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Gauteng
Social Development Strategy
From poverty to Self-reliance
Together, creating jobs, fighting poverty
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Gauteng Social Development Strategy
Contents
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION AND PROBLEM STATEMENT ..............................................................................................
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CHAPTER 2. GAUTENG SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY ..............................................................................................
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Social Protection
Social Investment
Whole of Life
Whole of Government
Social Development
Social Cohesion
CHAPTER 3. POLICY CONTEXT .....................................................................................................................................11
National Policy Frameworks and Goals
Provincial Policy Frameworks and Goals
International Policy Frameworks
CHAPTER 4. VISION, PRINCIPLES AND STRATEGIC LEVERS ...........................................................................................13
Vision
Principles
Strategic Levers
Strategic Lever 1:
Strategic Lever 2:
Strategic Lever 3:
Strategic Lever 4:
Strategic Lever 5:
Strategic Lever 6:
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Social Cohesion
Human Resources Development
Local Economic Development
Primary Health Services
Expanded HIV & AIDS Programme
Building Sustainable Communities
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7: Social Crime Prevention
8: Strategies for the Most Vulnerable in Society
9: Integrated Poverty Alleviation
10: Integrated Social Development Planning
CHAPTER 5. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STRATEGY (GSDS) .........................................................................................
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CHAPTER 6. MEASURING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE STRATEGY (GSDS) .................................................................
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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION AND
PROBLEM STATEMENT
T
he Gauteng Social Development Strategy (GSDS) is a
strategy for sustainable development that will up-lift our
common humanity, reduce poverty and contribute to a
more secure, equitable and prosperous province for the
people of Gauteng. Promoting social development and
social cohesion is a Constitutional imperative of the South
African government. It is also a very important pillar of the
broader Global City Region Strategy. The GSDS will be
implemented by all social sector role-players in government,
in collaboration with organizations of civil society.
Gauteng is the most densely populated and highly urbanized province in South Africa. Its urban landscape includes
densely populated informal settlements on the periphery of
formal residential areas, and peri-urban communities that
are sparsely populated and situated far from economic
opportunities. The inequalities are evident in Gauteng
today, a historical legacy which continue to manifest both
in racial and gender bias. Using access to education,
health and basic amenities as indicators for inequality, it is
evident that black people and women continue to experience unacceptably high levels of social exclusion.
The Province is the highest net recipient of international and
national in-migration when compared with other provinces
(around 5% of Gauteng’s total population). With regard to
national in-migration, people tend to be unskilled, and relocate to Gauteng with their families, contributing to the
increase in the number of households in informal settlements
and backyard rooms, and swelling the ranks of the unemployed. According to the HSRC, Gauteng has been successful in attracting many highly educated persons from other
provinces; however, in-migrants still tend to be employed in
less skills-intensive sectors – notably women migrants in
domestic employment. In this sense, in-migration probably
contributes to a lowering of the income levels measures for
the province.
This puts immense pressure on infrastructural, housing, educational, social developmental and health services provision. According to the HSRC, 31% of households that have
recently migrated to Gauteng reside in informal dwellings.
Migration within Gauteng tends to be from informal to new
formal dwellings. Another consequence of in-migration is
the higher levels of visible poverty. Large numbers of
migrant workers (40%) have moved to the province from
impoverished rural areas. These migrant workers remitted
more than R2, 6 million (mostly in cash) to sending households in places of origin during the period studied, namely
September 2001 to August 2002.
These workers earned an average of R1900 in the said
period. It appears that these remittances impact significantly
on the worker’s ability to save or invest money in Gauteng.
The affordability of family residences for these workers is a
matter of concern.
As in the rest of South Africa, 'two economies' persist in the
Gauteng Province. The first is an advanced, sophisticated
economy, based on skilled labour, which is becoming more
globally competitive. The second is mainly an informal,
marginalized and unskilled economy, populated by the
unemployed and those unemployable in the formal sector.
Another challenge is to develop sustainable environments,
whereby the natural resources in the province are used efficiently, while meeting the basic needs of the fast growing
population.
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The continuous rise in economic growth and development in
Gauteng is somewhat paradoxical in nature. On the one
hand, we have noteworthy achievements and levels of economic growth that must be sustained and increased, and on
the other hand we continue to have unacceptably high levels of households remaining trapped in poverty and unemployment. Moreover, the ever-increasing divide between
the rich and poor in our province is not being adequately
addressed. The opportunities that were created to engage
meaningful economic activities and growth of our province
has benefited those sectors of our society that are generally
financially secure and stable and who have the necessary
skills, means and resources to participate in the mainstream
economy.
Households “unbundled” and decreased in size, with a consequent decrease in extended families. The change in
household size is demonstrated through political freedom
and provision of basic services including housing, as well
as more options for employment in different areas, has
improved the quality of life of people. However, this trend
poses serious challenges for service delivery in the housing
sector of the province.
Gauteng with its high levels of in-migration demonstrates
the tendency of city regions globally towards the urbanization of poverty, growing inequality, dysfunctional families
and communities, the disruption of social support systems
and social problems such as gangsterism, street children
and social crimes against women and children, older persons and people living with disabilities. The province has
high levels of poverty and the number of households with
monthly incomes below R1200.00 increased by 9.5%
between 1999 and 2003. It is estimated that 48% of children in Gauteng live in poor households with 51% of those
under five living below the poverty line. Due to the relatively
high poverty levels in the province, approximately 51 000
children (at least 3% percent) of Gauteng children are
involved in child labour. Gauteng is likely to see a dramatic
increase in the proportion of the orphan population that
have doubled (having lost both parents).
Gauteng Province has relatively high prevalence levels of
HIV among young women of child bearing age, who live in
informal settlements and bear the brunt of this scourge.
Gender power relations and social stigma are major barriers to the control HIV/AIDS. The province has experienced
a decline in the key indicators of human development, such
as infant, under-5 mortality and maternal mortality rates,
demographics have presented evidence of a higher than
average number of deaths among young adults. The greatest disparity of human well-being for developing countries
and industrialised countries are in maternal mortality rates,
and this is an area of concern for Gauteng. Women and
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girls typically, face inadequate and unequal access to primary health care - especially reproductive health care - to
food and nutrition to sustain a healthy life. Education is
another area of gender inequality. Among children requiring special protection, gender-based discrimination contributes to specific problems for girls, including sexual
exploitation and violence.
The report “A Nation in the Making: A Discussion
Document on Macro-Social Trends in South Africa” argues
that the backlogs in quality of life improvements for the
majority of South Africa’s citizens are still defined in terms
of race., gender, education and geographic location. It
highlights the problem areas as related, inter alia, to low
economic activity and entrepreneurial spirit, limited existence of artisanship and self-employment, migration, poverty and weak social networks. These trends are specifically
applicable to Gauteng, both at the level of district municipalities where such social exclusion is high as in
Metsweding, Sedibeng, West Rand, as well as within poverty pockets in the three metropolitan areas of Tshwaane,
Ekhurhuleni and Johannesburg.
There is a clear defined connection between social and economic development in that it is accepted that social development interventions can promote people’s capacities to
engage in economically productive as well as meaningful
social activities. However, existing government programmes
often do not express what particular individual and collective social development measures will be selected to foster
people’s capacities to engage in productive economic,
social and cultural activities. Furthermore, there are structural separation between the social services and economic
development clusters within the Gauteng Provincial
Government. It is realized that improving the quality of life
of the citizens of the Gauteng Province is dependent on the
twin dimensions of integration into economic activity and
social cohesion; hence measures will be taken to foster collaboration among the social and economic clusters for optimum implementation of this strategy.
It is recognised that a collaborative approach makes a lot of
sense for the Gauteng social sector. In the past, there has
been a tendency for each Department to see the service
delivery challenges it faced through the lens of its own
sphere of activity. Departments have delivered stand-alone,
sector-specific responses to social issues. These responses
often take a limited account of the wider nature of the problems that individuals, households and communities face.
They therefore experience limited success.
The Gauteng Social Development Strategy therefore provides a framework for sustainable social development that
places children, youth, women, the disabled and the elderly
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at the centre of its development efforts, through promoting a
caring society, offering social protection and investing in
human and social development. In order to better tackle the
challenges of poverty and create future generations who
are well integrated into the economic, social and cultural
mainstream, this strategy will ensure that departments and
the local sphere of government collaborate with each other
to enable households to access a comprehensive set of services including shelter and nutrition, infrastructure and services, education and health. It aims, further, to effectively
translate social development inputs into socio-economic
development outcomes, by providing the necessary educational resources and social infrastructure to enable people
to increase their potential for earning income. In these and
other ways, government plans to radically increase its
poverty reduction efforts that address the needs of families,
households and citizens living with inadequate financial
and social support networks. In so doing, government will
work in collaboration with its social partners, NGOs, FBOs,
CBOs, business and civil society in general.
The continuous rise in economic growth and development of
the Gauteng Province is somewhat paradoxical in nature.
On the one hand, we have noteworthy achievements and
levels of economic growth that must be sustained and
increased, and on the other hand, we continue to have
unacceptably high numbers of households remaining
trapped in poverty and unemployment. Moreover, there is
an ever-increasing divide between the rich and poor in the
province. The opportunities created to engage meaningfully
in economic activity and growth has benefited those sectors
of the society that are generally financially secure and stable and who have the necessary skills, means and resources
to participate in the mainstream economy.
