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| A | |||
| AADP | African Agricultural Development Programme | ABET | Adult Basic Education and Training |
| ABP | Area Based Plan(ning) | ACE | Advanced Cerfiticate in Education |
| ADG (GDT) | Average Daily Gain | ADA | Average Daily gain per day of Age |
| ADM | Agricultural Disaster Management | AFNOR | Association Francaise de Normalisation |
| AFR | Asset Financing Reserve | AFS | Annual Financial Statement |
| AG | Auditor-General | AGIS | Agricultural Geo-referenced information system |
| AgriBEE | Agricultural Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment | AgriSETA | Agricultural Sector Education and Training Authority |
| AgricWC | Western Cape Agriculture | AGOA | African Growth and Opportunity Act |
| AHS | African Horse Sickness | AHT | Animal health Technician |
| AI (KI) | Artificial Insemination | AI | Avian Influenza |
| AIS | Animal Identification System | ALS | African Landcare Network |
| A/M | Ante-mortem Examination | AMS | Aggregate Measure of Support |
| AOS | Accounting Officer System | API | Agricultural Product Input |
| APP | Annual Performance Plan | ARC | Agricultural Research Council |
| ARC-GCI | Grain Crops Institute | ARC-IIC | Institute for Industrial Crops |
| ARC-ISCW | Institute for Soil, Climate and water | ARC-ITSC | Institute for Tropical and Subtropical crops |
| ARC-OVI | Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute | ARC-VOPI | Vegetable and Ornamental Plant institute |
| ART | Antiretrovial Treatment | APAC | Association of Principals of Agricultural Colleges |
| ASGISA | Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative of South Africa | ASRDC | Agriculture and Sustainable Rural Development Committee |
| ASSA | Actuarial Society of South Africa | ATR | Annual Training Report |
| AU | African Union | AVCASA | Association of Veterinary and Crop Associations of South Africa |
| AWP | Area Wide Planning | ||
| B | |||
| BAS | Basic Account System | BBBEE | Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment |
| BBBEE Act | Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment Act 53 of 2003 | BCEA | Basic Conditions of Employment Act |
| BEE | Black Economic Empowerment | BER | Bureau of Economic Research |
| Biodiversity Act | National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act 10 of 2004 | BLNS | Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland |
| BMR | Bureau of Marketing Research | BPO | Business Process Outsourcing |
| BRC Standard | British Retail Consortium Standard | BS2 | Budget Statement 2 |
| BVD | Bovine Viral Diarrhoea | ||
| C | |||
| CA | Contagious Abortion | CAADP | Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Programme |
| Cabcom | Cabinet Committee | CAPRI | Cape Programme for Rural Innovation |
| CARA | Conservation of Agricultural Resources Act 43 of 1983 | CASIDRA | Cape Agency for Sustainable Integrated Development in Rural Areas | CASP | Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme | CBO | Community Based Organisation |
| CCAW | Consultative Committee on Agricultural Water | CCSSIS | Co-ordinating committee on Small-scale Irrigation support |
| CCTV | Closed-circuit TV | CD | Compact Disc |
| CDW | Community Development Workers | CFO | Chief Financial Officer |
| CFT | Complement Fixation Test | CG | Cairns Group |
| CGA | Citrus Growers Association | CGE | Calibrated Computable General Equilibrium |
| CGIAR | Consultative Group on International Agriculture Research | CHC | Community Health Centre |
| CHED | Centre of Higher Education Development | CIAT: Elsenburg | Cape Institute for Agricultural Training: Elsenburg |
| CIDB | Construction Industry Development Programme | CLSI | Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute |
| CMA | Catchment Management Agency | CMATS | Correspondence Management and Tracking System |
| CMC | Core Management Competency | COMBUD | Computerised Budgets |
| COMESA | Common Economic Area for Eastern and Southern Africa | CPIX | Consumer Price Index |
