THE Presidency’s Operation Vulindlela (OV) has made markable process on accelerating implementation of priority structural reforms since its establishment in October 2020.
Presidency project management office head Rudi Dicks addressed delegates during the Manufacturing Indaba, held in Sandton on June 21, highlighting that many of the constraints within the manufacturing sector mentioned by the private sector, including load-shedding and freight issues, were within the focus areas of OV.
“Although the manufacturing sector led economic growth figures in the first quarter of the year, it was from a low base, with unreliable electricity supply and freight transport remaining binding constraints on industrial growth and manufacturing output,” Dicks acknowledged.
OV aims to get strategic sectors working again and is a major driver of the Economic Recovery and Reconstruction Plan. It follows a government-wide approach, and does not encompass one single entity performing structural reforms, but rather departments working together to effect restructuring, continuously.
Presidency private office director Saul Musker explained during the conference that the five desired outcomes of OV comprise stabilised
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