The Office of the Director-General (DG) remains the central point of strategic management within the Department by ensuring effective reporting directly to the DG from various components. These components are depicted on the left of this page.

The current structure within the Office of the DG ensures a coherent method of channelling vital information from these components to the DG.  This ensures that the DG is in an informed position to render guidance when required. For instance, the component tasked with internal auditing performs work that demands the highest degree of integrity and impartiality; which in turn necessitates constant liaison with the DG. Policy Development is tasked with highly sensitive issues requiring the guidance and even more important, accountability by the most senior manager in the Department. No less important is the need to monitor and evaluate projects and programme performance to ensure that the strategic objectives of the Department are realised – constant and vigilant assessment provides a clear indication of successes and shortfalls and therefore becomes a vital management tool for effective strategic planning. The Gender Unit has gone from strength to strength in promoting gender awareness and ensuring, together with Policy Development, the integration of gender issues in policy formulation. Providing a system of organized and reliable administrative and secretariat support is the responsibility of Executive Services and Secretariat Support Services. These components ensure that the DG is equipped to perform optimally in the daily execution of his functions.