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South African Government Policy: Library Guide: Home

Bibliographic records and links of South African government policies, plans and strategies

Policy documents list, 1994-2013

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South Africa. Department of Higher Education and Training. The language policy framework for public higher education institutions, determined in terms of Section 27(2) of the Higher Education Act, 101 of 1997 (as amended), July 2020. Pretoria: Government Printing Works, 30 October 2020.

South Africa. National Treasury. An inclusive financial sector for all: draft for consultation. Pretoria: National Treasury, [October 2020.]

South Africa. The South African economic recovery and reconstruction plan. [Pretoria: The Presidency, October 2020.]

South Africa. Presidency. Building a new economy: highlights of the reconstruction and recovery plan. [Pretoria: The Presidency, October 2020.]

South Africa. Presidency. Building a new society: public investment in a mass employment strategy to build a  new economy. [Pretoria: The Presidency, October 2020.]

South Africa. Implementation plan for the South African reconstruction and recovery plan. [Pretoria: The Presidency, October 2020.]

Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa to the Joint Sitting of Parliament on South Africa’s Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan and Related Information, 15 October 2020.

South Africa. Department of Communications and Digital Technologies. Draft White Paper: Audio and Audiovisual Content Services Policy Framework: a New Vision for South Africa. Pretoria: Department of Communications and Digital Technologies, September 2020. 

South Africa. Department of Communications and Digital Technologies. National Digital and Future Skills Strategy. Pretoria:  Department of Communications and Digital Technologies, September 2020.

South Africa. Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries. National Waste Management Strategy 2020. Pretoria: Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries, 2020.

City of Cape Town. City of Cape Town Climate Change Strategy: Draft for Public Participation. Cape Town: City of Cape Town, 19/08/2020. Version 01.

City of Cape Town. Inclusive economic growth strategy: public draft, August 2020. Cape Town: City of Cape Town, 2020.

South Africa. Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries. South Africa's low-emission development strategy 2050. Pretoria: Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries, February 2020 (released September 2020.)

 

Introduction

This guide is a WORK IN PROGRESS. Most of the recent policies have been published online only so they will not appear in the library catalogue.  Please request a page for your topic if it is not covered.

Please e-mail me when there are BROKEN LINKS, so that I may fix them.

 

Policy-making

 Shaxson, L., Datta, A., Tshangela, M. and Matomela, B. (2016) Understanding the organisational context for evidence-informed policy-making. Pretoria: Department of Environmental Affairs; and London: Overseas Development Institute. (Working paper)

 Wills, A., M. Tshangela, N. Bohler-Muller, A. Datta, N. Funke, L. Godfrey, B. Matomela, G. Pienaary, N. Pophiwa, L. Shaxson, W. Strydom and Ke, Y. (2016) Evidence and policy in South Africa’s Department of Environmental Affairs. Pretoria: Department of Environmental Affairs and London: Overseas Development Institute. (Report)

Wills, A., Tshangela, M., Shaxson, L., Datta, A., and Matomela, B. (2016) Guidelines and good practices for evidence-informed policymaking in a government department. Pretoria: Department of Environmental Affairs; and London: Overseas Development Institute. (Report)