP evisages to achieve o the set targets cosiderig that foreig policy is executed i a ever-chagig global eviromet. Thus we will cotiuously review, evaluate ad assess our progress to esure that we are o course ad where challeges exist adapt our strategies. 4. CONTRIBUTE TO CONFLICT PREVENTION, PEACE- KEEPING AND POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT 4.1 Coflict resolutio ad peacekeepig I lie with our resolve to esure the achievemet of lastig peace i Africa, o 1 April 2014, South Africa bega its two year term i the Africa Uio Peace ad Security Coucil (AUPSC) The operatioalisatio of the Africa Peace ad Security Architecture remais a critical elemet i providig the Africa Uio with the ecessary capacity to respod to our challeges to peace ad security. The establishmet of the Africa Capacity for Immediate Respose to Crises (ACIRC), champioed by South Africa, is a iterim mechaism to eable the Africa Uio to respod to emergig security situatios while the Africa Stad-By Force is beig operatioalised. PROGRESS TO DATE: (i) The Lekgotla oted the positive itervetio made by ACIRC i Mali as it iterveed by joiig the Frech army i couterig destabilizig forces that sought to derail Mali s stability. (ii) The Jue 2015 AU Summit i Johaesburg resolved o the fudig model which will eable ACIRC to respod to ay other itervetios that may be eeded i the cotiet; ad to build its capacity to operate as the Africa Stadby Force. This work is i progress ad we will cotiue to aalyze developmets as they ufold. THEREFORE RESOLVE: That the ANC should develop a better uderstadig of the capability ad capacity of the ACIRC, its impact o achievig peace o the cotiet ad the challeges that it might face. 4.2 I terms of South Africa s commitmet to regioal stability, we assumed a role i resolvig the costitutioal crisis i Lesotho, by hostig ad attedig a umber of emergecy meetigs which, amogst others, resulted i the rejectio of the ucostitutioal chage of Govermet; a call for the immediate restoratio of costitutioal ormalcy; the safe repatriatio of the leadership; appoitmet of the Deputy Presidet, Cyril Ramaphosa, as the Souther Africa Developmet Commuity (SADC) Facilitator to the Lesotho Coflict; ad the deploymet of a SADC Politics, Defece ad Security Observer Missio. PROGRESS TO DATE: (a) The Lekgotla oted ad appreciated the itervetio made i Lesotho durig the first phase of itervetio which etailed urgig parties ad the govermet of Lesotho to hold electios i order to resolve the impasse. (b) We support the ogoig ivestigatios of the recet killigs. THEREFORE RESOLVE: (a) That Lesotho be assisted i achievig reforms i the followig areas: costitutio, security sector, civil service, justice system ad revampig of the voter s roll. (b) That the ANC should cotiue to egage at party-to-party level to eable ad complimet the work beig doe by Govermet ad SADC to address the challeges that cotiue to plague Lesotho. 113

114 NEC Lekgotla Bulleti 4.3 O Madagascar: South Africa led a SADC Orga missio to the Republic of Madagascar, i a effort to ecourage role players to make space for political healig ad recociliatio. PROGRESS TO DATE: The Lekgotla commeded the successful SADC electio observer missio o Madagascar ad accepts that the electios were ideed free ad fair. The commissio observed that there was however a attempt by Parliamet to impeach the ewly elected presidet which was reversed by their costitutioal court. THEREFORE RESOLVES: That the ANC cotiue to egage at party-to-party level to impress o parties the eed to work for the commo goal of stability i the coutry, complimetig Govermet ad SADC mediatio efforts. 4.4 South Africa participated i SADC-ICGLR (Iteratioal Coferece o the Great Lakes Regio) efforts aimed at reviewig the mid-term progress of the FDLR Demobilisatio, Disarmamet; Repatriatio ad Reitegratio process. PROGRESS TO DATE: The commissio oted the success i reducig the impact of egative forces. We oted the eed to assist the govermet of the DRC i egagig with MONUSCO to reduce the size of its missio because the DRC s capacity to secure ad defed itself has icreased tremedously over time. THEREFORE RESOLVES: That the ANC cotiue with its egagemet ad relatios at party-to-party level to ifluece ad the directio towards a peaceful ad coplete settlemet. 4.5 As part of efforts to ehace peace, security ad stability i the sub-cotiet, South Africa also led SADC Electoral Observer Missios to Mozambique, Botswaa, Namibia, Mauritius ad Zambia. PROGRESS TO DATE: The electios were held successfully i these coutries ad were edorsed by the SADC electoral observer missios as free ad fair. This augurs well with the visio of peace ad stability i the regio ad the cotiet, ad this good work should be stregtheed ad cotiued. 4.6 The Jauary 2015 Lekgotla further oted the followig political issues ad the eed for: Itelligece gatherig so as to have kowledge ad uderstadig of the motive forces behid coflicts, particularly i the mieral rich parts of the cotiet Civil society ad particularly alliace parters such as COSATU ad its affiliates, with frateral relatios i the cotiet, to take kee iterest i assistig Govermet towards respodig to peacekeepig ad coflict resolutio. South Africa, ad the ANC, to develop appropriate resposes to istaces that may lead to coflict ad tesio where; The right to freedom of speech is advaced as cause or reaso to isult religious beliefs or faith of others Certai iteratioal formatios ad blocs such as NATO egage i subtle meas of aggressio, as i the situatio of the Ukraie/Russia Both the ANC ad Govermet to have a discussio o geder based violece i coflict situatios ad how this is beig addressed, icludig i the post coflict dispesatio. PROGRESS TO DATE: All of the above matters have bee itegrated ito the NGC discussio documets ad will be fialised with recommedatios. 4.7 Post coflict recostructio ad developmet The commissio oted with cocer that South Africa cotiues to ivest heavily i peacekeepig ad coflict resolutio efforts, yet fails to beefit from this ivestmet ad is cotiuously overtake by other coutries that did ot egage i such efforts. The commissio, therefore, proposes that: There should be a itegrated, iter-miisterial team to develop a strategy of South Africa s itervetio post coflict for purpose of recostructio ad esurig there are beefits accrued to the coutry with regards to our atioal ageda. Our ecoomic ageda should be give a political cotet ad uderpied by our political objectives. We should create capacity i the ANC ad i Govermet to esure follow up o decisios made ad develop syergy betwee the ivestmets made i peacekeepig ad post coflict outcomes. We should assess progress o operatio- 114

