ANC Statement, 19 July 2011
Outcomes of the
ANC NEC Lekgotla
Held at the St George
Hotel, 14 – 17 July 2011
The African National Congress (ANC)
National Executive
Committee (NEC) met for four days in a Lekgotla held in
Tshwane’s St George
Hotel from 14 – 17 July 2011 to make an in-depth assessment of
work done by
Government since the January Lekgotla. The
NEC lekgotla was attended by the NEC members, alliance partners,
ANC’s leagues, Ministers, Deputy Ministers and Director
Generals.
The Lekgotla took decisions that will inform the work of the
government during the planned Cabinet lekgotla to take place
towards the end of
July. The following are key decisions
taken by the lekgotla:
On Education
- We acknowledge the increase in
access to education, both at
the level of basic and higher education.
- The Annual National Assessment
report highlighted the
seriousness of near crisis in our education in terms of
the quality of our
education system and time spent in class.
- The lekgotla accepted the demerger
of the Medunsa Medical
School from the University of Limpopo and the
establishment of the medical
school linked to the University of Limpopo.
Equally important was the agreement to accelerate
the establishment of
new universities in Mpumalanga and in the Northern Cape.
Health
- We are happy to see the six-fold
increase of the number of
people who have been tested voluntarily for HIV towards
the 15 million
target. This shows the seriousness
and
commitment of the ANC in fighting the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The number of people who access
treatment was
also welcome.
- Consideration was made on the
establishment of a state
pharmaceutical company as resolved in the 2007 ANC
National Conference in
Polokwane.
- The lekgotla received report on
the progress made towards
improving all round skills profile of the department of
health.
- The Lekgotla also received a
report on the revitalization of
nursing colleges and homes and was impressed with work
done at nursing colleges
and homes.
- It was resolved that National
Treasure and the Department of
Health will establish NHI seed grant by December this year
in order to
facilitate the implementation of the National Health
Insurance.
Infrastructure
- Specific infrastructure projects
that will be implemented
were reported on. This includes an
agreement on a 10-year plan for development and
implementation covering roads
and rail infrastructure. This plan
will
prioritise underdeveloped areas.
- It was agreed on the need to fund
the distribution of energy
and implement and develop partnerships in core generation
of energy. Also the provision of
additional funding for
solar water heating
- It was also agreed that there was
a need to develop and
implement a national-led and coordinated water and
sanitation infrastructure
including refurbishing and maintain all water and
sanitation infrastructure in
municipalities and expanding water infrastructure into
rural areas
Rural development
- The lekgotla agreed on a
comprehensive rural development
plan.
- It was agreed to implement the
creation of the Office of the
Land Valuer General and the Land Management Commission
- It was also agreed on the four
land tenure agreements which
are state and public land leasehold, private land freehold
with limited
extension and foreign - precarious tenure with conditions
and obligations and
communal tenure with institutionalized use rights.
- A need has been identified to
improve the skills profile of
the public service. In this
regard, the
filling of vacancies must focus on creating the critical
skills (frontline
skills), to elevate Palama to be a public service academy.
Local government
- It was agreed that the budgeting
process be reviewed to
ensure the effectiveness of councils.
- National, provincial and local
government to establish an
integrated support mechanism for municipalities.
- Government and SOEs both at
national and provincial level
must pay monies owed to municipalities
- Employment creation has again been
adopted as an
over-arching responsibility for all departments and all
spheres of government.
Issued by:
ANC Secretary General
Gwede Mantashe
African National
Congress
54 Sauer Street
Johannesburg
2001
19 July 2011
Enquiries:
Jackson Mthembu 082
3708401
Ishmael Mnisi 082 333
5550
Brian Sokutu 071 671
6899
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