The key pillars of the Gauteng safety strategy are: 1. improving the quality of policing 2. promoting social crime prevention across Gauteng 3. improving co-ordination of the criminal justice system 4. strengthening intergovernmental relations 5. enhancing the role of local government in crime prevention 6. establishing integrated information management systems (IIMS) 7. promoting a social movement against crime.
Madam Speaker, The North West Education Department is increasingly gaining a hold over its financial management. Madam Speaker, the Department successfully balanced the demand and supply of educators in schools. Honourable Madam Speaker, special schools and inclusive education received an allocation of R89, 626 million in 2005.
The Department of Safety and Liaison constitutes the main oversight structure in relation to police transformation, effective service delivery and performance, police conduct, accountability and relations with communities in the Northern Cape, deriving its mandate and functions from section 206 (3) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa.
Central to this, is the role that the Northern Cape Youth Commission must play to ensure that youth development find expression within the programmes and interventions of the various government departments and municipalities. In November 2005 the Youth Commission convened the Northern Cape Youth Convention, as part of the process for the development of the Northern Cape Integrated Youth Development Strategy.
The new Gauteng Business Barometer, which was launched this week as a joint initiative by Standard Bank and the small business publication, Gauteng Business, has provided detailed evidence of Gauteng's outstanding economic performance. The broad services sector contributes 69% to South Africa's Growth Domestic Product (GDP), with services being consumed by business, households and government.