vi. NATIONAL CONSULTATIVE CONFERENCE DECLARATION ON THE REPORT National Consultative Conference Declaration on The Second Report On The Implementation Of South Africa’s APRM Programme Of Action We, the South African community of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), comprising of Government, Civil Society and Traditional Leaders gathered here in Boksburg (Republic of South Africa), on this 29th day of November 2010 at the National Conference, organised by the National Governing Council, Noting · that the Republic of South Africa (RSA) acceded to the African Peer Review Mechanism in the year 2004 and the country went through the process of Peer Review by submitting its Self Assessment Report which was later followed by the Country Review Report (CRR) of 2007 issued by the Heads of State and Government of participating countries in the Mechanism (APR Forum), · that a National Programme of Action (NPoA) was developed as an enforcement mechanism for the implementation of the subsequent CRR recommendations, · That in terms of the NPoA, the country submitted its first progress report in January 2009, and further committed to respond to the outstanding and identified cross-cutting issues, · That South Africa’s engagement of the APRM process is an inclusive process characterised by active participation of all sectors of the APRM community making this declaration. Further Noting that; · The country is due to submit its Second Implementation of NPoA Report in January 2011, · The successful hosting of the FIFA 2010 Soccer World Cup by South Africa, the first on African soil, is a big story to be shared as part of the Second Implementation Report 14