The 2011 Budget Speech highlighted that the focus of government would be on reduction of the unemployment rate as well as the vacancy rate within government. In addition, other initiatives that targeted rural areas included the government's plan to spend R2.6 billion on water services in 2011. The priority areas identified for that initiative were the rural Provinces of the Eastern Cape, Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal where there were still high numbers of people without safe drinking water. Development of infrastructure such as water reservoirs, windmills and rehabilitation of irrigation schemes as well as fencing of grazing land was identified as one of the ways that could boost the agricultural sector. The jobs created under those initiatives could also enhance food security and create job opportunities for many rural people, especially women and youth.