Executive Report — for appraisal of the Director-General and the Premier Implementation Plan Portal
Gauteng Provincial Government · Gauteng City Region Academy · Programme Management Directorate

Public Sector Capacity Development 2026/27–2027/28:
The Business Case Writing Programme and the Adult Education and Training Programme

Executive report for the appraisal of the Director-General and the Honourable Premier
Prepared by Programme Management Directorate (PMD), GCRA Date July 2026 Classification Internal — Executive

1. Executive Summary

The Gauteng City Region Academy's Programme Management Directorate is delivering two capacity-development programmes under the Transversal Skills Development and Governance Framework (TSDGF) for the 2026/27 and 2027/28 financial years: the Business Case Writing Programme, capacitating officials at salary levels 9–12 to write clear, defensible Business Cases; and the Adult Education and Training (AET) Programme, enabling officials at salary levels 2–6 without Grade 12, and Gauteng Traffic Wardens without Grade 12, to obtain a National Senior Certificate.

Both programmes target a concrete, recurring problem. Business Cases that are unclear or inaccurate cause tenders to stall or be counselled — the Business Case Writing Programme addresses this directly. A total of 13,358 officials at salary levels 2–6 and 469 of 8,624 active Gauteng Traffic Wardens lack a Grade 12 qualification — closing this gap opens career progression and bursary opportunities that are otherwise foreclosed.

What is being asked of the Director-General and the Premier: endorsement of both programmes and their 2026/27–2027/28 schedules; support in confirming a training provider for the Business Case Writing Programme given that the University of Johannesburg, National Treasury and Provincial Treasury do not provide the required training; and receipt of quarterly governance reporting.

2. The Two Programmes at a Glance

ProgrammeWhat it isAudienceTimeline
Business Case Writing Programme Trains officials to write clear, accurate and defensible Business Cases, reducing tenders that stall or are counselled due to unclear specifications Officials at salary levels 9–12 across the 15 GPG departments dealing with medium-to-large-scale projects Jun – Oct 2026
Adult Education and Training (AET) Programme Second Chance Matric and AET Levels 1–4 (Level 4 equivalent to Grade 9), piloted with Gauteng Traffic Wardens ahead of wider roll-out Officials at salary levels 2–6 without Grade 12 (13,358 identified); Gauteng Traffic Wardens without Grade 12 (469 of 8,624, aged 36–63) Apr 2026 – Aug 2027

The Business Case Writing Programme's training-provider picture requires executive attention: of the five prospective partners convened (NSG, UJ, National Treasury, Provincial Treasury, Wits), UJ, National Treasury and Provincial Treasury do not provide the required training, leaving NSG and Wits as the remaining prospective providers, with meetings to those two still to be convened.

3. Implementation Roadmap

3.1 Business Case Writing Programme

WhenMilestone
12 Jun – 15 Jul 2026Stakeholder meetings convened (NSG, UJ, National Treasury, Provincial Treasury, Wits)
14–16 Jul 2026Submission approved by the Director-General
14–24 Jul 2026Trainees profiled (salary levels 9–12)
3–15 Aug 2026SCM processes concluded
18–20 Aug 2026Training scheduled
1–30 Sep 2026Training delivered
1–15 Oct 2026Close-out report with skills-transfer cascade plan

3.2 AET Programme (Gauteng Traffic Warden pilot)

WhenMilestone
Apr – Jun 2026Statistics collected from all 15 GPG departments (officials without Matric)
1–9 Jul 2026Statistics collected from the Department of Community Safety (GTW without Grade 12)
13–25 Jul 2026GTW profiled for interest by corridor
15–21 Jul 2026Joint Task Team established with GDE and DBE
Jul – Aug 2026Venues identified; resources procured; classes scheduled
1 Sep 2026 – May 2027Classes delivered (with a Dec–Jan recess)
May – Jun 2027Examinations (DBE / GDE)
Jul – Aug 2027Results and close-out report, informing roll-out to the wider salary-level 2–6 cohort

4. Governance, Accountability and Reporting

5. Risk Overview and Mitigation

Key riskRatingMitigation
UJ, National Treasury and Provincial Treasury do not provide Business Case Writing trainingHighEscalate confirmation with NSG and Wits immediately; identify accredited alternative providers via existing GCRA panels
Low interest/uptake in Second Chance Matric or AET among Traffic Wardens aged 36–63, especially those above 50HighIndividual profiling and interest interviews before enrolment; frame around career progression and bursary incentives; phased enrolment
DG approval delayed beyond mid-July compresses the Business Case Writing scheduleMediumComplete, pre-cleared submission package; escalation path to the ADDG: GCRA; schedule re-baselined immediately on approval
Coordination dependency on DBE/GDE for AET curriculum, examinations and results sits outside PMD controlMediumFormal Joint Task Team with signed terms of reference; DBE/GDE deliverables tracked as dependencies on the critical path
Inconsistent statistics returned by the 15 GPG departments and Department of Community SafetyMediumStandard data-collection template; PMD follow-up with named HRD contacts; reconciliation against establishment figures
Sensitivity of educational/enrolment data (age, grade level, employment) — POPIA exposureManagedAggregate/anonymise corridor-level reporting; access controls on profiling data; POPIA compliance check

A full ten-item risk register with owners, likelihood–impact scoring and live status is maintained in the implementation-plan portal and reviewed at each governance meeting.

6. What Success Will Look Like

  1. By October 2026: Business Case Writing training delivered to the profiled salary-level 9–12 cohort, with a close-out report and skills-transfer cascade plan for other officials.
  2. By May 2027: the Gauteng Traffic Warden AET pilot in active delivery across all six corridors, having survived the December–January recess with strong attendance retention.
  3. By August 2027: AET pilot results and close-out report delivered, with a validated roll-out plan to GPG officials at salary levels 2–6 who remain without Matric.

7. Recommendations

It is recommended that the Director-General and the Honourable Premier:

  1. Note and endorse the Business Case Writing Programme and the Adult Education and Training Programme and their 2026/27–2027/28 implementation schedules;
  2. Support the confirmation of a training provider (NSG and/or Wits) for the Business Case Writing Programme, given that UJ, National Treasury and Provincial Treasury do not provide the required training;
  3. Endorse the joint delivery model with the Gauteng Department of Education and the Department of Basic Education for the AET Programme; and
  4. Receive quarterly governance reports and bi-annual executive appraisal reports on implementation progress, statistics and risks.
Director: Programme Management Directorate
Gauteng City Region Academy
Chief Executive Officer
Gauteng City Region Academy
Source: Public Sector Capacity Development plan, Programme Management Directorate briefing, 09 July 2026. Live delivery detail — work plan with assigned PMD staff, task emailing, full risk register, stakeholder and RACI matrices, audience recruitment plans and programme content — is maintained in the TSDF Implementation Plan Portal accompanying this report.
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