DWAF Job Creation Initiatives

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DWAFJob Creation Initiatives
Portfolio Committee Meeting 1 June 2005

• Mr Jabulani Sindane
• Deputy Director-General Regions

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DWAF EPWP

• All DWAF initiatives in, are in support of the
  EPWP labour intensive strategy
• Most programmes undertaken by DWAF are
  multi-departmental in nature and seek to go
  beyond satisfying the basic labour intensive
  requirements of public fund infrastructure
  development

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• DWAF PROGRAMMES

• This presentation will cover the following
  programmes in order
• The Sanitation Programme
• The Forestry Programme
• Working for Water
• Working for Wetlands
• Working on Fire

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MOU DWAF Labour Job Creation Trust(LJCT)

• Objectives
• The primary objectives of the anticipated MoU are
  to set out the areas where cooperation between
  LJCT and DWAF.
• The MoU encompasses all aspects of Job Creation
  in the Delivery of Sanitation Services.

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OBJECTIVES CONTINUED

• Training of communities in need of Sanitation
  Services
• Monitoring of the impact and progress on job
  creation on the selected sanitation projects.

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SANITATION PROGRAMME JOBS CREATED PEOPLE
TRAINED
Regions People Trained Jobs Men Jobs Women Jobs Youth
EC 1790 1420 917 1043
FS 1581 2757 2090 2030
GP 203 160 145 157
KZN 3181 4313 1423 1990
LP 1887 1413 674 564
MPL 828 1968 919 1148
NW 962 1609 1497 1227
NC 669 1630 619 168
WC 104 35 31 7
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Sanitation Way Forward

• Report on job creation potential of available
  technological options.
• Economical analysis report.
• Position paper on job creation in sanitation.
• Report on lessons learnt from site visits.
• Municipal Guide for job creation on sanitation.
• Programme of Action has been developed.
• Formulation of MoU with Stakeholders.

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FORESTRY JOB OPPORTUNITIES

• S.A. IS PRODUCING AROUND 1500 TONS OF HONEY AND
  IMPORT 500 TONS
• 400 COMMERCIAL BEE-KEEPERS IN THE COUNTRY WHO
  OWNS ABOUT 60000 HIVES BETWEEN THEM AND THERE ARE
  ABOUT 4000 INFORMAL BEEKEEPERS
• DWAF OFFERS BEEKEEPING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH OUR
  FORESTRY ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES IN
  COLLABORATION WITH AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
  (ARC), AND DANIDA

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FORESTRY OPPORTUNITIES

• OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDE PROVISION OF TRAINING,
  SUPPLY OF MATERIAL AND ACCESS TO MARKETS
• EACH BEEKEEPING PROJECT HAS AN AVERAGE OF 50
  HIVES
• 50 HIVES CAN YIELD AN AVERAGE OF BETWEEN R70000
  TO R100000 PER ANNUM
• BEEKEEPING OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT
  THE PROVINCES EXCEPT NORTHERN CAPE AND WESTERN
  CAPE

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FORESTRY OPPORTUNTIES

• About 28 million South Africans rely on medicinal
  plants for their primary health and 255 000
  traditional healers in southern Africa.
• Estimated trade of medicinal plants 20 000 tonnes
  with a street value of approximately R270m
  annually.
• Majority of these plants are from our indigenous
  forests (in KZN alone, approx.16 000 harvesters,
  predominantly women).
• Some plants are provided through our nurseries.
• These plants provide income opportunities for
  local communities and traditional healers.

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FORESTRY OPPORTUNITIES

• DWAF PROVIDE COMMUNITIES IN SOME AREAS
  PARTICULARLY IN EASTERN CAPE, LIMPOPO, MPUMALANGA
  AND KZN WITH FIREWOOD FREE OF CHARGE THROUGH
  OUR WOODLOTS PROJECTS
• THE FOLLOWING ARE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS IN THE
  AREAS IDENTIFIED ABOVE PER PROVINCE

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FORESTRY
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Impact on Water

• Invasive alien plants are estimated to be using
  up to 7 of Mean Annual Runoff.
• If left alone, invasives will invade, with
  increasing impact on water security, and the
  consequential impacts on jobs and poverty.
• These problems are likely to be exacerbated by
  climate change.

