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About South Africa

The Republic of South Africa joined the Southern African Development Community (SADC) as the 11th Member State in April 1994 and attended the SADC Summit for the first time in August 1994. A statement of accession to the SADC Treaty was delivered by the then Vice President of the country, Thabo Mbeki, marking a major milestone for regional integration, after a long process in which the SADC Region was at the centre.

South Africa occupies the southern-most part of the African continent stretching from the Limpopo River in the north to Cape Agulhas in the south. The country shares borders with Namibia, Botswana to the west, and Zimbabwe in the north, with Eswatini and Mozambique in the north east. It also entirely surrounds the Kingdom of Lesotho. To the west, south and east, South Africa borders the Atlantic and southern Indian oceans.

The country’s first democratic elections were held in 1994. Since then, democratic elections are held every five years and the Head of State is the President. The South African economy is the most advanced on the African continent, with a sophisticated financial system that includes one of the top 10 stock exchanges in the world, and well developed physical, telecommunications, and energy infrastructures.

Facts & Figures

Capital City: Pretoria

Area of Country: 1219090 km²

Currency: South African Rand (ZAR) R 1 = 100 cents

Website: Visit Website

Independence Day: 27 Apr 1994

Official Languages: Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu

Natural Resources: Gold, Coal, Platinum, Iron Ore, Copper, Timber, Sugar, Fish, Sea and Marine Resources, Wildlife

National Planning Entity The Department of Planning Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) in the Presidency is responsible for the coordination of the planning system in South Africa and it also facilitates the implementation of the National Development Plan (NDP) through the development of sector-specific and outcome-specific medium-term plans and delivery agreements, and monitor and evaluate the implementation of these plans. DPME provides administrative support to the National Planning Commission, it also informs and guide all government policy and legislation by ensuring the development of coherent and constitutionally sound national policy and providing comments on policy and legislation developed by other government departments

Programmatic Working Areas

Macroeconomic management and GDP projections

Public investment coordination

Coordination of poverty alleviation initiatives and monitoring

Coordination of the sustainable development agenda

Coordination of implementation of the national population policy

Coordination of regional integration activities

National Development Plan (2023-2028)

Aid coordination and management

Key Documents

Protecting our fisheries

Author: SADC
Date: 22 April 2024
URL: Link
Thematic Area: Environmental Protection

Guidelines for Multilateral Environmental Agreements

Author: SADC
Date: 05 April 2024
URL: Link
Thematic Area: Environmental Protection

From Systemic Risks to Systemic Resilience

Author: SADC
Date: 10 March 2024
URL: Link
Thematic Area: Health

Contact

DPME

Office of the Director General

Dr Robert Nkuna

Email: Brenda@dpme.gov.za, Robert@dpme.gov.za

Tel: 0712699639

National Planning Coordination

Mr Lindsay Martin

Email: Lindsay@dpme.gov.za

Tel: 0674061082

Public Sector Monitoring

Adv Gugulethu Thimane

Email: Gugu.Thimane@dpme.gov.za

Tel: +27 823901346

Evaluation, Evidence & Knowledge Systems

Mr Godfrey Mashamba

Email: Godfrey.Mashamba@dpme.gov.za

Tel: +27 828043758

Sector Monitoring

Ms Josephilda Nhlapho-Hlope

Email: Josephilda@dpme.gov.za

Tel: +27 71 609 8582

NPE Address

330 Grosvenor Street Hatfield

Pretoria, 0028

Postal Address:

Private Bag X 944

Pretoria, 0001