| CSF | Classical Swine Fever | CSIR | Council for Scientific and Industrial Research |
| CSP | Comprehensive Service Plan | CSP | Community, Social and Personal service |
| D | |||
| DAC | District Assessment Committee | DBC | Departmental Budget Committee |
| DBSA | Development Bank of South Africa | DC | District Committee |
| DCC | District Coordinating Committee | DCS | Department of Community Safety |
| DDG | Deputy Director-General | DEADP | Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning |
| DEAT | Department of Economic Development and Tourism | DEAT | Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism |
| DEDAT | Department of Economic Development and Tourism | DESP | Departmental Equitable Share Project |
| DFI | Departmental Financial Instructions | DFPT | Deciduous Fruit Producers' Trust |
| DG | Director-General | DLA | Department of Land Affairs (National) |
| DLGH | Department of Local Government and Housing | DME | Department of Minerals and Energy |
| DMI | Dry matter intake | DoA | Department of Agriculture |
| DoE | Department of Education | DoH | Department of Health |
| DOH | Department of Housing | DoL | Department of Labour |
| DORA | Division of Revenue Act | DOR Bill | Division of Revenue Bill |
| DPSA | Department of Public Service and Administration | DPW | Department of Public Works |
| DoT | Department of Transport | DoTP | department of the Premier |
| DPAC | Department Project Allocation Committee | DPLG | Department of Provincial and Local Government |
| DPSA | Department of Public Service and Administration | DPW | Department of Public Works |
| DTI | Department of Trade and Industry | DTC | Departmental Training Committee |
| DTPW | Department of Transport and Public Works | DVD | Digital Video Disk |
| DWAF | Department of Water Affairs and Forestry | ||
| E | |||
| EAC | East African Community | EAP | Employee Assistance Programme |
| EBL | Enzootic Bovine Leucosis | EC | European Commission |
| ECA | Environmental Conservation Act 73 of 1989 | ECD | Early Childhood Development |
| EETCF | Employment Equity and Transformation Consultative Forum | EFTA | European Free Trade Area |
| EIA | Environmental Impact Assessment | ELISA | Enzyme-Linked Immuno Sorbent Assay |
| EMIS | Education Management Information System | EMS | Emergency Medical Services |
| EPA | Economic Participation Agreement | EPG | Eggs per gram |
| EPWP | Expanded Public Works Programme | EPMS | Employee Performance Management System |
| ESTA | Extension of Security of Tenure Act 62 of 1997 | EU | European Union |
| F | |||
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organisation | FAS | Foetal Alcohol Syndrome |
| FBO | Faith Based Organisation | FCR | Feed Conversion Ratio |
| FET | Further Education and Training | FETC | Further Education Training Certificate |
| FIFA | Federation International Football Association | FINREC | Financial Record System for Farms and Enterprises |
| FIVIMS | Food insecurity and vulnerability information mapping system | FMD | Foot and Mouth Disease |
| FPET | Fresh Produce Exporters' Forum | FSD | Farmer Support and Development |
| FTA | Free Trade Agreement | FVO | Food and Veterinary Office (of the European Union) |
| G | |||
| GAAP | Generally Accepted Accounting Principles | GADI | Grootfontein Agricultural Development Institute |
| GEAR | Growth, Employment and Redistribution macro-economic strategy | GCC | General Conditions of Contract |
| GCIS | Government Communication and Information System | GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GDP-R | Gross Domestic Product by Region | GDS- iKapa Elihlumayo | Growth Development Strategy - 'a home for all' |
| GER | Gross Enrolment Rate | GET | General Education and Training |
| GETC | General Education and Training Certificate | GG | Government Garage |
| GI | Geographic Indicator | GIS | Geographic Information System |
| GITO | Government Information Technology Office | GlobalG.A.P. | Global Good Agricultural Practices |
