Department of Communications & Digital Technologies

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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

Smart Gov Gateway services

64/8012.0%

Single Digital ID adoption

11.2M28.0%

of 62M target

Cyber incidents · 30d

489.0%

Broadband (>10 Mbps) HH

61%3.4%

Active Policy & Regulation Pipeline

10 workstreams · DCDT-relevant

WorkstreamLead deptStatusKey date
NHI Bill — Implementation regsDoHProvisional filed2026-02-14
Climate Change Act — Carbon budgetsDFFEGranted2025-11-03
Expropriation Act regulationsPublic WorksPending2026-03-22
Electricity Regulation AmendmentEnergyProvisional filed2025-09-18
BELA Act phased rolloutBasic EducationDrafting2026-04-30
Two-Pot Retirement ReformTreasuryProvisional filed2026-01-09
FICA Greylist exit roadmapTreasuryPending2026-05-12
Public Procurement Act regsTreasuryDrafting2026-06-01
Cybercrimes Act — POPIA alignmentJusticeProvisional filed2026-02-28
Just Energy Transition frameworkPresidencyDrafting2026-07-15

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

SOC Modernisation Heatmap

State-Owned Companies under DCDT

SITA · core platform refresh38/100
SAPO · business rescue exit42/100
SABC · digital migration51/100
Sentech · DTT footprint78/100
USAASA · universal access fund64/100