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Statement on the Cabinet Meeting, 23 January 2007 Cabinet
held its first ordinary meeting of the year in Pretoria on 23 January 2007. This
meeting preceded the January Cabinet Lekgotla which was held from 23 to 25 January
2007. As is normally the case, the Cabinet Lekgotla reviewed the implementation
of government's programme of action in 2006 and identified key priorities for
2007. The outcome of the Lekgotla will be communicated by the President in his
State of the Nation Address in Parliament on 9 February 2007. The decisions of
the Lekgotla will constitute the government's programme of action for the year.
The Cabinet meeting received a report on the project to review and assess
the senior management service in the public sector. This review covered matters
such as recruitment, selection and measures to retain the services of senior managers
in the public service. The report was noted and it was agreed that more work will
be done to deal with other matters such as standardising recruitment and selection,
refining mechanisms to deal with transfers and secondment of senior managers in
the public service. The Governance and Administration cluster will finalise the
matter for submission to the July 2007 Lekgotla. The meeting approved the
State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) supplier development policy. This policy is aimed
at maximising the impact of large scale capital and related operational expenditure
programmes of SOEs on shared growth. The meeting resolved that more work would
be done to align the SOE Competitive Supplier Development Programme with the National
Industrial Participation Programme (NIPP). Cabinet noted that preparations
for the hosting of the Fourth World Congress of Rural Women (WCRM), to be held
in Durban from 19 to 26 April, were on track. An Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC)
was set up to oversee the preparations for this historic congress. The IMC will
consist of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Social Development, Finance, Education,
Safety and Security, Minister in the Presidency, Health and Home Affairs. The
following appointments were approved: - two Deputy Directors-General
(DDGs) in the Department of Education
- Mr C Savage and Ms T Seretse were
approved as non-Executive Directors of Denel
- The following were appointed
to the Board of Directors of the Greater St Lucia Wetlands Park Authority: Mr
M Msimang (Chairperson), Ms K S Mathebula, Ms G Mji, Mr E F Mfeka, Mr L M Mthombeni,
Ms S Mancotywa, Mr I M Tembe, Mr A Lax and Mr Zaloumis.
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