ABET: Adult basic education and training
ANC: African National Congress
Armscor: Armaments Corporation of South Africa
BEE: Black Economic Empowerment
Bpk: Beperk
CBO: Community-Based Organisation
CBPWP: Community Based Public Works Programme
CETA: Construction Education & Training Authority
CIDB: Construction Industry Development Board
CMIP: Consolidated Municipal Infrastructure Programme
CODESA: Convention for a Democratic South Africa
COSAWR: Committee on South African War Resistance
DAC: Department of Arts & Culture
DEAT: Department of Environmental Affairs & Tourism
DOA: Department of Agriculture
DOE: Department of Education
DOHE: Department of Health
DOHO: Department of Housing
DOL: Department of Labour
DORA: Division of Revenue Act
DPW: Department of Public Works
DST: Department of Science & Technology
DWAF: Department of Water & Forestry
ECD: Economic Active Population
ECSA: Engineering Council of South Africa
ED: Enterprise Development
EPWP: Expanded Public Works Programme
EPWSP: Expanded Public Works Support Programme
ETDP: Educational Training & Development Practices
FET: Further Education Training
GFSA: Gun-Free South Africa
HCBC: Home/Community Based Care
IDASA: Institute for Democracy in South Africa
IDP: Integrated Development Plan
LED: Local Economic Development
MDG: Millennium Development Goals
MIG: Municipal Infrastructure Grant
NCCR: National Coordinating Committee for the Repatriation of South African Exiles
NEC: New Engineering Contract
NQF: National Qualifications Frameworks