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Contents May 2015
Regulars
10 Conversations with leaders Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown on how
government plans to deal with the country’s energy constraints
14 Conversations with leaders Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson details government’s
energy ambitions
20 Profiles in leadership SAQA CEO Joe Samuels on building and maintaining the
organisation’s good reputation
24 Vital stats Fast facts at your fingertips
25 Upcoming events A look at local and international events for your diary
and information
26 Women in the Public Sector Gauteng Department of Finance’s Hester Hattingh has
the tough job of managing and responding to injury on duty claims on a daily basis
28 Trailblazer Young researcher Phuti Chelopo is on the hunt for a TB
breakthrough
32 In other news News you need to know when you are on the go
40 International relations SA and Zim cement relations following President Robert
Mugabe’s first state visit since 1994
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Features
Lifestyle80 Food and wine Winter warmers with chef Reuben Riffel
82 Health and well-being Hypertension: The silent killer
84 Travel Cape of good times – exploring the beauty of the
Western Cape
88 Grooming and style Retro rewind: Jumpsuit(ed) and ready to go
90 Car reviews The wonderful world of all-wheel drives
94 Defensive: Anticipating danger How improved observation skills can make you a better
driver
96 Nice-to-haves How improved observation skills can make you a better
driver
64 Opinion Minister Jeff Radebe talks about the calibre of public
servants needed in SA 66 Opinion Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa reflects on the
role played by artists in the African Renaissance
70 Opinion Deputy Minister in The Presidency Buti Manamela on
changing the face of SA’s economy
72 Opinion It’s self-assessment time for SA as the country prepares
for the African Peer Review Mechanism Review
34 Free State in the spotlight Unpacking the good story that the Free State province
has to tell
44 Ensuring small business becomes big business Minister Lindiwe Zulu says private and public
partnerships can boost support for small businesses.
48 Local government’s good story SALGA’s recent National Members Assembly was a time
to reflect on progress so far and improvements needed
52 Black industrialists key to economic growth Government has set a target of developing 100 black
industrialists to achieve economic transformation
54 Tough stance on fraud and corruption The South African Social Security Agency is determined
to protect social grants meant for the poor and vulnerable
56 Full steam ahead for infrastructure projects The South African Social Security Agency is determined
to protect social grants meant for the poor and vulnerable
60 DNA Act to tighten net on criminals The DNA Act will ensure that criminals have no place to
hide
42 Provincial focus Limpopo Finance MEC Alfred Phala on maintaining the
financial stability of the province
76 Financial fitness Protect your money from scam artists
78 Public Sector appointments We take a look at who is new on Persal
79 Book reviews Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa wants to promote the
culture of reading in SA
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MAKING
MESSAGE FROM THE MINISTER
Workers’ rights are human rights
Each year on 1 May we celebrate Workers’ Day. As with other
national days, Workers’ Day owes its significance to our shared
history of exclusion and our fight for universal rights.
Workers’ Day presents an opportunity to remember all those who
fought tirelessly for the rights that workers enjoy today. Just 21 years
ago, workers in South Africa were subjected to merciless exploitation
and enjoyed almost no rights.
Today, workers’ rights are enshrined in the Constitution. They include
the right to fair labour practice; the right to form and join trade unions,
strike and picket; and the right to collective bargaining.
Undoubtedly there are some who feel that the pendulum has swung
too far in the favour of workers. There are those who decry workers’
rights, claiming that they hurt productivity, business and industry.
This is their right and our democratic space allows people to argue
as such. However, should we forget our recent past we risk repeating
the same mistakes. The majority of people in our nation form part of
the working class, and we dare not allow those who
toil to move South Africa forward to be subjected to
exploitation.
Our democracy will never be successful if the plight
of the working class, whether they are employed or
unemployed, is not attended to.
The workers are the people who build our roads,
bridges and power stations. Daily, they don their over-
alls and gumboots and go into the mines. They steer
our trains, deliver our mail and work in factories. They
get up at the crack of dawn, come rain or shine, to
plough the lands. These men and women are the foot
soldiers of our economy. Our economy is built on the
back of workers.
However, these very same workers are often exploit-
ed; therefore government is determined to ensure that
the rights of workers are protected.
At the most basic level it is also true that workers’
rights are human rights. Just as we cherish the right to
life, right to freedom of speech and our right to vote,
we must protect and enhance workers’ rights.
It is my view that there does not need to be a contes-
tation between the rights of workers and the impera-
tives of business and industry. The simple fact remains
that neither can flourish without the other.
When the global economic crisis hit in 2008/09 it
resulted in millions of lost jobs worldwide and saw the
closure of businesses and industries. South Africa was
not spared and we too lost jobs. However, due to sound
fiscal policies and a robust economy we bounced back
and largely weathered the storm.
A deeper look at our underlying recovery would no
doubt point to sacrifices by both labour and business
for the greater good of our nation and economy. Even
though the world has moved away from the abyss of
2008/09, the economy remains fragile to this day.
Now, more than ever, there is a need for greater
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synergy between business and labour. In these
tough economic times innovative and new
thinking is called for - be it profit share between
business and their workers, or an increase in
incentives.
What we cannot afford is a continuing of
hardened positions with neither side willing
to budge. Such actions will only hurt business
and workers, and ultimately our economy.
In the coming months labour and business
will meet over salary negotiations. All indica-
tions are that these discussions will be both
frank and robust. Negotiators on both sides will
no doubt push for the best possible deals. How-
ever, at the end of the day, whatever is decided
on must be to the benefit of workers and our
economy.
Government trusts that these negotiations
will unfold in a constructive manner and that
if workers do ultimately decide to exercise their
right to strike, they do so within the confines of the law.
The many rights enshrined in our Constitution and
our laws must be tempered by responsibilities. In the
end, whatever we do must be for the greater benefit
of society. When strikes turn violent they negate the
important fights for better pay and better working
conditions.
Twenty-one years after the dawn of democracy we are
still grappling with the crippling legacy of apartheid,
which manifests most notably in the triple scourge of
poverty, unemployment and inequality. The only way
to overcome this legacy is by creating more jobs and
businesses. This will ultimately grow our economy and
move South Africa forward.
Those who decry workers’ rights often conveniently
forget about the debilitating legacy of apartheid spa-
tial planning. Most people live far from their places of
work, and many people rely on public transport. It is
not unusual for workers to get up at 3am just to be
able to get to their places of work on time. Often, such
workers will have to use two or three different forms of
public transport just to get to work.
This is a daily reality for millions. Many within our so-
ciety toil daily to put food on the table and often do
so at great personal or family expense. Many, no doubt, commit
an extraordinary amount of time and energy to their employers.
It is easy to forget that without protection for workers the very
people who have to sacrifice everything just to work would be
vulnerable to abuse and exploitation.
We must therefore celebrate and cherish workers’ rights and
other advances made since 1994. In the reply to the State of the
Nation Address, President Jacob Zuma spoke about the new la-
bour laws or amendments that were coming into effect this year.
“In terms of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act and the
Labour Relations Acts as amended, all workers will be employed
permanently. Temporary work contracts will not exceed three
months,” he said.
President Zuma also indicated that Deputy President Cyril
Ramaphosa would continue to lead the NEDLAC dialogue relat-
ing to a national minimum wage.
Along with ensuring workers’ rights, we are determined to lay
the groundwork for a flourishing economy that can create jobs.
This will be done by addressing the bottlenecks in the economy
and implementing the National Development Plan. There are also
plans in place to unlock the ocean and green economies.
Join government this Workers’ Month in commemorating the
massive strides we have made as a country. The backbone of our
economy is workers so let us celebrate living in a nation where
workers’ rights are human rights.
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Acting Director-General Donald Liphoko.
MESSAGE FROM THE ACTING DIRECTOR-GENERAL
On 25 May people across our continent will be marking
Africa Day 2015. It is a very significant date because
it commemorates the establishment of a pan-African
institution, the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which later
became the African Union (AU).
The OAU was established in 1963 in the aftermath of African
nations’ lengthy struggle to be free from colonialism. The first
country south of the Sahara to taste freedom was Ghana, in
1957. This sparked a wave of resistance to colonialism, with other
African countries also taking up the struggle against their co-
lonial rulers.
Having been in the vanguard for freedom, Ghana convened
the first Conference of Independent African States in 1958. Ethio-
pia, Liberia, Libya, Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia were among the
countries at the conference. The conference signalled Africa’s
objection to colonial rule.
Along with the OAU, African countries established the African
Economic Community (AEC).
The AEC’s goals were the establishment of free trade areas,
customs unions, a single market, a central bank and common
currency. The AEC has various pillars of economic community,
which include the Southern African Customs Union and South-
ern African Development Community. South
Africa is a member of both organisa-
tions.
The OAU was disbanded in
2002. In its place arose the AU,
which was launched in South
Africa in 2002. The AEC is still
in place, pursuing mutual eco-
nomic development among
most African states.
South Africa will host the next
AU summit, the 25th African Union
assembly, in Johannesburg, this year.
The AU’s theme for 2015 is “Year of
Empowerment and Devel-
opment towards Africa’s
Agenda 2063”.
South Africa’s ties to
the AU are strong - former Minister of Home Affairs
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma became the AU’s first female
chairperson in 2012. In addition, South Africa’s Professor
Salim Abdool Karim, director of the Centre for the AIDS
Programme of Research in South Africa, received the
AU’s Kwame Nkrumah Continental Scientific award in
the Life and Earth Sciences category.
Africa may be rid of colonists and imperialists but we
are not free of poverty, unemployment, food insecurity
and health risks such as HIV and AIDS, malaria, Ebola,
tuberculosis and yellow fever, among others.
In addition, economic colonisers have an eye on Afri-
ca’s rich store of natural resources, such as irreplaceable
rainforest trees and diverse minerals. Our commercial
and subsistence farmers are feeling the effects of cli-
mate change. We are fighting a new form of oppression,
fighting for freedom from a complex range of factors
inhibiting our socio-economic development and suc-
cess in the global arena.
Where does South Africa fit in? We are committed to
fighting the challenge of unemployment, poverty and
inequality. As public servants we have a responsibility
to use our positions to help South Africa face up to and
beat the triple challenge.
We have the ability to contribute to endowing South
Africa and indeed Africa with a generation of edu-
cated and insightful thinkers and innovators. People
of Africa, taught and trained to apply their hearts
and minds to finding home-grown solutions to
the challenges that Africa faces and to realise the
goals of the AU.
These include unity, solidarity and political and
socio-economic integration, sustainable economic,
social and cultural development, advancing
development by promoting research
and collaborating with one an-
other, and experts beyond
Africa, to rid our conti-
nent of diseases that
can be prevented.
Celebrating Africa
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CONvERSATIONS wITH THE LEADERSWriter: Amukelani Chauke
Minister Lynne Brown looks forward to brighter days
Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown has had her
hands full in recent months, with the challenges at
Eskom and the country’s electricity supply keeping
her on her toes.
Despite the tough times and occasional darkness, the
Minister believes there are brighter days ahead, especially
with the war room established by Cabinet.
The war room, headed by Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa and
comprising government Ministers and Eskom officials, was formed
to accelerate solutions and keep the nation abreast as load-shedding
was rolled out to ease the pressure off the power grid.
The war room was also tasked to come up with short, medium- to
long-term solutions to stabilise the power utility.
In an interview with PSM at her offices in Parliament in Cape Town,
Minister Brown said the war room had been busy.
“There is much progress that the war room has made. My role is as
the Minister, responsible for Eskom. We still have line function respon-
sibilities and I still have to be responsible for my line function, Eskom.
“If, for example, an instruction has to be given to Eskom, I still have
to do so and we still have oversight over Eskom. The issue that we
are trying to deal with in the war room is electricity supply and much
has been done,” she said.
The Minister also added that progress had been made in imple-
menting the five-point plan aimed at dealing with energy constraints.
Essentially, the five-point plan is aimed at presenting government’s
response to Eskom’s immediate and short-term interventions to limit
the risk of load-shedding, in a manner that also ensures that Eskom
is able to play a strategic role in the developmental state despite its
constrained capacity to do so over the next three years.
One of the immediate measures was for the war room to urgently
look at the maintenance of key power plants to boost their opera-
tional efficiency from 72 per cent to 80 per cent.
Government was also to get a detailed plan from Es-
kom on how it would manage its cash flow in order to
finalise a funding model to ensure the future sustain-
ability of the power utility.
Also as part of the five-point plan, the war room was
tasked to look at cogeneration capacity and ensuring
that existing power-purchase agreements are renewed
to restore some 1 390 megawatts (MW) of power that
is being supplied to the grid.
The war room also needed to work with the Depart-
ment of Energy to go into the market and procure ad-
ditional capacity onto the grid.
It also needed to act to enable Eskom to put in place
additional cogeneration contracts with municipalities,
which have power stations, that can augment the grid.
Gas was also to be sourced to generate electricity of
between 500 MW to 2 000 MW in the short- to medium-
term.
“From the five-point plan, you can see that on the
first point, to stabilise Eskom, the President has an-
nounced a cash injection of R23 billion … and on the
other hand, it is to ensure that Eskom runs itself,” ex-
plained the Minister.
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Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown.
It was during his State of the Nation Address that
President Jacob Zuma announced the R23 billion cash
injection, which National Treasury later announced had
been raised through the sale of non-core state assets,
a transaction that the Minister of Finance will make
public at an appropriate time.
“In cogeneration, independent power producers
(IPPs), all of the medium- to long-term processes, are
coming on track now.”
She said in December, the Department of Energy had
put out a list of all the requests for proposals on co-
generation, coal IPPs and gas. “That happened easily,
amicably and smartly because it is right there in the war
room. So I think the war room has been quite successful
in how we want to take the process forward,” she said.
To date, the Department of Energy has entered into
contracts with IPPs to provide peaking plant power of
1 000 MW, which is currently being built.
It has so far managed four procurement processes
for renewable energy projects by the private sector,
which has resulted in contracts being entered into for
3 900 MW of power, with more than 1 500 MW already
on the grid.
Plans are being developed to convert Eskom’s existing
diesel-powered open cycle turbines to gas.
Maintenance of power plantsAt The New Age business briefing, President Zuma an-
nounced that he would soon instruct government to
look at the maintenance of power plants, and assess the
performance of managers and engineers at that level.
This is something the Minister also prioritised. She
said the war room led a process of ensuring that Eskom
immediately implemented maintenance schedules.
“Eskom has carried out emergency repairs at the Ma-
juba Power Station. Majuba is now able to provide full
power in the morning and evening peaks and an aver-
age of 85 per cent power during the day.”
When the Deputy President recently appeared before
the National Council of Provinces and the National As-
sembly to answer questions for oral reply, he said much
progress had been made at war room level to carry out
maintenance at power plants.
“These include adherence to planned maintenance
schedules and the deployment of senior managers to power
stations. Synchronisation of the first unit of the Medupi Power
Station to the grid successfully started in February. Barring any
unexpected delays, it is due to provide full power to the grid
by the middle of the year.”
Deputy President Ramaphosa said there was light at the end
of the tunnel and that in a bid to reduce electricity demand,
the Department of Energy would soon announce the awarding
of incentives or subsidies for successful demand side manage-
ment proposals that would include solar water heating and the
replacement of light bulbs and geysers.
