Premier of KwaZulu-Natal Dr Z L Mkhize » Read about the Premier

Director General Mr NVE Ngidi » Read about the Director    General

To become the most viable centre of a participatory governance system guiding strategic direction and responsive leadership around which KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government and Administration programmes converge through deployment of coherent coordination and alignment policy instruments by 2014.

The mission of the Office of the Premier is to support the Premier to strategically lead the provincial government in realizing the above vision and carrying out his Constitutional and statutory duties.

The Department fulfills this over-arching mission by supporting the Premier in:

• Mobilizing, coordinating and integrating the efforts of the provincial government and administration to eradicate various forms of human deprivation in the province;
• Playing a leadership role in mobilizing and leveraging public and private sector resources to realize a sustainable economic growth with capacity to generate decent jobs and eradicate poverty and inequality;
• Spearheading the efforts of Provincial Government and all stakeholders aimed at ensuring peace, safety and security for all in the province;
• Professionally executing the departmental mandates;
• Co-coordinating and facilitating macro-provincial and other transversal issues and programmes;
  • Promoting co-operative and good governance; including the fight against fraud and corruption;
• Providing the highest quality of policy management, planning and monitoring and evaluation services;
• Creating policies relating to regulations, information and legislation and;
• Supporting the Executive Branch of the provincial government in initiating and executing provincial laws and policies.

In carrying out its mission, the Office of the Premier is guided by the following core values:

• Quality, strategic thinking, honesty and hard work.
• Transparency, probity and accountability;
• Integrity of government operations and actions;
• Integrity of individual public servants in executing their roles and responsibilities;
• Democratic participation of the public in influencing public-policy making and service delivery;
• Team work, individual and collective responsibility;
• Quality services to the provincial departments and clusters and the public and in the province.