• Prioritise green technologies, energy efficiency, waste • Develop the creative industries, prioritising training, the
management, climate-smart agriculture and infrastructure rights of creative workers, protection of intellectual property,
and eco-friendly production processes to ensure long-term and support for creatives and companies in the sector.
sustainability. This includes developing and executing a plan
to become a world player in green hydrogen, battery and • Leverage the state’s procurement budget to bolster local
electric vehicle production. businesses producing goods and services while incentivising
private enterprises to follow suit.
• Mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change,
technological changes and other trends in the context of a • Promote entrepreneurship, innovation and investment in
just transition and ensure that South Africa’s transition to a emerging industries like renewable energy, sustainable
low-carbon economy supports communities and workers in tourism, e-commerce and agro-technology.
affected areas, particularly Mpumalanga.
• Support at least 2000 black industrialists, especially women,
• Develop and expand the local digital sector through persons with disability and young people.
universal access to broadband, including at schools, making
internet access affordable, investing in infrastructure, skills • Support small-scale fishing cooperatives by ensuring
development, small enterprises and entrepreneurs, and the development of small harbours, the allocation of a
promote future industries, platforms and applications of 4IR viable basket of species and the development of alternative
technologies. livelihoods through eco-tourism and aquaculture.
• Establish and resource creative industries and digital hubs • Increase exports to global and continental markets
in townships and rural areas for digital content production, leveraging the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA),
including animation, gaming, virtual reality and augmented BRICS Plus and other bilateral relationships.
reality, photography, graphic design, sound production,
audio design, film and video production, digital art • Accelerate land reform and redistribution to reduce asset
production, transmedia and digital marketing. inequality and protect security of tenure, improve food
security and agricultural production, promote rural and
urban development and enable greater access to housing.
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