Minister Brown told PSM that the maintenance of power plants
was essential to ensure their smooth running, even during
scheduled maintenance.
She said the main problem was not that Eskom did not have
enough generating capacity, pointing out that when all power
stations are up and running at the same time, the country has
much more electricity than the very highest level of demand
in any year.
“To put that into numbers, we have about 15 per cent more
than we need now. Technically this is referred to as the ‘reserve
margin’ and, globally, 15 per cent is considered to be an ac-
ceptable level.
“If we just had planned maintenance – and warned people of
planned maintenance in advance – we would never need to
load shed more than once,” she said.
Consumers urged to use energy sparinglyWhile the war room finalises incentives for demand manage-
ment, the Minister said citizens also needed to play their role
“to ensure that pressure is eased off the power grid.”
She said the challenge was consumption by upper-middle-
class consumers who leave non-essential appliances on when
they are not in use.
“We use more lighting – we use outside and inside lighting;
we use underfloor heating. All these things we need to stop.
“If you are not in your bedroom, you don’t have to leave the
TV on there. Switch off electricity where you are not using it.
People with pools need to switch off pool pumps when the
pool is not in use.
“People with heaters, change to gas heaters. Poor people make
a fire in a tin and bring it into the house. It is important to use
electricity sparingly because it actually saves them money and
it saves us,” she urged. >>
Public Sector Manager • May 2015 11
Eskom board decisions, suspensionsIn March, senior executives at Eskom were suspended to allow
for an inquiry into the company’s operations and the chairper-
son of the board also stepped down.
Minister Brown welcomed the board’s decision to suspend
the executives, saying she had been concerned about the in-
stability of power plants, the utility’s financial liquidity and the
lack of credible information from Eskom.
“I welcome the board’s decision to launch a comprehensive
and holistic audit into the matters as highlighted.
“In my view it should be deeper than a mere fact-finding
exercise and it should deep-dive into the company to tell us
what is wrong and how it should be fixed.”
Recently Brian Molefe was appointed as Eskom's acting CEO.
How the Minister maintains her energy levels While she is tasked with ensuring that Eskom’s power plants
are well maintained, the Minister also has to take several meas-
ures to maintain her own system.
This is necessary for her to work towards solutions in what
can be a stressful energy environment.
“I have to work in calmness, so I have to create the calmness.
I have a very small yard that I sit in early in the morning.”
She also said going home to a 10-year-old and 12-year-old
gives her the much-needed balance in her life.
“But generally, I try to eat properly, take my vitamins, drink
enough water during the day just so that I am able to sustain
myself in a day.
“I try to take a weekend off every now and then, at least after
eight weeks, to make sure that two days in those eight weeks
I have down time because I think you have to find a happy
balance. I meditate, I read a lot, I try to go to the theatre as
much as I can and I try to watch the kids playing soccer and
swim – they are keen sports people,” she shared.
Skills development, job creationOn the back of making billions of rand in profits last
year, state-owned companies like Eskom and Transnet
have played key roles in skills development and job
creation through the New Build Programme.
The Department of Public Enterprises recently up-
dated its parliamentary portfolio committee on the
progress made through the New Build Programme.
Makgola Makololo, the department’s Chief Director
responsible for Energy, said Eskom had contributed
to its developmental mandate by creating direct and
indirect jobs.
While the direct jobs have been created within the
power utility’s business environment, the indirect
jobs have come from contractors servicing Eskom,
especially through the build projects.
“Over the past three financial years, Eskom suppliers
have committed to creating 7 000 jobs and retaining
700 jobs when they are awarded a contract.
“As a direct result of Eskom business in the new build
projects, there were 24 251 jobs created by suppli-
ers in the Medupi, Kusile, Ingula and Power Deliver
Project at the end of December 2014,” she said.
Eskom has set a target to create more jobs through
the New Build Programme in its corporate plan – 16
334 in the 2014/15 financial year, 8 317 in 2016, 4 750
in 2017 and 2 000 in 2018.
Kgomotso Modise, the department’s Deputy Direc-
tor-General responsible for Transport, said with the
vision of moving freight from the road to rail, while
investments will go towards ports and pipeline infra-
structure, the bulk of it will go towards rail.
Modise said Transnet aimed to create one million
jobs by 2022.
“Transnet will create approximately 540 000 direct
and indirect job opportunities over the next seven-
year period.
“In addition, it is also expected that another 480 000
job opportunities will be induced through Transnet
spend.”
With an annual training investment of R1 billion,
Transnet will train 3 000 artisans and 1 600 engineers
over the next seven years.
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Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson has the right energy for the job
CONvERSATIONS wITH THE LEADERSWriter: Cathy Grosvenor
South Africa is committed to building a low-carbon, green
economy and pivotal to making this imperative a reality is
the Department of Energy (DoE), with Minister Tina Joemat-
Pettersson at the helm.
Appointed to the position in May 2014, Minister Joemat-Petters-
son’s challenge of ensuring sustainable energy security for South
Africa is one that requires huge amounts of dedication and focus.
“With the country’s historic over-reliance on coal, every second
counts when it comes to diversifying our power-generating capac-
ity,” she says.
Energy roadmap
The Integrated Energy Plan (IEP), developed in 2013, provides a
roadmap for the future energy landscape of South Africa. The IEP
guides future energy infrastructure investments and policy devel-
opment. It seeks to achieve this objective premised on a balanced
view of the ‘3E’ imperatives – energy access and security; economic
growth and development, and environmental sustainability.
“Once adopted by Cabinet, the IEP will become the DoE’s primary
guiding document which will also inform the Integrated Resource
Plan (IRP) going forward. The IRP 2010-30 is the department’s 20-
year energy mix plan, which promotes the use of all energy sources,
and a move away from over-dependence on environmentally un-
friendly fossil fuels like coal.
“Coal is currently South Africa’s primary energy source. The cur-
rent IRP makes provision for an energy mix that includes
6,3GW of coal, 11,4GW of renewable energy, 9,6GW of
nuclear power and 11,0GW of other generation sources,”
explains the Minister.
A host of renewable energy solutions are receiving
high-level attention. One of these is partnerships with
independent power producers (IPPs) that will contribute
to South Africa’s energy mix through solar photovoltaic
technology, wind, small hydro and concentrated solar
thermal generators.
Another priority area is nuclear power, with the aim of
South Africa becoming globally competitive in the use of
innovative technology for the design, manufacture and
deployment of state-of-the-art nuclear energy systems
and power reactors, and nuclear fuel-cycle systems.
Minister Joemat-Pettersson knows that the energy port-
folio entrusted to her is critical to South Africa’s sustained
economic growth and thus also government’s tackling of
unemployment, poverty and inequality.
“The importance of the DoE’s mandate cannot be over-
stated. It is only with the availability of varied, modern
energy services that South Africa can meet the priority
needs of millions of citizens in terms of human and social
development as well as sustainable economic growth,”
she stresses.
Public Sector Manager • May 201514
The Koeberg Nuclear Power Plant, situated in the Western Cape, is the only nuclear power station in Africa.
The Minister points out that the country is looking
beyond Eskom for sources of energy.
“Our role is finding innovative and sustainable ways
of complementing Eskom’s power-generating capacity
in order to ensure a secure power supply for the coun-
try. We are committed to developing and promoting
new sources of energy, while also taking into account
environmental considerations.
“My department contributes to the collective national
efforts, including the implementation of the National
Climate Change response strategy, the Green Economy
Accord and the National Development Plan (NDP) –
all of which are geared towards less carbon intensive
electricity production through the procurement of
renewable energy sources.”
Energy Month
May is Energy Month and as much as energy security
is a government imperative, it is also the collective re-
sponsibility of all South African citizens. The minister
urges businesses and individuals to reduce energy
consumption in their everyday lives.
“The call to cut down on our electricity usage is not
unique to South Africa, and needs to be viewed in a
global context. It is not just about Eskom’s challenges,
but about securing our children’s future.
“The energy challenge is a global one; natural resourc-
es used to power industrial society are diminishing as
demand increases,” she says.
“That is why global initiatives like Earth Hour exist, and why over
150 countries join forces to encourage individuals, businesses and
governments to take positive action by turning off their lights for a
designated 60-minute period.”
In South Africa, Energy Month sees government organisations part-
nering with stakeholders to promote energy saving and spread aware-
ness of South Africa's energy needs. A big part of these awareness
campaigns is to draw more attention to the many renewable energy
options available through resources that are naturally replaced, such
as sunlight, wind, rain and waves.
Renewable energy
In April, Minister Joemat-Pettersson announced a number of new
energy initiatives aimed at the private sector, including a large expan-
sion of the renewable energy programme and shortened procurement
processes over the next year, designed to speed up the commissioning
of new energy capacity.
She also announced the 13 successful bids for phase four of the IPP
procurement programme, which will contribute 1 121MW to the grid.
The Minister says she expects the financial close for the bid window
for this phase to be in the fourth quarter of this year, and for the pro-
jects to be commissioned from November 2016.
Minister Joemat-Pettersson also announced that a fifth window
would be opened, and that she would approach the National En-
ergy Regulator of South Africa to ask for a determination for another
6 300MW of independent renewable energy to be built.
The issuing of confirmation letters to the 13 preferred bidders brings
the total number of projects that the department has approved to
79, with a capacity of 5 243MW across all renewable energy windows.
“This represents a massive investment of R168 billion in economic
infrastructure in South Africa, which will contribute to economic
growth and job creation.
“South Africa has vast alternative energy sources at its disposal and
already the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procure-
ment Programme has successfully channelled substantial private sec-
tor expertise and investment into grid-connected renewable energy
in South Africa at competitive prices,” notes the Minister.
In 2014, a Bloomberg New Energy Finance Climate Scope report
ranked South Africa third globally behind China and Brazil and first
Public Sector Manager • May 2015 15
Government is exploring a number of options, including solar energy, to diversify power-generating capacity.
CONvERSATIONS wITH THE LEADERS
among African countries for clean energy investment.
The renewable build started following the 2008 power crisis. A
national 2010 energy plan called for a diversification of energy sup-
ply and within four years, a total of 4 322MW had been procured.
The plan saw IPPs bidding in four separate windows, and successful
bidders being given a guaranteed market through a power-purchase
agreement with Eskom.
“Going forward, the renewable energy IPP procurement pro-
gramme will be expanded and accelerated, and the procurement
process will be shortened and simplified. The DoE has also reached
out to small-scale IPPs, with projects that are between 1 and 5MW
in size,” adds the Minister.
Nuclear energy
Nuclear will play a key role in supporting base-load generation capac-
ity for the energy future of South Africa, especially given the need
for the country to reduce carbon emissions.
Government continues to make significant progress in its engage-
ments with nuclear vendor countries as part of its expanded nuclear
new build programme.
“South Africa has held consultations with a number of nuclear ven-
dor countries, including the United States of America, South Korea,
Russia, France, Japan, Canada, and China.
“All of them - with the exception of Canada - have Pressurised
Water Reactor nuclear technology, similar to the Koeberg Nuclear
Power Plant situated in the Western Cape. South Africa has been
safely using this technology for the past 30 years,” explains Minister
Joemat-Pettersson.
Inter-governmental framework agreements have been concluded
with all vendor countries, except Canada and Japan, whose agree-
ments are at an advanced stage of completion. All
these countries took part in three nuclear vendor pa-
rade workshops, which started in October 2014 and
concluded in March 2015. The nuclear vendor parade
workshops entail vendor countries presenting their
nuclear technology offerings.
The NDP requires that thorough investigations be
done on various aspects of the nuclear power-gen-
eration programme before a procurement decision is
taken.
Training
Meanwhile, 50 trainees from the South African nuclear
industry will spend the next four months in China, tak-
ing part in nuclear power plant operations training.
The trainees come from those major role players in the
nuclear industry that continue to support the govern-
ment in its ambitions to roll-out the nuclear new build
programme.
“Trainees will receive lectures in nuclear safety regu-
latory system, nuclear power plant-related subjects
such as physical characteristics, nuclear island system
equipment, codes and safety oversight, steam power
conversion system, material science, conventional is-
land system equipment, thermodynamics and basis of
reactor thermal hydraulics and radiation protection,”
says the Minister.
The second phase of this initiative will see South Africa
sending 250 trainees to China to be trained at various
levels.
President Jacob Zuma, Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa at the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation’s SAFARI-01 reactor celebrations in the North West.
Public Sector Manager • May 201516
A much more intensive training programme is envis-
aged in the near future. It will cover on-the-job training
at nuclear power plant construction sites; bachelor's
degrees in engineering, natural and social sciences;
financial and project management programmes; as well
as post-graduate courses and research collaboration
between South Africa and major developed countries
including France, Russia, China, USA, South Korea and
Japan.
“South Africa hopes to add a total electricity capacity
of 9 600MW to the grid by 2030, with the first reactor
unit connection made in 2023, well in time for the re-
tirement of the aging coal fleet.”
Minister Joemat-Pettersson says that the procurement
process will be presented for approval to the Energy
Security Cabinet Sub-committee and endorsed by Cabi-
net. Once endorsed, it will be presented for deliberation
by Parliament, and then government will launch the
procurement process.
Women and youth participation
In line with the DoE’s commitment to contribute to the
national effort to address poverty and unemployment,
the department has embarked on various initiatives to
assist vulnerable communities.
“Government has made it possible through policy to
pave the way for women to take part in the oil and gas
sector as equal participants. The DoE and Women in Oil
and Energy South Africa (WOESA) hosted an informa-
tion session for businesswomen in Pretoria recently.
“At this session, women motivated that workshops
be held in all provinces, with the intention of allowing
them to access information on upcoming opportunities
in the energy sector,” says the Minister.
She adds that a memorandum of understanding has
been signed with WOESA that will see the department
engaging with communities on available business op-
portunities in the sector.
Integrated National Electrification Programme
Energy access has been at the heart of South African
energy policy since 1994. Prior to 1994, two in every
three South Africans did not have access to electricity.
“Today, four out of five South Africans have access
to electricity either via grid connection or non-grid
connection. The country’s rate of access to electricity has increased
from 34 per cent since 1994 to 86 per cent and the DoE is working
towards full universal access by 2025 through the upgrading and
strengthening of the electricity network infrastructure in the country.
“This target is in line with the UN General Assembly’s declaration
that universal access to clean energy should be achieved by 2030.”
Other projects:
• TheDoEisengagedinaprocesstodesignaGas-to-Powerprocure-
ment programme for a combined 3 126MW allocation.
• TheCoalBaseloadIPPProgrammewillprocure2500MWofelectric-
ity from coal-fired power stations. This programme is designed to
encourage meaningful local participation, and requires 51 per cent
South African entity participation.
• AtreatybetweentheDemocraticRepublicoftheCongoandtheRe-
public of South Africa on importing hydroelectricity from Inga came
into force in March 2015. The treaty obliges South Africa to negotiate
an off-take agreement for the purchase of 2 500MW of electricity
generated from the Grand Inga Phase 3 Low Head project, with a
right of first refusal for up to 30 per cent of generated capacity from
all future phases.
