STATEMENT OF THE ANC NATIONAL WORKING COMMITTEE
The ANC National Working Committee (NWC) held one of its fortnightly meetings on Monday (30 March 2009).
The meeting considered progress on work towards ensuring a seamless transition to a new ANC administration following the 22 April election. The ANC is determined that the incoming government begin immediately to implement its mandate.
The meeting reviewed a report from the ANC's transitional management team. Among the issues covered in the report are proposed changes to cabinet - the division of the education ministry into two and the establishment of a ministry for rural development - and the setting up of a planning, monitoring and evaluation unit in the Presidency. This work will be supported by an ANC policy delivery and evaluation unit to be located at the ANC Policy Institute.
In an ongoing exercise to strengthen the movement, the ANC will update its membership database and ensure that the organisation is aware of where the human resource capacity of the movement is located. All ANC members are encouraged to dedicate their skills to community development initiatives, especially the establishment of street committees.
The NWC received a report on the current status of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system to be implemented in Johannesburg, Cape Town, the Nelson Mandela Metro and Tshwane.