Source: North West Provincial Government
Title: Molewa: APRM Visit of Country Mission
Briefing notes for North West Premier, Ms Edna Molewa, during the APRM visit of the country mission, Rustenburg Civic Centre
Introduction
Following immediately after the launch and official handover of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) Country Self-Assessment Report at the Presidential Guesthouse and our own provincial process that preceded it, Premier is now receiving the country mission team to the platinum province.
Process
Premier Molewa will then introduce Members of the Executive Council (MECs) as well as District Mayors. Premier will briefly allude to the remarkable nature of the APRM process in the province, culminating in the comprehensive Provincial Consultative Report. The Premier will remark that our provincial process was a resounding success distinguished among other things by the widest possible participation of a cross section of our people including women, the aged, the youth, people with disabilities, academics, labour and the business community.
A unique province
Being a mostly rural province, the wide participation of the people of North West was facilitated by A Re Ageng, the provincial National Economic Development and Labour Council (NEDLAC) styled organisation whose work was further reinforced by (tribal) volunteers as well as our Community Development Workers (CDWs).
More uniquely, the North West provincial process of the APRM was also distinguished by the fact that it is the only province to have actively and fully involved Bogosi (traditional leadership) throughout the entire process of the APRM.
Furthermore, our comprehensive APRM Provincial Consultative Report shows amongst others that we have been very robust in our assessment that we harboured no secrets and we answered as a province honestly to questions relating to the four thematic areas of democracy and good political governance, economic governance and management, corporate governance and socio-economic development.
Challenges
As thorough going as the provincial process was it exposed the challenges in the way of high economic growth, sustainable development and sub-regional economic integration. It would be imperative for Premier to mention a few of these challenges including high unemployment rate, jobless economic growth, cheap goods being
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