Common use of ACTIONS NEEDED TO ACHIEVE Clause in Contracts

ACTIONS NEEDED TO ACHIEVE. EACH OUTPUT 4.1 OUTPUT 1: NATION-BUILDING AND DEVELOPING NATIONAL IDENTITY 4.1.1 OUTPUT 1: SUB-OUTPUT 1: CAMPAIGNS TO INFORM AND EDUCATE CITIZENS ABOUT THE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN CONSTITUTION It will be necessary to develop multiple and diverse campaigns and educational interventions to educate South Africans about the history of the Constitution, what it says, how it works and what rights and responsibilities it grants to and expects from Citizens. Such interventions will include broad, public campaigns and initiatives to support and strengthen civic education in the schools. Such campaigns need to include information about what forums and processes are available to citizens to exercise their rights in diverse places and at different tiers of government, from parliament and parliamentary forums, across Provincial government right down to ▇▇▇▇ committees at local government level. Despite numerous discussions about launching campaigns to build ‘social cohesion’, few such initiatives currently exist. More especially, there have been few public initiatives aimed at educating South Africans about their rights and responsibilities as Citizens. Given that radio is the major medium of news and information in South Africa, it will be necessary to design programmes for all media types, especially radio. Recipients of social grants will need to participate in educational workshops designed to inform them about the responsibilities that attach to citizenship, the norms and values that underpin the benefits that they receive. Citizenship education must be included in the training and preparation of public servants. Here PALAMA has an important role to play. Currently, too little focus is given to this aspect of the education and training of public servants. Moreover, the emphasis must not simply on understanding laws and regulations and how to apply them and/or operate within them. Public servants must come to understand the rights of citizens and the responsibilities that public servants have towards them as part of a broader focus on the meaning of South Africa’s democracy and the challenges of development.