Public Services & Government

The vision of the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Sport, Arts and Culture is a healthy, creative, winning and socially cohesive province through sport, arts and culture. Its mission is to transform the sport, arts and cultural environment through integrated, sustainable, capacity development and economic empowerment programmes for all citizens.

The mission of the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport is to provide the public with a road transportation system that is safe, integrated, regulated, affordable and accessible. The Department's core functions are to construct, maintain and repair the provincial road network through constructing and maintaining a balanced road network that meets the mobility needs of the citizens of KwaZulu-Natal, while supporting the national and provincial growth and development strategies; and plan, regulate and provide an integrated transportation system through regulating public transport whilst ensuring access to safe, efficient and affordable public transportation, and facilitating the development of the freight transport industry and the minimisation of the negative externalities resultant from the transportation of freight.

The vision of the Limpopo Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is a united, prosperous and productive agricultural sector for sustainable rural communities. Its mission is to promote economic growth and food security through sustainable agricultural and entrepreneurship development. The Department's strategic goals are: an enabling service delivery environment; a sustainable agricultural natural resource base; improved agricultural production; safe and tradable animals and animal products; demand-led training and research programmes; a competitive agricultural sector; and a skilled and empowered farming community.

The mission of the Limpopo Department of Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs is to give clients and stakeholders quality services by living up to commitments and investing in their people by continuously improving service delivery to citizens; implementing citizen-driven projects, improving infrastructure conditions and contributing to job creation; demonstrating best practice in people management and leadership; maintaining excellent internal and external communications to continuously improve transparency, visibility and public image; building an appropriate organisational structure to achieve strategic objectives; and maintaining good governance. The Department's strategic goals are to achieve a public sector capacity that is efficient and worthy of a developmental state; sustainable human settlements and improved quality of household life; and a responsive, accountable, efficient and effective local government system.

The vision of the Limpopo Department of Economic Development, Environment and Tourism is a competitive economy within a sustainable environment. Its mission is to create and facilitate the development of a competitive economy, sustainable environment and tourism growth. The Department's strategic objectives are: administration - provide strategic and administrative support to four departmental programmes; economic research and planning - research and plan targeted interventions developed in identified sectors to inform policy imperatives; integrated economic development services - develop sustainable SMMEs and cooperatives in all sectors; trade and sector development - ensure industrial development, trade and investment promotion; business regulation and governance - ensure a regulated, equitable and socially responsible business environment; environmental trade and protection (environmental quality management) - ensure sustainable environmental management, utilisation and regulation of natural resources; biodiversity and natural resource management - ensure protection and sustainable natural resource management and utilisation in the province; environmental empowerment services - provide environmental empowerment support services; infrastructure management - ensure the planning, development and maintenance of infrastructure in the provincial nature reserves; tourism planning and regulation - create an enabling environment through tourism planning, policy development and regulation; tourism destination development and transformation - contribute towards sustainable tourism destination development, growth and transformation.

The vision of the Limpopo Department of Education is to achieve excellence in provisioning of innovative quality basic education. Their mission is to achieve this by providing quality and innovative education programmes for learners across all grades through excellence, professionalism, innovation and integrity. The Department's strategic goals are to transform the educational institutions into accessible, functional and quality centres; promote access to education through independent schools; transform the special schools into accessible, functional and quality centres; contribute to the reduction of illiteracy in adult learners to enable them to access further learning and employment opportunities; build a firm foundation for further learning; and provide auxiliary education services.

The mission of the Limpopo Department of Health is to provide and promote comprehensive, accessible and affordable quality health care services to improve the life expectancy of the people. The Department's strategic goals are to provide effective corporate governance; provide appropriate human resources management and development; promote a sound financial management practice; implement comprehensive care and accelerate the management of HIV/AIDS, TB, STIs, and other communicable and non-communicable diseases; strengthen district, health and hospital services; improve the quality of health care; improve emergency medical services; develop tertiary services; and improve infrastructure development and maintenance.

The mission of the Limpopo Department of Provincial Treasury is strengthening good governance and sound public resource management in provincial and local government for sustainable service delivery. The Department's strategic outcomes are: sustainable support services and good governance; departmental unqualified audit outcomes; sustainable fiscal policy for the province by 2025; unqualified audit outcomes of provincial departments, public entities and municipalities; and increased economic participation of youth, women, military veterans and persons with disabilities, and SMMEs. Provincial Treasury is directly responsible for implementing, managing or overseeing the following legislation and their relevant regulations: Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) of 1999 (as amended by Act 29 of 1999); Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA) 56 of 2003; Annual Division of Revenue Act; Appropriation Act; Adjustments Appropriation Act; and Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act.

