department of communications presentation to the portfolio committee on communications 11 march 2003
TRANSCRIPT
DEPARTMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONSCOMMUNICATIONS
PRESENTATION TO
THE PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE on COMMUNICATIONS
11 MARCH 2003
MISSIONMISSION
To enable ordinary people to have access to traditional media and the convenience of information technology
VISION VISION
Improve the lives of ordinary South Africans whilst contributing to economic growth
Make South Africa a knowledge based society and help create an information economy
2002/ 03 Review2002/ 03 Review
Multimedia licenses to Sentech Telkom IPO on JSE and NSEPromulgation of Electronic and Communications
lawEconomic Growth and Foreign Direct Investment
– Investment by MTN and Vodacom in Nigeria and Congo respectively
– Increase in local mobile lines by 2,5 million
2002/ 03 Review2002/ 03 Review
Broadcasting Amendment Act 2002Programme Production for Community sectorSkills Development and Training in basic and
advanced multimedia skillsInitiation of Language Portal Programme Installation of 15 community stationsDevelopment of programming hubs in 9 provincesFinalized business plans for Rhino Recording
Studios
Review 2002/2003Review 2002/2003
Appointment of the Postal RegulatorAppointment of the Chairperson of the
RegulatorStart to the repositioning of SAPO7 Citizen Post Office Rolled Out
KEY ISSUES AND KEY ISSUES AND CHALLENGES FOR 2003CHALLENGES FOR 2003
Advisory Bodies Reports National Summit on Broadcasting Content and
Languages Launch of the Language Portals Repositioning the Post Office National Address System (NAS) Multi-purpose Communication Centres (MPCC’s) Citizens Post Office (CPOs) Legislation International
KEY ISSUES AND KEY ISSUES AND CHALLENGESCHALLENGES
Public Internet Terminal (PiT)Tabling of the Space Affairs Amendment
BillTelecommunications Amendment BillFeasibility study for the period 2005
onwards in terms of the liberalization of the sector
KEY ISSUES AND KEY ISSUES AND CHALLENGESCHALLENGES
Convergence Policy Connecting South Africa Underserviced area licences 112 emergency project Edunet BEE Inculcating Culture of Savings Content and Language
ADVISORY BODIES REPORTSADVISORY BODIES REPORTS Appointed to advise Government & the
Department of Communications on the following issues:- Issues relevant to the introduction of digital
broadcasting in South Africa- All issues pertaining to development, utilization
and approach of broadcast content production in South Africa.
- Recommendations have been submitted by the two bodies and the Department hopes to advice Cabinet on the recommendations
ADVISORY BODIES REPORTSADVISORY BODIES REPORTS The Digital Advisory Body Made
Recommendations on the following issues:– Policy and Legislative processes– Regulatory and licensing issues– Frequency spectrum planning– Network and coverage planning– Technical Standards– International Participation and Relations– Detailed migration plan
Economic feasibility study Consumer research Technical aspects requiring further analysis
ADVISORY BODIES REPORTSADVISORY BODIES REPORTS The South African Broadcast Production Advisory
Body Made Recommendations on the following issues:– strategic interventions that are critical to the
improvement of production and broadcasting of South African content.
– the establishment or realignment of existing specialised institutions to build the required capacity
– strategic issues that require further interventions in order to expand the production and display of South African content in both the South African and international markets.
ADVISORY BODIES REPORTSADVISORY BODIES REPORTS interventions at both the South African and
external markets. situations that warrants immediate redress. meeting the needs of the African continent for
relevant programming. new policy measures, structures or Specialized Agencies,
financing and marketing strategies.
