Planning department does not seem to have teeth, Makhosi Khosa says
Minister Jeff Radebe’s department has been accused of being preoccupied with planning and not concerned enough with managing implementation
The "powerless" Department of Planning‚ Monitoring and Evaluation has come under attack from MPs‚ who have questioned whether its existence is "value for money" for the state. The department is headed by Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe, and oversees the National Youth Development Agency. The department is also mandated to monitor the performance of senior officials and ministers. It is charged with monitoring the government’s long-term strategy‚ the National Development Plan (NDP). Public service and administration portfolio committee chairperson Makhosi Khoza had some tough words for the department and its acting director general‚ Tshediso Matona. Matona appeared before the committee to brief it on the department’s annual performance plan. "There’s something that is frightening, actually. In terms of the NDP‚ by 2030 we should have created 11-million jobs" Khoza said. "There’s not a single mention of the biggest disruptor in this document, and that is the digital revolution ...
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