| GMO | Genetically Modified Organism | GOPC | Governance and Operational Policy Committee |
| GPI | Gender Parity Index | GRAP | Generally Recognised Accounting Practice |
| GSP | General System of Preferences | GVA | Gross Value Added |
| H | |||
| HA | Haemagglutination | HACCP | Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point |
| HAS | Hygiene Assessment System | HCBC | Home Community Based Care |
| HCDS | Human Capital Development Strategy | HDI/HDIs | Historically Disadvantaged Individual(s) |
| HET | Higher Education and Training | HI | Haemagglutination Inhibition |
| HIS | Hospital Information System | HIV/AIDS | Human Immune Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| HMP | Hygiene Management Programme | HOA | Home Owner's Allowance |
| HOD | Head of Department | HPRR | Health Professionals Remuneration Review |
| HR | Human Resources | HRA | Human Resource Administration |
| HRD | Human Resource Development | HRP | Hospital Revitalisation Programme |
| HSRC | Human Sciences Research Centre | HST | Health Systems Trust |
| I | |||
| IBSA | India, Brazil and South Africa co-operation | ICS | Improvement Conditions of Service |
| ICT/ICTs | Information Communication Technology(s) | IDC | Industrial Development Corporation |
| IDIP | Infrastructure Delivery Improvement Programme | IDP(s) | Integrated Development Plan(s) |
| IEC | Independent Electoral Commission | IES | Income and Expenditure Survey |
| IFSNP | Integrated Food Security and Nutrition Programme | IGP | Infrastructure Grants to Provinces |
| IGR | Intergovernmental Relations | IHHSD | Integrated Housing and Human Settlement Development Grant |
| iKapa GDS | Provincial Growth and Development Strategy | ILRI | International Livestock Research Institute(Head office was Addis Abeba) |
| ILRP | Integrated Law Reform Project | IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IMLC | Institutional Management and Labour Committee | IMP | Immunoperoxidase histopathology |
| INP | Integrated Nutrition Programme | IOD | Injury on Duty |
| IPM | integrated Pest Management | ISDM | Integrated Service Delivery Model |
| ISDP | Integrated Service Delivery Plan | ISHS | Integrated Sustainable Human Settlements |
| ISO | International Standadisation Organisation | ISRD | Integrated Sustainable Rural Development |
| ISRDP | Integrated Sustainable Rural Development Programme | ISTA | International Seed Testing Association |
| IT | Information Technology | ITCA | Interdepartmental Technical Committee for Agriculture |
| ITCAL | Intergovernmental Tecnical Committee for Agriculture and Land | ITDF | Integrated Tourism Development Framework |
| ITIL | Information Technology Infrastructure Library | IUCN | The World Conservation Union[International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources] |
| IYM | In-year monitoring | ||
| J | |||
| JD | Job Description | JE | Job Evaluation |
| JIPSA | Joint Initiative on Priority Skills Acquisition | JMC | Joint Management Committee |
| K | |||
| KAP | Knowledge, attitude, practices | kbps | Kilobits per second |
| KILO | Kaapse Instituut vir Landbou-opleiding: Elsenburg | KIMS | Knowledge and Information Management Systems |
| KKI | Klein Karoo Internasionaal | KKK | Klein Karoo Koöperasie |
| KMO | Key Measurable Objective | KNP | Kruger National Park |
| KPA | Key Performance Area | KPIs | Key Performance Indicators / Key Personnel Interviews |
| L | |||
| LAN | Local Area Network | LARP | Land and Agrarian Reform Project |
| LASA | Land Acquisition Subsidy for Agricultural Development | LCC | Loan Co-ordinating Committee |
| LED | Local Economic Development | LFS | Labour Force Survey |
| LG MTEC | Local Government MTEC | LMIS | Logistical Information System |
| LOGIS | Logistical Information System | LRA | Labour Telations Act |
| LRAD | Land Redistribution for Agricultural Development | LRCC | Land Reform Coordinating Committee |
| LTS | Learner Tracking System | ||
| M | |||