• Theintroductionofanewprocurementmodelforthenationalsolar
water heating programme is at an advanced stage. Government has
decided to stop the subsidisation of imported solar heaters in favour
of local manufacturing to increase job creation, industrialisation and
the socio-economic impact of the programme.
Despite the country’s energy challenges, the efforts of Minister
Joemat-Pettersson and her team are ensuring that there is light at
the end of the tunnel.
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PROFILES IN LEADERSHIPWriter: Albert Pule
Photographer: Ntswe Mokoena
Joe Samuels has certainly proved that he is more than suit-
ably qualified to head up the South African Qualifications
Authority (SAQA), with the organisation repeatedly receiving
unqualified audits with him at the helm.
Since his appointment as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in 2012,
SAQA has received unqualified audits.
In fact, this is a feat that SAQA has managed for the past 17 years.
With Samuels, who has a Bachelor of Science degree, Honours
in Physiology and Masters in Adult Education, as CEO, SAQA has
built a good reputation in qualification verification, so much so
that private companies in the business of verifying qualifications
consult with it.
Samuels says that since ascending to the hot seat, SAQA has
grown, even with limited resources and operating in a challeng-
ing environment.
Samuels strives to keep up the standards
“The past three years have been challenging, but there
have been a number of positives during this time,” he
says with a smile. He took over from Samuel Isaacs after
being his deputy for seven years.
What is SAQA and what does it do?
SAQA is one of the institutions that fall under the De-
partment of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and
is charged with the responsibility of developing and
implementing the National Qualifications Framework
(NQF).
“This means that when we moved into the democratic
order in 1994, we inherited many different departments
of education and had to bring all of the qualifications
from those departments together into one single frame-
work, the NQF.”
In 2000, the then Minister of Education Kader Asmal
instituted a review of the SAQA Act, which was com-
pleted in 2007.
According to Samuels, the authority is responsible for
registering qualifications on the national register. “We’ve
got the biggest database of qualifications and learner
records in the country - The National Learners Record
Database,” he says.
Balancing the books
Samuels says the secret to achieving consecutive un-
qualified audit reports is having proper systems in place,
very clear policies and adherence to the Public Finance
Management Act (PFMA).
“Apart from these, you must also have people who
know what is expected of them and who know what
they are doing.
“You must also have proper monitoring and evaluation
in place and make sure that everyone in the organisa-
tion buys into that approach.”
He adds that one aspect that has helped the authority
Public Sector Manager • May 201520
CEO of the South African Qualifications Authority Joe Samuels.
to keep the purse strings tight and balance the books is
regular meetings, especially for the financial manage-
ment committee.
“When we have auditors raising a few issues, the com-
mittee looks at these holistically and says we need to
brush up on them. We also look at other areas that
need attention.
“The committee keeps a record of issues and monitors
them over time to ensure that we are doing what is ex-
pected of us. We take audits very seriously, if a problem
is pointed out we fix it immediately or set time frames
to fix it and we all work together to make sure that we
fix whatever needs to be fixed,” he adds.
Tackling fraudulent qualifications
Samuels says that recent reports of high profile indi-
viduals with fraudulent qualifications highlight the
need for the public service to clean up and deal with
this issue.
He warns that those in the public service especially,
should rectify the problem or face being embarrassed
in public.
“We must make sure that the public service is beyond
reproach. I urge everyone in the public service to ensure
that their qualifications are verified.”
Samuels says this is important because it will raise the
public’s confidence in the public service.
“Those people who don’t have a qualification mustn’t
wait until somebody finds out, they must come out. It
is better to close the gap rather than be caught out,”
he cautions.
Fraudulent qualifications do not only damage the
county’s reputation, but also harm the reputation of
the NQF.
Samuels also urges people who are planning to study
overseas to consult with SAQA about the qualification
and institution they are planning to study at.
“You can send an e-mail to SAQA and we will be able
to advise whether the institution where you want to
study is legitimate or not.”
National Fraud Register
Last year Minister of Higher Education and Training
Blade Nzimande asked SAQA to develop the National
Fraud Register, which will list individuals who have committed quali-
fications fraud.
“We are busy investigating how to set up the register and are look-
ing at a number of legal issues first because as soon as you say
someone has a fraudulent qualification, the question will be asked,
who makes that decision? We got advice from the State Law Advi-
sor, which said it’s the courts that must make the determination if
a qualification is fraudulent or not.
“When someone has misrepresented their qualification and it
comes to our system, SAQA takes the matter to the police for them
to take the matter forward.”
Lending a helping hand to others
Samuels says that over the years SAQA’s reputation as a verification
authority has grown in leaps and bounds.
The authority was recently approached by private qualification
verification institutions to help them and that this has given SAQA
a huge stamp of approval.
He adds that before the interview with PSM, he was in a meeting
with a representative from one of the institutions to request SAQA’s
intervention.
Relations with African continent
Samuels says that SAQA recently held a seminar with 14 countries
that send students to study at South African universities. Zimbabwe
currently sends the highest number of students to study in South
Africa.
Nigeria, the United Kingdom, China, India and Pakistan also took
part in the seminar.
“We are setting up a network of qualification verification agencies
to help and learn from each other and the response is positive,” he
says.
Samuels urges all employers to be vigilant about employees who
submit fraudulent qualifications and to be aware that some institu-
tions offer qualifications they are not supposed to.
Public Sector Manager • May 2015 21
Building green business Government and business save energy and money with support from the National Cleaner Production Centre of South Africa (NCPC-SA)
What we have done
In partnership with
Industrial Sustainability Conference 2015
Tue 21 – Wed 22 July 2015International Conference Centre, Durban
+27 11 463 9184 www.manufacturingindaba.co.za
Pretoria +27 12 841 3772 Cape Town +27 21 658 2776 Durban +27 31 242 2441 [email protected]
King Shaka saves power
An energy-efficiency programme inspired by NCPC-SA has taken off at Durban’s international airport. King Shaka International Airport has inthree years saved enough energy to power 225 middle-income South African homes. By early 2015, electricity savings amounted to 1.9 gigawatt-hours, valued at R2,7m.
R759msaved in 4 years
2 500South Africans trained in
energy efficiency since 2010
866 GWhsaved in 4 years
800 000tonnes reduction in carbon emissions
National Cleaner Production Centre of South Africawww.ncpc.co.za
About NCPC-SA
NCPC-SA helps government and industry to cut costs by reducing their use of energy and water, and through better waste management. It is hosted by the CSIR on behalf of the dti.
NCPC-SA provides training, skills development and policy advice. It assesses potential energy savings, develops action plans, and supports implementation.
First we show people how we can save them money; then we help them to do it.
“NCPC-SA enables industrial development alongside energy efficiency and environmentalprotection. We want every municipality to be more resourceful with energy and waste. We are here to help them.”
T he NCPC-SA has already helped companies to save R780m in energy, water and waste costs and identified R600m more in potential savings through assessments.
As a programme of the dti, the NCPC-SA offers a range of subsidised services to enable businesses to cut costs, save energy and comply with environmental legislation.
“Provinces and municipalities all want economic development. NCPC-SA is supporting local and provincial government as they help businesses to develop in a sustainable and efficient way,” said NCPC-SA director Ndivhuho Raphulu.
“We help government to implement its own development plans, and to encourage its local businesses to meet green targets.”
NCPC-SA also provides government departments and municipalities with specialist skills and training, and with energy assessments.
NCPC-SA is active with local governments in Durban, Cape Town, Pretoria, Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni, Polokwane and Mbombela.
“We have the expertise to help all levels of government to meet energy efficiency and cost saving targets,” Raphulu said. “Government can save millions quite quickly while building a more efficient economy.”
www.ncpc.co.za
Building green business Government and business save energy and money with support from the National Cleaner Production Centre of South Africa (NCPC-SA)
What we have done
In partnership with
Industrial Sustainability Conference 2015
Tue 21 – Wed 22 July 2015International Conference Centre, Durban
+27 11 463 9184 www.manufacturingindaba.co.za
Pretoria +27 12 841 3772 Cape Town +27 21 658 2776 Durban +27 31 242 2441 [email protected]
King Shaka saves power
An energy-efficiency programme inspired by NCPC-SA has taken off at Durban’s international airport. King Shaka International Airport has inthree years saved enough energy to power 225 middle-income South African homes. By early 2015, electricity savings amounted to 1.9 gigawatt-hours, valued at R2,7m.
R759msaved in 4 years
2 500South Africans trained in
energy efficiency since 2010
866 GWhsaved in 4 years
800 000tonnes reduction in carbon emissions
National Cleaner Production Centre of South Africawww.ncpc.co.za
About NCPC-SA
NCPC-SA helps government and industry to cut costs by reducing their use of energy and water, and through better waste management. It is hosted by the CSIR on behalf of the dti.
NCPC-SA provides training, skills development and policy advice. It assesses potential energy savings, develops action plans, and supports implementation.
First we show people how we can save them money; then we help them to do it.
“NCPC-SA enables industrial development alongside energy efficiency and environmentalprotection. We want every municipality to be more resourceful with energy and waste. We are here to help them.”
T he NCPC-SA has already helped companies to save R780m in energy, water and waste costs and identified R600m more in potential savings through assessments.
As a programme of the dti, the NCPC-SA offers a range of subsidised services to enable businesses to cut costs, save energy and comply with environmental legislation.
“Provinces and municipalities all want economic development. NCPC-SA is supporting local and provincial government as they help businesses to develop in a sustainable and efficient way,” said NCPC-SA director Ndivhuho Raphulu.
“We help government to implement its own development plans, and to encourage its local businesses to meet green targets.”
NCPC-SA also provides government departments and municipalities with specialist skills and training, and with energy assessments.
NCPC-SA is active with local governments in Durban, Cape Town, Pretoria, Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni, Polokwane and Mbombela.
“We have the expertise to help all levels of government to meet energy efficiency and cost saving targets,” Raphulu said. “Government can save millions quite quickly while building a more efficient economy.”
www.ncpc.co.za
vITAL STATS
Fast facts at your fingertips
Compiled by: Dorris Simpson and Ursula Graaff
South Africa has the ability to attract foreign investment and
host multi-national companies with great success. We are a
dynamic economy and a popular destination for investors.
Since the advent of democracy, the inflow of investment from
top international companies has reinforced our credentials. South
Africa offers the stability of a developed country along with the
lucrative opportunities of a vibrant emerging market.
• SA attracted R62 billion in investment inflows in 2014.
• SA ranked high in attracting foreign investment among the BRICS
countries.
• SA is ranked 63 out of 132 countries making the country the sec-
ond-best performer after Brazil among the BRICS nations to con-
vert foreign direct investment into social progress by the “Foreign
Direct Investment and Inclusive Growth: The impacts on social
progress” study.
HealthcareSouth Africa has also recorded great improvement in healthcare, educa-
tion and access to services.
• More than 1 500 health facilities have been built since 1994.
• Primary healthcare is free and hospital fees for pregnant wom-
en, children under six years and people with disabilities were
abolished.
Education • Early Childhood Development (ECD) facilities cater for
over a million children under four years old.
• Grade R enrolments has more than doubled from 300
000 in 2003 to 705 000 in 2011, reaching the level of
universal access.
• More than 8 million learners are benefiting from the
no-fee school policy which has helped increase enrol-
ment in secondary schools from 51 per cent in 1992
to 80 per cent currently.
• The National School Nutrition Programme provides
meals to nine million learners
Increased access to basic services
Life has improved for many South Africans and al-
though progress has been made, much more still needs
to be done to change lives. The progress includes:
• 9, 1 million households had access to regular waste-
removal services in 2011, from 6. 3 million in 2001.
• 73 municipalities had more than 90 per cent of house-
holds accessing electricity in 2011, versus only one
municipality which had more than 90 per cent of
households accessing electricity in 1996.
• 72 per cent of households have access to waste-
removal services - an increase from 55 per cent in
2009, as per the Twenty Year Review report.
• 95 per cent of households have access to a basic level
of water (one stand pipe within 200m) in 2012, from
about 60 per cent in 1994, according to report.
• 86 per cent of households had access to electricity in
2014, from just more than 50 per cent in 1994.
• 83 per cent of households had access to basic sanita-
tion (a ventilated pit latrine as opposed to the bucket
system) in 2012, from just more than 50 per cent in
1995.
Public Sector Manager • May 201524
Africa Day 25 MayAfricans across the continent will gather in various
places to commemorate annual Africa Day.
This is the day when the continent reflects on the
founding of the Organisation of African Unity, the
precursor to the African Union (AU).
The commemoration of Africa Day acknowledges
the progress that the continent has made and re-
flects on the challenges Africa faces in a global en-
vironment.
The AU is at the centre of the continent's renewal
process, aimed at making a break with a past that
was characterised by political instability, poverty and
underdevelopment.
UPCOMING EvENTS Compiled by: Ursula Graaff
World Economic Forum on Africa3 June – 5 JuneThe World Economic Forum on Africa will take place in Cape
Town in June, with the support of the South African Govern-
ment.
Convening under the theme “Then and Now: Reimagining Af-
rica’s Future”, the meeting will mark 25 years of change in Africa.
It will also provide an opportunity for senior decision-makers
from industry, government, academia, civil society and the me-
dia to accelerate inclusive growth while bringing about sustain-
able development for the continent.
The event will focus on the continent’s efforts to enhance com-
petitiveness, invest in human capital, strengthen risk resilience
and harness opportunities arising from technology adoption
in all sectors.
The World Economic Forum on Africa will take place at the
Cape Town International Convention Centre from 3-5 June.
For more information go to www.weforum.org National Youth Day16 June
Every year South Africa celebrates Youth Day in
commemoration of the Soweto Uprising, which
took place on the 16 June 1976.
Protests started in African schools after a di-
rective from the then Bantu Education Depart-
ment that Afrikaans had to be used on an equal
basis with English as a language of instruction
in secondary schools.
The issue, however was not only limited to
Afrikaans, but the whole system of Bantu edu-
cation, which was characterised by separate
schools and universities, poor facilities, over-
crowded classrooms and inadequately trained
teachers.
On 16 June 1976, more than 20 000 pupils
from Soweto began a protest march. In the
wake of clashes with the police, and the vio-
lence that ensued during the next few weeks,
approximately 700 hundred people, many of
them youths, were killed and property de-
stroyed.
The Department of Arts and Culture (DAC),
with strong support from the National Youth
Development Agency (NYDA) and various gov-
ernment departments will lead the Youth Day
commemorations.
SA AIDS Conference9 June - 12 June
Delegates from
a c r o s s t h e
world will gath-
er in Durban
in June for the
7 th SA A IDS
Conference.
The confer-
ence comes at
a critical time in
global health,
as 2015 marks
the end of the
M i l l e n n i u m
Development Goals and the beginning of the post-2015 sustainable
development agenda. The theme for this year’s SA AIDS Conference
is “Reflection, Refocus and Renewal”.
The theme provides the opportunity to reflect on what has been
done across an entire spectrum of programmes in response to HIV,
including the structural and social determinants which fuel this epi-
demic.
The conference will take place at the ICC Durban from 9-12 June.
