President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday received the 30-Year Review Report, a comprehensive assessment reflecting on South Africa’s political, social and economic transformation since the advent of democracy in 1994.
The report was handed over by the Minister for the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME), Maropene Ramokgopa, and Deputy Minister Pinky Kekana during a launch event held at the Sefako Makgatho Presidential Guesthouse in Tshwane.
The review provides a detailed analysis of South Africa’s journey over the past three decades, deriving lessons and recommendations to help guide the country’s development agenda moving forward.
It will also provide critical evidence for the development of the new Medium-Term Strategic Framework (MTSF) for 2024-2029, which serves as the government’s five-year implementation plan for the National Development Plan’s Vision 2030.
In a speech, President Ramaphosa congratulated the DPME, stating: “I congratulate the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, the various government departments and all those who have had a role in compiling the 30-Year Review Report. It has been a substantial undertaking, executed with care and diligence.”
The 30-Year Review Report comes as South Africa’s young democracy continues grappling with key challenges like economic inequality, unemployment, corruption and delivering on constitutional promises to improve the quality of life for all citizens.
The president is expected to engage further with the report’s findings in the coming weeks as his administration finalizes the new 2024-2029 MTSF blueprint to accelerate progress towards the 2030 development goals.
