Limpopo Business 2016-17 edition
The 2016/17 edition of Limpopo Business is the eighth issue of this highly successful publication that, since its launch in 2007, has established itself as the premier business and investment guide to the Limpopo province. Limpopo is unique in terms of its abundant natural and human resources, and is also one of the key drivers behind the South African economy. This edition of Limpopo Business is officially endorsed by the Office of the Premier of Limpopo.
The 2016/17 edition of Limpopo Business is the eighth issue of this highly successful publication that, since its launch in 2007, has established itself as the premier business and investment guide to the Limpopo province.
Limpopo is unique in terms of its abundant natural and human resources, and is also one of the key drivers behind the South African economy.
This edition of Limpopo Business is officially endorsed by the Office of the Premier of Limpopo.
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SPECIAL FEATURE<br />
• Increased average life-expectancy from 58.3<br />
in males in 2014 to 60, and 62.5 in females in<br />
2014 to 65<br />
• Reduction of inequality in terms of Gini coefficient<br />
from 0.61 in 2014 to 0.50<br />
The 10 targets of the LDP are what <strong>Limpopo</strong> will<br />
concentrate on in order to improve the state of the<br />
province. Each department in the province has been<br />
given tasks in order to fulfill the LDP’s objectives.<br />
Department of Education<br />
The slogan of the Department of Education in<br />
<strong>Limpopo</strong> is that “education is a precondition for<br />
development”. This slogan captures the spirit of<br />
the LDP and emphasises the context and role of<br />
education in the provincial strategy. With the largest<br />
budget share, the Department of Education<br />
is faced with some of the greatest challenges in<br />
the province. Significant financial backing is not<br />
enough without the greater commitment and<br />
change of the management approach from all<br />
members. Making creativity, innovation and choice<br />
their imperative, the aim is to be able to produce<br />
skills that are needed for industrial clusters and to<br />
serve as feeders for TVET colleges. The key targets<br />
for education are:<br />
• Expanding access to ECD programmes<br />
• Provision of access to training and education<br />
• Improvement of grade 12 results<br />
• Use an improved ANA for holding schools and<br />
districts accountable<br />
Department of Health<br />
The 2030 Vision of the LDP for the Millennium<br />
Development Goals (MDGs) is to create a health<br />
system that works for everyone, produces positive<br />
health outcomes, and is not out-of-reach. The<br />
outcomes expected are:<br />
• Average male and female life expectancy<br />
increased to 70 years<br />
• Tuberculosis prevention and cure rates progressively<br />
improved<br />
• Maternal and child-mortality rates reduced<br />
• Prevalence of chronic non-communicable<br />
diseases reduced by 28%<br />
• Health systems reforms completed<br />
• Primary health care teams deployed to provide<br />
care to families and communities<br />
• Universal health coverage achieved<br />
• Posts filled with skilled, committed and<br />
competent personnel<br />
The LDP also identifies the social determinants of<br />
health of individuals or communities. This covers<br />
factors such as where people live, the state of the<br />
environment, genetics, income, education levels and<br />
social support networks.<br />
Department of Social Development<br />
The LDP targets for social services are that all potential<br />
beneficiaries who qualify for social grants should<br />
receive them, that all legitimate non-profit organisations<br />
for social development should receive government<br />
support and that social development committees<br />
should be established in all wards throughout<br />
<strong>Limpopo</strong>. Indicators for social grants are the number<br />
of potential beneficiaries compared to the number of<br />
actual beneficiaries, and the source of this information<br />
is SASSA. The <strong>Limpopo</strong> Department of Social<br />
Development will create a database on non-profit<br />
organisations for social development and the support<br />
that they are given. The number of functional<br />
social development ward committees compared to<br />
the number of wards in each municipality will indicate<br />
the extent to which the third target is achieved.<br />
Department of Agriculture<br />
For the next five years the Department has called<br />
for a vibrant, equitable, sustainable rural community<br />
contributing towards food security for all. They<br />
intend to increase the percentage of productive<br />
land owned by previously disadvantaged individuals<br />
from 11.5% in 2013 to 20% by 2019. This would<br />
also help ensure that, by 2019, 7.2-million hectares<br />
of land will have been transferred to previously<br />
disadvantaged individuals and is also being used<br />
productively. Other goals include reducing the<br />
percentage of households vulnerable to hunger<br />
(from 11.5% in 2011 to less than 9.5% by 2019) and<br />
leading to the reduction of rural unemployment<br />
in <strong>Limpopo</strong> to less than 40% by 2019.<br />
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