115 NEC Lekgotla Bulleti alizatio of the South Africa Developmet ad Partership Agecy (SADPA), otig that legislatio is at a advaced stage to repeal the Africa Reaissace Fud ad establish the Developmet Partership Fud (DPF) to be admiistered by SADPA. PROGRESS TO DATE: The Lekgotla recofirms the Jauary 2015 Lekgotla decisio o Post-Coflict Resolutio Assistace Package ad the ageda to assist those coutries affected towards achievig the goals of peace such as ifrastructure developmet, ivestmet etc. The developmet of the strategy through a iter-miisterial committee to be iitiated by DIRCO towards achievig the goal. Progress o this will be reported i the ext Lekgotla i However the Lekgotla oted that legislatio has ot yet bee passed i parliamet o the issue of SADPA; but work is cotiuig betwee DIRCO ad Treasury to reach cosesus o the cocurrecy matter. The commissio further recommeds that ANC put pressure o govermet to pass this legislatio o SADPA. The Lekgotla while otig work doe by various subcommittees to address challeges to postcoflict, ivestmets ad peace-keepig, istructs the ANC NEC Subcommittees such as Peace ad Stability, Ecoomic Trasformatio, Iteratioal Relatios etc to hold a joit meetig to share experieces ad develop a political ad policy syergy. 5. ADVANCE SOUTH AFRICA S TRADE AND INVESTMENT THROUGH BILATERAL ENGAGEMENTS Bilateral egagemets 5.1 South Africa cotiues to stregthe bilateral relatios through high-level visits. The Departmet coducted a umber of formal bilateral meetigs with priority give to coutries from the SADC Regio, ad the Africa cotiet. PROGRESS TO DATE: The Lekgotla oted progress made o the bilateral relatios as idetified i the Jauary 2015 Lekgotla ad the challeges aroud the implemetatio of the agreemets. The Lekgotla tasked DIRCO to make a impact assessmet of the implemetatio of all bilateral agreemets siged i the past five years ad beyod. This assessmet must iclude all agreemets siged with all coutries at all spheres of govermet. The assessmet report will form part of the future sittigs of Lekgotla i the ru up to the 2017 Natioal Coferece of the ANC. The Middle East remais a focal poit ad the commissio recommeds that Iraq be icluded amogst the coutries to receive attetio. A miisterial meetig with Ira did take place ad work has commeced. Trade ad ivestmet 5.2 South Africa will cotiue its efforts to cosolidate SADC ecoomic itegratio, the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) ad the Cotietal Free Trade Area (CFTA). There must also be cocerted efforts to icrease regioal trade through idustrializatio ad ifrastructure developmet. PROGRESS TO DATE: The recet SADC summit held i Zimbabwe at the ed of April 2015 adopted the revised Regioal Idicative Strategic Developmet Programme (RISDP) ad Idustrializatio Strategy for the regio. This is a sigificat leap towards regioal itegratio. The trilateral summit of SADC, COMESA ad ECA held at the begiig of Jue 2015 i Egypt, lauched the commecemet of the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA). The 25th Ordiary Sessio at the Summit level of the AU held i Johaesburg i Jue 2015 lauched the roadmap towards the Cotietal Free Trade Area (CFTA) egotiatios. I the period from April to December 2014, DIRCO has facilitated more tha 24 structured bilateral egagemets. Betwee 20th ad 23rd Jauary 2015, South Africa received Ambassadors of Middle East/Asia ad other coutries accredited to South Africa with the aim of removig obstacles to the ehacemet, ad the resuscitatio of bilaterals as well as with a view to pursuig ad securig atioal iterests. These coutries iclude Syria, Oma ad DPRK as well as Cuba. A similar meetig will take place with Ira ext week. 5.3 The commissio further oted the eed to: Develop meas to empower those i our diplomatic service with skills ad expertise o ecoomic diplomacy matters. PROGRESS TO DATE: Traiig has commeced for all Heads of Missios o ecoomic diplomacy. There is a ogoig traiig programme for all officials to be posted abroad. 115

116 NEC Lekgotla Bulleti A toolkit o ecoomic diplomacy has bee distributed to all our missios. We eed to develop meas of usig the regioal ad strategic blocs i order to impact o trade ad ivestmet 5.4 Review of Bilateral Relatios by DIRCO Review the bilateral relatios we have, cosolidate them o a coutry by coutry basis, so we ca esure the trade ad ivestmet i the regio ad cotiet. PROGRESS TO DATE: The Lekgotla otes the work beig doe by DIRCO i reviewig bilateral agreemets with various coutries as per scheduled meetigs. THEREFORE ALSO RESOLVES: The Lekgotla istructs DIRCO to review the impact ad progress i the implemetatio of these bilateral agreemets over the past five years with the view to assessig weakesses ad puttig itervetio measures. This applies to all spheres of govermet. That the ANC ad govermet i reviewig all these bilateral agreemets will help i uderstadig the impact our foreig policy ad the achievemet of our atioal iterest has i realizig our Natioal Developmet Pla goals ad our aspiratios of creatig a better life for our people ad by edig the triple challeges of uemploymet, poverty ad iequality. 5.5 Ecoomic, Trade, Ivestmet Protocols ad Egagemets: Egage South Africa busiesses, ad esure that they are protected whe they ivest i the regio. Develop strategies o ecouragig South Africa compaies to ivest i other coutries. Develop ad implemet the Charter of Good Practice ad the adherece to ILO Covetios wherever South Africa compaies ivest Covee a Africa coferece to assist i addressig these questios of the eeds ad the structures of our ecoomies i order to iform trade ad ivestmet, sice trade goes together with idustrial productio. Develop a bilateral o trade ad ivestmet lik various istitutios i DTI ad DIRCO TISA ad ecoomic diplomacy, with the latter i a embassy. Possible trade ad idustry i South Africa missios abroad There should be greater coordiatio at the cluster level, i govermet, with more focus give to trade ad ivestmet issues istead of a overemphasis o peace ad security matters. THEREFORE RESOLVES: The Lekgotla recommeds that this matter be dealt with by the Ecoomic Trasformatio Subcommittee ad should report regularly i future meetigs. 