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Intergovernmental Relations Framework Act, 2005 (Act No. 13 of 2005)

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Regulations Framing the Institutionalisation of the District Development Model, 2024

Chapter 3 : Institutional Arrangements for Implementation of DDM

5. Role of President and Minister

 

(1) Institutional arrangements for the DDM  must  be  aimed  at sustaining a programmatic approach to cooperative governance and intergovernmental relations centred around a One Plan.

 

(2) The President is the overall champion of the DDM and may appoint members of the national executive as National DDM Champions for each district and metropolitan space.

 

(3) The President of the Republic must approve a framework determining the roles and responsibilities of the National DDM Champions.

 

(4) The Presidency must oversee the impact of national policies, the National Development Plan, and national sector planning and budgeting coherence towards district and metro spaces development.

 

(5) The President must, receive reports from provinces, provide feedback and strategic guidance to provinces in respect of the implementation of the DDM.

 

(6) The President may establish a Presidency Steering Committee on the DDM, comprising of senior officials from selected national departments, which must fulfill an overall coordination function in line with the DDM champion role ascribed to the President.

 

(7) The Director-General in the Presidency must draft internal procedures as outlined in section 33 of the Act, for the Presidency Steering Committee established as contemplated in subsection (1) for adoption by the Steering Committee.

 

(8) The Minister is responsible for the institutionalisation and implementation of the DDM in terms of the cooperative governance mandate of DCoG and as directed by the President of the Republic.