For more information go to www.saaids.com
Public Sector Manager • May 2015 25
wOMEN IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR Photographer: Ntswe Mokoena
Hester Hattingh:An exemplary public servant
Writer: Albert Pule
A gun wielding man waltzes into the reception. People scatter
in all directions and others run for cover behind the counter.
The security guards are in panic mode and chaos ensues.
The man threatens to kill everyone unless the department “pays him
his money”.
As the drama unfolds, one of the security guards, who knows the
man, calls Hester Hattingh to come reason with him. The people
scattered around the reception watch as Hattingh softly speaks to
the man and calms him down.
“He was very upset about the case and threatened to shoot a lady. I
pretended that I wasn’t afraid and went to sit next to him to ask him
to calmly explain why he was upset. I assisted him and promised to
personally follow up on the case with the Office of the Compensation
Commissioner until we are able to get an answer.
“This matter went on for a couple of months and ended up at Labour
Court. He unfortunately lost his case but at least he understood why
it was turned down.”
The man was a teacher from a school in Vereeniging who was in-
jured on duty and was demanding compensation.
This was just another day in the office for Hattingh,
who was named Outstanding Public Official at the 2014
Premier’s Service Excellence Awards.
She works at the Gauteng Department of Finance
(GDF) where she administers injury on duty (IOD)
claims.
She ensures that all the relevant documents accom-
pany the claim and liaises with the claimant.
Hattingh is the go-between the claimant and the
department from the time the claim is submitted up
until it is finalised.
On a typical day she responds to more than 200
emails from Gauteng Provincial Government employ-
ees who need assistance in processing their IOD claims.
Although she continually deals with a mountain of
paperwork, she always has a modest smile on her face
and going the extra mile is a norm, both in and out
of the office.
“I’m not wonder woman, I’m just a normal human
being. I’m a people’s person, a mother, grandmother,
wife, friend, someone who loves God and an employee
passionate about life and my job.”
The self-driven 2014 Outstanding Public Official says
the public service is a calling and the mountain of work
Public Sector Manager • May 201526
that piles up on her desk every day does not bother
her at all.
“I believe in the power of positive thinking. My life
motto is to change the things I can and to accept
the things I cannot. I don’t entertain negativity and I
strongly believe in teamwork and leading by example,”
she says.
Although she enjoys her job, Hattingh says it comes
with challenges. Frequent changes in procedures, new
systems and difficult claims are some of the challenges
she has to deal with.
“We get difficult customers every day, but I try to not
get too easily upset and listen to the customer and
answer them in a calm way. If they shout at me, I tell
them in a decent manner to calm down so that the
problem can be discussed and we can work towards a
solution,” she explains.
Going beyond the call of duty
Dedicated to her work, Hattingh sometimes uses her
own resources to meet claimants and even works over
weekends without being compensated.
“We received a presidential enquiry from an employee
suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. I went
on a weekend, using my own transport, to her house
(about 50km from my house), to pick up the docu-
ments.
“She was not able to submit the documents to us by
hand or in an electronic format that is supported by our
systems. The case is still not resolved, but the employee
now understands the process and is satisfied with the
effort that I put in to assist her.”
That was not the only time she went beyond the call
of duty to assist her clients. Previously she travelled
70km to help a client.
“An employee was allocated an award. He was unable
to submit the original documents for payment to our
office and he was in serious need of money.
“I arranged to meet him on a Sunday, half way be-
tween my house and his (about 70km), to pick up the
documents for submission the next week.”
Hattingh says she would not trade her job in the pub-
lic service for anything because it gives her a chance to
make a positive impact on the lives of the people she serves.
After Hattingh won the award, the then MEC of Finance,
Mandla Nkomfe, had only praise for her.
“Hester is our big star and deserves more than a pat on
the back. The entire executive of the GDF is ecstatic and we
want to see more such individuals in the department. She
is a true symbol of what a public servant should be,” he said
at the awards.
Involvement in community projects
Hattingh is also passionate about the community and is in-
volved in a number of community projects.
As project manager for Lions International’s Florida Branch
(2013/2014) - a charity organisation - Hattingh rendered vari-
ous services to the community.
These included donating clothing and food to informal set-
tlements and less privileged people; buying school clothing
for less privileged school children; taking abandoned kids
from a place of safety to watch a movie and for a meal; ar-
ranging a music afternoon at an old age home and painting
a place of safety and crèche.
Hattingh also started an Adopt a Granny initiative in Rood-
epoort where she encouraged people in the community to
visit and pamper lonely people in old age homes as well as
support them financially.
Hester Hattingh, who administers injury on duty claims at the Gauteng Department of Finance, has been recognised for going above and beyond the call of duty.
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TRAILBLAZER Writer: Noluthando Mkhize
Phuti Chelopo on the hunt for TB breakthrough
Writer: Noluthando Mkhize
Public Sector Manager • May 201528
Imagine a nano-system that is a thousand times small-
er than the size of cells and bacteria. A devise that is
capable of penetrating the body to target the exact
organ where the tuberculosis (TB) bacterium is hiding.
This is the very nano-system that 26-year-old Phuti
Chelopo, a researcher at the Council for Scientific and
Industrial Research (CSIR), is hoping to achieve during
her PhD research on nanomedicine – the combination
of nanotechnology and medicine.
Nanotechnology is the science of manipulating ma-
terials on an atomic or molecular scale, mostly to build
nano-devices or systems.
Chelopo, who originally hails from Seshego in Lim-
popo, says her focus is on developing a new nano-
system to carry the drug to cure TB.
“This nano-system is meant to deliver the drug more
efficiently by targeting where the drug must go in the
body.
“The advantage of a nano-drug is the stability to carry
the drug though various environments in the body and
the ability to release the drug slowly at an acceptable
rate to avoid side effects.
“Nanomedicine has been widely used for cancer
therapies worldwide and there are a number of nano-
drugs approved in the market to fight cancer,” explains
Chelopo.
It was her interest in medicinal or pharmaceutical
chemistry that led to Chelopo’s interest in developing
the nano-system.
She holds a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Bio-
chemistry and Chemistry, a BSc Honours degree in
Chemistry and a Masters degree in Pharmaceutical
Chemistry, all obtained at the University of KwaZulu-
Natal between 2008 and 2012.
“After I concluded my MSc, I did a search of what I
could do for my PhD and I had a deep interest in learn-
ing something new. I came across some literature on
nanomedicine to treat various diseases, which I found
very interesting.
“What caught my attention about this field was how
fast it is growing and the impact it has made in medi-
cine in the short period of time after its discovery.”
She says when the literature landed on her lap; it was
the perfect time as she had been granted funding from the National
Research Foundation (NRF) to fund her PhD studies.
Around the same time, Chelopo applied for a PhD studentship posi-
tion at the CSIR.
“When I was called for my first interview, I learnt that I would be
working with nanomedicine. It was really amazing as I had more or
less of an idea what nanomedicine was.”
She explains that her research project involves the design of a drug-
delivery system that will potentially help improve TB therapy by trans-
porting anti-TB drugs more efficiently.
“It is the application of nanotechnology, which is the manipulation of
matter at the very small scale of nanometre to make devices or systems,
for medical application. It involves the delivery of drugs, targeting and
diagnostic agents using nano-devices or systems.”
Chelopo is condensing two of the strongest anti-TB drugs, known as
Rifampicin and Isoniazid, by using various physicochemical methods,
which include sizing and microscopy.
“This nano-drug is meant to be taken orally. So I had to test its absorp-
tion on a cell model that mimics the small intestines, which is where the
most absorption of food occurs. Then I did animal experiments to test
for the proportion and the distribution of the drugs using healthy mice.
“This is how far I have got. I’m currently analysing my data and
working towards publishing some of this work in a peer reviewed
journal.”
She says that she is very excited to see the outcome of her research.
Chelopo adds this type of research was not only about learning more
about nanomedicine, but also intended to make a difference in society.
“TB is a huge burden to Africa, far more than cancer. A large >>
Phuti Chelopo, of the CSIR, is hoping to better the lives of those with TB through her research.
Public Sector Manager • May 2015 29
What has been the highlight of your career? It was getting the PhD studentship at the CSIR. I think it is
one of the greatest opportunities that came my way. I am
gaining enormous research work experience.
Best advice given?To view each moment of my life as valuable time that I will
never experience again. This, in essence, tells me not to waste
time.
What’s your favourite food?I don’t have a favourite dish, but as long as it is balanced with
a lot of vegetables and chicken, I’m happy.
How do you relax?I love going to game reserves to watch wild animals, reading
devotional books, watching movies and TV series.
What is your favourite holiday destination? In South Africa, I love going to coastal destinations and the
Kruger National Park. Internationally, I want to visit the major
cities in the USA and Europe.
What is one thing that most people don’t know about you? I run a lot to relax my mind and keep my sanity. I also enjoy
motivating youngsters in high school about science.
number of HIV- positive patients die due to TB co-
infection.”
“There is a cure or therapy for this disease, however,
the current drugs have a lot of disadvantages and this
results in a number of side effects.”
The Department of Health recently launched a three-
year mass TB screening campaign that will help reduce
the number of new infections and related deaths.
Chelopo applauds government for the campaign,
adding that it is a vital move.
“I think it is about time that the people of this country
know about TB. It is an airborne disease and highly
contagious. Most of us have, in some way or another
been exposed to TB, however our immune system has
a way of suppressing the infection.
“However if the immune system is compromised a
person is likely to show signs of TB. People already in-
fected should know and take treatment as prescribed
because the emergence of the multi-drug resistant TB
strain is due to the patient being non-compliant to the
current TB therapy.
“If people are aware of this and follow the guidelines
they can help reduce the spread of TB by living healthy
lives by ensuring a strong immune system. This would
ensure economic growth.”
Chelopo adds that the work towards fighting TB is on
the increase in South Africa and praised government’s
support of the KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for
Tuberculosis and HIV, founded in 2009.
“The fact that it is the Department of Science and
Technology that is mainly sponsoring the project I am
involved in at the CSIR is an indication that government
is really making an effort to ensure that we fight this
deadly infection,” says Chelopo.
She adds that the nanomedicine in-
dustry in the country is not well devel-
oped and should be further explored.
The CSIR and a few universities have
research centres on nanomedicine.
Chelopo says pursuing her PhD has
made her realise that her passion for the
industry has helped her push bounda-
ries.
“I had to learn that for me to under-
stand something, I have to go the extra
mile to comprehend it. Lots of people immediately think that I am so
intelligent because I am doing my PhD, but I have such a huge belief
that if I can do it so can everyone else.”
Chelopo says it is her need to make a difference and a significant
contribution to her field that keeps her motivated.
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Correctional Services officials honoured for outstanding workCorrectional Services torch-bearers were honoured for their
excellence in the workplace at an event held recently at the
Cape Town International Convention Centre.
The awards were handed out by the Deputy Minister of Jus-
tice and Correctional Services Thabang Makwetla and Acting
National Commissioner Zach Modise.
“The top 11 gold medallists were selected by independent
judges from 66 nominees coming from all six regions of Correc-
tional Services, who themselves were selected from thousands
of submissions coming from 243 correctional centres nation-
ally,” Correctional Services spokesperson Manelisi Wolela said.
Correctional Services Excellence torch-bearers recognised for
distinguished performance, covering 11 categories, will join a
growing elite group of Ambassadors of Excellence.
The Correctional Services Excellence torch-bearers include
Bongi Masilela of the Rustenburg Correctional Centre.
The Good Governance Award went to Silungile Gumede of
Krugersdorp Correctional Centre in Gauteng and the Masibam-
bisane Award was given to Bulelani Letuka of Kokstad Manage-
ment Area in KwaZulu-Natal.
Lewis Carolissen of Allandale Management Area in the West-
ern Cape received the Public Safety Award and Norman Luthuli
of Empangeni Management Area in KwaZulu-Natal was given
the Education and Training Award.
Water and Sanitation wins Joint UN award
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) won a joint
award from the United Nations, “Water for Life”, with the Wildlife
and Environmental Society of South Africa (WESSA).
DWS and WESSA share the award with Project India,
under the category “Best participatory, communication,
awareness-raising and education practice.”
The award aims to acknowledge and promote efforts
to meet international commitments made on water and
related issues in 2015. It recognises excellent projects
which aim to conserve and sustain water and achieve
the Millennium Development Goals, Agenda 21 and
the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation.
The DWS/WESSA Eco-Schools projects encourage
water conservation at school level from Grade R to 12.
These involve the whole community, especially those
that are more disadvantaged and may not have access
to portable water.
SARS reports growth in revenue
Despite challenging economic conditions the South
African Revenue Service (SARS) has seen a 9.6 per cent
growth in total revenue in the 2014/15 fiscal year.
“SARS collected R986.4 billion, which is a 9.6 per cent
growth in total revenue from 2013/14,” Finance Minis-
ter Nhlanhla Nene said, as he announced the revenue
service’s preliminary revenue collection results for the
2014/15 financial year. This was R7.4 billion above the
revised estimate announced in the February 2015
Budget.
The Minister said the revenue performance was made
possible by an extraordinary drive by SARS on compli-
ance improvement, which in aggregate added about
R22 billion.
The successful outcome of the 2014/15 revenue drive
lifted the estimated tax-to-GDP ratio from the 25.2 per
cent anticipated in the 2015 Budget to 25.4 per cent
and therefore illustrated the efficacy of the revenue
service.
The contributors to the revenue collection were Per-
sonal Income Tax (PIT), Corporate Income Tax (CIT) and
Value Added Tax (VAT).
PIT total collections were R353.8 billion, which was
R3 billion above the revised estimate in the 2015 Budg-
et of R350.7 billion. CIT total collections were R186.9
billion, R2.3 billion above the revised estimate in the
2015 Budget of R184.6 billion.
VAT total collections were at R261.1 billion, R500
Public Sector Manager • May 201532
IN OTHER NEWS Compiled by: Dorris Simpson and Ursula Graaff
million higher than the revised estimate in the 2015
Budget of R260.6 billion.
The robust collections performance from SARS is ex-
pected to have a positive impact on the fiscal frame-
work.
The 2014/15 collections target, based on a 2.9 per
cent GDP growth outlook, was set at R993.6 billion in
the February 2014 Budget announcement.
Revenue growth remained resilient as the rate of eco-
nomic growth slowed.
“This resilience was a reflection of two things, the
first being the significant improvements in compliance
by SARS and the policy changes that were introduced
earlier. The combined effect of these measures is an
increase in revenue,” said the Minister, adding that com-
pliance measures yielded R22 billion.
“The significant increase in the vesting of shares
added R8.6 billion to revenue.”
Subsequent to this announcement, the real GDP
growth was revised down to 1.4 per cent in the Febru-
ary 2015 Budget. This was as a result of tentative global
economic performance and domestic supply side con-
straints. The latter included the impact of strikes on the
mining and manufacturing sectors as well as prospects
of significant load shedding.
As a result, in the February 2015 Budget, the 2014/15
revenue estimate was revised downwards by R14.6 billion to
R979 billion.
Johannesburg wins bid to host Global
Entrepreneurship Congress (GEC) 2017
The Global Entrepreneurship Network announced Johan-
nesburg as the winner of the bid to host the GEC in 2017.
