Ramaphosa Endorses Plans To Review Some Aspects of NDP

Riyaz Patel

President Cyril Ramaphosa has welcomed the National Planning Commission’s (NPC) suggestion to review aspects of the National Development Plan (NDP) and to align it with current realities and challenges.

This was needed in order to lead the country’s response to current difficulties in the economy, weaknesses in the state, and the social ills affecting communities, a statement from the presidency said.

As part of the rethink, the NPC will investigate the capacity and capability of the state to measure the implementation of NDP, as well as looking at mechanisms to better align the national Budget and the implementation of the NDP.

Ramaphosa had earlier held discussions with the NPC whose term expires in September 2019, at his Mahlamba Ndlopfu official residence in Pretoria today.

This was the first NPC meeting with the President in the current political term and the first since Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu