Cabinet has approved the focus areas of Operation Vulindlela, a joint initiative of the Presidency and National Treasury to drive structural reforms.
Operation Vulindlela is aimed at stabilising the supply of electricity; creating a competitive and efficient freight logistics system; reducing the cost and improving the quality of digital communication; ensuring a stable, quality supply of water; and reforming the visa regime to facilitate skilled immigration and support tourism.
Addressing a media briefing in Pretoria, Minister in The Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said the focus areas include the completion of outstanding work in Phase 1 in the areas of energy, water, visa, and logistics reforms and new focus areas of local government, spatial inequality and digital transformation.
“Cabinet directed Operation Vulindlela, in consultation with relevant line departments, to consider additional reforms focus areas in re-industrialisation and localisation, to unlock infrastructure build, and the oil and gas sector and exploration
“Cabinet noted that South Africa remains the 8th country with the largest reserves of gas and the impeding gas cliff requires the country to build self-provisioning capacity in gas,” the Minister said on Thursday.
Cabinet is expected to hold a special meeting to focus on an Economic Growth Plan within the next four weeks. - SAnews.gov.za
