national development plan

‘Address skills, labour reform, corruption’

Opposition MPs, in a National Assembly debate on President Jacob Zuma's State of the Nation address, welcomed the focus on infrastructure development while urging Zuma to focus more on developing skills, implementing labour reforms and tackling corruption in the country.

Zuma: we are equal to the task

President Jacob Zuma delivered his third State of the Nation address at South Africa's Parliament in Cape Town on 9 February.
SA wants job focus

A roadmap for South Africa by Miller Matola

We can and must act now to ensure the country's credibility among potential investors.

Free trade talks point to new African era

An important process that started three years ago will begin to move forward this week as the first round of negotiations to establish a free trade area covering 27 countries in east and southern Africa kicks off in Nairobi, Kenya.

Active citizens ‘key to Development Plan’

A key aspect of South Africa's new National Development Plan, a blueprint for creating sustainable growth and development in the country over the next two decades, is its emphasis on active citizenry, says Brand South Africa CEO Miller Matola.

Jobs at heart of SA’s development plan

South Africa's National Development Plan, unveiled on Friday, seeks to create a "virtuous cycle of growth and development" by removing the most pressing constraints to investment and job creation in order to eliminate poverty and sharply reduce inequality in the country by 2030.

Development goals on track

Many sub-Saharan African countries are off-track to achieve the UN's Millennium Development Goals, but there have been pockets of success: Ghana is set to become the first country in Africa to halve poverty and hunger before 2015, while primary school enrolment in Ethiopia has increased by more than 500% since 1994, according to the Overseas Development Institute (ODI).

Development goals on track

A recent report on Millennium Development Goals reveals that Ghana is set to become the first African country to halve poverty and hunger before 2015, while primary school enrolment in Ethiopia has risen by more than 500% since 1994.
Hilfiger tackles poverty in Africa

Video: It starts with you

The latest television advert by the International Marketing Council of South Africa, a founding member of the Movement for Good, shows how change for a better South Africa starts with small, everyday actions - and starts with each of us.