5.6 REGIONAL INTEGRATION AND SACU Broade itegratio across regios with less emphasis o paper tha substace. Need to prepare adequately for the SADC s Special Summit i April 2015 where trade protocols i the regio will be debated, look at issues such as the value of SACU ad its impact o South Africa s ecoomy, moetary ad fiscal matters, etc. PROGRESS TO DATE: The SADC Special Summit was held i Zimbabwe April 2015 as reported earlier, however o the issue of SACU there is ogoig egagemets to resolve the impasse. 5.7 BRICS BANK We eed to look at the potetial value-add of the establishmet of the BRICS Bak i South Africa ad its role i ifrastructure developmet, etc. PROGRESS TO DATE: The commissio applauds the 7th BRICS Summit held i Russia i that lauched the BRICS Developmet Bak. South Africa has appoited the Vice Presidet ad the o-executive board member to the bak which has commeced its operatios i Shaghai. Work is uder way for the establishmet of the regioal office i Johaesburg. 5.8 O AGOA ad South Africa egagemets Prepare to egage with the USA cosiderig the recet chage i the Cogress o the Africa Growth ad Opportuity Act, which is to be soo reviewed. We should also cosider what compromises will eed to be made o our part. PROGRESS TO DATE: The egagemets o AGOA did take place as scheduled ad the egotiatios reached coclusios o the issue of poultry quota, however there are still outstadig matters to be addressed. 116

117 NEC Lekgotla Bulleti THEREFORE RESOLVES: The delegatios should take ito cosideratio our atioal iterest aimig at our ecoomic growth ad job creatio i the egagemets decoloizatio ad self-determiatio. Support the efforts of the AU ad the UN that seeks to resolve the protracted Wester Sahara coflict i accordace with iteratioal legality. 5.9 Fiacial Systems o Coutries Facig Uilaterallyimposed Embargos ad Sactios: Notig that South Africa faces challeges i tradig with some coutries affected by embargos ad sactios, due to the curret Iteratioal ad clearace systems South Africa subscribes to, case i poit, Cuba ad Zimbabwe (which had similar challeges i the past) as well as developmets i Russia. Therefore, it is imperative for South Africa govermet to explore alterative trasactio mechaisms available, to alig legislatio where ecessary to legal global acceptable systems, such the Bolvia Alliace for People of our America- People s Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP), to advace our trade ad ivestmet potetial i the globe. PROGRESS TO DATE: The Lekgotla oted the eed to review some of the fiacial clearace systems ad recommeds that the Ecoomic Trasformatio Subcommittee (ETC) look ito this matter, icludig studyig the ALBA-TCP model ad others which may be of assistace i the future. This will help South Africa to still cotiue to have trade with coutries that are faced with uilaterally imposed sactios ad embargos. 6. CONTINENTAL AND INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY The Lekgotla of Jauary 2015 also proposed the eed for a careful balace to be struck betwee the role of Govermet ad that of the ANC i situatios such as Palestie, Wester Sahara, Swazilad, etc. This is ecessary cosiderig the ANC s pricipled relatioship with specific orgaisatios i these coutries ad the specific policy positios it has take regardig their situatios, respectively. PROGRESS TO DATE: I light of the fact that there are ogoig solidarity campaigs to support Wester Sahara, Cuba, Palestie ad Swazilad; the degree of success varies from oe campaig to the other as will be detailed below. 6.1 O Wester Sahara South Africa cotiues to: Support the ialieable right of the Saharawi people to Be steadfast i callig for the protectio of huma rights i the Saharawi occupied territories. Reder political support ad humaitaria assistace to the Saharawi Democratic Republic (SADR) through the Africa Reaissace Fud (ARF). DIRCO has provided fiacial assistace to the SADR Embassy i Pretoria for its operatioal eeds. The Lekgotla of Jauary 2015 further proposed The eed to be more forceful o egagemet with the Morocca Govermet, with a cosideratio of embargoes where possible PROGRESS TO DATE: The Lekgotla appreciated the AU stace to play a active role as a co-guarator with the UN o the resolutio of the Wester Sahara questio. We also welcome the AU decisio to istruct its Regioal Offices all over the world to ivite SADRA to its meetigs ad exclude Morocco. We welcome the AU s omiatio of former Mozambica Presidet Chisao as a special evoy to mediate o the Morocco-Wester Sahara issue ad call o the ANC-led Alliace to take it up as a campaig issue to pressurise Morocco to accept the AU iitiative. THEREFORE RESOLVED: We eed to urgetly stregthe Wester Sahara Solidarity Forum i which all Alliace ad the Mass Democratic Movemet participate. The Lekgotla further supports the decisio take by the ANC to host a coferece o Africa Solidarity o Wester Sahara i October The Lekgotla recommeds that ANC members, miisters, parliametarias ad members of the alliace should be discouraged from attedig ad participatig i ay gatherig i Morocco uless it is at the ivitatio of AU ad UN. We discourage the recet developmets where ANC ad Alliace members are beig ivited by Europea Groups/ NGOs ad Morocco sposored groups to visit Morocco which seek to udermie our solidarity ad campaig o the determiatio of Wester Sahara. The ANC distaces itself from those who recetly purported to costitute a ANC delegatio which visited Morocco. As resolved at the 53rd Natioal Coferece, the ANC should cotiue with the campaig of the self- 117