Households “unbundled” and decreased in size, with a consequent decrease in extended families. The change in
household size is a demonstration that political freedom
and provision of basic services including housing, as well
as more options for settling and employment in different
areas, has improved the quality of life of people. However,
this trend poses serious challenges for service delivery in the
housing sector of the province.
Gauteng with its high levels of in-migration demonstrates
the tendency of city regions globally towards the urbanization of poverty, growing inequality, dysfunctional families
and communities, the disruption of social support systems
and social problems such as gangsterism, street children
and social crimes against women, children, older persons
and people living with disabilities. The province has high
levels of poverty and the number of households with monthly incomes below R1200.00 increased by 9.5% between
1999 and 2003. It is estimated that 48% of children in
Gauteng live in poor households with 51% of those under
five living below the poverty line. Due to the relatively high
poverty levels in the province, approximately 51 000 children (at least 3% percent) of Gauteng children are involved
in economic activity. Gauteng is likely to see a dramatic
increase in the proportion of the orphan population that are
double orphans (having lost both parents).
Gauteng Province has relatively high levels of HIV prevalence and young women of child bearing age, living in
informal settlements bear the brunt of this scourge. Gender
power relations and social stigma are major barriers to the
control of HIV/AIDS. The province has experienced a
decline in the key indicators of human development, such as
infant, under-5 mortality and maternal mortality rates, and
demographers have presented evidence of a higher than
average number of deaths among young adults. The greatest disparity between indicators of human well-being for
developing countries and industrialised countries is in
maternal mortality rates, and this is an area of concern for
Gauteng. Women and girls typically face inadequate and
unequal access to primary health care - especially repro
ductive health care - and to the food and nourishment they
need for a healthy life. Education is another area of gender disparity. Among children requiring special protection,
gender-based discrimination contributes to specific problems for girls, including sexual exploitation and violence.
The report “A Nation in the Making: A Discussion
Document on Macro-Social Trends in South Africa” argues
that the backlogs in quality of life improvements for the
majority of South Africa’s citizens are still defined in terms
of race., gender, education and geographic location. It
highlights the problem areas as related, inter alia, to low
economic activity and entrepreneurial spirit, limited existence of artisanship and self-employment, migration, poverty and weak social networks. These trends are applicable
within the province of Gauteng, both at the level of district
municipalities where such social exclusion is high as in
Metsweding, Sedibeng, West Rand, as well as within poverty pockets in the three metropolitan areas of Tshwane,
Ekhurhuleni and Joburg.
There is a clearly defined connection between social and
economic development in that it is accepted that social
development interventions can promote people’s capacities
to engage in economically productive as well as meaningful
social activities. However, existing government programmes
often do not express what particular individual and collective social development measures will be selected to foster
people’s capacities to engage in productive economic,
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social and cultural activities. Furthermore, there is structural
separation between the social services and economic development clusters within the Gauteng Provincial Government.
It is recognized that improving the quality of life of the citizens of the Gauteng Province is dependent on the twin
dimensions of integration into economic activity and social
cohesion; hence measures will be taken to foster collaboration among the social and economic clusters for optimum
implementation of this strategy.
It is recognised that a collaborative approach makes a lot of
sense for the Gauteng social sector. In the past, there has
been a tendency for each Department to see the service
delivery challenges it faced through the lens of its own
sphere of activity. Departments have delivered stand-alone,
sector-specific responses to social issues. These responses
often take a limited account of the wider nature of the problems that individuals, households and communities face.
They therefore experience limited success.
The Gauteng Social Development Strategy therefore provides a framework for sustainable social development that
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places children, youth, women, the disabled and the elderly
at the centre of its development efforts, through promoting a
caring society, offering social protection and investing in
human and social development. In order to better tackle the
challenges of poverty and create future generations who
are well integrated into the economic, social and cultural
mainstream, this strategy will ensure that departments and
the local sphere of government collaborate with each other
to enable households to access a comprehensive set of services including shelter and nutrition, infrastructure and serv
ices, education and health. It aims, further, to effectively
translate social development inputs into socio-economic
development outcomes, by providing the necessary educational resources and social infrastructure to enable people
to increase their potential for earning income. In these and
other ways, government plans to radically increase its
poverty reduction efforts that address the needs of families,
households and citizens living with inadequate financial
and social support networks. In so doing, government will
work in collaboration with its social partners, NGOs, FBOs,
CBOs, business and civil society in general.
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CHAPTER 2
GAUTENG SOCIAL
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
S
ocial exclusion is said to occur where people fall
below the minimum threshold of well-being and are
hindered from fully participating in society. Social
cohesion – “all that which brings people together” – is
aimed at countering the negative outcomes resulting from
the following occurrences that households, individuals and
communities suffer separately or in combination: poverty;
illiteracy and low levels of educational qualifications; unemployment or poor quality employment; poor health and
avoidable mortality; criminal victimization; social isolation;
discrimination; and alienation from political participation.
Social Development is about maximizing the capacity of the
individual, the family or household and the community to
participate productively in society, both socially and economically. The government social sector departments and
publicly funded non-governmental organisations can facilitate such social development by promoting the holistic
development and general well-being of people and by taking actions to break the cycle of absolute dependence, by
fostering self-reliance and by promoting participation in
decision-making on matters related to shifting from poverty
to self-reliance.
Social Development is about achieving the optimum potential of people for self-actualisation, without prejudice of any
form. This can be achieved by facilitating optimisation of
people’s welfare, job and opportunity creation, adequate
functionality in social relationships at individual, family,
community level, and access to social grants. It involves the
mobilization of community development and empowerment.
Social Development refers to focusing on development
through building the capacities of individuals, families, and
communities, in contrast to a more traditional social services
focus on maintenance and problem solving.
Social Development and Economic Development are interdependent and mutually reinforcing processes. Equitable
Social Development is the foundation of economic prosperity and economic growth is necessary for Social
Development. The main elements of the Social Development
Strategy are social protection and social investment. They
must also contribute to sustaining cultural development and
the environment.
(a) Social Protection
Social protection provides a safety net for individuals,
households and communities in hard times by:
• Providing a minimum level of income if people become
unemployed, sick, or otherwise unable to work
• Providing access to affordable health services for people
who are sick, services to help people with disabilities,
and accommodation assistance for people with housing
needs”
• Helping to ensure support is available to individuals and
families within communities.
(b) Social investment
While social protection tackles the symptoms of disadvantage, social investment tackles the causes. Social investment
enables the government to address immediate needs, while
focusing on achieving longer-term outcomes for individuals
and households.
A sound social investment strategy will:
• reduce the future burden on the social protection system
and
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• provide the flexibility and resilience required to deal with
future pressures on the Gauteng society.
amongst people. Social development is fostered through
social cohesion.
Social protection and social investment are not mutually
exclusive. Social investments create future conditions where
the need for social protection will be reduced. Without
social protection and social investment, economic growth
will be compromised.
(f) Social development is a “people-centred” process of coordinated social change that
At a macro level, the above are achieved by increasing the
economic growth rate and employment to levels that
address many of the prevailing socio–economic needs;
whilst at a micro level, local and provincial government can
act to facilitate civil society – private – public partnerships
for effective social spending.
Social Development takes a “whole life, whole government”
approach to promoting self-reliance of citizens of the
Gauteng Province.
(c) “Whole of life” means that people have different needs
at different stages in their life-cycle, all of which need to be
catered for. These stages are:
Children
Youth
Early childhood and childhood development
phase including the preparation and childbearing phase
[0 to 5 years]; the school-going and adolescent years [5 – 9 years; 10 – 14 years; 14
– 19 years]
Young adults [20 – 24 years; 25 – 29
years; 30 to 34 years; 25 – 39 years]
Middle Aged Middle age [40 – 44 years; 45 – 49 years;
50 to 54 years; 55 to 59 years]
Elderly
Retirement and old age [60 – 64 < years]
(d) “Whole of government” means working with all social
sector and other role-players to get better outcomes for citizens of Gauteng.
(e) Social cohesion is gained when the approaches referred
to above are combined to achieve the reality of communities and a broader society in which people and institutions
interact in ways that promote their mutual social and economic benefit. The South African word “ubuntu” is especially applicable to the concept of social cohesion as it
denotes mutual respect, a spirit of giving and caring, and
achievement through supportive interactions
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• promotes the well-being of the population as a whole,
and of households and vulnerable individuals/ groups
within it.
• aims to address inequalities which exist due to disadvantages resulting from lack of education, poor housing,
poverty, social crime, preventable ill health, victimization,
and vulnerability;
• focuses on social exclusion, social inclusion, poverty alleviation and cultural outcomes to bring about change;
and targets the most vulnerable: children, the elderly,
people with disabilities, women, youth, people living in
poverty; unemployed and people with HIV & AIDS.
The outcomes of a social development approach will include
socially and economically self-reliant individuals and households; transition for poor, marginalized and vulnerable persons to social and economic empowerment; social and economic justice; social solidarity within and between communities; social citizenship that incorporates mutual care, relational reciprocity and interdependence; existence of sustainable families and communities; improvements in the standard of living of households.