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Impact on Biodiversity

• If left alone, invasives will increasingly
  impact on our biodiversity. This is not only a
  threat to life, but to livelihoods as well most
  obviously to nature-based tourism. This will
  again result in a loss of existing jobs, and the
  consequences for poverty.

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Infestation in HIP
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Impacts on Agriculture

• If left alone, invasives will cause increasing
  losses of existing jobs in the agriculture
  down-stream sectors, as well as impacting
  severely on resource-poor farmers (who are far
  more vulnerable to these impacts).
• The impacts on soil erosion will worsen too.

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Impacts on Wild Fires

• Many invasive plants are fire-prone, and
  increase the intensity of wild fires by ten-fold
  or more. This again leads to losses of life and
  property, and worsen our challenges in terms of
  jobs and poverty.

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Impacts on Human Health

• Invasive species are now the biggest emerging
  threat to human health (eg, HIV/AIDS, cholera).
• Invasive plants can worsen impact of diseases
  such as malaria and bilharzias, again with
  significant implications for existing jobs and
  levels of poverty.

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WfW addresses these issues

• In doing so, WfW seeks to take labour-intensive
  approaches to the control of invasive alien
  plants.
• It also seeks to provide training and employment
  opportunities for the most marginalized, and with
  a focus on women, youth, the disabled, those in
  rural areas and other target groups.

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WfW takes an integrated approach

• In seeking to control of invasive alien plants,
  it is critical to take an integrated approach,
  using biological control agents, and (where
  possible) utilizing the wood for value-added
  products.
• The use of advocacy, legislation, incentives and
  disincentives, is also vital, if we are to
  address what Premier Ndebele called the HIV/AIDS
  of the land.

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Working for Water 2004/5 Statistics

• Partnership DWAF, DoA, DEAT, DST, DTI .
• Budget of R403m. Under-spent by R38m.
• Figures include WoF ground teams (R24.5m all
  spent).
• 142,417 initial 507,139 ha follow-up clearing.
• We have fallen behind in follow-up work in some
  areas.
• 32,093 people employed during 2004/5.
• 52 Female, 19 youth (18-25), 1 Disabled.
• 2,240,205 persondays. R163 per personday.
• 149,396 training days.

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• Future Challenges for Working for Water

• Implementing the Exit Strategy.
• EPWP Discrepancies in daily wage.
• Lack of Co-operation from Land Owners.
• Litigation by Land Owners.
• Co-operative Governance DWAF, DEAT, DOA.
• Demand for clearing bigger than capacity.
• Developing a strong bio-control programme.
• Developing implementing incentives and
  disincentives, and legislation (especially the
  NEMBA and CARA Regulations).
• Focus on prevention of new invasives.

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Working for Wetlands 04/05 Statistics

• Partnership DEAT, DWAF, DoA, SANBI.
• Good private sector and NGO support.
• Met rehabilitation work targets for 2004/5.
• Still awaiting final performance figures.
• Indicative figures are
• Budget of R40m. Full budget spent.
• 1,500 people employed during 2004/5.
• 180,000 persondays. R220 per personday.
• 7,000 training days.

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Working on Fire 2004/5 Statistics

• Partnership DWAF, DPLG, DoA, DEAT.
• Strong private sector support (esp Forestry).
• Budget of R35m. Overspent by R5m.
• Dry season 1,200 fires in W Cape alone.
• 1,120 people employed during 2004/5.
• 77 African, 21 Coloured, 0 Indian, 2
  White.
• 27 Female (was 15 in April 2004). lt1
  Disabled.
• 53 18-25 years, 40 26-35 years, 7 36 years
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• 224,346 persondays. R178 per personday.
• 26,752 training days.

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Thank you