118 NEC Lekgotla Bulleti determiatio of Wester Sahara ad egage with allies of Morocco to persuade them to pressurise Morocco to implemet the UN resolutio o Wester Sahara that supports the existece of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) ad ecourages its recogitio by all Africa ad world coutries. 6.2 O Cuba South Africa s solidarity with the people ad govermet of Cuba cotiues ad we recogise the recet positive outcomes of these efforts. We strogly called o the Uited States to lift its ecoomic embargo durig the UNGA (Uited Natio Geeral Assembly) 68 meetigs of September i the area of liftig the blockade, ad to cotiue with the programme of Iteratioal Solidarity Brigades to Cuba. Of importace, the ANC ad the Alliace should cotiue with campaigs for the liftig of the blockade. The Lekgotla further recommeds for better coordiatio betwee DIRCO, DPE ad DTI i securig tradig ad ecoomic opportuities to realise our atioal iterests ad priorities. This will assist i addressig barriers such as trasport whe strategic busiess ad tourism opportuities arise. The Lekgotla otes that there is a plaed trade missio to Cuba i September 2015 ad further recommeds that South Africa utilise this opportuity optimally. We cotiue to call o the iteratioal commuity to remove the ufair ecoomic embargo agaist Cuba. The Jauary 2015 Lekgotla further proposed that Govermet, ad the ANC, should sed seior delegatios to Cuba i order to eter ito specific agreemets with the Cuba Govermet. This should be doe i view of the relaxatio of relatios betwee Cuba ad the USA, with cosideratio to beefits for our party ad our coutry. Provicial govermets owig the Cuba Govermet for their cotiued assistace should facilitate paymets. PROGRESS TO DATE: The Lekgotla oted ad appreciated the release of the Cuba Five Heroes ad the successful hostig of their delegatio by ANC-led Alliace structures atioally ad i Provices which was historic ad had a positive impact o elevatig Cuba s cotributio, i particular i Namibia ad i South Africa. The hostig icluded holdig the Iteratioal Symposium o Cuba Solidarity which took a umber of resolutios which will guide ad support the solidarity work o Cuba. We also applaud Parliamet for successfully hostig the Cuba Five Heroes durig their visit. We appreciate the gais made i resumptio of diplomatic ties betwee the Cuba ad the US. We also ackowledge the removal of Cuba from the list of govermets deemed by the US to be promotig terrorism. The Lekgotla oted that i spite of the tremedous gais achieved though bilateral ad historic relatios with Cuba, South Africa is laggig behid some of the Wester coutries such as Frace, Spai ad Caada i takig advatage of the ewly available tradig opportuities i Cuba. THEREFORE RESOLVES: Frieds Of Cuba Society (FOCUS) should be stregtheed ad ecouraged to cotiue with its campaigs, especially Need to educate South Africas about Cuba s cotributio i Africa s liberatio icludig that of South Africa ad Namibia as part of the history that must be itroduced ito the school curriculum. We further urge ad istruct Govermet Departmets ad Provices to embark o a ogoig comprehesive orietatio of South Africa studets selected to study i Cuba ad other coutries such as Chia etc about the society, culture, political system; ad all relevat iformatio to assist them to uderstad ad behave i a sesitive maer towards their hosts. The Lekgotla otes a urget eed for reiforcemet of SA missio i Havaa i light of the sigificat umber of South Africa studet populatio ad therefore recommeds for a speedy deploymet of a Educatio Attaché to oversee ad coordiate studet matters i the coutry. The commissio urges the provicial govermets to urgetly ad fully hoour their commitmets to Cuba. We also urge the Lekgotla to support the resolutios take at the Iteratioal Symposium o Cuba Solidarity which took place i Johaesburg i Jue 2015, durig the visit of the Cuba Five Heroes i which the South Africa govermet was urged to cosider scalig up the relatioship with Cuba to Strategic Summit Level. 6.3 O Palestie: South Africa supports the Palestiia cause both bilaterally ad i various multilateral forums. South Africa is proud to be amog the co-sposors of a UNGA Resolutio that grated Palestie the status of a observer state. Maitaied its solidarity with the Palestiia people as well as participated i the NAASP iitiative of the Secod Coferece amog East Asia Coutries for Palestiia Developmet (CEAPAD II), held i Idoesia, March As part of her cotributio to iteratioal diplomatic 118

119 NEC Lekgotla Bulleti efforts towards the resolutio of the Palestiia-Israeli coflict, Presidet Zuma appoited former Miister Dr Zola Skweyiya ad former Deputy Miister Mr. Aziz Pahad as Special Evoys to covey his grave cocer over the the escalatig violece, the civilia displacemet ad the deterioratio of the humaitaria situatio i the Gaza Strip. Ambassador M Dagor has also bee made a Evoy for North Africa ad the Middle East. The Jauary 2015 Lekgotla proposed that: Both Govermet ad the ANC should be appraised o the ew developmets i Palestie with regard to: the two atio state proposal; support amog Arab atios that were close to the cause of the Palestiias ad the global support for Palestie vis-à-vis Israeli aggressio i varyig forms. Based o these, both the ANC ad Govermet should develop ew ad appropriate approaches to iteractig with the various role players, towards attaimet of the freedom of Palestie. PROGRESS TO DATE: The Lekgotla otes the cotiuig efforts of South Africa ad ANC i brokerig peace betwee Palestie ad Israel, icludig appreciatig the good work doe by the appoited Special Evoys which are doig good work towards egagig parties ad orgaisatios i Israel, Palestie ad the Regio towards seekig a solutio to the Palestiia questio. We further ote the cotiued mobilisatio of support for the Palestiia cause by various orgaisatios i the Palestiia Solidarity Alliace, BDS ad the ANC-led Alliace. The Lekgotla however otes with cocer efforts ad campaigs by Israeli Agecies to thwart the efforts of the ANC ad the Alliace o their stace o Palestie. These iclude sposorig our Progressive Youth Alliace (PYA) member orgaisatios o trips to Israel. The ANC has distaced itself from these visits ad calls o all members i the Alliace, MDM structures ad our Youth Formatios ot to udertake such trips orgaised by agecies or groupigs that are sympathetic to Israel as this udermies our solidarity ad support for a free Palestie. The Lekgotla further recommeds that we educate our members i the ANC led Alliace at all levels of our orgaisatio, ad those who are deployed as represetatives i Govermet, Parliamet, Legislatures ad Coucils; ad Civil society groups to be midful of our policy towards the Israeli Govermet ad the eed ot to egage i ay activities that ca be see as udermiig the Palestiia cause. The Lekgotla oted with cocer that there is a growig umber of youg Jewish South Africas who go to Israel for atioal service ad as such there should be a campaig to discourage this practise. There is a eed for us to stregthe our legislatio i this regard. The Lekgotla recommeds that a discussio ad review of dual citizeship be tabled before the NGC. We eed to review of our ecoomic egagemets ad stace o Israel takig ito accout the posture of our allies i South-South