National Dialogue paused to ‘protect neutrality’ ahead of election
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The National Dialogue process will enter a temporary pause from September to December to safeguard its neutrality ahead of the upcoming local government elections.
Scheduled for November 4, the election date was recently officially announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa.
The steering committee resolved to implement the “pause and reflection period” on the National Dialogue to “protect the non-partisan credibility, integrity, and independence of the dialogue during a time of heightened political campaigning”.
The country is currently celebrating three decades of constitutional democracy under the national theme: “One Constitution; One Nation: Reflect, Renew, Recommit”.
The steering committee stressed that despite the pause, the mission of the National Dialogue remains to advance a “shared national vision built on accountability and ethical leadership, social justice and human dignity and democratic participation and social cohesion”.
Meanwhile, last week, it formally adopted the Pilot Dialogue Implementation Framework.
This critical working guide outlines the path for the national pilot process, marking a historic transition from strategic planning to direct citizen engagement across South Africa.
The newly adopted framework maps out an approach to building the governance, operational and participation architecture of the dialogue, with the goal of creating a credible, inclusive and citizen-led process.
The operational rollout of the pilot phase is scheduled to commence in June and conclude in August. During this phase, 39 sectors of the National Dialogue will coordinate a total of 195 pilot dialogues, including ward-based, digital, media-based and sectoral dialogues across all nine provinces of South Africa.
The steering committee emphasised that the Implementation Framework remains a working operational guide that will continue to evolve through implementation learning processes, sectoral coordination and ongoing institutional refinement.
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