Accepting the award on behalf of Johannesburg, Min-
ister of Small Business Development Lindiwe Zulu said,
“I am confident that this award will help sustain the mo-
mentum of an entrepreneurial revolution that was given
impetus by President Jacob Zuma when he announced
the establishment of the new Ministry of Small Business
Development.
“GEC 2017 will ensure that small business development
remains firmly on the national agenda and the radar of
all stakeholders.”
Delegates from all over the globe, representing diverse
components of entrepreneurship, gather at the GEC to
focus on the best way possible to help entrepreneurs
start and scale new companies.
South Africa is the first African country to host the event
which has previously been held in the United States, UAE,
China, UK, Brazil, Russia and Italy.
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THE HEART OF FREEDOMNestled at the centre of South Africa, the Free State Province is well situated as a potential economic hub that is crisscrossed by various main routes to the rest of the country and its’ ports.
The province is lush, mountainous and well resourced with
minerals and farm lands that stretch over thousands of
hectares that produce various crops such as maize, sunflower,
sorghum and beans. Vast acres of orchards bearing cherries,
varieties of peaches and apples stretch for miles throughout
our country side. These are sold fresh and processed into a
range of fresh and dry products that are sold locally and
exported.
Herds of cattle reared for milk and meat are kept for
subsistence and business. Free State is the second largest
meat producer in the country, after Mpumalanga. Equally
significant are herds of sheep that are reared for wool, skin
and meat.
Due to its consistent and abundant basic crop production,
the province has earned the name “the breadbasket of the
country”.
A population of about 2.8 million, Free State citizens are overall
hard working, self-driven and have a strong sense of heritage.
It is the heart of freedom; the birthplace of the African
National Congress.
ECONOMYFour main sectors drive Free State economy namely
agriculture, mining, manufacturing and tourism. Other
significant economic sectors are services, trade, and
infrastructure development. With the national government
capital infrastructure projects targeted as part of job
creation and overall growth and sustainability of the
economy, Free State infrastructure programmes to this end
include:
• The Solar Plant which is an Independent Power Producer
(IPP) near Bloemfontein. Additional alternative energy
plants of similar natures are in development in the province.
• Bulk Raw Water supply infrastructure with prospects for
future economic investment in the province.
• Investment nodes namely, Bram-Fischer Airport
Development Node, Harrismith Logistics Hub, and the N8
Development Corridor.
• Leading the country in bio fuel production is the province’s
R2.1-billion sorghum based bio fuel production plant in
Bothaville which produces 158 million litres of fuel per
annum.
DEVELOPING SKILLS FOR ECONOMIC PARTICIPATIONThe strength and expansion of our economy lies on the
growth and development of our people through ensuring
job creation, education, health, appropriate homes, good
governance, security, good roads, infrastructure and holistic
nurturing.
Our focus on education has yielded excellent results
especially over the past five years with our government
bursaries educating technicians, engineers, medical doctors,
nurses and teachers. In total, over 8 000 bursaries have been
awarded by government from 2009 to date.
We have successfully formed and maintained partnerships
with China, Cuba, and Turkey where our learners study
medicine, information technology, engineering and
microbiology. We seek to grow and strengthen our
professional skills base.
EDUCATIONIn 2013 our province made history when we attained the number
one position in leading the country in the results of the National
Senior Certificate Examinations. We continue to perform above
80% in this area, while making a concerted effort to improve our
maths and science, starting at lower grades.
“The strength and expansion of our economy lies on the growth and development of our people through ensuring job creation, education, health, appropriate homes, good governance, security, good roads, infrastructure and holistic nurturing.”
Our learners are cared for holistically and nourished to
ensure optimal learning. A total of 573 284 learners benefit
from the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP)
through the provision of meals and the support and
encouragement of a healthy lifestyle.
In addition, 29 school dormitories have been provided for 3
500 learners across the province.
THE GOVERNMENT’S JOB CREATION INITIATIVESThe government’s goal to increase the employment rate
and address the imbalances of the past has led to an
increased focus in black economic empowerment and
overall initiatives to create sustainable employment. Through
its tourism and small business development programmes,
the Free State Provincial Government (FSPG), seeks to
ensure economic growth and development in the province.
Among some of the projects meant for this purpose is the
Maluti-a-Phofung Special Economic Zone (M-SEZ) which
has been established to promote trade, economic growth
and industrialisation.
The M-SEZ is strategically located on the N3 national road,
half way between Johannesburg and Durban, and offers up
to 1 000 hectares of land for industrial development. Some of
the sectors targeted for establishment within the M-SEZ are:
• Automotive
• Pharmaceuticals
• Information and Communication Technology, and Business
Processes Outsourcing
• Manufacturing
Naval Hill Digital Planetarium: Theatre-In-The Sky
The Naval Hill planetarium, located within a game reserve,
is the first of its kind in sub-Saharan Africa. The centre, a
unique tourist attraction for Free State, will become the hub
of eco and astral tourism in South Africa. Once completed,
this will be a formidable resource for communication on
the environment and the natural sciences, as well as the
promotion of the art which will have a positive long-term
effect on the economy of the province.
The planetarium itself is a versatile venue which can be
used for concerts, state-of-the-art presentations, theatre
productions, meetings, conferences and exhibitions. The
auditorium will seat 80 adults or 120 children. Since 2012,
the planetarium has had over 400 000 visitors.
The area is further enhanced by the statue of Nelson
Mandela and the new restaurant, situated on the edge of
the hill, offers a great dining experience under the stars.
The R13-million project is a collaboration between different
government departments and the University of the Free State
(UFS).
Future developments include an international standard
hotel, convention centre and office park, which will make
a definite long-term economic impact on the economy of
Free State. Naval Hill is a must see for tourists and locals alike.
TOURIST ATTRACTIONS IN FREE STATEThe Big Five tourism routes are Free State Province’s approach
to promoting ecotourism and business development.
The crest of our tourism offering is the Golden Gate
Highlands National Park. Situated in the North-Eastern Free
State – among the rolling foothills of the Maluti Mountains
range adorned by shades of autumn colour – it is a natural
wonder that leaves an insatiable quest for more. The park
gets its name from the shades of gold cast by the sun on
the sandstone cliffs, especially the imposing Brandwag or
Sentinel Rock, which keeps vigil over the park.
AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENTThrough Agriculture and Rural Development programmes
the Free State Provincial Government responds to food
security. The need for the province to develop its economy
–especially in the rural areas – is supportive of the critical
need to curb over-urbanisation.
Some of the development projects targeted in this
programme include aquaculture, dairy, agri-villages and
home gardens.
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The Fish Hatchery: a China-South Africa partnership
The fully functional China-South African Agricultural
Technology Demonstration Centre in Xhariep District has
established six fish farms in the neighbouring towns of
Bethulie, Springfontein, Koffiefontein, Fouriesmith, Zastron and
Petrusburg.
Vrede Dairy
Vrede dairy is a community project stretching over 4 000
hectares of land. The first project phase, consisting of a milking
parlour, has been completed. When fully operational, the plant
will produce up to 100 000 litres of milk per day which can be
processed further into other dairy based products.
A further investment is required for the completion of the
farm, which includes expansion to surrounding farm areas.
AGRI-VILLAGES FOR FOOD SECURITYThe African culture is known for unity and working together, a
concept that created and drives agri-villages. The Wilhemina
agri-village in Ficksburg is the second of its kind in Free
State. The concept is successful in producing self-sustaining
communities that are not entirely dependent on major city
centres.
Wilhemina Agri-Village
The people of Free State have adopted planting food in their
own gardens as part of Free State government’s food security
programme.
The Re Kgaba ka Diratswana (we pride ourselves with
crop production) programme has achieved just that and
continues to reach more communities. This concept has
successfully spread through clinics, churches, communities
and schools where communities plant their own vegetables
off which they live. The programme has reached more than
24 000 households in the province, and has been introduced
to Southern African Development (SADC) countries such as
Lesotho and Zimbabwe.
INTEGRATED HUMAN SETTLEMENTS FOR IMPROVED LIVELIHOODSouth Africa is the only country in the world that provides
wholly free housing to its citizens. Citizens that earn below
R3 500 ($291) per household, qualify for a fully subsidised
government home, which they own.
Providing human settlements for our people is anchored in
the Freedom Charter and the country’s constitution. Both
reiterate the fact that there can be no family without a home.
A house therefore becomes a basic need and a key building
block in the development of the family and society.
Our houses have evolved from a 38m² to the current basic
50m² to up to 90 m² homes in some programmes.
Since 2009, we have built houses that have changed the
landscape of many townships and rural areas, providing over
30 000 homes to our people. We have used human settlement
developments to address other sustainability goals such as
economic development, job creation, education, health and
fighting crime.
The provincial government provides different models of
houses in various programmes such as the rebuilding of old
two bedroom houses into 50m², five bedroom houses with full
bathrooms, tiled floors and ceiling. These feel and look more
like a home, restoring the dignity of our people.
The transformation of former mining hostels, such as
Merriespruit and Zamdela, into Community Residential Units
is a direct response to providing rental-housing and utterly
changing the lives of former hostel dwellers and communities
in which these have been built.
Ensuring affordability, all CRUs are subsidised by the state and
cater for low-income earners at various salary levels. They
are all built within close proximity of the city and work place,
addressing spatial distortions used previously for segregation.
HEALTH Providing quality health care services for the citizens of Free
State has always been a top priority. The province has built
and renovated health care facilities including new clinics and
hospitals so that more citizens have access to health care.
The province is showing good progress in the fight against
HIV and AIDS, with more people participating in Health,
Counseling and Testing (HCT) awareness campaigns. The
major focus of HCT campaigns is to reduce, detect, cure
opportunistic diseases and prevent the spread of the viruses.
The roll-out of the National Health Insurance in Thabo
Mofutsanyana is in progress. NHI seeks to broaden access
to good quality and affordable health services to all South
Africans, regardless of their socio-economic status.
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTOur social development programmes are meant to build
socially cohesive communities, and provide a social security
net for vulnerable members of our communities.
Isibindi Programme
Orphaned children are cared for through various
programmes, such as drop-in centres. Safe parks for disabled
children provide necessary care, guidance and stimulation
required for growth and development.
The programme includes a play area, which is equipped
with swings and jungle gyms to assist in the development
of fine muscles, educational toys, computer literacy training
and cultural activities to teach them about their culture and
identity.
Mofutsanyana Secure Care and One Stop Child Justice Centre
The Thabo Mofutsanyana Secure Care and One Stop Child
Justice Centre targets rehabilitation of youth offenders.
The centre keeps young offenders away from hardened
criminals and gives them a real chance at rehabilitation,
preparing them for a normal life in society.
Sport, Arts and Culture
The province invests in sport, arts, culture and recreation as
these play an important role in the developmental agenda
of our country.
Sport also contributes to a healthy lifestyle, promotes unity, a
sense of belonging and social cohesion – as seen in the 2010
FIFA Soccer World Cup and the earlier 1995 Rugby World Cup.
The Mangaung African Cultural Festival (MACUFE) will play
a role in contributing to cultural tourism of the province.
MACUFE is a culmination of Free State culture and talent and
highlights the arts sector in the province and in South Africa
overall.
Looking to the future
Looking back on 21 years of democracy and how far we
have come, not only as a province, but also as a nation
striving towards unity through diversity, we believe that Free
State has the potential to grow.
Free State Province has a good story to tell... we are
changing lives!
CONTACT DETAILS
Physical: O.R Tambo House,
Cnr Markgraaf & St Andrew’s Streets,
Bloemfontein
Tel: 051 405 5496 / 051 403 3430
Web: www.freestateonline.fs.gov.za
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Writers: More Matshediso and Bathandwa Mbola
SA, Zim cement relations
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe recently
conducted a historic state visit to South Africa at the
invitation of President Jacob Zuma, to strengthen the
historical, cultural and fraternal bonds that exist between South
Africa and Zimbabwe.
It was President Mugabe’s first state visit to the country since
1994 and illustrated his keenness to get Zimbabwe to work more
closely with South Africa by signing five new agreements and
a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on diplomatic con-
sultation and trade cooperation. These are in addition to the 35
agreements that have already been signed.
The two Presidents held official talks behind closed doors and
committed to ensuring that the signed agreements would be
implemented effectively.
They will also lead a Bi-National Commission (BNC) Agreement,
which was signed during the state visit, to elevate relations be-
tween the countries.
An agreement of Cooperation on Water Resources Manage-
ment was also signed, as well as a Joint Water Commission agree-
ment, which was put in place to enhance cooperation in water
resources planning, development and management in the spirit
of mutual understanding and benefit.
Another agreement, regarding mutual assistance be-
tween customs administrations between the two coun-
tries, was also signed. It will further cooperation towards
the establishment of a one-stop border post.
The MOU on diplomatic consultations is set to estab-
lish a mechanism for regular diplomatic talks on issues
in Africa and other matters of mutual interest. Also, the
MOU on trade cooperation is set to provide a platform
for the two countries to consult and share experiences
towards boosting economic development.
President Zuma hosted a state banquet in honour of
the Zimbabwean President and his wife, Grace Mugabe.
During that event President Zuma said: “We recom-
mitted ourselves to working together to increase our
bilateral partnership in various fields including political,
economic and social cooperation.
“Our future interactions and consultations within the
framework of the BNC will boost the implementation
of all agreements that have been signed by the two
countries today and in previous years.”
President Mugabe said as Zimbabwe and South Africa
share experiences, they would be able to adopt strate-
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe recently met with President Jacob Zuma during a state visit to South Africa.
Public Sector Manager • May 201540
gies that respond adequately to their challenges.
“We want to expand our cooperation for the good of
our people. We must engage more effectively in the
economic, social and cultural domains, so as to raise
our bilateral relations to new levels.
“We hope that your efforts and those of South Africans
will be rewarded by lasting solutions to these problems,”
said President Mugabe.
Business and trading
South Africa is Zimbabwe’s biggest trading partner with
exports at R24.8 billion, while Zimbabwe's exports to
South Africa reached R2 billion.
Speaking at a joint press conference, President
Mugabe urged South African businesses, particularly
those in mining, manufacturing and agriculture, to
explore business ventures in Zim-
babwe.
“We have abundant natural re-
sources in Zimbabwe that could
be mined. We want investors to
come as partners and exploit our
resources,” he said.
Historical ties
Since the formalisation of rela-
tions between South Africa and
Zimbabwe in 1994, President Zuma said the two coun-
tries have enjoyed cordial bilateral relations under the
structured mechanisms of the Joint Commission for
Cooperation and Joint Permanent Commission on De-
fence and Security.
“These structured mechanisms have facilitated con-
sultations and official engagements between our two
countries and provided platforms from which issues of
mutual interest could be raised and discussed.
“South Africa and Zimbabwe not only share strong
historical relations, but also strong economic co-opera-
tion to the extent that the economies of the two coun-
tries are historically and inextricably linked,” he added.
Peace and stability
President Zuma said Zimbabwe and South Africa
needed to consult on a regular basis to advance regional integra-
tion and maintenance of peace and security, considering his and
President Mugabe’s leadership positions in the Southern African
Development Community (SADC).
