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Chapter| Introduction and Strategy• Priority Area 4: Funding, comprising the following objective To mobilise funding to address backlogs within the performance timeframe.• Priority Area 5: Institutional, comprising the following two objectives To produce a single provincial institutional framework for the water sector (i.e. to establish asingle provincial water board). To review the current institutional policy environment in order to establish institutions bestplaced to deliver on the performance targets (i.e. to review the current institutional frameworkpowers and functions).2.2.5 Government Outcomes and the Executive Authority, the Minister of Water andEnvironmental Affairs, Edna Molewa’s Response (December 2010)• Government has agreed on twelve (12) strategic outcomes to focus its work to 2014: Outcome 1 (Education) “Quality of our basic education” Outcome 2 (Health) “A long and healthy life for all South Africans” Outcome 3 (Security) “All people in South Africa are, and feel safe” Outcome 4 (Employment) “Decent employment through inclusive economic growth” Outcome 5 (Skills) “Skilled and capable workforce to support an inclusive growth plan” Outcome 6 (Infrastructure) “An efficient, competitive and responsive infrastructure network” Outcome 7 (Rural Development) “Vibrant, equitable, sustainable rural communities,contributing towards food security for all” Outcome 8 (Human Settlement) “Sustainable human settlements and improved quality ofhousehold life” Outcome 9 (Local Government) “Responsive, accountable, effective and efficient localgovernment system” Outcome 10 (Environment) “Protect and enhance our environmental assets and naturalresources” Outcome 11 (International) “Create a better South Africa, a better Africa and a better world” Outcome 12 (Public Service) “An efficient, effective and development oriented public serviceand an empowered, fair and inclusive citizenship”• Each outcome has a delivery agreement with the pertinent sphere of government, which whencombined; reflect government’s delivery and implementation plans for the country’s foremostpriorities to 2014.• In respect of this, the Executive Authority, the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, hasidentified ultimate responsibility to fulfil nine water related outputs of six identified outcomes asshown in Table 2.2.Table 2.2: Executive Authority’s response to the twelve government outcomes, showing six identified outcomesand nine water-related outputs.Selected Outcomes of GovernmentOutcome 10 (Environment) “Protect and enhance ourenvironmental assets and natural resources”Outcome 6 (Infrastructure ) “An efficient, competitiveand responsive infrastructure network”Outcome 7 (Rural Development) “Vibrant, equitable,sustainable rural communities, contributing towardsfood security for all”Page 8 Umgeni Water Five-Year Business Plan | 2011/2012 to 2015/2016Contribution by Executive Authority to Specific OutputsExecutive Authority will LeadOutput 1: Enhanced quantity and quality of our water resources.Executive Authority will LeadOutput 4: Maintenance and supply availability of our bulk waterinfrastructure.Executive Authority will Contribute toOutput 1: Sustainable agrarian reform andOutput 3: Access to rural services.