NATIONAL SUMMIT ON NATIONAL SUMMIT ON BROADCASTING CONTENT AND BROADCASTING CONTENT AND
LANGUAGESLANGUAGES DoC intends holding a National Summit on
Content and Language Broadcasting and their implications for public service, community as well as commercial broadcasting in South Africa
The objective of the Summit is to advance policy directives as contained in the Broadcasting Amendment Act and the White Paper Policy on Broadcasting
NATIONAL SUMMIT ON NATIONAL SUMMIT ON BROADCASTING CONTENT AND BROADCASTING CONTENT AND
LANGUAGESLANGUAGES The National Summit will be preceded by
provincial mini-summits which will be convened in all nine Provinces
The National Summit to be convened in September 2003
LAUNCH OF THE LAUNCH OF THE LANGUAGE PORTALSLANGUAGE PORTALS
As part of the programme to use technology to advance some of the Constitutional imperatives. DoC has developed a strategy of making computers & Internet relevant & meaningful to the ordinary person in South Africa
The strategy includes:- Development of language portals- Registration of domain names in indigenous languages- Translating of Microsoft desk-top interface to
indigenous languages
LAUNCH OF THE LAUNCH OF THE LANGUAGE PORTALSLANGUAGE PORTALS
The strategy has the ff objectives:- Populate the Internet with indigenous languages- Afford all languages an equal status- Increase the usage of the Internet by ordinary
people- Preserve and expose South African culture and
heritage• The Department requests your presence when it
launches the portals during April 2003
REPOSITIONING THE POST REPOSITIONING THE POST OFFICEOFFICE
The Post Office can be strategically repositioned to play a key role in Government’s commitment to effective social service delivery
Government needs to reconsider its current Post Office Policy within the context of initiatives such as ISRDS & e-government strategies
REPOSITIONING THE POST REPOSITIONING THE POST OFFICEOFFICE
Consultation on this matter with other Government departments, SAPO & the Social Cluster of Director Generals is ongoing
It is hoped that this matter will be taken to Cabinet at the beginning of the new financial year
NATIONAL ADDRESS NATIONAL ADDRESS SYSTEM (NAS)SYSTEM (NAS)
To develop a national address system which will ensure that every citizen has an address
To develop legislation to facilitate the establishment of a structure within the South African Post Office which will manage the National Address System
Legislation will be submitted to Parliament during the second term of the year
MULTI-PURPOSE MULTI-PURPOSE COMMUNICATION CENTRES COMMUNICATION CENTRES
(MPCC’S)(MPCC’S)
To roll-out and implement the sustainability plan of the communications infrastructure and related services to rural communities and those from disadvantaged areas within the GCIS initiatives and ISRDP/Urban Rural strategy initiatives
CITIZEN’S POST OFFICE CITIZEN’S POST OFFICE (CPOs)(CPOs)
To provide access to digital communications infrastructure and services to those communities historically disadvantaged by apartheid policies
7 CPOs have been rolled out and are operational. A phased approach has been adopted in the rollout
of the remaining 18 CPOs. Seven pilot sites will be rollout before the end of
the financial year and the roll out of the remaining 11 sites as identified will be done in the coming financial year
LEGISLATIONLEGISLATION
Tabling of the Amendment to the Postal Services Act of 1998 before Parliament during the second half of the calendar year
This will address the issue of the schedules defining the reserve areas as well as the Post Bank
INTERNATIONALINTERNATIONAL
To become members of the Postal Operations Council and Council of Administration
Invite the Department of Foreign Affairs into a workshop to discuss this objective
This will allow SA to participate fully in Global Postal matters and grant us the status to be able to vote during the Council meetings
Participate in the development of e-Post Strategy for Africa
PUBLIC INTERNET PUBLIC INTERNET TERMINALS (PIT’S)TERMINALS (PIT’S)
The plan is to have 200 new design kiosks to be manufactured during this financial year
Each province will have a PiT truck and there will be one built for the Presidency
Intergovernmental projects are also on the pipeline where DoC will be working with DoH on the Telemedicine Project, Dept of Agriculture and Department of Public Service and Administration on digitising government forms.
TABLING OF THE SPACE TABLING OF THE SPACE AFFAIRS AMENDMENT BILLAFFAIRS AMENDMENT BILLThe Bill focuses on ISSA, Space
applications and services
Focus area: BEEFocus area: BEE Advancement of BEE at DoC, Portfolio organizations
sector. Industry led agreement focusing on:
- Ownership and Equity
- Management and control
- Skills Development
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Investment in enterprise development
- Procurement Study on BEE component in sector underway
Industry led in that Department will play facilitating role – SACF, BBC, Nedlac and others to spearhead.
SONA
Industry led in that Department will play facilitating role – SACF, BBC, Nedlac and others to spearhead.
