Sector Highlights

Sector Highlights

• Sector Highlights

• President’s State of the Nation Address – 9 Feb 07

• National Budget Speech 2007/8 – 21 Feb 07

• Challenges for the Sector

• Key findings for the 3rd Quarter 2006/07

• Financial Summary – 3rd Quarter and YTD

• Key issues for 4th Quarter 2006/07

• Conclusion

HIGHLIGHTS

HIGHLIGHTS

PRESIDENT’S STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS – 9 Feb 07

• Address challenges of poverty, unemployment and marginalisation of communities;
• Accelerate economic growth and development (6% pa);
• Apply Batho Pele principles to improve effectiveness of social development programmes and institutional operational efficiency;
• Support local government sphere as per the Five Year Local Government Strategic Agenda;
• Speed up skills development and fill vacancies of senior management and professionals in municipalities;
• Align planning instruments across the spheres of government (i.e. National Spatial Development Perspective, Provincial Growth and Development Strategies and Integrated Development Plans);

PRESIDENT’S STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS – 9 Feb 07

FINANCE Minister's Budget Speech – 21 Feb 07

DWAF CHALLENGES FROM PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS

• Challenges:
• Lack of skills and public service capacity;
• Meeting the water and sanitation targets;
• Effective implementation of Local Government Support Programmes;
• Monitoring and information management;
• Poverty eradication through economic opportunities in the WS;
• Supporting delivery of MDGs in Africa/Nepad with special focus on emerging democracies e.g.; DRC,Liberia
• Issues to be addressed:
• Promote effective sector collaboration;
• Improve leadership within DWAF management;
• Decentralisation and empowerment of DWAF Regional Offices;
• Engage Institutions of Higher Learning to fast track talent building

KEY FINDINGS - QUARTER 3 (See Volume I, pages 12-18 of 206)

• Overall Water Sector Budget 2006/7 = R12,87bn

• Expenditure to date (excl. Equitable Share, LGFM Grants, Drought relief) =40,2%

• Good progress DWAF expenditure (Quadrant 1)

• DWAF WS expenditure (capital + recurrent) = 64,3%
• Expenditure assessment, budget re-allocation and revision of FD;

• Low expenditure on MIG Funding (Quadrant 2)

• MIG Capital expenditure = 36,9%
• Working with dplg on re-allocation of MIG budget to munics;
• Equitable Share  unconditional grant, no report on expenditure from WSA’s
• Will call a high level meeting between DWAF and DDG: PC dplg to discuss strategy and way fwd;

• Capacity Building Grants (Quadrant 4)

• MSIG Grant = 30,7%
• LGFM Grant = updated expenditure figures not available from DPLG
• KFA 12 = 48%
• The trend on under expenditure continues – this is a serious issue and was brought to the notice of DDG:PC at dplg and will be dealt with at the high level meeting;
• Issue addressed partly in the PSSIP

SERVICE DELIVERY PROGRESS - QUARTER 2

FINANCIAL SUMMARY

EXPENDITURE ANALYSIS QUADRANT 1: DWAF WATER SERVICES

QUADRANT 1: DWAF EXPENDITURE PER PROVINCE

QUADRANT 1: EXPENDITURE PER KFA OVERALL WATER SERVICE PROGRAMME

QUADRANT 2: MIG EXPENDITURE PER PROVINCE

QUADRANT 2: EQUITABLE SHARE

KEY ISSUES FOR THE 4TH QUARTER 2006/07

• Finalisation of NWSP 2007-12 and work plan & financial delegation 2007/8

• Towards a communication & change management plan to better understand WfGD

• High level meeting between DWAF & dplg and SALGA;

• Bi-lateral engagement between DWAF & DoHealth;

• Extension of the WS M&E reporting into WR + Forestry and impact assessment of WS programmes;

• WS/WR interface and alignment;

• Support dplg/munics towards meeting target;

• Support for acceleration of the sanitation delivery and bucket eradication;

• Support municipalities through Project Consolidate;

• Finalisation of DWAF LG Water Sector Support Plan;

• Towards establishment of Siyense Manje ‘water sector’ unit in collaboration with DBSA/dplg/SALGA & DWAF

KEY ISSUES FOR THE 4TH QUARTER 2006/07 (cont…)

• Implementation of partnership agreement between the Private Sector and knowledge sharing agencies in Netherlands & SA:

• Support the water sector in SA through Partnership with Private Sector and sharing & transferring expertise and experience available in the Dutch WS and SA.

• Support SADC and NEPAD through DWAF and WSP-AF Strategic Cooperation Alliance :

• Assist with poverty reduction programmes throughout Southern Africa and in other NEPAD countries;
• Partnerships in the accelerated delivery of WS MDG’s in Africa;
• Sharing knowledge and best practice through WIN

CONCLUSION

• In view of consultations held with provincial and national stakeholders, progress reports for the 3rd quarter 2006/2007 were compiled into:

• Volume I: Consolidated Water Sector Report
• Volume II: Regional Reports
• Volume III: Sector Partner Reports

• It is recommended that the above reports are formally accepted by the WSSCC, subject to incorporation of the comments made today at the meeting.

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