The DPME has tracked what we have done as a country in the past 25 years. We will make that 25-year review document available to you in the next 100 days. That is what we will do. We are just binding it now.
Secondly, in 2017, this Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation gave us a mid-term review of government work, and what the fifth government had done from 2012 to 2017. They gave us the mid-term review. They have also given us from this year to 2024, a medium-term strategic framework, precisely because of what they are mandated to do.
Borrowing from what the President had given us as the priorities in the next five years, this department gave us the Medium-Term Strategic Framework. Indeed, this is being populated by all departments in our national government, in our provinces as well as in our localities.
Therefore, we can confirm that there is indeed a role for this department in the work of our government. Apart from monitoring work, government-wide in all departments and provinces, monitoring whether we are meeting these obligations that the President said we must meet in the Sona, we are also doing, as we have said in our document, frontline monitoring. We monitor whether services at frontline-level delivery points are being given as they should.
Secondly, we also rely on our community-based monitoring, where we interact with our communities through this department, in ensuring
that communities get from government all the services that they are supposed to get.
Indeed, through this department, we are able to go to the President and say: A community of such an area is not getting service A, service B, service C, therefore, President, please, crack the whip on the relevant departments.
As you will also know, amongst many other things that this department does, we are responsible for co-ordinating izimbizo. This will co-ordinate to which communities the President, the Deputy President, Ministers and Deputy Ministers will go to see whether our government is delivering as it should to all our people.
Notwithstanding the fact that we don't have an integrated planning framework, we are still able to plan, working with our national departments, our provinces as well as with our local authorities, including the districts. We are saying that we are going to enhance that planning framework by bringing before this Parliament an Integrated Planning Framework Bill, within the 100 days of this sixth administration.
We would like to again thank all those who have participated. Initially, this department received almost a R1 billion from Treasury this year, but because some entities were moved from the department, particularly the NYDA, to the Department of Women, Youth and People with Disabilities, about R500 million went with that entity to the Department of Women, Youth and People with Disabilities in the Presidency.
Therefore, the budget that we are requesting this hon House to pass is a budget that is standing at around half a billion rand for the year 2019-20.
Again, we would like to thank all of the colleagues. By the way, all countries in the world have plans, either development plans for five years or planning urgencies for five years. We are part of the development world where we have decided that there must be some vision that guides our work in government. That vision is the NDP. In that vision, all of us have said, by 2030 - let's not jump the gun - we must have reduced unemployment to at least 6%. [Interjections.] We are not in 2030 now. Watch this space. Just watch it. [Interjections.]
We also said, Mokause, ... [Interjections.] ... hon Mokause, my friend, that by 2030, we must have improved the performance of our economy, at least, to stand at 5,4% of the GDP. [Interjections.] All we are asking from you is to watch this space. [Interjections.] Just watch this space. When we arrive at 2030, then we can have this discourse again. I will be waiting for you there. Thank you.
Debate concluded.
The mini-plenary session rose at 18:39. -----------------------