| Mafisa | Micro-agricultural Financial Institutions of South Africa | MAT | Microscopic Agglutination Test |
| MCM | Marine and Coastal Management | M & E | Monitoring and Evaluation |
| MDG | Millennium Development Goal | MDR-TB | Multi-Drug Resistant TB |
| MEC | Member of the Executive Council | MEDS | Micro-Economic Development Strategy |
| MERCOSUR | Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay | MFMA | Municapal Finance Management Act |
| MFN | Most Favoured Nation | MI | Meat Inspector |
| MIC | Minimum Inhibitory Concentration | MIG | Municipal Infrastructure Grant |
| MinMEC | Meeting of the National Minister and nine provincial MECs (see NIFAL) | MIP | Massified Induction Programme |
| MoA | Memorandum of Agreement | MOET | Multiple Ovulation and Embryo Transfer |
| MoU | Memorandum of Understanding | MPO | Milk Producers Organisation |
| MPSA | Minister of Public Service and Administration | MRC | Medical Research Council |
| MRL | Maximum Residue Limit | MRT | Milk Ring Test |
| MSDS | Material Safety Data Sheet | MTBPS | Medium Term Budget Policy Statement |
| MTEC | Medium Term Expenditure Committee | MTEF | Medium Term expenditure Framework |
| MTSF | Medium Term Strategic Framework | MVAI | Motor Vehicle Accident Intervention Strategy |
| N | |||
| NAET | National Agricultural Education and Training | NAETF | National Agricultural Education and Training Forum |
| NAETFEC | National Agricultural Education and Training Forum Executive Committee | NAFCOC | National African Federated Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
| Nafu | National African Farmers' Union | NAI | Notifiable Avian Influenza |
| NAMA | Non-Agriculture Market Access | NAMC | National Agricultural Marketing Council |
| NC(V) | National Curriculum (Vocational) | NCA | National Credit Act |
| NCD | Newcastle Disease | NCOP | National Council of Provinces |
| NDA | National Department of Agriculture | NEDLAC | National Economic Development and Labour Council |
| NEMA | National Environmental Management Act 107 of 1998, as amended | NEPAD | New Partnership for Africa's Development |
| Nerpo | national Emergent Red Meat Producers' Organisation | NGO | Non-governmental organisation |
| NIFAL | National intergovernmental Forum for Agriculture and Land | NMIR | National Minimum Information Requirements |
| NMT | Non-motorised transport | NMTIP | National medium-term investment programme |
| NPDE | National Professional Diploma in Education | NPO | Non Profit Organisation |
| NQF | National Qualification Framework | NRM | Natural Resources Management |
| NRS | National Regulatory Services | NSDF | National Spatial Development Framework |
| NSDP | National Spatial Development Perspective | NSDS | National Skills Development Strategy |
| NSF | National Skills Fund | NSLA | National Strategy for Learner Attainment |
| NTB | Non-Tariff Barrier | NTSG | National Tertiary Services Grant |
| NWGA | National Wool Grower's Association | NYS | National Youth Service |
| O | |||
| OBP | Onderstepoort Biological Products | OD | Organisation Development |
| ODC | Organisation Development Committee | OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OHS | Occupational health and safety | OHSA | Occupational Health and Safety Act |
| OIE | Office International des Epizooties (Word Organisation for Animal Health) | OJD | Ovine Johne's Disease |
| OPEC | Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries | OSD | Occupation Specific Dispensation |
| OVI | Official Veterinary Inspector | ||
| P | |||
| PA | Performance Agreement or Assessment | PA | Personal Assistant |
| PABX | Private Automatic Branch Exchange | PAETF | Provincial Agricultural Education and Training Forum |
| PAFTECH | Technical Provincial Advisory Forum | PBO | Public Benefit Organisation |
| PBR | Plant Breeders' right | PCF | Premier's Co-ordinating Forum |
| PCR | Polymerase Chain Reaction | PD | Pregnancy Diagnosis |
| PDA | Provincial Department of Agriculture | PDC | Provincial Development Council |