Based on the analysis in Chapters 1 and 2 above, the 10
high level strategic objectives of the Gauteng Social
Development Strategy are:
(1) Active community participation in all aspects of social
and economic life
(2) Developing the abilities of present and future generations
(3) Creating capacity of the unemployed for income generation
(4) Promoting healthy lives for all citizens
(5) Equality of treatment for persons infected and affected
by HIV & AIDS
(6) Sustainable communities equipped with basic essential
services
(7) Creating and maintaining safe, crime free communities
(8) Meeting the needs of the most vulnerable people
(9) Halving poverty by 2014
(10) Targeted inter-departmental and inter-sphere planning
and implementation
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CHAPTER 3
POLICY CONTEXT
T
he Constitution of the Republic of South Africa is the
legislation that enables the progressive realization of
rights as reflected in the Bill of Rights, and other strategies and policies developed through various mechanisms of
government, inform service delivery across social sector
departments and other spheres of government. South
Africa also subscribes to regional/continental and international instruments that inform delivery and development,
such as the requirements set out in the Millennium
Development Goals (MDG). In addition to the above, sector
specific frameworks and other cross-cutting policy frameworks, goals and challenges intended to facilitate cooperation across spheres of government, have informed the
GSDS. The most important of these policy frameworks and
strategies are:
National Policy Frameworks and Goals
The main pillars of the current national policy environment
for poverty reduction and social development are free basic
services; social housing, comprehensive social security; skills
development and community safety. These services are
delivered at provincial and municipal level governments.
The pillars provide for:
• Facilitating service delivery through effective intergovernmental collaboration
• Comprehensive social security for children, the disabled
and the elderly
• Promotion of national identity and social cohesion
including ubuntu, programmes to address exclusion
based on gender and race, and rebuilding families and
communities
• Comprehensive health care addressing the challenge of
communicable and non-communicable diseases, especially HIV and AIDS and tuberculosis; and the provision
of safe drinking water
• Comprehensive human settlement including urban
renewal and integrated sustainable rural development
and provision of social infrastructure
• Food security and nutrition including school nutrition
and farmer support programmes
• Second economy interventions including the Expanded
Public Works Programme (EPWP), social infrastructure
and human settlement
• Education, in particular broadening access and improving quality from early childhood development through
lifelong learning within the broad parameters of the
Human Resource Development Strategy
• Building effective partnerships with social partners and
civil society in policy development and implementation
for effective service delivery
• Deepening democracy and good governance including
strengthening the institutions that entrench democracy
and democratic practices; public participation in decision
making and ensuring a voice for the poor and improving
access to information in all languages
Provincial Policy Frameworks and Goals
The policy environment in the Gauteng Province incorporates the Gauteng Growth and Development Strategy
(GGDS) and the Gauteng Global City Region Strategy. The
GSDS is aligned to these strategies. The Gauteng Growth
and Development Strategy identifies specific undertakings
for the GPG to grow the provincial economy.
The GDS objectives are:
• Provision of social and economic infrastructure and services that will build sustainable communities and contribute to halving poverty;
• Accelerated, labour absorbing economic growth that
increases per annum and that will create long-term sustainable jobs and contribute to halving unemployment;
• Sustainable socio-economic development;
• Enhanced government efficiency and co-operative governance;
• Deepening participatory democracy, provincial and
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International Policy Frameworks
The international community – both developed and developing countries – agreed to a set of measurable international
development goals. These goals are based on agreements
reached at several global United Nations summits and conferences held during the 1990s and are outlined in the
OECD’s document Shaping the 21st Century. The
Millennium Development Goals (MDG) 2015 are as follows:
national unity and citizenship; and
• Contributing to the successful achievement of NEPAD’s
goals and objectives.
• The Gauteng Global City Region Strategy aims to:
• Build Gauteng into an integrated and globally competitive region, consolidating Gauteng as an economic hub
of Africa and an internationally recognized global city
region
• Encourage greater internal coherence and co-operation
within the province for greater external competitiveness
(by aligning planning instruments, structures and sectors).
The Human Resource Development (HRD) Strategy focuses
on improving human resource and skills development in the
provinces’ labour market.
These developmental strategies depend on other cross functional strategies to achieve their goals.
The following diagram illustrates the positioning of the
GSDS within the overall policy context of the province:
Figure 1: The GSDS in context of the GPG strategies
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•
•
•
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Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Achieve universal primary education
Promote gender equality and empower women
Reduce child mortality
Improve maternal health
Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Ensure environmental sustainability
The Gauteng government, as a sphere of government in
South Africa, subscribes to Millennium Development Goals
and to a range of international instruments including The
World Summit on the Survival, Protection and Development
of Children; the United Nations Convention on the Rights of
the Child, (UNCRC); Hague Convention on International
Child Abductions and The African Charter on the Rights
and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC); the Madrid
International Plan of Action on Ageing; the UN Rules on the
Equalisation of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities
and the UN Declaration on Rights of Disabled Persons.
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CHAPTER 4
STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVE
T
he GSDS reflects the social development vision and strategy of the GPG based on the following vision, principles, strategic
objectives and strategic levers.
VISION
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
Drivers and challenges
to achieve social outcomes
Figure 2: Social Development Approach for Gauteng Province
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PRINCIPLES
The provincial government is driven by a strong sense of
responsibility to, and solidarity with, all its citizens. The key
principles underlying the GSDS are:
• Proactive intervention to prevent the occurrence of social
problems.
• Optimal social development of individuals, families and
communities through investing in human capital development and promoting the spirit of Ubuntu.
• Challenging social exclusion by promoting inclusivity
and civil society participation.
• Government as enabler of local economic development.
• A human rights framework for social policy.
• Cooperative governance, coordination and partnership
with community organisations, NGOs, business and
municipal level governments in achieving this transformation.
• Equitable distribution of public resources with due attention to racial, gender, geographic (urban/ rural), special
needs and other disparities.
• Excellence and quality in the design of all programmes
and the provision of services.
STRATEGIC LEVERS
Figure 4: “Whole of Life – Whole of Government” Delivery
Model for Social Development
The strategic levers in the GSDS intend to respond to the
broad social problems which affect households and vulnerable people; that result from rapid urbanization, in-migration, poverty, unemployment, inequality, social crimes, marginalization, HIV/AIDS and shortage of housing which will
be exacerbated by the continued urbanization resulting
from the increasing rates of economic growth which is
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expected from the inevitable development of a global city
region.
The Strategic Levers are drawn from existing and proposed
projects and programmes of the GPG’s various departments
in their Five Year Strategic Plans which pave the way to
2014. This is in accordance with the GPG’s understanding
that the GSDS is an integrated social development strategy
and not a policy or a programme in its own right. In practice, the levers will continue to be managed and implemented in a “whole life, whole government” approach by the
appropriate line departments, organs of state in all spheres
of government NGOs, FBOs, CBOs and other civil society
sectors. Thus, the financial and human resources provided
by government for the effective implementation of these
levers will reside within the relevant provincial departments
addressing infrastructure and service backlogs through
quality services and facilitate the development of a local
economy.
The strategic levers presented in the GSDS are designed on
the basis of the comprehensive set of services required by
individuals, households and communities, in order to lead
productive lives and to contribute to a sustainable economy
with long-term benefits for the population of Gauteng.
“Whole of government”
All Departments in government are role-players in the services revolution. The levers are GPG-led initiatives that furthermore not only offer opportunities for partnerships with
NGOs, FBOs, CBOs and other civil society sectors, but
which require committed active involvement and meaningful
contributions of the private and civil society sectors and
possible investors. Thus, the financial and human resources
provided by government for the effective implementation of
these levers will reside within the relevant provincial depart
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ments addressing infrastructure and service backlogs
through quality services and facilitate the development of
local economy.
Successful implementation of the levers listed in this GSDS
requires both fiscal and political resources. The provincial
government will allocate adequate resources and provide
the required leadership to ensure success.
“Whole of life”
Social Development must reach all members of society,
especially children, youth, older persons and persons with
disabilities who are part of the basic unit of society namely,
households. Figure 4 clearly indicates that the Strategic
Levers are cross cutting over all stages of the life cycle and
impact households with a cross section of persons from all
stages of the life cycle.
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Strategic Lever 1: SOCIAL COHESION
High level Strategic Objective:
Active community participation in all aspects of social and
economic life
Social cohesion – “all that which brings people together”
(European New Towns Platform). In the case of the GSDS,
the 10 strategic levers are to be used to strengthen social
relations and economic participation by individuals, households and communities in order to reduce poverty and
hunger, and achieve sustainable livelihoods.
Those people most affected by poverty and unemployment
are children, women, the disabled and older persons. Poor
households have a preponderance of vulnerable people.
The focus of government therefore will be to work with people and organisations in poor communities to forge social
cohesion at the household and community level.
Measures to be taken
The “whole of life”, “whole of government” approach outlined above is the foundation of the Gauteng government’s
strategy to promote social cohesion and reduce poverty in
the province. Thus, provincial government departments and
the provincial and municipal spheres of government acting
in collaboration with each other will utilise the strategic
levers outlined in this document, to build social cohesion.
Programmes will be tailored to the specific needs of households and communities with the aim of moving them out of
poverty. Social development programmes will be designed
and implemented in ways that reduce inequalities and
social exclusion, and strengthen the social and economic
capital of communities.
While the GSDS is aimed at the population of the Gauteng
province as a whole, particular attention will be given to the
twenty (20) townships prioritised for new programmes of
economic and social development. Sustainable programmes
in these townships will prepare the way for relevant interventions across the many formal townships and informal
settlements in the province.
Local economic development will be promoted through the
improvement of access to technical expertise and technology, as well as developing specialized institutions and infra
structure to support such work, thus contributing towards the
economic capital of households. As the Gauteng government strives to build a “globally competitive city region”, it
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will work to enable the participation of poor communities
and women in that drive. All social and economic development initiatives will be conducted in partnership with local
organisations and leadership. The use of community facilities such as health, education and skills development centres
will be facilitated by all departments for the purpose of providing the necessary infrastructure for community interaction, engagement, learning and development.
