The Department's strategic goals over the medium term are: . ensure coherent, responsive and cost effective communications services for all government programmes; . provide a comprehensive communication service on behalf of government to facilitate the involvement of the majority of South Africans in governance, reconstruction and development, nation building and reconciliation; . ensure strength, success and security of South Africa's democracy through the rapid, responsive and continuous communication of government's achievements; and . ensure strategic alignment of the government communication system with the national government agenda so that government wide communication reports on the five priority areas of government: education, fighting crime; health; job creation and rural development.