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President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed performance agreements with all the ministers in his cabinet, detailing the targets they will need to meet.
“These contracts are intended to strengthen the state’s capacity and increase accountability, the presidency said in a statement on Tuesday, December 8.
“These agreements, which are based on the goals contained in the Medium-Term Strategic Framework, will be made public so that the people of South Africa can hold those elected to office accountable.”
Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has been assigned the responsibility of ensuring that ICASA has adequate resources to license 4G spectrum.
It has also been tasked with issuing a policy direction for 5G by December 2021 and ensuring that 80% of the population has access to the internet by 2024.
Cut data prices in half
Ramaphosa also said that Ndabeni-Abrahams must ensure that the current cost of mobile data is reduced by 50%.
She must ensure that South Africa is in the top 10 in Africa for the price of 1GB data price by 2024 and that the Electronic Communications Act is amended to address competition concerns.
Another of Ndabeni-Abrahams’ responsibilities will be to review the current pricing methodology in the legislation to include direct pricing regulation of retail prices.
Irregular spending must also be reduced by 100% by 2024 and the consequences of corruption and misconduct must be applied.
The agreement between Ndabeni-Abrahams and President Ramaphosa was signed on October 23, 2020 and has now been made public.
In the agreement, it is stated that this is a legal and binding performance agreement that will be used for evaluation purposes.
In cases where performance is not optimal, the president “will meet with the minister to discuss areas for improvement.” These will be incorporated into the scorecard for the next performance review.
The president can take “whatever action he deems necessary” in cases of persistent non-compliance.
The performance agreement between President Cyril Ramaphosa and Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams is included below.
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