The critical action for government in order to promote social
cohesion is to shift its attention from merely managing services through its line departments and municipalities to simultaneously managing comprehensive combination programmes that address the needs of households and communities from a holistic perspective. This shift will require active
engagement with communities in deriving detailed needs
statements and preparing relevant responses.
Structures and governance
The existing Social Development Cluster of the Gauteng
Provincial Government will be restructured to form a
Gauteng Social Development Strategy Committee, composed of MECs and Mayoral Committee representatives
reporting to the Premier’s Co-ordinating Forum (PCF). The
Strategy for Children, the Strategy for Disabled Persons, the
Strategy for Older Persons, gender equality and the comprehensive set of strategic levers aimed at promoting social
cohesion will be governed under the auspices of this committee.
The Gauteng Social Development Strategy Committee will
be responsible for, inter alia, preparing the agenda and
strategic direction for social development in the province;
recommending actions and mechanisms to increase crossdepartmental and inter-sphere collaboration in the delivery
of all programmes; tracking progress in integrated service
delivery; preparing a strategic framework for the monitoring and evaluation of the work of government in relation to
social development; submitting the mid-term and final
review reports for presentation to the Premier’s Co-ordinating Forum. A GSDS Technical Committee, comprised of
officials, will be responsible for promoting implementation
of the respective strategies and will take direction from and
report to the Social Development Strategy Committee.
The existing GPAC Forum will be re-established as a
Gauteng Forum on Social Cohesion, encompassing issues
relating to children as before, but adding all matters relating to multi-sectoral social development and social cohesion
as set out in this GSDS.
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Strategic Lever 2: HUMAN RESOURCES
DEVELOPMENT 2006 – 2014
High Level Strategic Objective:
Developing the abilities of present and future generations
Gauteng will be a province in which education and human
resources development expands the numbers of employable, entrepreneurial and smart people, thereby contributing to building a globally competitive city region, while
simultaneously supporting the drive to eradicate poverty
and unemployment.
Measures to be taken
The Gauteng Human Resources Development Strategy is a
very important cornerstone of the Gauteng Social
Development Strategy. The departments and institutions
represented and participating in the Social Development
Strategy Committee will work collectively to implement the
overall aim of the Gauteng HRD Strategy (GHRDS) i.e. to
develop an economically productive and active Gauteng citizenry which will contribute to all forms of social and economic development. The GHRDS has the following five key
objectives:
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Accelerated improvement in the educational foundations;
Create a skilled, adaptable and employable workforce;
Support the eradication of poverty and unemployment;
Expand the national system of innovation within the
province;
• Develop Gauteng Provincial Government’s capacity to
drive HRD and skills development.
In order to achieve these broad HRD objectives, the
Gauteng Social Development Strategy Committee and the
relevant service delivery institutions in government and the
non-governmental social sector will prioritize the following
actions to support HRD measures aimed at children, young
people, vulnerable people and unemployed people:
In general, collaborative implementation across the social
sector of key aspects of the Gauteng Human Resources
Development Strategy, including measures to create the
foundation for building and sustaining a knowledgeable
and skilled adult workforce capable of using available
opportunities to work in emerging sectors or create their
own enterprises.
In particular, advancing a package of HRD-supporting
services to the household including social housing, adequate food and nutrition programmes and social crime prevention will constitute the measures to enhance the
increased investment in ECD that creates the foundation
knowledge for raising a highly skilled workforce, and the
production of high quality graduates in sufficient numbers
from the schooling, FET and HET institutions. Specific HRD
measures are prioritised for children and young people:
• The QUIDS UP programme to achieve high literacy and
numeracy levels in the lowest grades;
• The DINALEDI Maths and Science programme to double
maths and science high school graduates by 2008;
• An upgraded career guidance programme;
• The upgrading of the Further Education and Training colleges.
Further, advancing a package of HRD-supporting services
to the community through measures to enhance youth and
adult participation in labour intensive industries, in the
activities of the Expanded Public Works Programme, in relevant Learnerships and work preparation programmes, in reskilling retrenched workers through social plan initiatives,
and by using sports and recreation as a tool for developing
the productive skills and capacities of unemployed youth.
Specific HRD measures are prioritised for enhancing the
capacity of vulnerable people and unemployed people to
access work and income-earning opportunities:
• The upgrading of the Adult Basic and Education Training
programme;
• The development of an Employment Services System to
close the gap between potential employers and employees;
• Implementing Phase 2 of the National Skills Development
Strategy;
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• The Department of Social Development in collaboration
with the Gauteng Youth Commission, the Umsombomvu
Youth Fund and other non-profit organizations will promote programmes for Out-Of-School unemployed youth
including unemployed graduates.
In addition, advancing a package of services for young
people, required to support the Joint Initiative for Priority
Skills Acquisition (JIPSA) initiative, will include measures for
mentoring and overseas placement of trainees to fast track
their development.
Structures and governance
The Department of Social Development will collaborate with
the Gauteng Department of Education to maximise the synergies between the HRD Strategy and the LED and EPWP
programmes. The GSDS Technical Committee will recommend support measures from all social development departments aimed at promoting the effective functioning of the
HRD strategic lever, with particular milestones to be set for
each of the years from 2007 – 2014.
The Social Development Strategy Committee will actively
promote the strengthening of relationships and programmes
with civil society, in particular with business and academia,
to create a social development environment within which the
HRD strategy can realise its objectives.
Where there are existing structures for a particular programme, such as the Provincial EPWP Steering Committee,
these structures will continue to operate and report through
the Technical Committee to the Social Development Strategy
Committee.
Strategic Lever 3: LOCAL ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT 2006 - 2010
High Level Strategic Objective:
Creating capacity of the unemployed for income generation
Gauteng is a province where significant numbers of the
unemployed are drawn into temporary productive work, so
that workers gain skills and experience and increase their
capacity to earn an income and contribute to local economic development in the medium and long term.
Measures to be taken
The two elements of this strategic lever are the advancement
of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) and the
design of a strategy for local economic development (LED)
the Gauteng province, especially in the 20 townships prioritised for major re-development. Amongst others, unemployed people within the target group for social grants will
be presented with opportunities to participate in organised
programmes for the provision of social services to households and communities and in LED projects.
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PROGRAMME FOR LOCAL ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT 2006 – 2010
Programme Objective
Promoting innovation for local economic development
The strategy for local economic development will incorporate a set of interventions aimed at growing the infrastructure and capacities for LED, based on decisions from the
round of six municipal level growth and development summits taking place in 2006. In addition, the strategy will set
out the framework for establishing a “Second Economy
Innovation Centre” under the Blue IQ programme. Such a
“Second Economy Innovation Centre” will, inter alia, set an
agenda and resource plan for innovation ventures that can
be beneficial to the LED agenda for Gauteng. Furthermore,
it will explore ways in which the “second economy” can link
to the “first economy” in terms of contributing to and benefiting from mega-projects such as Gautrain and others;
work to create linkages between addressing social needs
and opportunities for creating revenue, for example, the
production of uniforms for Grade R children; and explore
and design innovations in public service delivery that will
benefit the most vulnerable, namely children, older persons
and women. This strategy will be presented to the Premier’s
Co-ordinating Forum in the second quarter of 2007 for
implementation in 2007.
ICT facilities and Internet access are increasingly important
resources to promote a wide range of economic activities in
both first and second economies. For this reason, the GSDS
includes a province-wide programme to foster the acquisition of resources that will support ICT for Local Economic
Development activities. In collaboration with municipal level
governments, this programme will encourage the introduction of the necessary infrastructure including wireless and
broadband networks as and where appropriate.
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EXPANDED PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME
2006 – 2010
Programme Objective
Linking employment preparation to social programmes and
the “world of work”
The EPWP programmes aim to prepare people who have
limited or no work experience for working life. The intended beneficiary group includes people who been in short or
long-term unemployment, or who have not been able to
generate income for reasons related to incarceration or
other reasons. The main EPWP programmes are in home
and community based care and early childhood development:
The Home & Community Based Care programme is a
three-pronged programme consisting of (a) opportunities for
existing volunteers on a stipend to receive accredited training, an allowance and full-time work; (b) expanding the
pool of volunteers, working in partnership with Umsobomvu
and (c) expanding the programme beyond the current
HCBC sites with the establishment of new sites and work
opportunities. Specially targeted beneficiaries of the HCBC
programme will be volunteers who are unemployed adult
dependants of the terminally ill and people living with
HIV/AIDS who are not in receipt of a state grant.
and resources to enable their participation in the developed
“first economy”, (b) integrating these environmental and
cultural factors both into sustainable rural development and
urban renewal, (c) creating land-based livelihoods, (d) promoting community-based natural resource management and
(e) developing the natural resources and cultural heritage.
Programmes that require greater development and resourcing, that can incorporate participation of larger numbers of
unemployed people while improving the protection and utilisation of the country’s natural resources, are the Working
for the Land, Working for Water, Working for Wetlands
and Working on Fire, Working for Tourism, Working on
Waste and People and Parks programmes.
Structures and governance
The Gauteng Social Development Strategy Committee will
be responsible for promoting cross-departmental and intersphere collaboration on the local economic development
and expanded public works programmes; monitoring and
evaluating of progress and submitting the mid-term and
final review reports for discussion and adoption at the
Premier’s Co-ordinating Forum. The GSDS Technical
Committee will be responsible for promoting implementation
of the respective programmes in consultation with the
Gauteng Forum on Social Cohesion.
