Challenges for Women in Construction

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Building Networks towards empowerment ofSA Women
in Construction

• South African Women in Construction
• (SAWiC)
• Phumelele Siphayi
• National Chairperson
• Tel [phone] Fax [phone] E-mail
  ingridv_at_dbsa.org
• DBSA Lever Road Headway Hill PO Box 1234
  Halfway House 1685

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CONTENTS

• Purpose
• Background
• Vision
• Structure
• Board members
• Priorities
• Preparation for projects
• Achievements
• Challenges
• Priorities
• Tel [phone] Fax [phone] E-mail
  ingridv_at_dbsa.org
• DBSA Lever Road Headway Hill PO Box 1234
  Halfway House 1685

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PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION

• To provide a SAWiC perspective of empowering
• women in construction through opportunities in
  the EPWP

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SAWIC BACKGROUND

• Launched 1997
• DBSA funding and support programme
• UPGRC network and expertise
• Launched Business Trust 1999
• SAWEF contribution to the Trust
• DBSA funding and expertise
• Association August 2002
• Tel [phone] Fax [phone] E-mail
  ingridv_at_dbsa.org
• DBSA Lever Road Headway Hill PO Box 1234
  Halfway House 1685

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BACKGROUNDcontinued...

• NDPW support and recognition
• Partnerships
• Affiliation to NAWIC (USA Australia)
• Private Sector Donors
• Tel [phone] Fax [phone] E-mail
  ingridv_at_dbsa.org
• DBSA Lever Road Headway Hill PO Box 1234
  Halfway House 1685

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BACKGROUND continued...

• Stakeholders
• Government Departments
• Public and Private Sector Clients Consultants
• Funders and Development Organisations
• Major Material Suppliers
• Commercial Banks and Insurance Companies
• Tel [phone] Fax [phone] E-mail
  ingridv_at_dbsa.org
• DBSA Lever Road Headway Hill PO Box 1234
  Halfway House 1685

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VISION

• SAWiC is an association of excellence with
  global affiliation networks enhancing the role of
  women in the construction industry through
  members running profitable business enterprises.
• Tel [phone] Fax [phone] E-mail
  ingridv_at_dbsa.org
• DBSA Lever Road Headway Hill PO Box 1234
  Halfway House 1685

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STRUCTURE

• National chairperson, deputy chair, treasurer,
  programme co-ordinator and task team
• 18 board and alternate members from the provinces
  
• Provincial chapters each with a committee
• Members (1000)
• labourers
• trades
• contractors
• service providers

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MECHANISM

• A voluntary Association managed through
• members contribution
• stakeholders donor driven
• Tel [phone] Fax [phone] E-mail
  ingridv_at_dbsa.org
• DBSA Lever Road Headway Hill PO Box 1234
  Halfway House 1685

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NATIONAL BOARDAUG 2005- JULY 2008

• Chairperson Phumelele Siphayi 082 332 7052
• Deputy Chair Julia Chiloane 082 678 8700
• Treasurer Xandy Vermaak 011 396 2109
• Secretary Voilet Mphafudi
• Programme co-ordinator Dr Ingrid Verwey
• Tel [phone] Fax [phone] E-mail
  ingridv_at_dbsa.org
• DBSA Lever Road Headway Hill PO Box 1234
  Halfway House 1685

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PROVINCIAL BOARD MEMBERS

• North West
• Thembi Matabela
• Hilda Dabula
• Northern Cape
• Jessey Chakane
• Ursula Leukes
• Free State
• Susan Ranoma
• Tankiso Morule
• Eastern Cape
• Zandile Garane
• Mandisa Makiwane
• Kwazulu Natal
• Venessa Ranjit
• Hawa Chili

• Gauteng
• Mary Motshweneng
• Maggie Netshilindi
• Northern Province
• Zohra Khan
• Manape Mothapo
• Mpumalanga
• Maureen Khathi
• Petronella Nyathi
• Western Cape
• Nomsa Skweyiya
• Sharon Isaacs

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MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES

• Labourers (employees) 2
• Contractors (business owners) 77
• small, med, large companies
• Trades 5
• Service Providers 16

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PRIORITIES

• Infrastructure
• Build trust through partnerships and JVs
• Training / Capacity Building
• Health and Safety workshops, mentorship,
  training, Ceta learnerships and training
  programmes, Material Suppliers training courses
• Micro MBA course to enhance entrepreneurship and
  business management skills
• Tel [phone] Fax [phone] E-mail
  ingridv_at_dbsa.org
• DBSA Lever Road Headway Hill PO Box 1234
  Halfway House 1685

