... of the Head of Public Administration as an NDP requirement for the professionalisation of the public service is long overdue. We are therefore developing an implementation strategy to give effect to the National Development Plan, NDP, proposal to establish the office of the Head of the Public Administration by end of this financial year. The proposal will be negotiated with key role players in government to make it happen. The current work of the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation on the implementation of the Performance Management and Development System of the head of departments, heads of departments, HODs, will be part of the roles and responsibilities of such an office. Conversely, we will continue to champion the objectives of the NDP with regard to the absorption of women and youth into mainstream economic activities. In accordance with the injunction of the NDP, we must create work opportunities for women and youth in the public service. The NDP is very emphatic in this regard, and it says:
Public employment should expand, with a focus on youth and women. It is expected that public employment will provide the equivalent of two million full-time jobs by 2020
It is time also that more opportunities are opened for young people and women, in particular, to play a key role in our efforts to grow South Africa. [Interjections.]