{"id":35053,"date":"2021-11-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricagazette.com\/?guid=916a146208f9acad2ae8fe9232c0ca80"},"modified":"2021-11-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T00:00:00","slug":"president-to-undertake-district-development-model-ddm-visit-to-ugu-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricagazette.com\/president-to-undertake-district-development-model-ddm-visit-to-ugu-district\/","title":{"rendered":"President to undertake District Development Model (DDM) visit to Ugu District"},"content":{"rendered":"
President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Friday lead a District Development Model (DDM) visit to the Ugu District, in KwaZulu-Natal.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
In a statement on Wednesday, the Presidency said the visit would focus on the development of the Eastern Seaboard traversing the KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape provinces along a 600km stretch between the eThekwini and Buffalo City Metros. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The Eastern Seaboard Development spans two provinces, four districts and 17 municipalities situated along the 600km coastline. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The Presidency said the development constitutes one of the DDM flagship projects that are aimed at building inclusive local economies through leveraging district endowments, comparative advantages and optimising industrial structures. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The President will be accompanied by the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma; the Premiers of KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape; the Executive Mayors of Ugu, Harry Gwala, O.R. Tambo and Alfred Nzo Districts as well as Mayors of local municipalities.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cDuring this visit the President will engage with traditional leadership and business and government representatives in joint plenary discussions. The visit is part of a phased systematic process of institutionalising the DDM in practice,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The DDM methodology seeks to address better planning and integration within government and between government and social partners, with a view to enabling inclusive growth and development.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The President launched the DDM approach in 2019 to facilitate cooperative governance through sound inter-govermental planning, budgeting, implementation and monitoring.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The Eastern Seaboard Development will be pursued under the theme #BuildingTogether in keeping with the principles of the DDM approach.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: South African Government News Agency<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Friday lead a District Development Model (DDM) visit to the Ugu District, in KwaZulu-Natal.In a statement on Wednesday, the Presidency said the visit would focus on the development of the Eastern Seaboard traversing th…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n