The Early Childhood Development programme includes
offering learnerships and the existing DoE Grade R training
to (a) the unemployed and/or underemployed parents and
caregivers in ECD sites in poor areas, (b) unemployed people receiving the Department of Social Development indigent subsidy, (c) ECD support staff for posts as gardeners,
cooks and administrators in target schools. (d) ‘Parents
Informing Parents (PIP) is a programme providing 3-month
employment opportunities for unemployed parents through
existing schools and local authorities.
There shall be a review and extension of the Social Sector
skills development component of the EPWP beyond Early
Childhood Development and Community/Home-based Care
in the HIV & AIDS Programmes. Groups who should benefit
from EPWP social sector programmes include those falling
outside the safety net, those in the safety net and those on
the indigent persons registers of municipalities. An important step, therefore, is the identification of beneficiaries for
services and beneficiaries of temporary employment opportunities. This will require interdepartmental and intergovernmental collaboration.
The Infrastructure Programme will focus on construction,
rehabilitation and maintenance activities which offer the
best opportunity for utilisation of labour. In particular, lowvolume roads, trenching, stormwater drainage and side
walks have been identified as areas where construction,
rehabilitation and maintenance using labour-intensive methods will increase steadily over time.
In the fields of environment, heritage, biodiversity and
land care, the programmes must address (a) linking people
in the marginalised “second economy” with opportunities
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Strategic Lever 4: PRIMARY HEALTH SERVICES
2006 - 2010
High Level Strategic Objective:
Promoting healthy lives for all citizens
A population that enjoys a high standard of general health
and well-being, with the necessary access to child and family health services, women’s health services, geriatric services and healthcare, mental health and with special attention
to HIV and AIDS and related health matters.
Measures to be taken
The Gauteng Primary Health Services Programme links the
areas of healthcare, GPAC and social crime prevention in
order to maximise the positive effects of each of the individual areas for vulnerable people and the unemployed irrespective of age or gender. While all people of Gauteng,
men and women, young and old shall have access to public
health facilities, priority areas for attention will be as follows:
The responsible institutions will ensure that all households
benefit from free healthcare for children under the age of
six, including programmes to monitor newborn health care
status and access to services, the Vitamin A supplementation programme to children whose growth is faltering; integrated management of childhood illnesses for improving the
quality of care and reducing diseases, in partnership with
municipalities and private health facilities; Expanded
Programme on Immunization (EPI) that addresses the risk of
children dying from vaccine preventable conditions; programmes for reducing child mortality and programmes for
eliminating the physical and emotional abuse of children.
This will involve creating stronger interaction between ECD
centres and the system for providing free healthcare to children under six.
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The Committee and its related institutions will also ensure
that all households benefit from free healthcare for pregnant mothers including the Peri-natal Problem Identification
Programme (PPIP) for the reduction and prevention of perinatal morbidity and mortality; termination of pregnancy
services.
A comprehensive package of healthcare services for
women will include family planning, contraceptive and sterilisation services to reduce unwanted pregnancies; the
breast cancer education and cervical cancer-screening project; designated health facilities or one-stop services for survivors of violence and improved maternal health programmes promoting appropriate community practices in
support of safe motherhood and programmes for the elimination of physical and emotional abuse of women.
The existing Integrated HIV/AIDS programme and a structured mental health services programme will focus particular attention on the needs of children under the age of six
and pregnant women.
These programmes will be organised within a lifecycle
approach, to offer services through a single window, from
birth through childhood, youth adulthood and old age.
Specific interventions will be identified and undertaken at
the household and community level.
Structures and governance
Existing structures for primary health care will be reorganised to promote interdepartmental and inter-sphere collaboration and report through the GSDS Technical Committee
and the Social Development Strategy Committee.
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Strategic Lever 5: EXPANDED HIV/AIDS
PROGRAMME 2006 - 2010
health promotion services. Actions will be taken to improve
collaboration between the AIDS and TB programmes.
High Level Strategic Objective:
Equality of treatment for persons infected and affected by
HIV & AIDS
Persons infected and affected by HIV & AIDS are respected
and valued and participate in making decisions that affect
them. Social development programmes contribute to ensuring equal access for persons infected and affected by HIV &
AIDS to all public services and programmes. Services are
designed in ways that enhance the independence and promote the integration of persons infected and affected by
HIV & AIDS into the mainstream of society and the economy.
The programme will promote the prevention of new infections through preventative programmes and universal precaution measures in public health facilities, municipal facilities and child care facilities and life skills programmes in
schools and communities; promote universal access to palliative care (subsidized home/community based care, hospice, step down facilities) through government health care
services, NGOs, the Expanded Public Works Programme
and volunteers, with priority attention to child-and grannyheaded households; create standardized training programmes for service providers and addressing the issues
relating to stipends for the volunteers; promote poverty alleviation measures for AIDS affected families; in order to sustain these essential services at the family and community
levels.
Measures to be taken
Within the framework of the National Plan on
Comprehensive Care, Management and Treatment of HIV
and AIDS, the Gauteng Integrated AIDS programme will
implement all pillars of the expanded programme, including
ongoing social mobilization, communication, treatment,
care, support and prevention to reduce new infection rates,
especially in babies and at risk groups.
The Gauteng Integrated AIDS programme incorporates scaling up condom distribution; access to treatment for sexually
transmitted infections; establishing sites for voluntary counselling and testing; coverage of the programme to prevent
mother to child transmission of HIV; post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) programme for survivors of sexual assault, both
of which include the provision of ARVs; home-based/community-based care services; palliative care through subsidies for hospices and step-down facilities; nutrition and
The programme will promote extensive offering of work
place HIV & AIDS programmes aimed at building the
capacity of employees at all workplaces across the province
to deal with the many aspects of the HIV and AIDS
epidemic.
Civil society will be supported in its actions to promote positive behaviour and programmes that are conducive to the
well being of people with HIV and AIDS.
Structures and governance
The Gauteng AIDS Forum, chaired by the Premier, will
report on progress to the Premier’s Co-ordinating Forum
through the Gauteng Social Development Strategy
Committee.
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Strategic Lever 6: BUILDING SUSTAINABLE
COMMUNITIES
High Level Strategic Objective:
Sustainable communities equipped with basic essential services
To build sustainable communities through ensuring access to
basic services and essential facilities including land, tenure,
services and houses. Services will include electricity, water
and sanitation, educational and heath facilities, security
infrastructure, recreation facilities, care facilities for children, the disabled and the elderly.
Measures to be taken
The programme “Breaking New Ground: A Comprehensive
Plan for the Development of Sustainable Human
Settlements” (the BNG Plan) is the foundation of this strategic lever. The aim is to redress the racially skewed spatial
development patterns of the past, and to conduct physical
upgrading of urban settlements in a manner that improves
the living conditions of the residents and builds sustainable
human settlements.
A core component of the BNG is the acceleration of housing delivery in all municipalities through the promotion of
mixed-income and mixed-tenure settlements to foster race
and class integration; the diversification of housing products; the fast-tracking of formalisation and eradication of
informal settlement by 2014; the formalisation and
improvement of backyard accommodation and conversion
of hostels; decisive intervention in the secondary housing
market; increasing the involvement of the private sector in
the funding and construction of affordable housing developments in the R3500-R7500 income bracket; and promoting
innovation in housing delivery through the use of alternative
technology in the construction of houses, the promotion of
PPPs, innovative capital funding and financing mechanisms, promotion of home ownership and the refocusing of
Urban Renewal Program.
Banks housing finance schemes and commercially-driven
developments will be required to allocate a certain percentage value of the total price range of the project for affordable housing for the lower middle-income group.
Sustainable human settlements will be built on well-located
land, close to economic nodes and hubs of our towns and
cities, in order to promote access to economic opportunities.
It will promote social cohesion through providing a range of
services to cater for the needs of all age groups, in particular children and older persons. These services will encompass a broad range of facilities including libraries and
other community centres with resources for education and
entertainment and Internet access, providing a safe and
secure environment, reliable and affordable basic services,
educational, entertainment and cultural activities, through
linkages with other government programmes. The Sports
and Recreation Mass Participation Plan is a feature of this
aspect of the strategy, in partnership with local government.
The Plan aims to establish recreation programmes at com
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munity-based recreation centres across the province. It targets school children and out-of-school youth and offers programmes such as indigenous games, aerobics, ball games
and arts and culture activities. The programme encourages
young people to follow healthy lifestyles and to participate
in social activities during their leisure time, as ways of promoting child and youth development, keeping youth in
school, promoting self-discipline and fostering social cohesion.
With particular reference to disabled persons, government
will provide a disability variation on subsidy where a beneficiary’s disability enables them to improve their dwelling
units by installing special equipment in the units and effect
design adjustments to enable independent living in normal
housing, taking into account the nature and severity of a
person’s disability. Social housing for people with special
needs will be provided and new communities will be
designed to be barrier free. Opportunities for people with
disabilities to participate in recreation and competitive sport
will be promoted.
A province-wide programme to offer selected public services through an electronic government (e-government) delivery platform, that makes information and interactive services available 24/7, will be introduced over the 2007 –
2014 period in support of this GSDS. These services will
include online educational resources, a Gauteng Social
Development Resource Centre available at Gauteng Online,
as well as registration facilities for a range of social services. In building sustainable human settlements, particular
attention will be given to promoting community access to
electronic government services through various communal
facilities including but not limited to multi-purpose community centres.
