Department of Basic Education

TP
Executive Briefing

Welcome · Presidency

Land Reform programme slipped milestone — 1.4M title-deed target at risk.

Today's focus

Land Reform programme slipped milestone — 1.4M title-deed target at risk

Live signal

Renewable IPP Round 7 ahead of plan · 5,200 MW added

On your radar

Cabinet sequencing memo due Friday

Why this matters · citizen

Whether 62 million South Africans see life improve over five years.

NDP 2030 outcome

NDP 2030 — eliminate poverty & reduce inequality

Impact metric

58% of NDP milestones on track · target 84% by FY2030

Reading for Meaning Gr 4

19%2.1%

Target 65% by 2030

Matric pass rate

82.9%1.4%

Bachelor pass

40.5%3.1%

Schools awaiting infra

R110bn

Backlog programme

Outcomes Programme Tracker

Curriculum & nutrition rollouts

ProgrammeStageFY26 budgetDistricts
Reading for Meaning Gr 1–3PilotR12.4bn3
Maths & Science MST streamGAR28.1bn17
Early Childhood DevelopmentGAR19.7bn24
Coding & Robotics curriculumPilotR8.9bn5
School nutrition programmeScaleR41.2bn89

Office Structure · Teams & Sub-Teams

Presidency · Accounting Officer

Whole-of-Government
Principal
Director-General · Presidency
Accounting Officer
Deputies / Council
Deputy President
Leader of Government Business
Minister in the Presidency
Planning, M&E
Minister · Women, Youth & Persons with Disabilities
Cabinet
Branches / Sub-teams
Cabinet Office
28 portfolios coordinated
142 FTE
Policy & Research Services
NDP M&E owner
88 FTE
Intergovernmental Coordination
9 provinces · 257 munis
96 FTE
Private Office of the President
Diplomatic & state events
64 FTE
Corporate Management
Internal admin
210 FTE
Entities Reporting In
Brand SA
Nation brand index 47/100
GCIS
Citizen comms 24M reach
Statistics SA
GDP / CPI / QLFS publisher
NYDA
Youth opportunities R1.2bn

Branch Breakdown · Budget · Headcount · Delivery

Deep view of every branch within the office

Full breakdown
BranchBudget (R bn)FTESub-teamsDeliveryStatus
Cabinet Office
DDG: Cabinet Operations
0.421423
78%
on-track
Policy & Research Services
DDG: Policy
0.31883
84%
on-track
Intergovernmental Coordination
DDG: IGR
0.28963
61%
at-risk
Private Office of the President
Chief of Staff
0.18644—on-track
Corporate Management
COO: Presidency
0.652104
71%
on-track
Total · 5 branches1.8460017

Risk Register

Top exposures · accountable owner · mitigation

District Development Model adoption stalled in 8 districts
high
Owner: DDG: IGR
→ Direct PCC intervention Q2; deploy task team.
Coalition fragility at metro level
critical
Owner: Deputy President
→ Bilateral engagement; mediation protocol.
NDP M&E data lag of 9 months on social outcomes
medium
Owner: DDG: Policy
→ Stats SA quarterly compact.

Cross-Office Dependencies

What this office relies on from others

Fi
Finance Minister
Fiscal envelope, MTEF discipline
Au
Auditor-General
Audit signal across all portfolios
Pr
Premier (Gauteng)
Provincial delivery feedback loop
Co
Communications & Digital
Smart Gov Gateway · single citizen view

Entity Scorecards

Public entities & SOEs reporting in

Brand SA
CEO Brand SA
Nation brand index 47/100
Budget: R0.21bn
GCIS
DG: GCIS
Citizen comms 24M reach
Budget: R0.78bn
Statistics SA
Statistician-General
GDP / CPI / QLFS publisher
Budget: R1.24bn
NYDA
CEO NYDA
Youth opportunities R1.2bn
Budget: R0.49bn