We urge that the officials of the department take this seriously in addressing the services to the people rather than their leisure time. We also applaud the DPME for the unannounced oversight that they take from time to time to monitor the departments in this regard and so as to deal with the hot potato of delayed payments of emerging contractors as and when they have done business and provided services to the government, safe to say that DPME has
already opted to reduce from 30 days to 15 days of payment, we applaud Government Communications Information System for overstretching even beyond our borders to communicate with other countries to set the correct tone whenever propaganda shadows us and also ironing out ...
Isizulu:
Sizobonana mkhaya, ngikutshele [we will meet and will explain it to you, my home girl]
English:
issues that might dent the country and also make the investors not be attracted to South Africa. We also applaud the Media Development and Diversity Agency, MDDA's work to develop and promote community radio stations that are well known for deepening information even in rural areas. The media diversity and development experience has some significant shortcomings that impact on its capacity to redress exclusions and marginalisation of disadvantaged communities and persons from access to the media. The media industry has to effectively and efficiently deal with changes that come with contemporary digital industry.
MDDA, under the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation would be strengthened towards the sustainability of community and small commercial media sector in South Africa given the financial pressures on community media as a result of audience fragmentation and increasing competition for the readers, viewers and audience by dedicating resources, support and facilitating capacity building. Promote media development and diversity by providing support primarily to community and small commercial media projects. The South African citizens have access to information in any language of their choice; they have greater access and options including that of ownership are some of the benefit of having MMDA.
Again, we are can't turn a blind on the role played by the Brand South Africa, of course working with other departments for example the International Relations, Trade and Industry and so forth, in promoting South African brands, in various sectors, be it food, be it beverages, music, fashion design etc because with us, we are still having that problem particularly with our artist and fashion designers. They are more or less confined within the country, but if Brand South levels the field for them, they are going to benefit a lot.
In conclusion, I applaud this department and congratulate the newly elected Minister and Deputy Minister, wishing them the best in their endeavours