SONA
BEE: Ownership and EquityBEE: Ownership and Equity Establishment of fund to finance BEE initiatives
(BEE Fund Banks and sector , R10 Billion in budget, Umsombovu Fund)
Policy development to target BEE Ownership and Equity
Management and Control
Set “targets” and monitor BEE components in Portfolio organizations including SITA and Arivia.Com & Sector
Government ICT privatization process to target BEE
SONA Cost of Capital
IPO – R4 B
SNO – R
SONA Cost of Capital
IPO – R4 B
SNO – R
BEE: Skills developmentBEE: Skills developmentICT InstituteISSA, NEMISA and Postal InstituteISSET and MAPP – SETA’sSector wide internship program Develop e-
learning centre for research and content development
Establish e-learning to upgrade teachersLearnership programs with ISETT SETA –
incubators and ISSA R90 million over 3 years
Investment and Enterprise Investment and Enterprise DevelopmentDevelopment
SMME / BEE / Incubator Directorate Research and development into new
productsEntrepreneur development - New ventures
Procurement Procurement Procurement in DoC (Matrix) Targets for Portfolio Organizations Targets for sector in general – industry led
Corporate Social Responsibility
Mentorship'sEntrepreneur developmentAccess to capitalSkills development
Promoting Culture of savingsPromoting Culture of savingsRationale Poor Savings RateDisparate Living StandardsLack of Financial LiteracyInvestmentPostal Financial Services and Postal Savings
BanksThe Postal Network
Post Bank to benefit by increasing
Post Bank to benefit by increasing
Objectives Objectives Promote the Culture of Saving among SA Encourage SA to use Post Bank as 1st choice Provide majority of South Africans with financial service
infrastructure
Critical Success Factors
Interest rates and ATM charges Electronic connection of Post Offices Postbank’s distinct identity Security of Funds
•CSF – might have to outsource banks IT infrastructure:
•CSF – might have to outsource banks IT infrastructure:
Promoting Culture of Savings Promoting Culture of Savings
Projects to achieve desired objectives Pension PayoutNational Youth Savings ProgrammeSavings Month Symposium on Culture of SavingsContinued Awareness Programme
Languages and Content Languages and Content
Objectives Promotion of indigenous languagesGeneration of relevant content Demystifying technologyNation-buildingIncome generation
Relevant content Poverty alleviation, HIV Aids, youth, Gender, disability etc.
Relevant content Poverty alleviation, HIV Aids, youth, Gender, disability etc.
Languages and Content Languages and Content Projects plannedLanguage PortalsChildren’s Portals Program productions – HIV Aids, Gender,
Youth, Disability, etc. Translation of government websitesLanguage and content summitTranslation of government forms information to at least 6 languages
Connecting SA Connecting SA
ObjectivesUniversal access through electronic communications
servicesGrowth, increased penetration and accessibilityEmpower communities by providing access to ICT’s
Connecting SAConnecting SA
ProjectsPiT’s, Telecentres, Citizen’s Post OfficesInternet laboratories training programsElectronic CommerceTelemedicineE-learning
4. MTEF Budget 4. MTEF Budget
Transfers
Total
Operations
649,464 m
842,515 m
193,051 m
2003/04
659,614 m
866,843 m
2,88%
207,229 m
2004/05
680,218 m
907,129
4,65%
226,911 m
2005/06
Budget per programBudget per program
Program 2003/04
R’ m
2004/05
R’ m
Administration 83,607 90,912
Telecoms Policy 135,900 134,649
Postal Services 353,082 356,490
Broadcasting 263,244 277,668
Auxiliary Services 6,682 7,124
TOTAL 842,515 866,843
Transfer PaymentsTransfer Payments
Transfers 2003/04 R’ m 2004/05 R’ m 2005/06 R’ m
Infrastructure
(MPCC’s, PITs )
15,500 16,430 22,100
Emergency Call Centres
E-Business 5,000 5,000 6,863
Advanced ICT Institute 20,000 13,000 7,000
Transfer cont’Transfer cont’
Transfers 2002/03 R’ m 2003/04 R’ m 2004/05 R’ m
USA 11,211 11,884 14,500
USF 24,745 26,230 29,400
SAPOS 300,000 300,000 300,000
Broadcasting
(Program content Children, youth, aids, women, disability)
31,500 33,390 34,440
Transfers cont’Transfers cont’
2003/04 R, m 2004/05 R, m 2005/06 R’ m
SABC – PBS 44,717 47,400 50,455
SABC – TBVC
Channel Africa 26,288 27,865 29,616
Community Radio 9,000 9,540 10,255
Transfers contTransfers cont
2002/03 2003/04 2004/05
ICASA 128,646 134,947 137,489
NEMISA 13,753 14,578 17,263
Total Transfers 649,464 659,614 680,218
TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMENDMENT BILLAMENDMENT BILL
Provides for amendment of sections dealing with public emergency
Provides for spectrum allocationProvides for Communications MuseumProvides for provision of customer premises
equipmentProvides for HRD
FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THE FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THE
PERIOD 2005 ONWARDSPERIOD 2005 ONWARDS This includes consideration of a fourth
mobile licence, service licences without construction of networks, self provisioning and broadband
DEPARTMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONSCOMMUNICATIONS
THANK YOU