Minister of Social Development Sisisi Tolashe was forced to retract a DG vacancy post she defended after President Cyril Ramaphosa clarified that the power to appoint someone in the position lay with him

Minister in the presidency for planning, monitoring and evaluation said there had been progress in implementing the country’s medium-term development plan, running from 2024 to 2029

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Local-level service delivery could be improved by the implementation of integrated development plans