He noted that they used the opportunity of their meeting at SADC
level to discuss regional and international issues of mutual concern,
including establishing an environment of peace and stability in or-
der to achieve regional integration, industrialisation and economic
development and the wellbeing of the region and the continent.
“We are united in our determination to work for peace and sta-
bility in every corner of the continent. During our discussions, we
expressed our condemnation of the attacks in Kenya, which claimed
the lives of more than 140 students. We once again convey our
condolences to the government and people of Kenya, in particular
to the families of the victims.
“This enjoins Africa to unite more than ever to protect the citizens
of our beloved continent from the evils of
terrorism. We are also united in the quest
for sustainable development in the conti-
nent, as expressed in the vision document,
Agenda 2063,” said President Zuma.
He added that they had deliberated on
global and multilateral matters of inter-
est and concern, especially the need for
the reform of the United Nations Security
Council as they head towards the 70th
anniversary of the United Nations this year.
President Zuma said the ongoing peace and security challenges
on the continent also require him and President Mugabe to consult
regularly, with a view to finding lasting peace and stability.
He called on President Mugabe, as chairperson of the African
Union, to lead the quest for peace and stability in every corner
of Africa.
“South Africa will continue to play its role in supporting peace-
keeping and peace-making and also the fight against terrorism in
our beloved continent.
“We must also continue the quest for the reform of international
institutions, including the United Nations which turns 70 this year.
The exclusion of Africa from the permanent membership of the
UN Security Council requires our skilful attention.
“We must move beyond lamentations now and put forward con-
crete proposals for meaningful reform, focussing in the main on
the African continent,” said President Zuma.
South Africa is Zimbabwe’s
biggest trading partner with
exports at R24.8 billion, while
Zimbabwe's exports to
South Africa reached
R2 billion.
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It is no easy feat maintaining the financial stability of a provin-
cial government, fostering corporate governance and curbing
irregular expenditure.
In Limpopo, it is MEC Alfred Phala who is tasked with helping
the provincial government achieve these goals.
MEC Phala is a veteran politician and has held key positions
within the provincial government, including that of chairperson
of the powerful Standing Committee on Public Accounts.
He took time off from his busy schedule to sit down with PSM
to discuss the Section 100 intervention in Limpopo by National
Treasury and what is being done to ensure that Limpopo’s books
are in order.
PSM: Could you give us an overview of the core mandate of the provincial treasury in a province like Limpopo? MEC Alfred Phala: The overall mandate and
goal is to ensure that the finances and pub-
lic resources in the province are utilised opti-
mally and that we have a sound management
of those resources and finances. We also deal
with internal controls, ensuring that these
are strengthened. When the Auditor-General
comes at the end of the year all our books must
be in order.
MEC Phala hails Limpopo turnaround
PROvINCIAL FOCUS Writer: Chris Bathembu
HOD of Limpopo Provincial Treasury Gavin Pratt, Limpopo Finance MEC Alfred Phala and Senior General Manager for Sustainable Resource Management Motlhanke Phukuntsi at the Limpopo Corporate Governance Workshop.
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PSM: How do you see the role of your department in ensuring that the pro-vincial government finances remain stable, considering the reported cases of maladministration in the past?MEC AP: We continuously enhance the spirit of
corporate governance in all positions of authority and
governance. We are doing a lot of things to implement
the correct decisions and ensure that we continuously
monitor our spending. There is a lot of work that is
being done by provincial treasury to ensure that we
place people with skills in the right positions.
PSM: Briefly tell us about the Limpopo Corporate Governance Workshop that you convene every year. What you want to achieve through this gathering?MEC AP: This workshop, by the provincial government,
is to enhance good governance in the province as a
whole. It cuts across all municipalities and provincial
departments and entities. We preach ethical leadership,
honesty and transparency, accountability and selfless-
ness. All these things are entrenched in the provincial
administration because we don’t want to return to a
situation we were in, where national government had
to intervene because the provincial government had
collapsed.
PSM: Critics may argue that it would take more than just a workshop to fix the fi-nancial and management problems of Limpopo, would you agree? AP: This is not a talk shop. Through this workshop,
we bring together practitioners from various spheres
within the provincial government. Mayors, MECs, HODs
and municipal managers also attend our annual work-
shop. We also bring in people who are skilled in the
field of good governance to come and exchange ideas
so that where ever our managers are placed they are
able to enhance the principles of good governance. All
of this ensures that we are getting good outcomes at
municipal and provincial government level.
PSM: Let’s talk about the Section 100 intervention that was implemented by national government in Limpopo to rescue the province. How has the move by national government assisted and what were the lessons learnt? AP: If you remember, at that time when national government in-
tervened in 2011, the provincial government had almost collapsed
financially and was on its knees. We were not going to pay all cate-
gories of civil servants - teachers, nurses and social workers were all
affected. We were unable to pay service providers and the account
of the provincial government was overdrawn by nearly R2 billion.
So we feel the intervention was correct to restore governance.
PSM: What is being done to ensure the provincial government does not repeat the same mistakes that led to the Section 100 intervention? AP: What has since happened is that we have returned the pro-
vincial government to its feet and it is now standing on two legs.
Today, the national government is convinced of the capacity and
stability of the provincial government to manage its affairs.
We have now got rid of the overdraft, and we have reduced
unauthorised expenditure to very low levels.
In critical positions, such as supply chain, we have people with
skills and we are ensuring that all areas that need attention are at-
tended to, including dealing with people who committed certain
offences; action is being taken against them. A lot of work is being
done by both national and provincial government.
We are now ensuring that we act in a way that does not return
the provincial government to where we were in 2011.
PSM: Do you think there’s a right attitude among senior managers? AP: Definitely, we have moved as far as I’m concerned and those
managers who were part of the intervention team would tell you
that there has been lots of progress. The attitude of senior manage-
ment has changed. Everyone understands that it is their work to
keep things stable and no comes and forces it on them and that I
think is a positive thing.
Now that Limpopo is back on its feet, MEC Phala and his team
are determined to get the province to take great strides into the
future.
Public Sector Manager • May 2015 43
FEATURE Writer: Stephen Timm
Ensuring small business becomes big business
Better coordination in government and more partner-
ships with the private sector – these are two ways the
Minister of Small Business Development, Lindiwe Zulu,
aims to boost support to small businesses.
In February, the Department of Small Business Develop-
ment received a R3.3 billion allocation from the fiscus to men-
tor and finance small businesses over the next three years.
Speaking to PSM, Minister Zulu said she would liaise with
other departments, as well as with provinces and municipali-
ties to reduce red-tape and improve the delivery of existing
government initiatives so that they
support more small businesses.
“Now that I am here, I have the ad-
vantage of firstly sitting in (the gov-
ernment’s) economic cluster that
brings together all the ministers that
are relevant for economic develop-
ment. So it means that even in the de-
velopment of policy in government,
I am now sitting there and focused,”
she said.
The Minister’s focus would, for ex-
ample, include how small enterprises
can take advantage of the Depart-
ment of Energy’s solar-water heater
programme or government’s low-
cost housing projects, she explained.
Minister Zulu’s department now
oversees those support programmes
for small businesses that previously
fell under the Departments of Trade
and Industry (dti) and Economic
Development. These include taking
oversight over the Small Enterprise
Development Agency (Seda) and
the Small Enterprise Finance Agency
(Sefa), as well as over various cost-
sharing incentives from the dti.
However, she said her department would continue
to work closely with the two other departments.
The Department of Small Business Development is
also expected to begin setting up a Cooperative Sup-
port Agency and Cooperatives Tribunal this financial
year. Minister Zulu frankly admitted that limited per-
sonnel (the department currently has just 168 staff
members) would likely be a key challenge.
“I really do not want to conclude that it is going to
be possible (to set up the new bodies in 2015/16) >>
Minister of Small Business Development, Lindiwe Zulu.
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because it is also a question of ensuring that I have
enough personnel in the office. [It] is going to take us a
little bit of time to get us people. But I think the possi-
bility of it [happening] is when we go into partnership.”
She said this would include working with the private
sector, including small business support organisations,
big companies and universities, in rolling out support
to small businesses and cooperatives.
“As a department and also just starting, I think the
demand and expectation is very high and therefore in
order for us to meet those expectations, I truly believe
we need to partner,” the Minister added.
Another of the goals of the department is to facili-
tate access to adequate infrastructure and incentives
designed to attract investment to township and rural
communities. The support would include cost-sharing
grants and mentoring for informal traders and town-
ship businesses.
Studies show that very few small businesses that
start in the informal sector migrate to the formal sec-
tor and Minister Zulu said the department was very conscious
of this challenge.
“But we believe that they [informal sector firms] are also useful,
because they are on the ground, because they are giving service
one way or another; those ones are the ones we are saying we
need to help and make sure the infrastructure is good enough.
“They are a necessity, because they are also absorbing jobs,
and people around them… If they are successful, in their small
way, they would employ one or two people. Others would even
go to the extent of employing five or so people.”
The department would also be seeking to amend the National
Small Business Act and plans to table draft legislation in the cur-
rent financial year.
Part of the changes would include a revision of the country’s
present long and complicated definition for small businesses.
Minister Zulu said that the department had approached aca-
demic institutions to assist with arriving at a simplified definition.
Among its long-term priorities, the department wants to set
up a national survey where periodic and reliable statistics on the
small business sector can be made available.
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FEATURE Writer: Ongezwa Manyathi
A fter 15 years of local government, South African com-
munities are experiencing better access to services such
as water, sanitation and electricity.
Housing developments have created vibrant communities that
have facilities such as crèches, clinics and schools.
Government has also replaced almost 500 informal settlements
with quality housing and basic services over the past five years.
“We have made significant progress since the dawn of democ-
racy to respond to the injunction that ‘there shall be houses, se-
curity and comfort’, cited in the Freedom Charter,” said President
Jacob Zuma.
He was speaking at the South African Local Government As-
sociation (SALGA) National Members Assembly (NMA) held in
Midrand recently.
The NMA is a meeting for local government leaders to reflect on
the progress made in local government and find ways
to strengthen local government and improve services.
The theme for this year’s conference was “Celebrat-
ing 15 years of Democratic Local Government. Going
back-to-basics to consolidate and deepen a develop-
mental and people-centred local democracy.”
The President said many communities were already
experiencing progress by receiving basic services.
“The release of the 2011 Census confirmed the great
strides made in providing basic services. This upward
trend is reinforced by the last report on the non-finan-
cial census of municipalities, which was released on 2
September 2014,” he said.
According to the report, services provided by mu-
nicipalities have reduced poverty.
Local government’s good storySouth Africa has made great strides in redressing the legacy of apartheid at local government level by bringing services closer to communities and restoring dignity to South Africans through increasing access to quality and effective services.
President Jacob Zuma addresses the South African Local Government Association National Members Assembly.
Public Sector Manager • May 201548
The report shows that 5.3 million households are re-
ceiving free basic services and that of the 11.8 million
who receive basic water services, 2.5 million benefit
from indigent support. Indigent households are those
that qualify for rebates or service subsidies.
Ten million consumer units are receiving sewerage
and sanitation from municipalities in South Africa and
31.1 per cent of these have access to free basic sewer-
age and sanitation.
“While the lives of millions have improved meaning-
fully, there are many others who are still waiting and
who still need to see their lives changing for the better.
They want water, electricity, housing, roads and decent
schools near their homes,” emphasised President Zuma.
South Africa’s good story
The President told delegates that a lot of good had
happened in South Africa during the past 21 years since
democracy and that the country did have a good story
to tell.
“This is a story of a caring, effective government that
has worked wisely and diligently with scarce resources
to make deep, positive changes in people’s lives.
“This is a story of good work and centres of excellence
that have emerged across the length and breadth of
our country, in provinces and in the local sphere,” he
said.
The President encouraged local governments to work
together and share lessons learnt.
These municipalities, said the President, also have
a zero tolerance of poor performance, and conduct
regular performance reviews and implement corrective
measures where needed.
“This is what all municipalities should do, because
local government exists to serve the people. That is
the bottom line.”
He congratulated all municipalities that had made a
difference in changing people’s lives.
“Your work is acknowledged and appreciated,” he said.
The President called on delegates to do better and
work harder to make South Africa a better place for all.
“We should do better in improving services such as
water infrastructure, solid waste management and the
provision of electricity.
“These are simple, basic services that, when provided efficiently, will
make our people’s experience of local government a pleasant one.”
Innovative solutions for an effective local governmentCooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Pravin Gor-
dhan, who also addressed delegates, urged them to do more with less.
“We have financial limitations in South Africa. The question is how
do you do more with less and for the next few years, that’s all you’re
going to hear,” he said.
South Africa, as with the rest of the world, is facing tough economic
challenges. This means that government as a whole and local govern-
ment in particular, will have to come up with innovative solutions to
provide services to communities.
In an effort to encourage municipalities to think out of the box, a
few municipal representatives shared their innovative solutions with
their counterparts at the SALGA NMA.
Innovation is critical in dealing with challenges in local government.
We are an innovative nation with some of the most innovative
ideas coming from the most rural parts of our country,” said Centre
for Public Service Innovation (CPSI) in South Africa CEO, Thuli
Radebe.
She said every year the country witnessed this innovation through
the CPSI Awards, where the largest number of winners come from
local government.
Innovation plays a major role in bringing services closer to the people
of KwaZulu-Natal.
The eThekwini Municipality’s Water and Sanitation (EWS) Unit man-
ages water and sanitation within the eThekwini Municipality and has
worked with, among others, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
and the World Bank.
The unit won the 2014 Stockholm Industry Water Award for the “Most
innovative and progressive water utility in Africa”. EWS unit representa-
tive, Dave Wilson, outlined the use of modified shipping containers
as community ablution blocks to solve the sanitation challenge in
informal settlements.
“Innovation comes from desperation,” said Wilson, referring to the
challenges faced by local government at all levels where there is pres-
sure to do more with less, while meeting the ever-growing demands
for services.
The makeshift ablution containers benefit approximately 600 infor-
mal settlements.
“These settlements have been identified for future formal housing de-
velopment by the municipality,” said Wilson. >>
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To date, 1 100 ablution facilities have been installed on
600 sites throughout eThekwini, and one facility serves
about 50 shacks within a 200 metre radius.
“The municipality appoints caretakers and community
liaison officers to maintain the facilities, and the toilet
paper and soap are supplied by the unit,” said Wilson.
Apart from creating jobs and stimulating small busi-
ness development, this project also protects the health
of local communities.
Tshwane citizens get free Wi-Fi The City of Tshwane is another municipality that is using
innovation to improve people’s lives through its digital-
technology initiative called Project Isizwe.
Project Isizwe has rolled out some 600 Wi-Fi sites to
date, offering coverage to over two million people. Ac-
cording to the municipality, an estimated three million
people will have access to free Wi-Fi by the end of 2015.
“Internet connectivity must be treated as a basic de-
livery of service. Populations are becoming younger,
which means government needs to keep up and move
with the times, particularly when it comes to young
people,” said the Executive Mayor of Tshwane, Kgosientso Ramok-
gopa.
In November last year, the City also launched Tshwane Wi-FiTV,
which hit the one million view mark in early February this year.