Structures and governance
Existing structures for implementation of the BNG will incorporate the multiple sustainable development including the
sports and recreation issues addressed here, and will report
on progress to the Premier’s Co-ordinating Forum through
the Gauteng Social Development Strategy Committee.
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Strategic Lever 7: SOCIAL CRIME PREVENTION
AND SAFETY STRATEGY
High Level Strategic Objective:
Creating and maintaining safe, crime free communities
A globally competitive Gauteng City-Region characterised
by confident people, households and communities enjoying
a high quality of life because they live, work and travel in
safe spaces free from fear, violence and crime.
Measures to be taken
Reducing social crime on a sustainable basis requires
improving the capacity of government to combat crime
through strengthening the departments that make up the
criminal justice system. This is important to ensure that it
becomes increasingly risky for people to choose to commit
crime. Furthermore, government needs to address the
social and environmental factors that are associated with
high levels of crime, such as school drop-out rates. A ‘social
crime prevention’ approach requires government departments and non-governmental agencies to collaborate on a
crime prevention and community safety strategy. Citizens
will be encouraged to be active in social crime prevention
through engaging in safety promotion activities, reporting
crime timeously, increasing participation in Community
Policing Forums, joining the police reservists, participating
in neighbourhood watch schemes, sharing resources and
assisting in projects with poor communities. Community
Policing Forums are being redesigned, based on lessons
learnt, and will be complemented by new approaches
towards volunteer management, i.e. putting in place systems
to more effectively mobilise and manage volunteers who
participate in various crime prevention and crime combating roles .
The strategic objectives of the Gauteng Provincial Safety
Strategy relevant to the GSDS are:
• Violent Crime Reduction and Prevention
• Improving the Quality of Policing in Gauteng
• Promoting the Coordination of the Criminal Justice System
• Expanding the Role of Local Government in Crime
Prevention
• Improving Information for Effective Crime Prevention
• Promoting a Social Movement against Crime
The Road Safety Plan will provide the overarching strategic
framework for role-players from different spheres of government to work in a coordinated manner towards improving
safety on Gauteng's roads. The strategy entails a five
pronged framework consisting of education, engineering,
enforcement, emergency services and evaluation. The strategy will focus on the road environment, the road user, the
vehicle and the road, and vehicle support infrastructure. The
strategy will emphasise strengthening law enforcement,
stamping out fraud and corruption, improving information
systems, acting against drivers under the influence and
enhancing communication and public education.
Structures and Governance
The Gauteng Provincial Safety Forum will be lead by the
Department of Community Safety and report to the PCF.
Strategic Lever 8: STRATEGIES FOR THE MOST
VULNERABLE IN SOCIETY
High level strategic objective:
Meeting the needs of the most vulnerable people
The strategies for children, disabled persons and older persons are important cornerstones of the drive for social cohesion, as they address the needs of the most vulnerable
members of society – those most easily affected by lack of
access to income, resources, infrastructure and services.
Furthermore, gender equality is essential at all stages of the
life cycle and is necessary for social cohesion, hence each
of the strategies referred to will incorporate a strong focus
on gender equality. Specifically, current and future programmes will be based on sound gender analysis, building
on opportunities to empower women and men, promote
respect for human rights, and help close gender gaps that
block or slow human development. Particular attention will
be given to meeting the needs of child-headed households.
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GAUTENG STRATEGY FOR CHILDREN 2005 - 2010
Programme Objective:
Making a province fit for children
Gauteng will be a province where children are respected
and valued, will have a say in decisions that affect them
and will enjoy access to the opportunities they require to
make a healthy transition to adulthood. Gauteng’s children
will have a standard of living and personal development
opportunities which supports and promotes their optimal
development. They will be protected against the negative
effects of poverty and social pathology.
Measures to be taken
The Gauteng Programme of Action for Children (GPAC) is a
collaborative effort across provincial and local government
and the non-governmental social sector to deliver a set of
related interventions aimed at promoting the development
of children, addressing:
Provision of services for a safe and healthy start in life for
all children including access to effective, equitable, sustained and sustainable primary health care systems in all
communities; free health care for pregnant women; free
health care services to children under six years of age,
including immunization of all children; ensuring access to
information and referral services; providing adequate water
and sanitation services; and promoting a healthy lifestyle
among children and adolescents. Included in this focus area
is the promotion of the Bana Pele Programme which aims
to make the requisite package of services accessible to vulnerable children, especially orphans, through a “single window”.
Collaborative implementation of the Gauteng Human
Resources Development Strategy, in particular the provision
of quality primary and secondary education, with special
attention to the quality of matriculation passes, expansion of
mathematics and science programmes and access to
GautengOnline; as well as increased investment in early
childhood development (ECD) programmes and measures to
increase access to tertiary education opportunities; with
special attention to promoting gender balance in all forms
of schooling and education.
Promoting greater reach of the integrated food security
programme including primary school nutrition programmes
and crèche feeding schemes for effective learning, in ECD
centres, primary and secondary schools, health facilities
and other identified environments.
Promote special protection measures for children at risk,
including areas such as children in the criminal justice system, all forms of abuse including sexual, physical and emotional abuse, and all forms of commercial exploitation
including child labour, child pornography, prostitution and
child trafficking.
Promote the right of all children to be raised in a safe and
secure social and physical environment. This includes the
provision of safe housing, schools and recreational facilities,
roads and transport systems, and safeguarding the natural
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environment, which enhances the quality of life for present
and future generations
Addressing the needs of children infected and affected by
HIV and AIDS in terms of the Integrated HIV and AIDS
Programme. The GPAC forum will promote and implement
measures to build and strengthen governmental, family and
community capacities to provide a supportive environment
for orphans and girls and boys affected and infected by
HIV and AIDS.
Promote and strengthen measures for mainstreaming the
participation of children with disability in social and economic life as provided for in the Premier’s Integrated Policy
on Disability and the White Paper on inclusion of learners
with special needs in schools.
Promote action on the eradication of childhood poverty as
a priority in the implementation of the Gauteng Growth and
Development Strategy.
Promote programmes that give all children the opportunity
for involvement in age appropriate sport, recreation and
cultural activities.
Community mobilisation and advocacy to promote children’s rights and access to services will be increased.
Publicly-funded non-governmental organisations (NGOs)
operating in the child and family development areas will be
required to provide quality services to children within the
areas defined in the GPAC. They will be supported to facilitate the participation of civil society in matters related to
children. Civil society has a special role to play in promoting and supporting positive behaviour and programmes
that are conducive to the well being of children. Religious,
spiritual, cultural and indigenous leaders with their tremendous outreach, will be encouraged to participate in promoting the goals of this strategy and to mobilise communities to
take action in favour of children.
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PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Programme Objective:
Disabled people lead well-supported lives enabling varying
degrees of social and economic participation
People with Disabilities are respected and valued and have
a say in decisions that affect them. Social development programmes must contribute to ensuring that there are equal
opportunities for people with disabilities to all services and
programmes, and that such service will enhance the independence and promote the integration of people with disabilities into the mainstream of society.
Measures to be taken
People with disabilities have the right to represent themselves in all processes and structures of decision making, in
particular those decisions which affect them. People with
mental disabilities and deaf people have the right to be represented by persons acting on their behalf. Hence, government will develop appropriate mechanisms, in consultation
with stakeholders, to facilitate the participation of people
with disabilities in policy development, planning and monitoring of service delivery. This process will be co-ordinated
by the Office of the Premier.
Government will promote an integrated communication and
advocacy plan comprehensively addressing needs of People
with Disabilities and ensure accessibility of information on
social services, thereby encouraging an ethic of community
building. It will ensure integrated service provision, facilitate access to public buildings, raise awareness about causes of disabilities and, where appropriate, how disability can
be prevented e.g. road safety, school feeding for children at
risk, awareness about household accidents. Public awareness programs at community level will focus on disability as
a human rights and development issue. Creation of awareness to ensure access to information, promotion of the program and participation of People with Disabilities in the
program aimed at Fostering of better-informed and
strengthened families and communities through provision of
psychosocial support through provision of prevention programmes e.g. counselling, early identification and intervention, education and counselling services; information and
awareness on disability types and causes; early detection
and screening; and provision of information and awareness
on available services and facilities as well as procedures to
access services (e.g. education facilities such as special
schools, day care centres, assistive device). Programs contributing towards efforts of addressing poverty, promotion
of sustainable livelihoods, and ensuring equity in the distribution of resources, and gender balance in the consolidation of skills development in both rural and peri-urban
areas will be promoted.
Measures to promote local economic development will pay
attention to creating opportunities for People with
Disabilities to participate in income generation and socio
economic activity, through skill developments and access to
resources. Government will promote measures designed to
remove discrimination and create equal opportunities for
people with disabilities in the open labour market.
Appropriate capacity building programmes will be provided in order to facilitate the transition from employment in
protected environments to the open labour market for those
who have the potential to do so. Training and rehabilitation
to reintegrate certain categories of persons with disabilities
into the economy will be considered.
Government will promote the social protection of People
with Disabilities and ensuring their access to safety nets,
including provision of social security services through the S
A Social Security Agency to eligible People with Disabilities
who due to their disability are not in a position to become
economically active (Grants will also be paid to eligible
care-givers); provision of services and programmes to protect People with Disabilities against abuse, discrimination
and exclusion; building community social networks to serve
as support systems for People with Disabilities; ensuring the
provision of community based care programmes e.g.