The vision of the Limpopo Department of Public Works, Roads and Infrastructure is to be a leader in the provision and management of provincial land, buildings and roads infrastructure. Its mission is optimal utilisation of resources in the provision and management of sustainable social and economic infrastructure, including implementation and coordination of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP). The Department's strategic objectives are to conduct overall leadership, administration and management of the Department, providing an enabling environment for service delivery; provide building construction management, project management and building maintenance services to the provincial government, and overall management of immovable assets and infrastructure delivery; and coordinate the provincial EPWP and create work opportunities for unemployed people of working age.

The mission of the Limpopo Department of Social Development is to ensure the provision of comprehensive social protection services against vulnerability and poverty within the constitutional and legislative framework, and create an enabling environment for sustainable development. The Department further aims to deliver integrated, sustainable and quality services, in partnership with all those committed to building a caring society. The Department has identified and committed itself to addressing the following key priorities: child and youth care; early childhood development; anti-substance abuse; food for all / zero hunger; and the protection and promotion of the rights of older people and people with disabilities.

The mission of the Limpopo Department of Sport, Arts and Culture is to enhance unity in diversity through the provision of sport, arts, culture and heritage services for sustainable development. The Department's strategic outcome-orientated goals are to develop and implement citizen participation programmes; achieve an unqualified audit report; develop and implement capacity building programmes; promote and develop sustainable arts, culture, museums and heritage, and language services programmes; advance artistic disciplines into viable industries; sustain three existing provincial museums' infrastructure annually; develop and implement literature programmes; develop library and information services infrastructure; provide relevant library material; develop and implement records management services; conserve and preserve archivalia; implement sports and recreation programmes; establish, support and transform institutional structures; implement a 2010 World Cup legacy programme; and develop and nurture sports management skills.

The mission of the Limpopo Department of Transport and Community Safety is to provide safe, sustainable and integrated transport infrastructure and services for the promotion of socio-economic development, and to intensify the fight against crime and corruption through an integrated approach, partnerships and effective oversight in the South African Police Service. The Department's strategic goals are: an efficient, competitive and responsive economic infrastructure network; a skilled and capable workforce to support an inclusive growth path; to oversee the effectiveness and efficiency of the police service, including receiving reports on the police service; to promote good relations between the police and the community; vibrant, equitable, sustainable rural communities contributing towards food security for all; and to ensure that all people in South Africa are safe and feel safe.

The Roads Agency Limpopo (RAL) SOC Ltd has the main functions of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining and controlling the provincial road network. It owns and manages all the provincial roads, except municipal and national roads. RAL's mission is to provide a sustainable roads infrastructure network; link the economic growth areas; spearhead the province through innovative leadership; be an enabling, supportive and learning organisation; be excellent and efficient in the culture of service delivery; and remain a dedicated, ethical, responsive and proactive staff. The Entity's strategic goals are: effective road management; revenue generation; good corporate governance; stakeholder relations; effective organisational systems; and support for the Provincial Employment and Growth Development Strategy.

<p>The vision of the Mpumalanga Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Land and Environmental Affairs is of vibrant, equitable, integrated and sustainable urban and rural communities with world-class, united and prosperous agricultural, forestry and fisheries sectors, with food security for all.<br><br>The Department's mission is to lead and facilitate an integrated, comprehensive and sustainable development and social cohesion by participating and partnering with all sectors of society, through agriculture, rural development and land administration. Its strategic goals are to support the development of a sustainable agrarian reform and the large farming sector; improve access to affordable and diverse food; improve services to support healthy livelihoods; create rural jobs and promote sustainable economic livelihoods; and improve the institutional delivery environment by ensuring that there are credible Integrated Development Plans (IDPs) and skills audit.</p>

<p>The mission of the Mpumalanga Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs is to coordinate, support, monitor and strengthen an integrated cooperative governance system.</p><p>The Department's strategic goals are to: provide political strategic management, and administrative guidance and support to all the programmes of the Department; build a clean, effective, efficient, responsive and accountable local government; strengthen partnerships between local government, communities and civil society; ensure that municipalities meet the basic service needs of communities; strengthen the institutions of traditional leadership to fulfil their mandate; and exercise oversight and participate in the legislations of the Provincial Legislature.</p>