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

Policy documents list, 1994-2013

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City of Cape Town. [Draft] Cape Town 2050 Long-term Plan. Cape Town: City of Cape Town, [2025]. Comments invited for 1 July to 12 September 2025. 

South Africa. Department of Small Business Development. National business licensing policy (NBLP): ‘Towards a Cohesive Approach to Business Licensing’ . Approved by Cabinet on 28 May 2025. Pretoria: Government Printing Works, June 2025. In: South Africa. Government gazette no. 52914 (27 June 2025), notice no. 6372. 

Western Cape. Department of Infrastructure. Western Cape Infrastructure Framework 2050. Cape Town: Department of Infrastructure, 2025. Released February 2025

CapeNature. 2025 Western Cape Protected Areas Expansion Strategy adopted by the Provincial Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning by Provincial notice 75/2025 of 27 June 2025, in Provincial Gazette no. 9094. 

Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa: Review of White Paper on the Local Government Political Dialogue, 23 June 2025. 

South Africa. Department of Public Works and Infrastructure ; South African Council for the Project and Construction Management Professions. [Draft] Integrated social facilitation framework: social facilitation for integrated, sustainable development that benefits both projects and local communities. Pretoria: Government Printing Works, June 2025. In: South Africa. Government gazette no. 52787 (2 June 2025), Board notice 789 of 2025. Annexure A, Social facilitation lifecycle: workflow process systems. Annexure B, Community engagement frameworkFor comment.

South Africa. Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development. Vaal River regional spatial development framework, March 2025. Pretoria: Government Printing Works, June 2025. In: South Africa. Government gazette no. 52816 (6 June 2025), General notice 3266 of 2025. 

South Africa. Department of Electricity and Energy. South African Renewable Energy Masterplan (SAREM): an inclusive industrial development plan for the renewable energy and storage value chains by 2030. Pretoria: Department of Electricity and Energy, April 2025. (Released June 2025.)

South Africa. Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment. Climate Adaptation Response Plan for South Africa’s Coastal Sector. Pretoria: Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, 2025. 

South Africa. Department of Public Works and Infrastructure. [Draft] Integrated social facilitation framework: social facilitation for integrated, sustainable development that benefits both projects and local communities. Pretoria: Government Printing Works, June 2025. In: South Africa. Government gazette no. 52787 (2 June 2025), Board notice 789 of 2025. Annexure A, Social facilitation lifecycle: workplace social systemsAnnexure B, Community engagement framework

South Africa. Department of Employment and Labour. White paper on national labour migration policy for South Africa, May 2025. Pretoria: Government Printing Works, May 2025. In: South Africa. Government Gazette no. 52747 (29 May 2025), General norice no. 3234 of 2025 and Government Gazette no. 52751 (30 May 2025), General notice 3636 of 2025

South Africa. Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources. Critical minerals and metals strategy: South Africa. Pretoria: Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources, 2025. (Released May 2025.)

South Africa. Department of Tourism. National Astro-Tourism  Strategy &  Implementation Plan: Pilot year 2023, (2024-2034). Pretoria: Government Printing Works, May 2025. In: South Africa. Government gazette no. 52725 (23 May 2025), General notice 3229 of 2025.

South Africa. Department of Transport. Draft Comprehensive Civil Aviation Policy. Pretoria: Government Printing Works, May 2025. In: South Africa. Government Gazette no. 52726 (23 May 2025), Government notice no. 6220. For comment. 

South Africa. Department of Sport, Arts and Culture. Draft national policy for heritage memorialization. Version 1. Pretoria: Department of Sport, Arts and Culture, April 2025. For comment. 

South Africa. South Africa's Roadmap for the Digital Transformation of Government. [Pretoria: The Presidency, 2025.]

South Africa. Independent Electoral Commission. Policy discussion document: exploring the implementation of electronic voting in South Africa, 2025. Pretotia: IEC, HSRC, 2025. 

City of Cape Town. Conferment of civic honours draft policy. Cape Town: City of Cape Town, [May 2025.]

 

NOTICE

The Western Cape Provincial Government has recently replaced its website. This means that most publications now have broken links. If you substitute d7 for www in the URL, you should find the publications. 

Jagger Library Fire of 18 April 2021

Our collection of policy documents was lost in the Jagger Library Fire of 18 April 2021. If you need a title that is not online, we will request a copy from another library. 

Documents saved from the fire or received since will have shelf numbers in green.

Reference book

 Fox, W., M. S. Bayat, and I. W. Ferreira. A Guide to Managing Public Policy  Cape Town: Juta, 2006. Main Library Shelf no. 320.6 GUID.
 

Policy-making

South Africa. Presidency. National policy development framework 2020. Pretoria: The Presidency, 2020.

Western Cape. Department of the Premier. Chief Directorate: Policy and Strategy. Policy and strategy development guidelines, 2013. Cape Town: Department of the Premier, 2013. 

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)

World Health Organization. A framework for national health policies, strategies and plans. Geneva: World Health Organization, June 2010.

Overview Paper:  What is Evidence-Based Policy-Making and Implementation? [Pretoria : Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation,] October 2014. 

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