Lekwa Local Municipality 2013/14 - Co-operative Governance and ...

“To be the leading, people centered municipality excelling in economic growth, development and governance”‣ Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and Girls alike, will be able to complete a full courseof primary schoolingObjective 4: Promote gender equality and empower women‣ Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education preferably by 2005 and in all levels ofeducation no later than 2015Objective 5: Reduce child mortality‣ Reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and 2015 , the under-five mortality rateObjective 6: Improve maternal health‣ Reduce by three quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the maternal mortality rateObjective 7: Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other diseases‣ Have halted by 2015, and begin to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS‣ Have halted by 2015, begin to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseasesObjective 8: Ensure environmental sustainability‣ Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes andreverse the loss of environmental resources‣ Halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water‣ Achieve significant improvement in lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers, by 2020‣ In cooperation with developing countries, develop and implement strategies for decent andproductive work for youth‣ In cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, provide access to affordable drugs in developingcountries‣ In cooperation with private sector, make available the benefits of new technology, especiallyinformation and communicationsKey Implications for Lekwa Local MunicipalityLekwa is one of the Municipality that adopted the Millennium Declaration and committed to achieving theMDG’s by 2015.The municipality has successfully achieved most of the Millennium targets especially those setto be achieved during 2008 as follows;• Eradication of bucket system by December 2007• Clean water by 2008• Decent sanitation by 2010• Decent housing by 2010• Electricity by 2012• Safe roads and storm water networks by 2013• One stop Government Centre) by 2014• Waste management and refuse Disposal by 2013• Half unemployment and poverty by 2014• Sustainable human settlements and viable communities by 2014It is plausible to conclude then that the South African Constitution and its development mandate explicitlytakes the MDGs into account, and as a consequence there remain a greater possibility that despite many achallenge, South Africa has a plan in place and a winning chance in the fight against hunger, disease,ignorance, gender equality and making South Africa, Africa and the world a better place. The report belowdemonstrates how the MDGs have been domesticated into the current priority agenda of the government.Below is a schematic layout that maps the MDGs on the national priorities.27 | P a g e - D r a f t i n t e g r a t e d D e v e l o p m e n t P l a n 2 0 1 3 / 2 0 1 4