The African National Congress,
South African Communist Party, Congress of South African Trade Unions and
the South African National Civic Organisation gathered at the Alliance
Summit, in Esselen Park, Ekurhuleni.

The focus of the Summit was to review
the implementation of the Programme of Action that emanated from our shared
electoral platform in the 2009 Election Manifesto. The alliance thanked
millions of our people for the confidence they have shown in the ANC led
alliance and returning the ANC to government in the elections held in April
2009. Summit also reconfirmed the resolutions of the last Alliance Summit
held in May 2008 and the Alliance Economic Summit held in October 2008.

The
Summit took place in the midst of the global economic crisis, which has had
a profound impact on the workers and the poor majority of our people: nearly
a million jobs have been lost in the formal sector in the course of this
year. There have been company closures, mass layoffs and deepening
indebtedness for many South Africans.

Against this background, in the
coming period we shall be working together as the Alliance on the following
key programmatic areas:

Economy development: All Alliance partners
reaffirmed the commitment to ensuring the vigorous implementation of the
NEDLAC Framework Agreement on South Africa Response to the Global Economic
Crisis. The Summit agreed that there is a need to link our short-term
counter-cyclical response with our long term objectives of transforming the
structure of the economy and moving to a different growth path. We support
Government's infrastructure investment programme as key component of South
Africa's response to the crisis.

The scale and scope of industrial policy
needs to be increased, and funding needs to be increased commensurately. The
summit agreed that the Alliance Task Team on macro-economic policy must
remain seized with reviewing and broadening the mandate of the Reserve
Bank.

National Planning Commission: The Alliance agreed with the broad
thrust of the Alliance discussion document on the Green Paper on National
Strategic Planning. In particular we agreed that there is a need for the
National Planning Commission (NPC) located in the Presidency, which will be
chaired by the Minister in the Presidency for the NPC and whose main
responsibility will be to ensure an integrated strategic planning across
government.

Towards energy security and sustainability: The summit
recognised the importance of energy security in order to advance the
developmental agenda of the country. The summit also noted with concern that
the successive tariff increase requests through the multi year price
determination by Eskom will negatively impact on society, the economy and
jobs. The summit therefore supported efforts to have the tariff increases
minimised.

The summit also agreed that we will ensure that government-led
energy policies place greater emphasis on sustainable and renewable
technologies and the creation of green jobs. We also agreed that our energy
mix must contribute to our international obligations to promote a cleaner
environment and mitigate the effects of climate change. The alliance will
conduct a campaign for energy efficiencies and to promote the use of
alternative energy sources in society.

Rural development: The Summit agreed
to work towards a comprehensive approach to rural development which will
focus on the following: food security, transformation of the apartheid
spatial reality, expansion of provision of social and economic
infrastructure, the plight of farm dwellers and farm workers and systematic
promotion of co-operatives.

Education: The Summit reaffirmed education as
a key priority of our movement. A mass campaign for basic education, public
sector workers will play a role in this campaign. The ANC-led Alliance will
launch a quality education and teaching for all - to be launched before
Alliance Education Transformation Summit next year. The Campaign will
mobilize our communities, the parents, the learners, the teachers and
government education of officials. This will include the enforcement of
"non-negotiables" agreed to at the previous Alliance Education Summit.

With regard to our approach to higher education and training the Summit
agreed to continue with a process to realign and build capacity for FET
colleges and align the SETA's to produce skills to meet our developmental
objectives. We support the call and will participate dynamically in
government led summits on Higher Education and Skills development to be
convened in 2010.

Health: The transformation of the national health system
will require strategic leadership through the Alliance to mobilize society
around a social compact for health care transformation. Central to the
implementation of the Ten-Point Plan for health care transformation is
organization and mobilization of our people.
In the period ahead we will,
working together with government and SANAC, mount a campaign for HIV and
AIDS prevention and treatment, which includes campaign for HIV/AIDS Testing
and Counseling, involving mobilization of our society.

We will also mount
an ANC-led Alliance campaign on NHI - which will involve public education,
and engagements with various sectors of society around the vision and the
principles of NHI. This campaign will also emphasise improvement in the
quality of health care in our health institutions.

Local government: The
Summit supports the development of Local Government's "Turn Around Strategy
Framework", led and driven by the ANC led Alliance and implemented by
Government at all levels, through the full involvement of communities. The
intentions of the Turn Around Strategy are to deliver quality, affordable
and reliable services to South Africans. An Alliance Summit on Local
Government will be held early next year, to focus on service delivery.

ANC Centenary Preparations
The Summit noted the centenary celebrations of
the ANC and we affirmed our support for the preparations towards 2012, which
will not be just ANC-led Alliance celebrations but for our people as a
whole.

2010 Soccer World Cup
Next year our country will host one of the
biggest sporting event in the world, the FIFA Soccer World Cup. We call on
all South Africans to rally behind Bafana Bafana, our National Team.

We
wish all South Africans a happy and safe festive seasons and a prosperous
new year. We call on those who will be on the road to exercise extreme
caution to minimize road carnage.

Issued by:
African National Congress
South African Communist Party
Congress of South African Trade Unions
South African National Civic Organisation