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National Development Plan and State Capacity Conference

Ten Years of the NDP - Stepping Up the Business
of Government

Deputy Minister of Public Service and Administration - Dr Chana Pilane-Majake

Deputy Minister of Public Service National Development Plan and the need for a sharp
and Administration, Dr Chana Pilane- focus on building capacity of the state.
Majake, officially opened the National Where we come from
Development Plan (NDP) and State The attainment of democracy in 1994 presented the
Capacity Conference. Held at the then-new government with twin challenges: First, the

University of KwaZulu-Natal between 7 need for significant institutional transformation, while
and 9 November 2022, the conference at the same time introducing new policies in line with
the democratic Constitution. Secondly, government
revolved around the theme: “Reflections had to deal with the legacy of Apartheid within South
on State Capacity and Government Africa while facing new challenges of integrating the
Performance through the first ten years country in a rapidly changing global environment.
of the National Development Plan.”
Since 1994, the state has systematically and deliber-
ately set out to dismantle Apartheid social relations
The NDP and State Capacity Conference followed the
Capacity Building Workshop, which ran parallel with and create a democratic society based on equality,
the 2022 Labour Summit, and was hosted by the then non-racialism and non-sexism. In line with the pre-
Minister of Public Service and Administration, Ayanda scripts of the new Constitution, new policies and
Dlodlo. In this respect, the NDP and State Capacity programmes have been put in place to dramatically
Conference is an endorsement of Goal Number 13 improve service delivery towards a better quality of
of the Capacity as the previously mentioned Building life for all. Key to this programme of action has been
Workshop as it embarks on the ten-year review of the creating a capable developmental democratic state.

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