Limpopo Business 2016-17 edition

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