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The 1st State of the Planning Profession Report

South African Council for PlannersRef: https://sacplan.org.za/wp-content/uploads/The-1st-State-of-the-Planning-Report-SACPLAN.pdf

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Collected on 15 July 2026

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What this means

This document is titled “The 1st State of the Planning Profession Report” and is presented as a “Final Report” by the South African Council for Planners (SACPLAN). The extracted text mainly contains the front matter and a detailed table of contents, outlining sections such as ministers’ foreword, chairpersons’ remarks, transformation remarks, an executive summary, and chapters covering the context for planning, the planning environment, education and training, employment and the market for planning, stakeholder perspectives, and planning tools/systems/innovation. It also references SACPLAN’s role and mandate and includes planned survey-based insights (e.g., planning in local government, planner capacity/skills, and registration trends).

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City of Johannesburg, Gauteng

Reference

https://sacplan.org.za/wp-content/uploads/The-1st-State-of-the-Planning-Report-SACPLAN.pdf

Key Takeaways

  • Document title: The 1st State of the Planning Profession Report
  • Type: Final Report
  • Issuing organisation: South African Council for Planners (SACPLAN)
  • Copyright year shown: 2025
  • Place shown: Johannesburg
  • Includes sections: Ministers Foreword, Chairpersons Remarks, Transformation remarks, Executive Summary
  • Chapters include: context (global inequalities, history of planning in SA), planning environment (legislation/policy frameworks), practice of planning, local government survey insights, education and training, employment/work market, stakeholder perspectives, planning tools/systems/innovation
  • South African Council for Planners (SACPLAN)
  • South African Planning Institute (SAPI)
  • Committee of Heads of Planning Schools (CHoPS)
  • South African Association of Consulting Professional Planners (SAACPP)