Tshwane Wi-FiTV covers topics such as music, current affairs,
entrepreneurship, religion, jobs and sport.
“The Wi-Fi filmmakers for this content were previously unem-
ployed or under-employed,” said Mayor Ramokgopa.
Another innovative platform launched by the City is the DigiM-
bizo, a digital version of izimbizo that national government holds
across the country to communicate face-to-face with communi-
ties.
“DigiMbizo allows Tshwane communities to have an Imbizo with
the Mayor in the comfort of their own homes,” said the Mayor.
Community members are able to use Twitter to tweet their ques-
tions or concerns to the Mayor using the hashtag #DigiMbizo or
#AskRamokgopa and they get an immediate response.
Through the DigiMbizo, the municipality is able to reach so-
cial groups that normally do not attend traditional forums, he
explained.
“It also helps us to monitor public sentiment and enhances the
speed of resolving issues,” said the Mayor.
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Black industrialists key to economic growth
South Africa can look forward to the rise of more black indus-
trialists in the coming years, as the country strives to achieve
economic transformation.
The Department of Trade and Industry (dti), in particular, has set a
target of developing 100 black industrialists in the next three years.
“We believe there is room for the participation of many black
entrepreneurs in the manufacturing sector as industrialists,” said
President Jacob Zuma at the recent Black Industrialists Indaba
held in Midrand.
South Africa’s manufacturing sector has played a significant role
in growing the country’s economy, despite the relative decline of
about 19 per cent from 1993. In 2013, it accounted for 15.2 per
cent of the Gross Domestic Product.
“However, despite its importance to the economy, manufacturing
is one of the least transformed economic sectors,” the President
noted.
He said the new crop of black industrialists would benefit from
government policies.
“They will be able to benefit from, amongst others,
the incentives provided for in the Industrial Policy
Action Plan and the host of manufacturing incentives
that government provides.”
President Zuma added that the policy framework
for black industrialists would have a positive impact
on transforming the industrial landscape.
“We believe that the black industrialist policy frame-
work is the right formula to transform the industrial
landscape. The policy will enable the necessary sup-
port mechanisms and financial products that could
be taken advantage of by black business in stimulat-
ing rapid industrialisation.”
South Africa should learn from countries that have
walked a longer distance in terms of industrialisation,
urged the President.
“We can draw lessons from countries such as Brazil,
Japan, Malaysia and South Korea. These countries of-
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President Jacob Zuma, Gauteng MEC for Economic Development Lebogang Maile, Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Mzwandile Masina, businesswoman Dr Anna Mokgokong and Vice President of the Black Business Council Sandile Zungu at the Black Industrialists Indaba.
fer significant insight on the journey of industrialisation.”
First Secretary of the Japanese Embassy Naiko Izumi said one of
the ways that his government supported small enterprises was
by providing them with low-interest loans.
“In support of management in small enterprises, which have par-
ticularly poor management resources and low productivity among
small and medium enterprises, the Japan Finance Corporation
provides unsecured low-interest financing without guarantors.”
Back home, black industrialists across the country will benefit
from government’s R1 billion incentive scheme aimed at creating
more competitive black industrialists.
An industrialist is a person who is directly involved in the origi-
nation, creation, significant ownership,
management and operation of industri-
al enterprises that derive value from the
manufacturing of goods and services
on a large scale, acting to unlock the
productive potential of the country’s
capital assets for the massive employ-
ment of locals.
The dti said despite the strides made
so far, black industrialists are still mar-
ginal players in the mainstream economy and greater efforts are
needed to change this.
“There is a need to expand the base of entrepreneurs and indus-
trialists from the current small base of mainly white entrepreneurs
and industrialists.
“The black majority need to produce more and more entrepre-
neurs and industrialists as a way of creating multiple avenues for
channelling economic opportunities and benefits to the black
population,” the dti said in a statement.
Addressing the indaba, Minister of Trade and Industry Rob Davies
said that government was committed to deracialising the econo-
my by accelerating the development of black industrialists.
Government has committed financial resources to expanding
and upscaling support for black industrialists, he added.
Black entrepreneurs and industrialists are often faced with major
barriers to accessing finance from development financial institu-
tions.
“The tendency of development financial institutions has been
to employ similar measures as those of commercial banks, in de-
termining eligibility for credit access.
“There is a need to systematically align the respective functions
of these development finance institutions towards a quantitative
black economic empowerment output that will alternatively alter
the racial balance of industrial ownership,” said the
dti.
Access to markets as well as training and capac-
ity building are some of the major aspects that will
play an important role in helping the department
to grow black industrialists.
A major challenge black industrialists have to
contend with is obstacles when trying to access
markets. The barriers are caused by, among others,
the dominance of big corporates in many sectors
such as manufacturing, construction, mining and
mineral beneficiation.
To provide assistance to black
emerging industrialists, the depart-
ment will implement a number of
measures. These include leverag-
ing state procurement through
the Preferential Procurement Policy
Framework Act of 2000, partner-
ships between local supermarket
chains and assisting in the export
of products.
Specialised technical training, in partnership with
development partners, will also be provided in se-
lected areas. Experienced industrialists will also
assist with mentorship and guidance, targeting
individual entrepreneurs.
Incubation support will be given to black and
emerging industrialists in protected conditions until
they are able to operate on their own.
The indaba came up with the following four rec-
ommendations, that will help government acceler-
ate the growth of black industrialists:
• Establishing a committee comprising gov-
ernment, the private sector and experts, to
explore more ways and instruments to accel-
erate the implementation of the Black Indus-
trialists Development Programme.
• Reviewing the Preferential Procurement Pol-
icy Framework Act of 2000.
• Setting up the black majority threshold at
75 per cent for companies qualifying for the
programme.
• Ensuring that skills development is at the cen-
tre of the programme.
“There is a need to expand
the base of entrepreneurs and
industrialists from the current
small base of mainly white
entrepreneurs and
industrialists."
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PROFILES IN LEADERSHIPFEATURE Writer: Cecilia de Vos Belgraver
Tough stance against fraud and corruption
In his 2012 SoNA, the President committed govern-
ment to dealing with the triple challenge of unemploy-
ment, poverty and inequality, which further strength-
ened SASSA’s determination to fight corruption.
SASSA’s mandate SASSA’s mandate is to provide comprehensive social
security services against vulnerability and poverty
within the constitutional and legislative framework.
The Social Assistance Act of 2004 provides for the differ-
ent types of social grants, social re-
lief of distress and delivery of social
assistance grants, while the South
African Social Security Agency Act
of 2004 provides for the establish-
ment of SASSA.
SASSA pays social grants to South
African citizens, permanent resi-
dents and documented refugees
living in South Africa who meet the
qualification criteria. The war vet-
erans, disability, care dependency
and child support grants are load-
ed monthly onto grant recipients’
SASSA-branded smart cards.
According to Dianne Dunkerley,
Executive Manager: Grant Policy Support, the smart
cards resemble bank cards and are biometrically reg-
istered on the national social grant payment system.
Justice and Correctional Services Minister Michael
Masutha said South Africa continued to face intoler-
ably high levels of corruption in the social and private
sectors.
“Corruption also deters foreign investment because
investors are unwilling to invest in a country with a high
level of corruption. Corruption should not be tolerated.
Where there is corruption there are two parties: corrup-
tors and corruptees. Some of us, in looking away, are
allowing it to continue,” said the Minister.
The message is clear; crime does not pay, as perpetrators end
up in jail owing to government’s zero-tolerance approach
to fraud and corruption.
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA), whose task
is to make a difference in the lives of the poorest of the poor by
providing social grants, has vowed to deal harshly with corruption.
Recently, SASSA hosted a two-day anti-corruption conference
under the theme, “Ensuring human rights for all through a fraud-
free social grants system”.
Role players and stakeholders who attended this second an-
nual conference included the National
Prosecuting Authority, the South African
Police Service and the Department of Cor-
rectional Services.
SASSA CEO Virginia Petersen said the pur-
pose of the conference was to strengthen
co-operative partnerships between gov-
ernment and other role players, in pursuit
of solutions to deal with fraud and corrup-
tion in the social-security arena.
Delegates were told that fraud would
often start small but escalate due to per-
petrators growing bolder and increasingly
greedy. However, perpetrators are even-
tually arrested because of government’s
zero-tolerance policy when it comes to
fraud and corruption.
Petersen said that because criminals would constantly find new
ways to commit crime, ongoing discussions should be undertaken
to assess ways to fight fraud, develop interventions and deal with
professional criminals.
Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini said SASSA’s moti-
vation to root out fraud and corruption took its cue from President
Jacob Zuma’s 2009 State of the Nation Address (SoNA) when he
said: “We have repeatedly stated our commitment to fight corrup-
tion in the public service. We will pay particular attention to com-
bating corruption and fraud in procurement and tender processes,
application for drivers’ licences, social grants, identity documents
and theft of police case dockets.”
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Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini.
SASSA on the attackHowever, SASSA is not looking
away. It has taken a radical approach
to address fraud and corruption in its
area of operation. It has introduced
physical barriers to restrict employee
movement, split authorisation, a staff vetting system
and a new biometric system to overcome the problem
of insecure passwords, Social Development Deputy
Minister Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu told PSM.
In 2012, the organisation started re-registering its
grant beneficiaries to root out ‘ghost’ beneficiaries
and ensure that grants are paid out only to existing
and deserving South Africans. SASSA also checked its
database against those of other organisations such as
the Department of Home Affairs. This gave SASSA a
solid database of all beneficiaries enabling it to pay
the right grant to the right person at the right place.
Minister Dlamini said re-registration and the introduc-
tion of the biometric payment system gave SASSA a
credible database of beneficiaries.
She added that over 300 000 fraudulent grant pay-
ments had been cancelled, including duplicated grants,
and over 700 000 child recipients had been removed
because they could not be presented by their primary
caregivers for re-registration.
SASSA’s Fraud Prevention Strategy includes tools for
red flagging, appropriate reporting mechanisms and
whistle-blowing to help detect fraud and corruption.
Progress has also been made in fostering an ethical
organisational culture, increasing cooperation with
other agencies and improving policies, procedures
and internal controls, the Minister said.
Fraud in figuresThe Minister admitted it was “deeply disturbing that all
the fraud and corruption uncovered is perpetuated by
the people entrusted with the responsibility to serve;
our own employees, working with criminal elements.”
Since 2010, a total of 261 officials have been suspend-
ed, 53 dismissed and five convicted for fraud while 12
officials resigned before disciplinary hearings.
However, the Fraud Prevention Strategy is working:
the number of cases reported has dropped. There
were 8 000 fraud and corruption cases during 2012/13.
These included investigations of prior
years not previously captured on the
Fraud Case Management System. Of
these, as at 31 January 2015, 1 919
had been closed and 5 145 had been
finalised. There are 670 cases outstanding.
The value of the finalised investigations is R87 490 444.00 and
the regions have recovered R1 207 833.00.
“Between 1 April 2013 and 31 March 2014, more than 3 571 cases
were captured on the Fraud Case Management System and at the
end of January 2015, only 1 072 cases had been captured. During the
same period, 1 522 cases were closed and 486 finalised (worth R18
092 347.00 of which R455 054.00 was recovered),” said the Minister.
SASSA’s investigative capacity has improved since 2012 and law-
enforcement agencies are helping to uncover fraud and corruption,
and ensure legal action is taken.
During 2013/14, 30 fraud cases involving 84 officials were referred to
law-enforcement agencies, with a combined value of R15 091 076.00.
In 2014/15, 11 fraud cases involving 90 SASSA officials and three Cash
Paymaster Services officials were referred to law-enforcement agen-
cies, with a combined value of R20 950 255.91, said Minister Dlamini.
According to SASSA, most of the people involved with social-grant
fraud are women. The General Manager of the agency’s Fraud Man-
agement and Compliance Department, Renay Ogle, said employees
found guilty of fraud and corruption were mostly in their mid-30s, were
employed for at least five years and 60 per cent of them were women.
She said criminals’ most sought-after targets were the disability, child
support and old age grants.
Minister Dlamini said social grants were intended to protect people
from poverty. “If fraud is not fought, government will never make a
difference in the lives of citizens,” she said.
The Minister lamented the exploitation of grant recipients by ruthless
micro-moneylenders, marketers of funeral policies and other financial
services and products.
Collective responsibility Minister Dlamini said, “Where there is corruption there are communi-
ties. Communities have a role to play in spotting suspicious behaviour
and reporting it.”
In addition, Deputy Minister Bogopane-Zulu told PSM that citizens
should educate one another about what was legal. “The responsibility
is a collective one. If you know someone is collecting a child grant but
the child does not have shoes you should be asking questions,” she said.
“Remember, it takes a village to raise a child,” she added.
Suspicious behaviour can be reported toll-free to SASSA on
0800 701 701 and via the Presidential Hotline 17737.
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FEATURE Writer: Stephen Timm
Full steam ahead for infrastructure projects
For years, pupils and staff of Delta Primary, which lies in an area
riven by gang violence in Steenberg, Cape Town, had to put
up with dilapidated school buildings.
But, things are finally beginning to look up for the 920 learners and
their teachers, following the completion of new school buildings,
including the school’s first hall, in November.
“The entire culture of the school has been transformed,” says
school’s principal Hilton Palanyandi, adding, “they [people] are say-
ing ‘it’s a Model-C school’”.
He says the proof is in learners’ improved marks. The school’s maths
results for Grade 6 increased by 40 percentage points to an average
of 76 per cent, language marks for Grade 6 learners increased from
35 per cent to 45 per cent, while Grade 3 maths remained stable at
66 per cent.
The school is usually vandalised regularly, but Palan-
yandi says not a single window was reported broken
in January after the end-of-year break.
Phase two of the project, which will see the con-
struction of a new ICT centre, field as well as physical
education area for the school, is due to start soon.
The upgrade at the school is part of the Department
of Basic Education’s Accelerated School Infrastructure
Delivery Initiative (ASIDI) to replace mud schools,
launched in 2009.
ASIDI is one of the government’s 18 strategic infra-
structure projects (SIPs).
Recently the department delivered the 100th school as
part of the ASIDI programme. In addition, 342 schools
have received water for the first time, 351 received
decent sanitation, while 288 have been connected to
electricity.
ASIDI forms part of the government’s continuing
commitment to invest in and upgrade the country’s
infrastructure.
During his State of the Nation Address, President Ja-
cob Zuma said that the National Infrastructure Devel-
opment programme continued to be a key job driver
and catalyst for economic growth.
As of last year, about 200 000 workers were employed
on infrastructure projects, Economic Development
Minister Ebrahim Patel said at the time.
It is expected that at least 250 000 jobs would be
sustained in strategic infrastructure projects until 2019,
with at least 60 per cent of all new workers being youth.
In February, the National Treasury revealed that the
public sector had invested just over R1 trillion in infra-
structure between 2009/10 and 2013/14.
The National Treasury projects that the public sector
will spend R813 billion on infrastructure over the next
three years.
In all, 82 per cent of spending will go to building new
Public Sector Manager • May 201556
Schools have been built and upgraded across the country as part of the Accelerated School Infrastructure Delivery Initiative.
energy projects and power stations, expanding the road
and rail network and improving sanitation and water
provision. A number of projects have been completed,
while others are still under way.