cooperatio fora who are themselves egagig with Israel ecoomically; ad further recommed to the NGC to discuss this matter fully ad make recommedatios. Cotiue to egage ad discourage compaies whose operatios are i oppositio to the Palestiia cause as well as those who source goods from occupied territories of Palestie with the view to isolatig them if they igore the call. Ecourage Provices ad Muicipalities to eter ito ad implemet agreemets guided by South Africa Govermet ad the Palestiia Authority foreig policies as part of stregtheig our support ad cosolidatig developmet. We ecourage all leaders of the ANC-led Alliace to speak boldly o solidarity platforms o the issue of Palestie icludig participatig i the Ati-Israel Apartheid Week. The ANC should cotiue o party-to-party egagemets with orgaisatios such as FATAH, PLO ad HAMAS o the issue of Palestie, icludig also egagig other orgaisatios which ca be persuaded i the regio to pledge their support for a free Palestie. The Lekgotla oted ad commeds the South Africa Istitutios such as uiversities etc, that have refused to get ito agreemets with Israel i support of the Palestiia cause. We also emphasise the fact that the ANC is ot ati- Semitic. THEREFORE RESOLVES: The Lekgotla urges the ANC Caucus to pass a motio i Parliamet i recogitio of Palestiia Statehood, as was adopted by our govermet i the Uited Natios together with other Govermets ad their Parliamets i the world. 6.4 O Swazilad PROGRESS TO DATE: The Lekgotla oted that ot much progress has bee made o Swazilad ad reemphasised the eed for implemetatio of the ANC s 53rd Natioal Coferece Resolutios. We cotiue to reiterate our stace as expressed i the 53rd Natioal Coferece resolutios, o recogisig the curret coflict i Swazilad that has egatively impacted the ecoomy ad the huma rights of the Swazis; further callig o the Swazi moarch ad 119

120 NEC Lekgotla Bulleti leaders i Swazilad to create the space for ope ad free dialogue to fid a lastig solutio to the challeges facig Swazilad; the ANC cofirms its strog support for the people of Swazilad ad will egage the Swazilad govermet to fid solutios to the problems facig its people [icludig] the democratisatio of Swazilad. As resolved further at the 53rd Natioal Coferece of the ANC, as the tripartite alliace we should merge our solidarity campaigs o the basis of a commoly agreed framework of actio ad therefore the ANC supports campaigs for the ubaig of political parties ad the release of all political prisoers. THEREFORE RESOLVES: I light of lack of progress i resolvig the coflict i Swazilad, the Lekgotla resolved that our Govermet must cotiue to egage with the Moarchy ad the Govermet of Swazilad to fid a amicable solutio to the lack of democratisatio, ad the model adopted must be that which is supported by the Swazi people. leadig role withi the G77 ad Chia to esure that the celebratios are used as a platform to highlight the eed for reform of the UNSC ad other global goverace structures. South Africa commeced with its Chairship of the G77 & Chia i Jauary 2015 ad will lead the egotiatios o behalf of Developig Coutries regardig the Post 2015 Developmet Ageda. South Africa has served as Co-Chair of the G20 Developmet Workig Group (DWG) sice its establishmet i As a member of the G20, South Africa will cotiue to participate i its processes to promote global ecoomic stability ad log-term sustaiable ad equitable growth. Sice assumig its positio o the UN Huma Rights Coucil o 1 Jauary 2014, South Africa cotiues to focus o the realizatio of the right to developmet, the attaimet of the MDGs ad the cofiguratio of the priorities for the Post-2015 Global Developmet Ageda. The Lekgotla resolved that the ANC ad the Alliace should egage all parties ad all stratas of society i Swazilad to formulate a desired commo visio for the future of Swazilad which will ultimately appeal to all Swazis across the board. The Lekgotla resolved that the ANC ad its alliace parters should cotiue with the solidarity campaig o Swazilad highlightig the huma rights violatios, detetios ad lack of freedom of speech ad associatio, police brutality. I additio, the ANC ad the Alliace should meet to discuss ad develop a merged commo solidarity programme (which will focus o huma rights violatios, detetios, lack of freedom of speech ad associatio, political parties which caot operate freely ad cotest electios) which will guide the Alliace takig ito cogisace Presidet Jacob Zuma s closig remarks at the Lekgotla o uderstadig the dispositio of the Swazis ad idetifyig areas i which we ca assist the people of Swazilad ad their govermet to fid solutios. 7. ENSURE AN EQUITABLE AND JUST SYSTEM OF GLOBAL GOVERNANCE Negotiatios o the Post-2015 Developmet Ageda will be cocluded by the ed of this year. We will cotiue to call for the acceleratio of efforts ad resources to esure the achievemet of the Milleium Developmet Goals (MDGs) 2015 ad beyod. Huma Rights South Africa participated i the 29th Special Sessio of UNGA o 22 September 2014 i New York o Populatio ad Developmet ad promoted comprehesive Sexual ad Reproductive Health ad Rights for all wome ad girls. South Africa reaffirmed its atioal commitmets to providig uiversal access to sexual ad reproductive health services, especially for vulerable groups, icludig adolescets. The South Africa Govermet, through DIRCO, cotiues to play a leadig role i the cotext of the UN resolutios addressig issue of empowermet of wome ad geder equality. I this regard South Africa has bee a strog advocate for the implemetatio of the Beijig Platform for Actio as well as the eed to place wome s issues at the ceter of the Post Global Developmet ageda icludig a stadaloe goal o Geder Equality. 7.1 South Africa cotiued to build o its proud record of achievemet i global multilateral orgaisatios through: South Africa cotiues to campaig for the reform of the UN, especially the Security Coucil ad the Bretto Wood Istitutios marks the 70th Aiversary of the formatio of the Uited Natios. South Africa will play a The South Africa Govermet serves as the Vice Chair of the Bureau of the CCPCJ charged with resposibility of revisig the Uited Natios stadard Miimum Rules (SMRs) for the treatmet of offeders, both i the cotext of custodial ad o-custodial. The objective of the process is to revise the moribud ad defuct priso termiology ad alig these to cotemporary global practices based o huma rights orms ad stadards.