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PREPARATION PROCESS

• Members in Gauteng went through a preparation
  process for future projects with a facilitator
  as they were categorized into
• Small (74 companies)
• Medium (23 companies handling project sizes of
  1-3.9mil)
• Large (14 companies in total handling projects
  of R4mil upwards)
• According to core competencies and a validation
  process of
• their company profiles
• Competency gaps were identified and will be
  overcome through forming JVs, doing capacity
  building and mentoring
• A proposal will be submitted to prospective
  clients for consideration
• This process will be repeated in other provinces

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PERSPECTIVE OF EPWP

• Welcomed as a job creation and empowerment
  programme
• SAWiC attended preparation and planning meetings
• SAWiC offered to help monitor implementation
• SAWiC members were encouraged to register on
  municipal databases

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Perceived constraints of EPWP

• Attitude and willingness of officials at
  municipal and implementation level to incorporate
  and award opportunities to women
• Lack of the roll-out of a concise and
  user-friendly training programme taking
  cognisance of the realities of being a contractor
• The interpretation of the definition of
  unemployed contractors are not guaranteed of
  contracts throughout the year and are sometimes
  then unemployed along with their workforce
• SAWiC members can participate as contractors,
  trades persons and labour. The challenge for
  small contractors generally will be if they
  personally completed or have been registered in
  a skills programme NQF level 2 unit standard or
  have supervisory staff who have done so during
  the period 1 April 2004 to 30 June 2005. For them
  it is often about survival and they battle to
  find the time of have the means to have qualified
  to this EPWP criterion.

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CHALLENGES

• Overcoming myths and perceptions re
• Physical strength, perseverance, expertise
  know-how
• Attitudes/commitment of the custodians of
  opportunities and tenders
• Blatant and sophisticated discrimination and
  harassment
• Fronting
• In Securing
• Jobs and contracts
• Finance/resources
• Training
• Networks
• Tel [phone] Fax [phone] E-mail
  ingridv_at_dbsa.org DBSA Lever Road Headway Hill
  PO Box 1234 Halfway House 1685

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JOB OPPORTUNITIES

• A legal entity
• Networks Marketing
• Credibility
• Joint ventures Partnerships
• Pilot projects
• Tel [phone] Fax [phone] E-mail
  ingridv_at_dbsa.org DBSA Lever Road Headway Hill
  PO Box 1234 Halfway House 1685

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FINANCE

• Still a major challenge
• Financial sector attitude
• Bridging finance
• Guarantees
• Supply to the industry in the light of the boom
• Women participation targets negotiated for in
  CTCG
• Tel [phone] Fax [phone] E-mail
  ingridv_at_dbsa.org
• DBSA Lever Road Headway Hill PO Box 1234
  Halfway House 1685

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TRAINING

• Access appropriate training
• Skills- Business- and Entrepreneurial Training
• Tendering
• Project management and mentoring
• Training funds
• Look for partners in training and funding
• Tel [phone] Fax [phone] E-mail
  ingridv_at_dbsa.org
• DBSA Lever Road Headway Hill PO Box 1234
  Halfway House 1685

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ACHIEVEMENTS

• Gauteng
• Civil contracts prison DPW
• Pretoria Technikon Campuses Nelspruit, Polokwane
  Witbank
• Schools programme
• Mpumalanga
• N4 Maputo and Platinum Toll Roads
• Kwazulu-Natal
• Empangeni Prison
• Bhekezulu Development (NEF, DBSA)
• Casino Ushaka
• Eastern Cape
• Coega

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ACHIEVEMENTS continued...

• Western Cape
• Gugulethu Market R5 million
• Ulwazi NEF
• Malmesbury Prison
• Limpopo
• Univen R38 million
• Thabazimbe Roads
• Limpopo Roads and Schools programmes
• Tel [phone] Fax [phone] E-mail
  ingridv_at_dbsa.org
• DBSA Lever Road Headway Hill PO Box 1234
  Halfway House 1685

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CONCLUSION

• Benefits in partnering or supporting SAWiC
• Recognition (empowerment research)
• Compliance in term of construction transformation
  charter
• Opportunities
• Partnerships and networks
• Minimise risk
• Tel [phone] Fax [phone] E-mail
  ingridv_at_dbsa.org
• DBSA Lever Road Headway Hill PO Box 1234
  Halfway House 1685

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RECOMMENDATION

• To come up with an action plan for a co-operation
  in prospective projects and participation in the
  EPWP
• Thank you
• SAWiC National Chairperson
• Phumelele Siphayi
• Phumels_at_worldonline.co.za

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SPONSORSsince 1999

• Absa
• Corobrik
• DBSA
• EMS - Exhibition Management Services
• Fedsure
• Gauteng Master Builders
• Standard Bank
• SBB
• Total South Africa
• WBHO Construction
• NAWIC USA

• International Plumbers Association
• Khayalami Metropolitan Council
• Provincial SMME Desks
• Members of NAWiC USA
• Murray Roberts
• Portnet
• PPC Cement South African
• Womens Empowerment Foundation
• CMA
• IDT
• FEM