The DG outlined the revised macro structure of the Department which would ensure that the Department delivered on its mandate. Notable in the macro structure was the creation of the Social Technical Rural Livelihoods and Institutional Facilitation (STRIF) as well as the Rural Infrastructure Development (RID) branches. These branches were introduced in order to address the new mandate of rural development. In addition, a new consolidated branch of Geo-spatial services, technology development and disaster management.