121 NEC Lekgotla Bulleti Oe of the major achievemets by South Africa i the UN Huma Rights system has bee advocacy ad the clario call for the treatmet of the two core Huma Rights Coveats o a equal footig ad with the same emphasis. As a result, South Africa has bee charged with the resposibility of spearheadig resolutios o the Right to Developmet (RtD) ad the Rectificatio of the legal status of the Committee o Ecoomic, Social ad Cultural Rights (a treaty Moitorig body). South Africa succeeded, after a 12 year pai stakig process, to fially lauch the aforemetioed Decade which seeks to promote the digity of people of Africa Descet i the Diaspora. Both the UNHRC ad the UNGA adopted several SA-authored resolutios o this matter i the course of 2014, which culmiated i the official lauch of the Decade o the Iteratioal Huma Rights Day, amely, 10 December 2014 i New York. 7.2 The Jauary 2015 Lekgotla further proposed that: The ANC should have a thorough debate/workshop o the Ezulwii Cosesus, takig ito accout o That the historical momet te years ago whe the cosesus was reached does ot pertai today o o o Whether there is ay mometum for such a cosesus today Whether there are sufficiet alliaces amog us i the cotiet, the G77 ad Chia bloc, etc, A criteria of which Africa coutries should be cosidered for iclusio i the UN Security Coucil. There should be a paper commissioed by the Iteratioal Relatios subcommittee, dealig with the trasformatio of all multilateral istitutios, for example, the UN, IMF, WB, etc. Amog other thigs, such a paper should seek to pose the questio, whether the agreemet that led to the formatio of the UN post WW2 is relevat i today s global cotext such as veto power, respodig to the eeds of all global players, etc. The paper should be developed for discussio ad directio i the 2015 NGC. Develop a list of achor coutries that South Africa eeds to work with based o historical relatios of the ANC, political ifluece ad trade, where we should o Deploy our best cadres; ad o Create alliaces for egagemet at iteratioal level. PROGRESS TO DATE: O the just ad Equitable Global Goverace system, South Africa remais a importat global player ad is cotiuously ivited to take up positios of resposibility. This is i lie with our quest to assert ourselves as the ANC-led govermet i ifluecig a Better Africa ad a Better World. We also ote the cooperatio that is growig i South-South ad North-South relatios as well as i the cotiet; as well as the growig iterest of various political parties i workig with the ANC. The followig aalysis ad proposals will assist us i cotiuously assessig our posture ad for the recommedatio of those areas which the Jauary 2015 Lekgotla had istructed us to develop positios o, icludig the ew developmets as they ufold. WE THEREFORE RESOLVE: (i) O the Reform of the UNGA ad the UN Security Coucil A workshop has bee scheduled for September 2015 to review the Ezulwii Cosesus, ad discuss the reform of the UN Security Coucil as resolved at the Jauary 2015 Lekgotla. The outcomes of the workshop discussios will be referred to the NEC meetig that will cosider ad iform the delegatio to the UN Geeral Assembly o the Reform Package. (ii) Reform of Global Multilateral Istitutios The reform of multilateral istitutios such as the IMF, World Bak etc is already icorporated i the NGC discussio documet ad recommedatios will arise to guide the ANC ad govermet o these matters. (iii) O Strategic Achor States The Lekgotla accepted the IR Subcommittee s reviewig of the draft documet o Strategic Achor States which will be fialised ad used to guide our strategic deploymet of resources ad persoel. This work will the be fialised at the September 2015 workshop ad will iform the discussios at the 2015 NGC. 8. STRENGTHENING INSTITUTIONS OF THE AFRICAN UNION Africa Risig ad Ageda I respose to South Africa s commitmet to cotiue promotig ad supportig the buildig of a better Africa, a atioal cosultative process was udertake o Ageda The cosultatio process culmiated i a Joit Sessio of Parliamet o 31 October 2014, to get iputs from civil society o The Africa We Wat. 8.2 The Jauary 2015 Lekgotla recommeded that There should be coordiatio at AU level to moitor ad evaluate actio ad programmes udertake uder the 2063 ageda. There should be a deliberate iclusio of youg people i programmes of Ageda 2063 ad the cocept of Africa Risig. This is critical cosiderig 121

122 NEC Lekgotla Bulleti that youg people comprise about 60% of our cotiet s populatio, ad they are adversely affected by illiteracy, uemploymet, etc. Therefore, their direct participatio i global exchages, etc., ad their cosultatio i efforts iteded to uplift them is essetial. PROGRESS TO DATE: The Lekgotla oted that the AU Ageda 2063 was adopted with the followig seve (7) aspiratios. As this is a ew programme which will guide the Africa we wat ad aspire for, the report is still at its iitial stages of implemetatio by govermet. Secodly, it is beig recommeded that both Govermet ad Parliamet should adopt ad domesticate it formally ito our govermet ad parliametary programmes. Lastly, we call o South Africas to expad their uderstadig ad kowledge of the AU Ageda 2063 ad embrace it as their ow programme that filters ito their daily lives. We ote the followig iitial progress ad further resolve as follows: (I) A prosperous Africa based o iclusive growth ad sustaiable developmet o The commissio took ote of the ifrastructure project, orth-south ad east-west corridor projects which are about roads, rail, ports, telecommuicatios. o Note the egagemets ad sigig of the Cotietal Free Trade Agreemet ad the Tripartite Free Trade Agreemet. (II) A itegrated cotiet politically uited based o the ideals of Pa-Africaism ad the visio of Africa Reaissace. o o The Lekgotla commeds the work that has begu durig Africa moth 2015 which itroduced the AU athem ad symbols. We therefore resolve that this be a cotiuous programme util all South Africas ca sig the AU athem ad urge govermet to display the AU flag ad symbols o all govermet/state buildigs at all the three spheres, e.g Uio Buildig, Provicial Govermet head quarters, Parliamet, Legislatures ad Muicipalities, Courts, Police Statios, Correctioal Cetres etc. o We also ecourage the private sector, particularly South Africa compaies to fly the AU flag alogside the South Africa flag. o The commissio further recommeds that the AU moth be a aual evet mobilisig all sectors of society sigificatly. (III) A Africa of good goverace, democracy, respect for huma rights, justice ad the rule of law o The commissio oted ad appreciated coutries i Africa that are observig the priciples of good goverace, rule of law, respect for the costitutio ad for huma rights as agreed at the AU. We therefore urge that the ANC ad Alliace structures together with our govermet cotiue to champio the priciple of leaders ot stayig i power for ulimited periods, ad to resist the temptatio to chage costitutios for this purpose. This will help to stregthe our democracies ad to maitai our people s trust i our govermets. (IV) A peaceful ad secure Africa o The Lekgotla oted ad welcomed the establishmet of ACIRC which is a precursor to the