Leave No One Behind
Expanded social grants
Social grants for people most affected by COVID-19 were expanded, including the Special Social Relief of Distress Grant, which reached around 11 million unemployed people.
The National Strategic Plan on GBVF was developed, together with civil society, as a society-wide response to this national emergency.
Around R21 billion has been dedicated over the medium term to the implementation of the six pillars of the plan, including the economic empowerment of women.
Three new laws were introduced to strengthen the response of the criminal justice system to GBV in order to:
YES has created over 130 000 work experiences for young people to date.
Over 1.7 million work and livelihood opportunities for unemployed South Africans have been created through the Presidential Employment Stimulus.
New leadership was put in place in the South African Police Service (SAPS), Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) , National Prosecuting Authority and State Security Agency to ensure the stability, integrity and capability of these key crime-fighting bodies.
Increased police recruitment
This administration has increased numbers of police personnel, including the recruitment of:
The last five years has been a time of recovery and rebuilding.
From the outset, this administration has worked to address the immediate challenges facing South Africans and put in place the foundations for sustainable, inclusive growth and job creation into the future.
It has taken far-reaching actions to rebuild the economy, firstly in the wake of state capture and more than a decade of poor economic performance, secondly from a devastating global pandemic, and thirdly from a debilitating electricity crisis.
The debt relief programme is aimed at assisting ailing municipalities to pay off their bulk electricity supply debt to the power utility.
This was revealed in the 2024 Budget Review drafted by National Treasury.
During the 2024 Budget Speech, Minister Godogwana said the reforms are to optimise the infrastructure value chain to be effective and efficient.
Ngelihle Soka, 27, shudders to think what her life would have turned out had she not been lucky enough to be awarded a bursary by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) after completing her matric in 2013.
Born and bred in Tsomo, in the Eastern Cape, today she works as a professional registered quantity surveyor in the same department.
The fortunes of a budding recycling company changed for the better in 2016 after an opportunity landed on its lap by pure luck.
Founded by Zethu Kunene in 2012, GreenMovement Energy started as a recycling company that collected waste from residential and business dustbins.
Today, the Springs-based company produces the woodie, a low-carbon, high-thermal alternative to traditional coal, crafted from alien invasive tree species, waste timber, and other organic sources.
