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In Progress (174)

Criminal Justice
- Corruption
  - Zondo recommendations
- Court audio-visual systems
  - Streamlining court recording processes
    - Modernising court technology and improving judicial efficiency.
- FATF
  - Legislative changes
    - General Laws (anti-money laundering and combating terrorism financing — AML/CFT) Amendment Act
- FIC
  - Bank compliance review
    - Bank compliance review (per Zondo recommendation)
- Institutional reform
- Judiciary
  - Judicial reform
    - Judicial full independence/judicial autonomy
- SARS
  - Lifestyle audits
    - Lifestyle audits
Economic
- Addressing spatial inequality
  - Clear the backlog of title deeds and make the titling system more accessible and affordable
  - Release public land and buildings for affordable housing and other development
  - Restore passenger rail services
  - Review land use, building and other regulations to enable low-cost property developments
    - Review and adjust regulations to remove barriers to low-cost housing development
  - Strengthen demand-side housing policy to support densification
    - Introduce a demand-side rental subsidy for affordable housing
    - Redesign the First Home Finance subsidy to increase uptake
- Climate and environment
  - Climate Change Act
    - Climate Change Bill enacted
- Digital transformation infrastructure
  - Create trusted digital channels for accessing information and services.
    - Establish a zero-rated platform for access to government information.
    - Establish a zero-rated platform for access to government services through multiple channels.
  - Develop and implement a Digital Transformation Roadmap for South Africa
    - Digital infrastructure roadmap
    - Establish an Inter-Departmental Working Group (IDWG)
  - Establish a data exchange for evidence-based policymaking and service delivery
    - Digital transformation: Enable bulk data access to research; monitor and improve service delivery
    - Enable real time data access through a data exchange for key administrative databases.
  - Implement a digital identity (ID) system for secure and remote access to services.
    - Establish universal biometric enrolment & introduce a foundational digital ID system
  - Introduce digital payments for cost-effective and dignified transactions.
    - Establish a payment bridge and switch to enable seamless transactions with government.
    - Introduce payment standards and interoperability through Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS).
- Electricity
  - Enable municipalities to procure from households
    - Enabling municipalities to procure excess electricity from households
  - Eskom land use programme
    - Eskom land use programme
  - Higher EAF
    - Pathway to stabilisation – Eskom leadership
    - Pathway to stabilising power supply and achieving higher Eskom EAF
  - IRP 2019 procurement
  - IRP 2024 procurement
  - Legal and regulatory reforms
    - Energy Security Bill
    - ERA Bill/Act
  - Other issues
    - Eskom Distribution company unbundling
    - Eskom Generation company unbundling
  - Pathway to electricity markets
  - Processes optimisation.
    - Energy One Stop Shop
  - Reform municipal distribution
    - Municipality Eskom debt workout strategy
  - Transmission reform
- Financial sector reforms
  - AI governance principles for financial institutions
    - Include AI governance principles in the Joint Standard on Culture and Governance with a financial sector focus.
  - Boosting long-term investment
    - Capital flows management framework review; fostering business growth and promoting investment in the region.
  - Cash Market Fallback Methodology Reform
    - Transitioning cash market products (loans, bonds, money market instruments) from JIBAR to ZARONIA by defining a fallback methodology: compounded ZARONIA + credit adjustment spread (CAS)
  - Climate-resilient investment framework
    - Mandatory task force on climate-rated financial disclosures (TCFD) reporting
  - Conduct of Financial Institutions Bill (COFI)
    - Enact COFI Bill to harmonise market regulation
  - Credit information system enhancement
    - Improving credit information and reporting through national credit bureau and data-sharing reforms.
  - Digital infrastructure and financial regulation
    - Comprehensive upgrade and rollout of South Africa’s digital identity verification system. Verification for both public and private sector services, including banks, insurers and telcos.
  - Economics and statistics returns modernisation
    - National Treasury and Stats SA are implementing new data collection protocols, digital platforms and legislative reforms to modernise the national statistics system
  - Enhanced cybersecurity standards for financial institutions
    - New requirements for cybersecurity resilience, eg, all financial institutions to adopt robust cybersecurity, risk management and incident response frameworks
  - Financial inclusion and deposit insurance
    - Deepening financial inclusion for individuals – NT to implement strategy
  - Financial innovation to improve competitiveness and inclusion
    - Crypto asset policy.
    - Supporting SMEs through payments innovation
    - Synthetic Financial Centre
    - Tokenisation (aka Blockchain)
  - Fintech and digital finance regulation
    - Regulation of fintech, crypto assets and digital payment providers
  - Foreign exchange system modernisation
    - Modernise forex system for trade and investment to align with OECD code of liberalisation
  - Funeral insurance regulations review
    - Comprehensive review and overhaul of the regulatory framework for the distribution of funeral insurance
  - Green finance taxonomy development
    - Develop a national green finance classification system
  - Market abuse regulation expansion
    - Extension of market abuse rules to new asset classes as part of market integrity reforms.