establishmet of the Africa Stadby Force to secure a everlastig ad peaceful Africa ad to resolve Africa problems with Africa solutios. (V) A Africa with a strog cultural idetity, commo heritage, shared values ad ethics o The Lekgotla ecourages our people to gai kowledge ad uderstadig through activities as displayed durig Africa moth 2015, through cultural ad educatioal exchages. The commissio further recommeds that these cultural, sports, educatioal, iteractive activities be rolled out cotiuously at all levels ad to promote people to people egagemets. This will expad the shared values of pa-africaism ad Africa Reaissace. (VI) A Africa whose developmet is people drive, relyig o the potetial of Africa people, especially its wome ad youth ad carig for childre o The Lekgotla otes the successful hostig of the Africa Diaspora coferece whose aim is to tap ito Africa s peoples i the Diaspora to cotribute to the developmet of the cotiet ad tap ito the skills of those livig i the cotiet towards a prosperous Africa. Ad also to ivest i the developmet of skills of wome ad youth for the achievemet of Ageda 2063 ad buildig a carig society for its childre. o Govermets ad Commuities must iitiate ad stregthe programmes geared towards skills developmet ad capacity buildig as a matter of priority. (VII) Africa as a strog, uited ad ifluetial global player ad parter o The Lekgotla welcomed the recet AU summit resolutios ad its quest to build its istitutios that will respod to the may regioal programmes geared towards addressig Africa s challeges. o We believe i a uited Africa that will be able to 122

123 NEC Lekgotla Bulleti o ifluece agedas ad reforms i multilateral istitutios. The Lekgotla therefore recommeds that the ANC ad the Alliace, the govermets i the Regios of Africa together with civil society, to embark o campaigs that promote Africa s uity ad prosperity. 9. ATTACKS ON FOREIGN NATIONALS 9.1 The Jauary 2015 Lekgotla recommeded that Both Govermet ad the ANC should develop a coheret message o the issue of attacks o foreig atioals ad how we ca maage the issue. Such a message should assist South Africa society to distiguish betwee these attitudes/behaviour ad crimiality that seek to coceal itself by takig advatage of such attitudes. Govermet should recogise ad appropriately respod to the ecoomic coditios of South Africas, particularly the black majority i the towships ad rural commuities, which sometimes give rise to coflict betwee atioals ad foreig atioals. I additio, there should be recogitio of the fact that some South Africas who owed busiesses i these commuities have leased these to foreig atioals because they stad to beefit more, fiacially. Therefore, Govermet should explore appropriate legislatio at atioal ad provicial levels to regulate this aspect, either disadvatagig South Africa atioals or discrimiatig agaist foreig atioals. Govermet should develop a uderstadig of how the establishmet of schools ad istitutios by foreig atioals with extremist views, have a potetial egative impact o stability i our coutry ad how this could possibly create tesios betwee differet religious formatios. PROGRESS TO DATE: The Lekgotla oted ad welcomed the establishmet of the Iter-Miisterial Committee (IMC) o Migratio assiged to ivestigate, propose measures ad programmes that will deal with the challeges of migratio ad attacks o foreig atioals which occurred recetly. Amogst the issues are solutios to the challeges of porous borders, illicit busiess activities ad goods, udocumeted migrats, udermiig of tradig laws etc. THEREFORE RESOLVES: I additio, we urge Govermet to cosider the establishmet of Provicial ad Metro offices that will deal with itegratio of foreig atioals ito commuities (icludig educatio o our culture, laws, laguage, societal orms etc). To ecourage govermet to commuicate successes ad achievemets i addressig the challeges that have bee raised regardig migratio ad ay ew measures aimed at ehacig social cohesio. 10. INSTITUTIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE 10.1 Cotiued support for the Pa Africa Parliamet (PAP) as a legislative body of the AU that exercises oversight ad affect its advisory ad cosultative powers. South Africa will cotiue to provide logistical ad substace support to PAP sessios. These were held i Midrad, South Africa, i May 2013 ad March 2014 respectively The commissio further recommeded that Govermet officials ad Alliace cadres with kowledge ad expertise o Africa ad iteratioal matters should be secoded to Africa ad other iteratioal istitutios. To esure that this is realised, Govermet should review the remueratio policy ad commesurate beefits that accompayig such secodmets, so they match those offered i South Africa. Govermet should also review ad chage its preset stace to declie South Africa officials represetig our coutry i various Africa ad iteratioal istitutios, especially those where we eve ivest fiacially. We should also, i this regard, resist the persistet attempt to blackmail us as big brother i the cotiet. We should develop greater clarity o the role of South Africa i PAP ad what our MPs i this istitutio speak about ad focus o. For example, o Esurig a collective Africa voice o the Palestiia questio o o o o Esurig the advacemet of a commo perspective o global goverace Champioig the protectio of the rights of wome, childre, ad broadly Beig vocal o issues of social justice Beig outspoke o the questio of Swazilad The Lekgotla commeds the govermet s itervetios through Operatio Fiela ad other measures aimed at respodig to all the issues our people have raised. Also to deal with crime irrespective of who the perpetrators are to effect ormality i society. Revisit our reaso to have motivated for the establishmet of a Africa Court, otwithstadig that some Africa coutries are sigatories to the ICC. We should, i that vei, recogise that this is ot to suggest that the ICC is a iappropriate 123

124 NEC Lekgotla Bulleti istitutio, albeit its challeges. SADC must start ivestigatig a ew model for a deadlock breakig mechaism which i the future ca assist, should there be ay situatio that cofrot the regio. We ote that the Africa Court o Huma ad people s right is i existece ad we have ratified ad served o it util However, there are ew developmets about oe pricipal judicial orga of the AU called the Africa Court of Justice, Huma ad People s Right that the AU Summit has edorsed. PROGRESS TO DATE: The Lekgotla oted ad commeded the establishmet of the AU Foudatio which is aimed at esurig the self reliace of the AU i carryig out its madate. The foudatio will be hosted i South Africa ad the Tshwae muicipality has already idetified lad for housig the AU Precict which will also host the PAP, Pa Africa Wome s Orgaisatio (PAWO) ad the UN headquarters. The Lekgotla commeds govermet o the hostig of a successful workshop focusig o Wome i the cotiet o the sidelies of the AU Summit ad urges the ANC ad alliace structures to cotiue champioig the cause for the protectio of wome ad childre o the cotiet. THEREFORE RESOLVES: To urgetly review the operatios of the ICC takig ito cogisace discussios i the previous AU summits i which cocers were raised o the attitude ad the biased posture of the ICC towards the leaders of Africa. To review the legislatio domesticatig the ICC based o the recet icidet which cofroted the coutry durig the hostig of the 25th Ordiary Sessio of the Africa Uio i Johaesburg. Also to specifically look ito the questio of whether or ot the AU, SADC ad other cotietal bodies ad orgas are appropriately covered by the law o immuities ad privileges; with the view to makig proposals to either develop a package of reforms or to review our membership i the ICC. This is iformed by a umber of coutries which still refuse to accede to the istrumet of ratificatio thus deyig the ICC to be a global orgaisatio ad a istrumet that is fair to all i dealig with gross huma rights violatios, war crimes ad geocides. Therefore resolves that the NEC Subcommittee o Iteratioal relatios must develop a discussio documet with proposals o all these matters for cosideratio to the NEC. This will form part of the discussios at the workshop i September 2015 whose outcomes will be preseted to the subsequet NEC meetig. 