Pretoria – Transport Minister Dipuo Peters has received approval from Cabinet on the recommendation to provide an urgent lease agreement to the Tag Yachts Ltd.
“Its objective is to initiate manufacturing of high end composite catamarans in the Port Elizabeth Harbour,” a statement by Cabinet said on Thursday.
This is for the assigned responsibility for the marine manufacturing Delivery Unit under Operation Phakisa initiatives to establish a composite Boat-Building Cluster in the Eastern Cape.
Operation Phakisa is an innovative approach that enables government and key stakeholders to transform high level plans into detailed implementation programmes to fast-track delivery of results.
The programme is an adaptation of the Big Fast Results methodology that was first applied by the Malaysian Government in the delivery of its Economic Transformation Programme and the Government Transformation Programme.
Millennium Development Goals
Meanwhile, Cabinet has approved the draft Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) close out report for South Africa which will be presented to the United Nations later this year.
The report noted that after 20 years of development, significant progress has been made in national coverage of essential services and there has been a reduction in the extreme poverty levels.
The report charts the path for a more effective post 2015 development agenda and the associated sustainable development goals.
Twende Mbele Programme
Cabinet, at its ordinary meeting on Wednesday, also approved that the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation take forward the Twende Mbele Programme in order to invest in collaboration around monitoring and evaluation across Africa.
“The Twende Mbele Programme will assist South Africa to build on and formalise existing informal partnerships, which may include bilateral agreements,” cabinet said in a statement.
African Charter on Statics
Also, the African Charter on Statics has been submitted to parliament for ratification.
The charter provides guidelines for the production of good quality statistics needed to monitor the National Development Plan, government programmes and priorities.
It is a policy framework for the development of statistics in Africa, which sets out the professional principles governing the production and management of statistics at national, regional and continental levels. – SAnews.gov.za
