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Although political freedom was attained in 1994, extreme poverty and underdevelopment remain major challenges facing South African society. A number of uncoordinated anti-poverty interventions are executed at various places and at different levels. This often leads to duplication and wasteful expenditure. It is this realisation that compelled the lead Department in Poverty reduction to champion a process of re-looking at the Integrated Poverty Reduction Strategy five years on. Informed by the Poverty Indaba II held August 2008 the Department in partnership with Eden District Municipality will be hosting a Regional Poverty Indaba. The purpose of this Indaba is to assist the Eden DM to develop its Anti - Poverty Strategy whilst using this experience as pilot towards developing the Provincial Anti-Poverty Strategy.
It is believed that this process will go a long way in assisting the Province to realise the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) particularly Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger. Without pre-empting the outcomes of the Indaba, it is envisaged that it will set out immediate, medium and long term interventions. A team of committed professionals from various departments, business and civil society organisations will be put in place to drive and monitor the implementation of the said interventions.
It is expected that the following questions should be able to give us direction towards working together in a coordinated and beneficial manner to the poor and vulnerable people of the Western Cape.
There is a lot happening on the business sector and their Corporate Social Investment programmes in our communities which most of them are uncoordinated or rather do not benefit the intended beneficiaries.
Naiema Aploon
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