  - Market infrastructure conduct standard
    - New standards for exchanges and market infrastructures.
  - Mutual banks regulatory updates
    - New reporting requirements and supervision.
  - National Financial Ombud Scheme (NFO) launch
    - Consolidation of four ombuds offices into a single redress system.
  - National Payments System (NPS) Act Amendments
    - Real-time, low-cost payment platform (SARB project Khokha) with the potential to boost financial inclusion.
  - Over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives regulation; margin requirements reporting via Umoja platform
    - Implementation of regulatory reporting requirements for margin on non-centrally cleared OTC derivatives, using the Umoja platform to submit returns
  - Pension funds governance and oversight
    - Strengthening governance and investment oversight in pension funds through new standards and proactive supervision
  - Retirement reform
    - Unclaimed assets – existing unclaimed retirement fund benefit provisions
  - Revised standardised approach for credit risk (Basel III)
    - Implementation of Basel III reforms to enhance risk sensitivity, granularity and consistency in credit risk calculations
  - SARB emergency liquidity assistance (ELA) framework
    - Strengthening liquidity support for banks through enhanced assessment and support mechanisms
  - Transition from JIBAR to ZARONIA
    - Move to new benchmark rate for money markets by phasing out JIBAR benchmark rate.
- Freight Logistics
  - Introduce private sector participation in ports and rail
    - Identify and pursue appropriate PSP models for the rail network
  - Legislation and regulatory reforms
  - Market reforms
  - Transnet separation
    - Establish independent infrastructure manager
    - TNPA corporatisation
  - Turnaround plans
- Labour reforms
  - Labour legislative amendments
- Other Energy
  - Hydrogen economy
    - Production – Boegoebaai
  - Legislative reform
    - National Petroleum Company Bill (aka Eskom 2.0)
    - UPRD Act
  - Other energy planning
    - Gas Utilisation Masterplan (GUMP)
    - Integrated Energy Plan (IEP)
- Other infrastructure
  - Deeds office reform
    - Digitalisation process
- Other red tape
  - Mining cadastral system
    - New cadastral system
- Telecoms
  - Spectrum auction process
    - Analogue switch off
    - Spectrum auction
- Transport
  - Road accident insurance reform
    - Road Accident Fund reform
- Visas
  - Reform the visa system to attract skills and investment
    - Clear the backlog of visa applications and reduce processing times
    - Implement the points-based system for the skilled work visa
  - Revising key skills list
    - Regularise critical skills list updates
  - Streamline the tourist visa system to grow tourist arrivals
    - Implement a fully automated Electronic Travel Authoriation (ETA) system
    - Implement e-Gates at major ports of entry
  - Work visa process reform
- Water
  - Develop and implement a National Water Action Plan
    - Develop a National Water Action Plan
  - Hydropower Independent Producer Programme (HIPP)
    - Water hydropower licensing
  - Independent water regulator
    - Strengthen intervention in municipalities that fail to meet minimum norms and standards for water service delivery.
  - Municipal water strategy
    - Blue Drop / Green Drop publication
  - National Water Crisis Committee
    - Establish a coordination structure to oversee implementation of the National Water Action Plan
  - Raw Water Pricing Strategy
    - Policy document and implementation
  - Raw Water Use Charges
    - Permanent strategy implemented
  - Strengthen the regulation of water service provision
    - Amend the Water Services Act to create a separation between water service authorities and water service providers.
    - Establish an independent water regulator to strengthen oversight of water services
  - Water Investment Authority
    - National Water Resources Infrastructure Agency Act
    - Water Partnerships Office
  - Water use licence timelines.
    - Consistent 90-day turnaround
Governance
- Electoral reform
  - e-voting
    - Introduce e-voting gradually
- Local government
  - Review the institutional structure of the local government system.
    - Update the White Paper on Local Government to reflect a fit-for-purpose local government system.
  - Review the local government fiscal framework, including the use of conditional grants.
    - Review and amend the Municipal Financial Management Act (MFMA).
    - Review the local government fiscal framework to enhance equity and service delivery.
  - Shift to a utility model for water and electricity services to ensure financial and operational sustainability
    - Implement the trading services reform programme to create professionally managed utilities in all metros.
    - Separate the functions of authority and service provider for water and electricity services in municipalities.
  - Standardise and professionalise the appointment of senior officials in local government.
    - Extend oversight of the Public Service Commission (PSC) to local government.
    - Undertake an audit of municipal managers and CFOs to assess compliance with standards.
- Private sector
  - Legislative reform
    - Amendments to Companies Act
- Public services
  - Ministerial performance contracts
    - Contracts written
    - Performance reviews undertaken
  - Office holder propriety
    - Lifestyle audits.
  - Parliament
    - Establish standing appointment and oversight committee (Zondo).
    - Presidency oversight committee (Zondo)
  - Professionalisation agenda
- SOE Governance Reform
  - Eskom
  - Government SOE guarantee framework reform
    - Eskom conditionality
    - Transnet guarantee conditionality
  - Transparency
    - Publication of shareholder compacts
  - Zondo-related reforms
    - PSEC made independent
    - Removal of ANC deployment committee
- Sound finances
  - PFMA reform
    - Public Procurement Act