| PDI | Previously disadvantaged individual | PDP | Personal Development Plan |
| PEM | Project Evaluation Meeting | PERMIS | Performance Management Information System |
| PER & O | Provincial Economic Review and Outlook | PERSAL | Personnel and Salary Administartion System |
| PEO | Provincial Executive Officer | PES | Provincial Equitable Share |
| PF | Provincial Forum | PFMA | Public Finance Management Act |
| PGC | Provincial Grants Committee | PGD | Partnership for Growth and Development |
| PGDP | Provincial Growth and Development Plans | PGDS | Provincial Growth and Development Strategy |
| PGRFA | Plant genetic resources for food and agriculture | PGWC | Provincial Government of the Western Cape |
| PHC | Primary Health Care | PHP | People Housing Programme |
| PILIR | Policy and Procedures on Incapacity and Ill-health retirement | PIMSA | Project Information Management System for Agriculture |
| PLAAS | Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies-www.plaas.org.za | PLAS | Proactive Land Acquisition Strategy |
| PLC | Provincial Liaison Committee | PLRO | Provincial Land Reform Office |
| PM | Post Mortem Examination | PMS | Performance Management System |
| PMT | Project Management Team | PMTCT | Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission |
| PMU | Project Management Unit | PoA | Plan of Action |
| PP | Public Protector | P-P | Public - Private |
| PPECB | Perishable Products Export Control Board | PPHC | Personal Primary Health Care |
| PPI | Production Price Index | PPP | Public-Private Partnerships |
| PPPFA | Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act, Act 5 of 2000 | PRA | Pest risk analysis |
| PRF | Provincial Revenue Fund | ProvAdmin | Provincial Administration |
| PRRS | Porcine Respiratory and Reproductive Syndrome | PSCBC | Public Service Co-ordinating Bargaining Council |
| PSDF | Provincial Spatial Development Framework | PSETA | Public Sector Training Authority |
| PSIRA | Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority | PSNP | Primary School Nutrition Programme |
| PSR | Public Service Regulations | PT | Provincial Treasury |
| PTIF | Provincial Transport Infrastructure Fund | PTM | Provincial Top Management |
| PVL | Provincial Veterinary Laboratory | ||
| Q | |||
| QIDS-UP | Quality Improvement, Development, Support and Upliftment Programme | QPR | Quarterly Performance Report |
| QRM | Quarterly Review Meeting | ||
| R | |||
| R&D | Research and Development | RAC | Royal Agricultural College |
| RAMs | Recently Acceded Members to the WTO | RAMP | Repairs and maintenance programme |
| RBT | Rose Bengal Test | RDP | Recontruction and Development Programme |
| REAF | Rural Economic Assistant Fund | RED | Real Enterprise Development |
| REQV | Relevent Education Qualification Value | RFP | Request for Proposal |
| RISDP | Regional Indicative Strategic Development Programme | RPF | Resource Poor Farmers |
| S | |||
| SA | South Africa | SACOB | South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (now SACCI) |
| SACU | Southern African Customs Union | SACSSP | South African Council for Social Service Professionals |
| SADC | Southern African Development Community | SADC minus | SACU, Angola, Mozambique, Tanzania |
| SAFEX | South African Futures Exchange | SAFJ | South African Fruit Journal |
| SA GAAP | Statements of Generally Accepted Accountancy Practice in South Africa | SAGIS | South African Grain Information Service |
| SALGA | South African Local Government Association | SAM | Social Accounting Matrix |
| SAMIC | South African Meat Industry Company | SANAS | South African National Accreditation System |
| SANAT | South African Network of Animal Traction | SANPARKS | SA National Parks |
| SANS | South African National Standard | SANS document | South African National Standard Document |
| SAOBC (SAVBK) | South African Ostrich Business Chamber | SAPIP | South African Pesticde Initiative programme |
| SAPS | South African Police Service | SAQA | South African Qualification Authority |