Community Home based care and support, day care services for People with Disabilities and early childhood development programmes for Children with Disabilities; community
based rehabilitation programmes e.g. skills training
(social/life skills/activities for daily living e.g. Mobility and
communication Skills), counselling etc.; mobilization for provision of assistive device as well as facilitation for training
on application procedures and requirements on how to use
and maintain the device, sign language etc. and personal
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assistance services (contribute to the prevention of secondary ailments and illness, and facilitate de-institutionalization). Government will provide specialized care to People
with Disabilities who as a result of their disability, are in
need of permanent specialized care; rehabilitation services
and programs at institutional and community level; promote
programmes that foster the individual’s full potential including employment opportunities, such as workshops and protected business ventures for persons with disabilities who
have no capacity to work in the open labour market, will be
developed and supported; an appropriate and efficient
public transport system geared towards the special needs of
disabled passengers.
Non-governmental Organisations operating in all the areas
of care, protection and development of people with disabilities need to provide quality services to people with disabilities within the prescribed policy areas. They will be supported to facilitate the participation of civil society in matters related to people with disabilities. Civil society has a
special role to play in promoting and supporting positive
behaviour and programmes that are conducive to the well
being of people with disabilities. Religious, spiritual, cultural
and indigenous leaders with their tremendous outreach,
have a role to play in translating the goals into priorities for
communities and to mobilise people to take action in favour
of youth.
STRATEGY FOR OLDER PERSONS 2005 - 2010
Programme Objective
A dignified aging process for Gauteng’s elder citizens
Older persons are enabled to live active, healthy and independent lives in their communities for as long as possible.
Older persons are respected and valued and have a say in
decisions that affect them. Dignified ageing and continued
independence, where ageing is understood as a natural
part of the life cycle, is effectively balanced with care for
the aged and attention to the special needs of older persons
during this phase of life.
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Measures to be taken
Every ageing person has the personal responsibility, as far
as possible, to provide for his or her retirement and old age
and is encouraged to do so. All organizations in civil society have the social responsibility to provide for their older
members who are in need and are encouraged to do so.
Departments will demonstrate a commitment to the practice
of integrating the needs of older persons into all government programmes, while simultaneously promoting programmes based on specialised needs, such as lack of
financial and other resources, frailty and the need for 24hour care. While family care will be the baseline of the
age management programmes of all departments, specialised programmes will continue to include subsidies for
registered old age homes to provide in-house and outreach
services in the community. The GSDS measures will include
increasing access to and upgrading of residential facilities
for older persons, with particular attention to the 20 “priority” townships.
The expansion of the range of residential and communitybased services available to older person’s will be promoted, including capacity building programmes to promote
home care and day care, short-term stay centres, luncheon
clubs, health and wellbeing service centres and outreach
programmes, and indigent programmes of municipalities
with respect to water, electricity, sanitation and burials.
Programmes to promote participation of older persons to
participate in recreation and competitive sport will be established. The special needs of older persons for an easily
accessible and efficient transport system will be addressed.
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Non-governmental organisations operating in the areas of
care, protection and development of older persons will be
supported and held publicly accountable for providing
quality services to older persons. Religious, spiritual, cultur
al and indigenous leaders will be encouraged to participate
with government in translating the objectives of the GSDS
into priorities for communities and to mobilise people to
take action in favour of older persons. Communities will be
encouraged to report cases of neglect and abuse of older
persons and statutory intervention will be made where necessary, whether in government services, in non-governmental organisations or at home.
Structures and Governance
The Gauteng Programme of Action for Children, GPAC, has
established a forum of governmental and non-governmental
stakeholders engaged in a sustained and coordinated effort
to improve the lives of children. The existing GPAC forum
will be extended to incorporate attention to the strategies for
the disabled and older persons, and will be re-established
as the Gauteng Forum for Social Cohesion. The regular
imbizos held across the Gauteng province will be used to
draw attention to and encourage community level application of social cohesion efforts.
Strategic Lever 9: INTEGRATED POVERTY
ALLEVIATION 2006 - 2014
High Level Strategic Objective:
Halving poverty by 2014
Key statistics reflect that there are 50% fewer households
dependent on social grants and welfare services and living
in poverty than in 2006. Government has succeeded in
combining its budgetary and human resources for poverty
alleviation and runs effective, integrated programmes that
ensure that the needs of the poor are met.
results of income poverty combined with infrastructure
poverty, asset poverty, services poverty and information
poverty. An integrated food aid and nutrition programme
will be offered to people not currently included in the safety
net, incorporating the homestead food garden programme,
support services to farmer settlement programmes, nutritional support services to mothers and babies, a nutrition and
food safety programme available at ECD facilities, school
feeding to poor learners in primary and secondary schools,
subsidisation of NGOs to provide food relief, and community self -help initiatives such as bulk buying of food through
saving clubs, organizations and cooperatives. This will be
combined with programmes to finance and provide household, social and economic infrastructure for poverty alleviation, including social housing, changes in land and housing
ownership, utilising other strategic levers referred to in this
strategy. Government will undertake major reform of its
social services in order to increase access, service standards and their poverty alleviation effects. Government will
provide social relief to individuals, families and communities
in distress, provide disaster relief and emergency housing
and co-ordinate disaster relief programmes.
Departments will design social investment projects for implementation at household and community level to reduce the
absolute numbers of households and communities living in
poverty over the period 2006 – 2014. These measures will
include co-ordination between income generation initiatives;
social protection programmes; EPWP, SMME and BBBEE
development programmes and the work of the Gauteng
Enterprise Propeller. In particular, a Crafts Marketing
Strategy and a Craft Emporium will be established.
Structures and Governance
Integrated poverty alleviation programmes will be governed
by the Social Services Strategy Committee.
Measures to be taken
During South Africa’s early years democracy to 2014, it is
expected that, despite initiatives to foster development, there
will be significant need for poverty alleviation programmes.
All poverty alleviation strategies of the Gauteng government
must target vulnerable groups: children, the elderly, people
with disabilities, women, youth, unemployed people and
people living with HIV/AIDS. Since children and many elderly people cannot engage in economic activity, facilitating
access to the services of the South African Social Security
Agency, SASSA, will be a major focus regarding this
group, with the aim of ensuring full coverage of the child
and aging population. Through its work in communities,
GPG departments will identify beneficiaries who have not
yet been registered with SASSA, refer such applicants to
SASSA, provide medical reports to applicants, assist citizens to register births and obtain Identity Documents.
Increasing unemployment levels and poverty necessitate a
combination of social protection programmes to address
the needs of other vulnerable groups, while work is being
done to prepare more people to participate in the economy.
Departments are therefore required to work collectively to
design and provide those measures that will address the
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CHAPTER 5
IMPLEMENTATION OF
THE GAUTENG SOCIAL
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
Strategic Lever 10: INTEGRATED SOCIAL
DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
High level strategic objective:
Targeted inter-departmental and inter-sphere planning and
implementation
Successful implementation of the levers listed in this GSDS
requires both fiscal and political resources. The provincial
government organizes its human and budgetary resources
and increases its capacity in ways that lead to multi-sectoral
social development. The GPG-led initiatives create opportunities for partnerships, active involvement and meaningful
collaboration with the private and civil society sectors and
development financing agencies.
Measures to be taken
The GSDS is a government-led initiative that applies to all
sectors of society and reinforces the approach of all sectors
working together in partnership to achieve the common
goal of creating a better life for all. It is based on recognising the role of each sector of society in achieving social
development, and the application of the principles of participatory democracy and good governance. The multi-sectoral approach is aimed at making the shift from welfare to
social development and self-reliance, whilst recognising the
need for a safety net for the most vulnerable and poor.
The Gauteng Provincial Government will work collaboratively
with local government, the private sector and civil society to
achieve the strategic objectives set out above. It will encourage the growth of NGOs and CBOs in poor communities,
where these organisations currently exist in limited numbers.
The GPG is ultimately responsible and accountable for the
implementation of the GSDS, as well as monitoring, measurement and reporting on achievement of targets.
The strategic levers are interdependent, hence actions taken
in one area have impact in others. For this reason, the
GSDS depends on the effective functioning of team-based
approaches. The GSDS will be managed and implemented
by cross-departmental project teams working under the
auspices of the Department of Social Development, but
under the direction of the Gauteng Social Development
Strategy Committee. These project teams will draw on the
structures, apparatus, human and financial resources of line
departments, organs of state in all spheres of government,
NGOs, FBOs, CBOs and other civil society sectors, as
appropriate. In addition to the budgets of line departments, a comprehensive Budget for the Gauteng Social
Development Strategy will be presented each year, demonstrating the integration of social sector budgeting.
The implementation of the GSDS requires a revolution in the
provision of services in terms of the numbers of households
included, the quality of services provided, the impact of
social services on households and communities and therefore also in the capacity of government to deliver. Hence
the implementation plan will:
• Establish a GSDS Operations Unit to facilitate strategy
implementation through joint planning, pooling of
resources, appropriate staffing, execution, monitoring
and reporting on outcomes of strategic programmes
across departments and spheres of government, as set
out here below.
• Review and evaluate current interventions in order to
build on successes and address weaknesses. This includes
assessing gaps between identified and actual outcomes
and making necessary adjustments.
• Define, communicate and optimise the roles of the various role-players and stakeholders from national, provincial and local government level with regard to the execution and delivery of the GSDS.
• Strengthen and build partnerships at community levels
with civil society, NGOs, FBOs and CBOs, defining roles
and responsibilities and addressing expectations of all
partners.