Completed (45)

Criminal Justice
- FATF
  - AML/CFT supervisory capacity
    - FIC
    - FSCA
  - Beneficial ownership information
    - Changing law.
  - Cross-border money value transfer services (MVTS)
    - Action taken against unlicensed entities
  - Designated Non-Financial Businesses and Professions (DNFBPs)
    - Improve risk-based categorisation and supervision
  - Enforcement action
    - SAPS demonstrates increase in requesting information
  - Institutional capacity and training
  - Legislative changes
    - Protection of Constitutional Democracy Against Terrorism and Related Actives Amendment Act
  - Outbound MLA requests
    - FATF Grey Listing Remediation
    - Proactive response
  - Sanctions
    - Institutional framework for sanctions
    - Legal framework for sanctions
  - Terrorism financing
    - Counter terrorism financing strategy plan
    - Terrorism financing risk assessment update – Non-profit Organisations (NPOs)
- SARS
  - Systems upgrade
    - AI deployment
Economic
- Climate and environment
  - Update SAs National Determined Contributions
    - Updated nationally determined contributions (NDCs)
- Electricity
  - Higher EAF
    - Increase in planned Eskom maintenance
  - IRP 2024 procurement
    - Integrated Resource Plan 2025
  - Legal and regulatory reforms
  - Pathway to electricity markets
    - Standard Offer to acquire electricity programme
  - Processes optimisation.
  - Transmission reform
    - Interim Grid Capacity Allocation Rules (IGCAR)
- Financial sector reforms
  - Bank resolution and deposit insurance
    - SARB empowered to manage systematically important financial institutions (SIFIs) failures.
  - Financial inclusion and deposit insurance
    - Corporation for Deposit Insurance (CODI)
  - GFECRA Settlement Framework Reform
    - Restructuring the Gold and Foreign Exchange Contingency Reserve Account to manage forex reserves and reduce government borrowing.
  - Leverage ratio – revised exposure definition
    - Implementation of the Basel III revised leverage ratio, including an updated exposure definition to better capture both on- and off-balance sheet risks.
  - Prudential regulation strengthening
    - Risk-based supervision and capital adequacy reforms through enhanced monitoring, stress testing and reporting
  - Retirement reform
    - Two-pot system/early access to retirement funds
  - Revised operational risk framework (Basel III)
    - Replace all previous operational risk capital approaches (advanced measurement approach and three standardised approaches) with a single, risk-sensitive standardised approach for all banks
- Freight Logistics
  - Introduce private sector participation in ports and rail
    - Establish the private sector participation (PSP) unit
  - Legislation and regulatory reforms
    - Establish Interim Rail Economic Regulatory Capacity (IRERC)
  - Market reforms
    - Port concessioning – Durban
  - Transnet separation
    - Establish interim infrastructure manager
  - Turnaround plans
Governance
- SOE Governance Reform
  - Government SOE guarantee framework reform
    - New framework including reform conditionality
  - Transnet
    - Appointment of TNPA Board

Halted (28)

Criminal Justice
- Corruption
  - Zondo recommendations
    - National Anti-Corruption Charter
    - Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act (PRECCA) reform to strengthen obligation on private sector to prevent corruption
Economic
- Electricity
  - Emergency round procurement (RMIPPP)
    - Gas electricity (floating) projects
  - Higher EAF
    - VGBE report recommendations implemented by Eskom
  - IRP 2019 procurement
    - Mozambique electricity imports
  - IRP 2024 procurement
    - New coal-fired electricity BW1
    - New coal-fired electricity BW2
- Financial sector reforms
  - Financial inclusion and deposit insurance
    - Improved access for SMEs, diversification, innovation, competitiveness
- Freight Logistics
  - Legislation and regulatory reforms
  - Market reforms
    - DoT private sector participation unit
    - Rail Network Statement
  - Restore passenger rail services
    - Devolution of Commuter Rail Strategy
- Other red tape
  - Informal settlement barriers to entry
    - Red tape reduction unit work
- Passenger rail
  - Active devolution
    - Actual devolution
- Visas
  - E-visa tourist entry
    - Expanded list of countries
  - Work visa process reform
    - Process stream lining
- Water
  - Hydropower Independent Producer Programme (HIPP)
    - Licensing and production
  - Municipal water strategy
    - Municipal intervention strategy
Governance
- Public services
  - Ministerial performance contracts
    - Contracts publicly available
    - Performance reviews published
  - Professionalisation agenda
    - End to cadre deployment (practice)
- SOE Governance Reform
  - Transnet
    - Proper Chinese walling of Infrastructure Manager in TFR
  - Zondo-related reforms
    - Independent SOE director and CEO appointment processes
- Structure of government
  - Reduced size of government