SA: Fifteen years later

Almost halfway through South Africa’s second decade of freedom, government is taking stock of how far it has gone in achieving the objective of improving the quality of life of all South Africans in their report Towards a Fifteen Year Review .

The review brings particular focus to the past five years, building on conclusions of Towards a Ten Year Review, published in 2003.

The 2008 review aims to answer 3 question:

1. To what extent has the Government achieved its policy objectives?
2. Are these the appropriate policy objectives?
3. What have the past five years brought in terms of progress towards these objectives?.

The themes covered are:

1. Governance
2. Social sector
3. Economic
4. Justice, crime prevention and security
5. International relations, peace and security
6. Targeted groups
7. Major transversal post-2004 initiatives