• Prepare annual business plans outlining: the appropriate
clustering of services across departments and spheres of
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government in order to improve access and efficiency,
contributions of each member department, processes to
be followed in creating an integrated budget and mobilising financial resources, the structure and functioning of
cross-departmental project teams, and the deliverables to
be included in performance contracts for team members
and senior managers.
Prepare cross-departmental and inter-sphere projectbased budgeting for the 10 strategic levers over consecutive MTEF periods.
Hold induction and orientation events for civil servants,
and professional training for social development workteams, through the programmes of the Gauteng Services
Academy, in order to promote speedy and effective
implementation of the GSDS.
Build internal capacity and management, re-orientate
existing structures and where necessary build new integrated structures and multisectoral teams to enable execution of GSDS measures.
Develop and maintain a database outlining all social
security details for Gauteng citizens to enable government to be proactive in providing social development
services to communities.
Design a referral system to ensure that support from
other departments outside of the social sector cluster is
tapped. This approach will be backed by the Premier,
Mayors and MECs.
Design a system for monitoring and evaluation of GSDS
implementation and impact on the population of Gauteng
including feedback mechanisms and the tracking of service delivery turn-around times.
Structures and Governance
The existing Social Development Cluster of the Gauteng
Provincial Government will be restructured to form a
Gauteng Social Development Strategy Committee, composed of MECs and Mayoral Committee representatives,
reporting to the Premier’s Co-ordinating Forum. The
Strategy for Children, Strategy for Disabled Persons,
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Strategy for Older Persons, gender equality and the comprehensive set of strategic levers for promoting social cohesion will be governed under the auspices of this committee.
The MEC for Social Development will chair the Social
Development Strategy Committee and will report to the
Premier in Executive Council between PCF meetings.
The Gauteng Social Development Strategy Committee will
be responsible for, inter alia, preparing the agenda and
strategic direction for social development in the province;
recommending actions and mechanisms to increase crossdepartmental and inter-sphere collaboration in the delivery
of all programmes; tracking progress in integrated service
delivery; preparing a strategic framework for the monitoring and evaluation of the work of government in relation to
social development; submitting the mid-term and final
review reports for presentation to the Premier’s Co-ordinating Forum.
A GSDS Management Committee comprised of senior management from relevant departments and municipalities,
chaired by the HoD Social Development and a GSDS
Operations Unit composed of cross-governmental project
teams falling under the HoD for Social Development will be
responsible for promoting implementation of the respective
strategic levers and of the strategy as a whole. These
structures will take direction from and report to the Social
Development Strategy Committee. In particular, a Social
Services Design Team will be established under the
Operations Unit and will be responsible for continuous
improvement and redesign of social services in terms of
access, quality, customisation and efficiency.
Many of the existing social sector operations, monitoring
and collaborative structures will be reorganised in the context of the GSDS. Inter alia, the existing GPAC Forum will
be re-established as a Gauteng Forum on Social Cohesion,
incorporating attention to vulnerable persons across a
range of issues from health to housing. The Department of
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Social Development will collaborate with the Gauteng
Department of Education to maximise the synergies between
the HRD Strategy and the LED and EPWP programmes.
Other structures which are already well-integrated such as
the Provincial EPWP Steering Committee and the Gauteng
Aids Forum will continue to function, but will report to the
Social Development Strategy Committee and the Premier’s
Co-ordinating Forum.
The Gauteng Social Development Strategy Committee will
actively promote the strengthening of relationships and programmes with civil society, in particular with business and
academia, to create an enabling environment for social
development. It will be responsible for promoting crossdepartmental and inter-sphere collaboration on the local
economic development and expanded public works programmes; monitoring and evaluating of progress and submitting the mid-term and final review reports for discussion
and adoption at the Premier’s Co-ordinating Forum.
social sector, including giving direction on overall social
policies and second opinion advice on social issues outside
of its direct mandate, the first opinion direction being given
by the responsible Department. The Department of Social
Development will provide strategic cross-sectoral policy
advice that assists government to view its social development interventions as part of an integrated package as
embodied in the strategic levers of the GSDS. The
Department will be responsible for overseeing the transition
to the multi-sectoral approach. It will, furthermore, be
responsible for ensuring that the approach set above, and
all its elements, take effect within the first full year of operation of the GSDS 2007 – 2008. It will oversee the work
and performance of the GSDS Operations Unit, including
the preparation of business plans and budgets. The
Department will be responsible for conducting monitoring
and evaluation and preparing annual strategy performance
reports for presentation to the Premier’s Co-ordinating
Forum.
Ward committees and Community Development Workers
(CDWs) will be required to promote information exchange
between communities and government in order to assist
people to access government services.
The Role of the Department of Social Development
One of the key objectives in reinterpreting the mandate of
the Gauteng Department of Social Development, following
the transfer of the social grants function to the South African
Social Security Agency, is to build a Department that will
lead the development and delivery of a social development
strategy across the social sector including participation of
government departments, publicly-funded non-governmental
organisations and civil society at large.
The MEC for Social Development and the Department of
Social Development will play a leadership role in guiding
implementation of this multi-sectoral approach across the
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CHAPTER 6
MEASURING THE
PERFORMANCE OF THE
GAUTENG SOCIAL
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
T
he strategic objectives of the Gauteng Social
Development Strategy are:
• Active community participation in all aspects of social
and economic life
• Developing the abilities of present and future generations
• Creating capacity of the unemployed for income generation
• Promoting healthy lives for all citizens
• Equality of treatment for persons infected and affected by
HIV & AIDS
• Sustainable communities equipped with basic essential
services
• Creating and maintaining safe, crime free communities
• Meeting the needs of the most vulnerable people
• Poverty is halved by 2014
• Targeted inter-departmental and inter-sphere planning
and implementation
For those indicators that currently exist, the targets reflected
in the GSDS have been selected based on provincial government objectives. Given that the indicator measurements
are in percentages, any increase in the number of households in the province will require government programmes
to remain abreast of any increase in poverty and social
exclusion. Detailed results and indicators for each project
and activity implemented in terms of the GSDS, will be
highlighted in the annual reports of participating departments presented to the legislature.
In addition to the Social Development Indicators Programme,
a bi-annual qualitative study will be conducted and a
“Gauteng Social Development Report” will be published,
incorporating key indicators and qualitative analysis reflecting on the inputs, outcomes and impacts of government
strategies and service delivery, and progress in reducing
poverty and meeting the broad objective of social cohesion
in communities. The first such report will be published in
2009.
The progress and impact of the GSDS will be measured by
the Department of Social Development, working in partnership with participating departments and municipal level
governments, with major review reports in 2009 and 2014,
a mid-term review report in 2011 and annual reports each
year in between. Indicators and targets currently exist for
some of these strategic objectives, but do not present a
rounded perspective on social development. Indicators and
targets will therefore be developed to enable evaluation of
the performance of the government in relation to each of
the strategic objectives, leading to an Indicators Programme
for Social Development. Social development measures
should include indicators of social participation.
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TARGET AREA
CURRENT BASELINE (2005)
10 YEAR GOAL (2014)
Proportion of households living in poverty
(income ranges between R0 and R800 per month)
29%
50% reduction
Proportion of households living in poverty
(income ranges between R800 and R1400 per month)
13%
50% reduction
Children living in poor households
48%
50% reduction
Proportion of population receiving social security grants
15%
25% reduction
% of households receiving free basic services (water, electricity)
83% (81% and 84%
increase respectively)
20%
Proportion of households living in informal settlements
28.9%
Formalisation of all
settlements
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births) (under the age of 1)
53
66% reduction
Child mortality (per 1000 live births) (under the age of 5)
118
66% reduction
Maternal mortality (per 100 000 live births)
112
75% reduction
% of public health facilities providing ART (Public hospitals
and community health centres)
43.5% (average of 50% and
37% respectively)
50% increase
Gross enrolment ratio for primary education
104.5%
Universal access
Gross enrolment ratio for secondary education
91.6%
50% increase
Children with no schooling
8.9% of the provinces children’s
population
Universal access
Percentage of children (aged 6 and below) attending
an ECD site.
25%
50% increase
Percentage of sexually abused males and females before
the age of 18
16.5%
50% reduction
Social crimes per 100 000 of the population (assault,
rape, child abuse)
142 764
50% reduction
Youth in conflict with the law
1.4%
50% reduction
Young people not in formal education, training or
work at any given time (% of 15 to 19 year olds)
0.13%
50% reduction
% of women employed at managerial levels in public
service
29.4%
70 % increase
% of black South Africans employed at managerial levels in
public service
30%
100 % increase
Table 1: GPG Social development indicators and targets for 2014
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Institutional mechanisms for monitoring and evaluation
The Gauteng Provincial Government will establish the
appropriate capacity and monitoring and evaluation systems to develop the Indicators Programme, the Gauteng
Social Development Report and the mid-term and five-year
review reports referred to above. The focus will be on monitoring achievement of the GSDS targets and does not
replace or supersede any existing departmental level monitoring and evaluation system. Departmental reports will
provide source information for the Indicators Programme
and review reports.
Annual reviews of the GSDS will include interacting with
various stakeholders and role-players on progress and participation; identifying required adjustments to monitoring
and measurement mechanisms; redefining of roles and
responsibilities of role-players and stakeholders; compliance
with policies and regulations;. These reports will enable
government and stakeholders to highlight new interventions
or strategic shifts required, as needs and therefore objectives change.
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