| SARB | South African Reserve Bank | SARCC | South African Railway Commuter Corporation |
| SARS | South African Revenue Services | SASCO | South African Students' Congress |
| SASCOC | South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee | SASSA | South African Social Security Agency |
| SASVA | South African State Veterinary Association | SASVEPM | Southern African Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine |
| SAT | Structured Agricultural Training | SATI | South African Table Grape Industry |
| SAVA | South African Veterinary Association | SAVC | South African Veterinary Council |
| SAVVEM | Suid-Afrikaanse Verbandversekeringsmaatskappy Beperk | SAWs | Social Auxiliary Workers |
| SAWIS | South African Wine Industry Information and Systems | SCFS | Social Capital Formation Strategy |
| SCM | Supply Chain Management | SCOA | Standards Chart of Accounts |
| SCOPA | Standing Committee on Public Accounts | SDF(s) | Spatial Development Framework(s) |
| SDI | Service Delivery Improvement | SEDA | Small Enterprise Development Agency |
| SEP-LG | Socio-Economic profiles of Local Government | SETA | Sector Education Training Authority |
| SGBs | School Governing Bodies | SIP | Strategic Infrastructure Plan |
| SIS | Settlement and Implementation Support Strategy | SITA | State Information Technology Agency |
| SKOOR | Staande Komitee op Openbare Rekeninge | SLA | Service Level Agreement |
| SMME | Small, medium and micro-enterprise | SMS | Senior Management Service |
| SOE(s) | State Owned Enterprise(s) | SONA | State of the Nation Address |
| SOP | Standard operating procedure | SOPA | State of the Province Address |
| SPAM | Unsolicited e-mail/spyware | SPFS | Special programme for food security |
| SPOT | Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre (commercial earth observation satellite) | SPS | Sanitary and phytosanitary |
| SPV | Special purpose vehicle | StanSA | Standards South Africa |
| Stats SA | Statistics South Africa | STB | State Tender Board |
| STC | Science and Technology Committee | STI | Sexually Transmitted Infection |
| STP | Social Transformation Programme | SV | State Veterinarian |
| T | |||
| TB | Tuberculosis | TBT | Trade Barrier to Trade Agreement of the WTO |
| TCF | Technical Committee on Finance | TDCA | Trade and Development Cooperation Agreement |
| TE | Tertiary Education | TIDCA | Trade, Investment and Development Cooperation Agreement |
| TIPS | Tradeand Industry Police Service | ToR | Terms of Reference |
| TRIPS | Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights | ||
| U | |||
| UCT | University of Cape Town | UISP | Informal Settlement Programme |
| UK | United Kingdom | UN | United Nations |
| UPFS | Uniform Patient Fee Schedules | UPOV | International Union for the Protection of new Varieties |
| URP | Urban Renewal Programme | URS | User Requirement Statement |
| USA | United States of America | USAID | US Agency for International Development |
| USDA | United States Department of Agriculture | UTF | Unilateral Trust Fund |
| V | |||
| VPN | Veterinary Procedural Notice | VTC | Voluntary counselling and testing |
| W | |||
| WARD | Women in Agriculture and Rural Development | WC | Western Cape |
| WCED | Western Cape Education Department | WCNCB | Western Cape Nature Conservation Board |
| WCWDM | Water Conservation and Water Demand Management | WECCO | Western Cape Clean-up Operation |
| WESGRO | Western Cape Investment and Trade Promotion Industry | WHP | Withholding period |
| WKOD | Wes-Kaapse Onderwys Department | WIC | Wine Industry Council |
| WRC | Water Research Commission | WSP | Workplace Skills Plan |
| WSUS | Windows Software Update Service | WTO | World Trade Organisation |
| WUE | Water Use Efficiency | WWTG | World Wine Trade Group |
| X | |||
| XDR-TB | Extreme Drug Resistant TB | ||
| Y | |||
| YARD | Youth in Agriculture and Rural Development | ||
| General | |||
| 4x4 | Meeting: National Treasury/National Agriculture/Provincial Departments | 10x10 | Meeting: PDA's and National Agriculture |