11. ADDITIONAL RESOLUTIONS BY THE JULY 2015 LEKGOTLA: 11.1 Iteratioal Orgaisatios ad Istitutios with Agedas aimed at Udermiig our Democracy The Lekgotla oted with cocer the icreasig umber of Iteratioal Orgaisatios ad Istitutios which are usig South Africa as a hub to advace causes that seem to directly oppose the visio of the Natioal Democratic Revolutio. These orgaisatios ad istitutios are beig fuded by sources who are kow to be opposed to the ageda of the progressive forces. The Lekgotla therefore resolves that the ANCled Alliace must look ito this pheomeo ad develop strategies to couter such, icludig stregtheig our legislative frameworks Natioal Iterest The ogoig discussios ad the draft paper o the atioal iterest questio should be fialised so that we ca begi to coscietise South Africa society to rally behid the coutry ad its aspiratios. This will assist South Africas to be patriotic, to love ad care for their coutry icludig recogisig its achievemets both locally ad iteratioally. The coutry eeds to have a body of aspiratios iformed by the visio ad future we desire. This will be further ehaced ad fialised at the September 2015 workshop, the tabled at the NGC for cosideratio ad adoptio Budget ad Resources for Advacig our Iteratioal Work The Lekgotla oted the good work doe by govermet, i particular DIRCO i augmetig South Africa s positio ad advacig our Foreig Policy o the iteratioal stage. It also took ito cogisace the eed for strategic deploymet of our persoel ad capital to attract Foreig Direct Ivestmet (FDI) ad positio South Africa as a ivestmet ad tourism destiatio of choice. Ad to be a champio of developmet i the cotiet ad elsewhere i exportig our kowledge ad skills to better use i the advacemet of our atioal iterest. The Lekgotla resolves to cotiuously assess ad put resources where appropriate to esure that we become a global player that is visible ad preset ad that we ehace our leadership ad ifluece. 124

125 NEC Lekgotla Bulleti 12. BUILDING A CAPABLE STATE The Lekgotla oted ad commeded the establishmet of the Associatio of Former Ambassadors which will provide the ecessary capacity, support ad huma resources to deal with broader policy ad itervetio matters i Iteratioal Relatios. The Lekgotla resolves that this capacity be archived ad tapped ito by both Govermet ad other groupigs i society. CONCLUSION South Africa ad the ANC must assert themselves ad up the ate i the Iteratioal space. We must be cosistet i our messages ad cotet as well as demostrate bold ad decisive leadership. PROGRESS TO DATE: The Lekgotla cocluded that South Africa cotiues to play a sigificat role i the iteratioal area, parterig with those that agree with us ad persuadig others to share our visio of A Better Africa ad a Better World. This quest for assertig South Africa ad the ANC s goals is iformed by our atioal iterest ad is beig advaced o bilateral ad multilateral platforms. This is further demostrated by the umber of iteratioal evets that we host, state visits ad egagemets at party-to-party levels which have icreased tremedously. However, we remai cogisat of the fact that the field of iteratioal relatios is i costat flux ad we eed to costatly adapt without compromisig our priciples. 125

126 NEC Lekgotla Bulleti Closig Address by PRESIDENT JACOB ZUMA Let Us Tur Word ito Actio Comrades we have come to the coclusio of what has bee oe of the most productive ANC makgotla. I believe we are comig out of this meetig much clearer about the tasks that lie ahead for our movemet ad our govermet, especially as we move closer towards the Natioal Geeral Coucil ad the Local Govermet Electios ext year. We came here i order to primarily uderstad the state of our ecoomy ad its capability i growig the ecoomy ad creatig more decet jobs, to uderstad the capacity of the state to deliver critical services to our people, ad lastly to uderstad the performace of the state as led by the ANC. These are ot ew debates theyare work i progress. We have take may resolutios o may of these i previous makgotla. So we came here to assess progress o the work we are doig ad where ecessary to craft ew itervetios where we have ot sufficietly addressed them. I hope that discussios at commissios helped all of us to get a bigger picture o what is really happeig i our coutry i relatio to the ecoomy, social trasformatio, goverace, atioal security, educatio ad health, sciece ad techology, commuicatio ad the battle of ideas, ad iteratioal relatios. The report o the state of the ecoomy was of utmost cocer as it showed that South Africa s ecoomic growth is still laggig behid most global ecoomies. Our ecoomic plas should always take the atioal ad global realities ito accout i order to eable us to take 126 advatage of opportuities that preset themselves i the various sectors of the ecoomy, while simultaeously mitigatig the ever-preset threats to iclusive ecoomic growth. I was also cocered that we still do ot have a full uderstadig of the capacity of the state to eable it to deliver o its broad madate. Further, as we said earlier i our political overview, it is clear that we still have may people who do ot have the requisite kowledge ad skills for the positios they occupy. We reiterate that eable the state to deliver o its promise, wemust have the right skills at the right places. The issue of our skills base must be of serious cocer to all of us.we should cotiue to do more to trai more egieers, fiacial maagers, doctors, sciece ad maths teachers, IT specialists, ad artisas. This will greatly ehace the capacity of the state to deliver, ad thus miimise the heavy reliace o cosultats to do govermet work. The recet by-electios held atiowide last week must give us a sese of cofidece that the ANC still remais a party of choice for the majority of our people. Our performace ad the favourable results idicate the cofidece that our people still have i our movemet. However the good results must ot lead us to a state of complacecy, but it must spur us to work eve harder. The results cofirm our view that the oppositio does ot offer ay alterative solutios to the ANC ad its policies.