As a share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), public
sector spending on economic infrastructure (roads,
bridges, dams, electricity and pipelines) is now at its
highest level in 25 years, reveals this year’s Budget Re-
view.
Despite funding concerns and lower spending pre-
dictions, the government continues to work towards
making spending more efficient.
In October, Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene an-
nounced that an incentive-based funding approach
would be used to promote more efficient delivery of
infrastructure for schools and health facilities. The first
such allocations will be awarded in this financial year
and are based on provinces’ performance in meeting
planning requirements. Those that get more bang for
their buck will get higher allocations.
The Infrastructure Development Act, signed into law
last year by President Zuma, also aims to strengthen
the capacity of government to implement the rollout
of infrastructure. Among other things, it sets in law
the government’s monitoring body the Presidential
Infrastructure Co-ordinating Council (PICC) and sets
time frames for the approval of regulatory decisions
affecting infrastructure projects. It also provides for the
PICC to expropriate land that is required, subject to the
constitution and relevant legislation.
In September last year, the Department of Higher Edu-
cation published a detailed list of the skills required for
infrastructure projects with an indication of which of
them are scarce skills.
Despite a dip in projected spending on infrastructure,
the state is sharpening its resolve to spend better and
deliver more effectively on large projects. This is a wel-
come sign, particularly as economic conditions are ex-
pected to remain tight over the next three years at least.
SIPS already underwayVamping up South Africa’s electricity capacity forms
the central focus of the government’s infrastructure
programme over the next three years.
Investment in new power stations and electricity distribution is
expected to account for over R166 billion or 20c in every rand spent
on new infrastructure, reveals the National Treasury in this year’s
Budget Review.
A key target in government’s medium-term strategic framework
for 2014-2019 is to increase the electricity generation reserve margin
from the current 1 per cent to 19 per cent in 2019.
While the R10 billion Medupi produced its first power in March,
the power station’s first unit is set to reach full production later this
year, while the R13 billion Kusile power station is set to come online
in 2017.
While work goes ahead on the two new coal-fired power stations,
government also began procurement of 2 400MW of new coal-fired
power generation capacity from Independent Power Producers in
December.
The procurement process for 2 400MW of new gas-fired generation
will start in the first quarter of the current financial year.
By December last year, the Independent Power Producer Procure-
ment Programme had contracted 66 projects to provide more than
4 100MW of renewable energy-generating capacity to the grid.
By February, 32 projects with a capacity of just over 1 500MW had
been connected to the grid. An additional 13 projects will be pro-
cured in the latest bid-submission period to increase renewable
energy-generating capacity to about 5 200MW. The total investment
for all 79 projects is estimated at R169 billion.
Meanwhile, the first of four turbines at the Ingula pumped-storage
scheme in KwaZulu-Natal is expected to begin operating later this
year. >>
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FEATURE
Eskom will also spend R18 billion between 2015/16 and 2017/18
to provide electricity to 875 000 households.
Transport and logisticsTransnet’s more than R300 billion capital investment programme,
which is expected to run to 2021 and aims to modernise the freight
logistics network and upgrade railways, ports and pipelines, is already
reaping returns.
Sixty trains now run daily between Durban and Johannesburg, com-
pared with fewer than 20 a decade ago. In addition, in October last
year Transnet reported that container growth on rail had increased
by 109 per cent since 2006. Back then the parastatal was running
four container trains a day between Durban and Johannesburg and
today it is 22 to 24 day. This has helped take 525 000 trucks off South
Africa’s roads per year.
The state-owned enterprise is also conducting ongoing feasibility
studies for the expansion of capacity for the transportation of iron
ore on the 861km rail line from Sishen to the Port of
Saldanha, while a 146km rail connection between Lo-
thair in Mpumalanga and Sidvokodvo in Swaziland and
the Majuba rail project are both at the feasibility stage.
Transnet is also still finalising the new 553km multi-
product pipeline from Durban to Johannesburg with
construction of a coastal terminal and an inland termi-
nal still in progress.
Other key transport projects underway:• TheSouthAfricanNationalRoadAgencyLimitedwill
spend R39 billion over the next three years on main-
taining and improving national roads.
• ThePassengerRailAgencyofSouthAfricahasbegun
its R53 billion procurement of rolling stock. In April last
year, manufacture of the first of 20 new trains began
in the Alstom Lapa (Brazil) plant. The first body shell is
likely to arrive in South Africa late this year.
• Inaddition,578Metrorailcoacheswillberefurbished
in each of the next three years. Signalling systems will
also be upgraded and coaches refurbished.
• TransnethasstartedwithitsmorethanR38billionac-
quisition of 1 064 locomotives for general freight rail.
• MorethanR6billionwillbespentinthecurrentfinan-
cial year in 13 cities on planning, building and oper-
ating integrated public transport networks. New bus
services are being rolled out in Pretoria, George and
Port Elizabeth.
• AlmostR12billionwillbespentonimprovementsat
major international airports over the next three years.
Water ProjectsOver the next three years 229 water and sanitation in-
frastructure projects will be funded by government. In
March last year, President Zuma officially opened the R3
billion De Hoop Dam in Sekhukhune, Limpopo. Work
on the first pipeline, which connects water treatment
works at Steelpoort from the dam, is expected to be
completed late next year. When it is completed the dam
will benefit more than 2 million people in Limpopo.
Investment in cities By 2019, government wil l provide a fur ther
563 000 fully subsidised housing units, 750 000 up-
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graded sites in informal settlements and 27 000 social housing units.
Construction is also under way on the R25.8 billion partly privately-
funded Cornubia integrated human settlement, consisting of 50
000 mixed-income, mixed-density houses by 2026.
A series of transformative projects valued at over R128 billion has
also been identified for potential investment in large cities, sup-
ported by a project preparation facility at the Development Bank
of Southern Africa (DBSA).
Working with the Cities Support Programme, metropolitan mu-
nicipalities have identified and sequenced investments to build
more integrated cities – including investments along the Rea Vaya
Bus Rapid Transit system in Johannesburg and MyCiti bus service
in Cape Town.
Broadband and SKA projectThis year will mark the beginning of the first phase of broadband roll
out and Telkom has been designated as the lead agency to assist
with the roll out. Government will connect schools and government
offices in eight district municipalities this year, as part of the first
phase, at a cost of almost R7 billion.
A data centre was opened for the MeerKAT project (which forms is
the precursor to the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope last year),
while in February the second of 64 MeerKAT antennas
was unveiled. All 64 dishes of the MeerKAT will be ready
for commissioning by the end of next year.
Hospitals, schools and universitiesIn the next three years, more than R16 billion has been
allocated for the construction, upgrade and mainte-
nance of health facilities. Five hospitals are being re-
vamped and a further five new hospitals are being built.
Added to this R14 billion has been allocated to re-
place 510 inappropriate and unsafe school structures,
and provide water to 1 120 schools, sanitation to 741
schools and electricity to 916 schools by 2018.
The Department of Higher Education plans to spend
over R12 billion over the coming 10 years on growing
the two new universities, which opened in Mpuma-
langa and the Northern Cape last year. The two were
joined by the country’s ninth new medical university,
Sefako Makgatho Health and Allied Sciences University,
which incorporates Medunsa and opened this year.
Work is also going ahead on 12 new FET colleges at a
cost of R25 billion by 2017.
The 18 SIPs and the department tasked with overseeing implementation:1. Unlocking the northern mineral belt with Waterberg as
the catalyst (Public Works).
2. Durban-Free State-Gauteng logistics and industrial cor-
ridor (Trade and Industry).
3. South Eastern node and corridor development (Rural de-
velopment and Land Reform).
4. Unlocking the economic opportunities in the North West
(Transport).
5. Saldanha-Northern Cape Development Corridor (Eco-
nomic Development).
6. Integrated municipal infrastructure project (Coporate
Governance and Traditional Affairs).
7. Integrated urban space and public transport programme
(Human Settlements).
8. Green emerging in support of the SA economy (Energy).
9. Electricity generation to support socio-economic devel-
opment (Public Enterprises).
10. Electricity transmission and distribution for all (Public En-
terprises).
11. Agri-logistics and rural infrastructure (Agriculture).
12. Revitalisation of public hospitals and other health facilities
(Health).
13. National school build programme (Basic Education).
14. Higher education infrastructure (Higher Education).
15. Expanding access to communication technology (Tel-
ecommunications).
16. SKA and Meerkat (Science and Technology).
17. Regional integration for African co-operation and devel-
opment (The Presidency).
18. Water and sanitation infrastructure masterplan (Water and
Sanitation).
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FEATURE Writer: Noluthando Mkhize
DNA Act to tighten net on criminals
Criminals have nowhere to hide with the implementa-
tion of the DNA Act, which has resulted in the creation
of the National Forensic DNA Database of South Africa.
Prior to the Act, there was no legislation regulating DNA col-
lection by members of the South African Police Service (SAPS).
This meant that detectives had no mandate when it came
to collecting DNA samples from those arrested for serious
crimes or from a convicted offender.
DNA is the carrier of genetic information, the essential and
unique characteristics or qualities of someone or something,
which are unchangeable.
The Act officially came into effect on the 31 of January 2015,
providing the required legal framework to ensure that fo-
rensic DNA examination becomes one of the most powerful
investigative tools available for law enforcement to identify
the perpetrators of crime.
The DNA Act will see 5 500 detectives being trained in taking
buccal samples, which are cells found on the side of the cheek.
Section Head of the SAPS Forensic Database Management,
Brigadier Joe Smith, said samples would be taken from offend-
ers serving time, awaiting trial or on parole. This would be
done within the next two years.
“All the information (collected) will be loaded onto a
national forensic database.
“This Act provides us with the required legal framework
to ensure that forensic DNA examination contributes to
the successful and effective investigation of criminal case-
work.”
“The Act formally establishes the National Forensic DNA
Database, which will consist of a number of indices con-
taining the forensic DNA profile derived from samples
collected from different categories of persons and crime
samples,” said Brigadier Smith.
The Act stipulates that there should be a National Fo-
rensic DNA Database, which will play a part in gathering
evidence, eliminating suspects and safeguarding against
wrongful convictions or other miscarriages of justice.
The National Development Plan also stipulates that in
the strengthening of the criminal justice system, there
should be an integrated, seamless national criminal jus-
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tice system information and technology database or
system containing information relevant to the criminal
justice system.
The DNA Act is yet another way in which the SAPS is
increasing its capacity in forensics services.
A number of other countries have similar legislation
in place, including Brazil, which in 2012 passed DNA
database legislation into law.
The DNA Act was the talk of the recent 3rd Forensic
Service Conference, attended by experts and players
in the forensic industry
Addressing the conference, National Police Commis-
sioner General Riah Phiyega stressed the importance
of the Act.
“The public interest which is served by the DNA Act is
important, especially in cases of violent crimes where
DNA matching has been proven to be invaluable in
matching a suspect to a crime scene,” she pointed out.
General Phiyega added that the DNA Act would
provide safeguards and strict penalties to ensure that
forensic materials are collected, stored and used only
for purposes related to the detection of crime, the in-
vestigation of an offence or prosecution.
It would be a grave mistake to focus solely on forensic
DNA evidence and ignore other forensic evidence at
crime scenes, she cautioned.
“We need to continually empower all our members at-
tending and processing crime scenes, including the first
responder to a crime scene to understand their roles
and responsibilities and to respect the crime scene.
“The correct way of handling, securing and protecting
evidence from compromise is paramount in ensuring
a quality forensic product and supporting the judicial
process.”
General Phiyega also called on all forensic examiners
to be passionate about their craft and strive to improve
their knowledge and skills in their specialised field.
During the conference, the SAPS revealed that its
Forensic Services Unit had made progress in reducing
the backlog.
Since the 2009/10 financial year, forensic laboratories
reduced the backlog from 59 023 cases to a commend-
able level of about 4 440 case entries, which depicts a
92 per cent backlog reduction up to the third quarter
of the 2014/15 financial year.
The oversight board Police Minister Nathi Nhleko has also appointed a Forensic Over-
sight Board, which will monitor the implementation of the DNA
Act.
“The board will monitor the implementation of the DNA Act
regarding the attendance and processing of crime scenes, the
collection and storage of exhibit material and DNA samples, the
performance of the Forensic Science Laboratory and the National
Forensic DNA Database of South Africa,” explained General Phiyega.
She added that the board would ensure compliance on ethical
and privacy issues.
It has also been tasked with developing a strategic plan that will
be informed by the SAPS implementation plan of the Act.
In addition, the board will also be responsible for receiving and
assessing complaints about alleged violations relating to the abuse
of DNA samples, forensic DNA profiles and security breaches and
the reporting of complaints.
It will make proposals on the improvement of practices regarding
the overall operations of the National Forensic DNA Database and
monitor the implementation of the provisions of the Act.
The board has set up a task team, which will develop rules and
procedures that will inform the governance of the board. It will
also develop a communication and outreach strategy, which will
enhance accessibility of the board to the public, particularly in
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• Subsequently, library hours could be increased in some provinces and closed libraries could be re-opened
• Reading facilities for visually impaired readers in public libraries are being prioritised and rolled out in provinces in cooperation with the South African Library for the Blind, in Grahamstown
• The Department completed an investigation in 2013 into the cost of implementing the South African Public Library and Information Services Bill. The outcomes of the investigation informed the Department, provinces, and the sector on the needs and the cost to deliver public library and information services in accordance to acceptable national norms and standards
• Literacy programmes are presented in all provinces as part of the target to inculcate a culture of reading amongst South Africans
ICT for public librariesThe DAC and the National Library of South Africa continue to rollout ICT in public libraries to bridge the digital divide through access to the Internet.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has partnered with the South African government by providing funds to the National Library of South Africa for an ICT pilot project of two years that is unfolding in 27 public libraries across the country – three public libraries per province. A country grant will be considered once the pilot project has been concluded.
Cooperation with Department of Basic EducationThe provincial departments of arts and culture, in cooperation with the provincial departments of basic education, have started an initiative to enhance the information resources available to learners by building new libraries close to schools.
The purpose of this strategy is to share the role that public libraries and schools play in the education and development of skills in our communities. The roles of the respective departments in the implementation of this strategy must still be outlined.
* Writer: Jeff Radebe
Public office requires devotion
Recently, South Africa laid to rest one of our most dedicated
public servants, the Minister of Public Service and Adminis-
tration Ohm Collins Chabane.
Minister Chabane understood the importance of the oath of public
office. He took his vows and affirmation seriously and embodied
the values that come with holding public office such as fairness,
transparency, ethical conduct and accountability. The late Minis-
ter also understood that to be a public servant is a calling, which
requires men and women of character who can make a difference
to the lives of the people of South Africa.
He pursued his mission to improve governance with determina-
tion and was committed to fighting corruption wherever it occurred,
and in all its manifestations. His work ethic turned on its head the
recent discourse that public servants are incompetent, corrupt and
only interested in the perks that come with positions.
The public service is filled with individuals like the late Minister
Chabane, who have also been true to the calling to serve. Those who
go the extra mile to deliver excellent services by “putting people
first” go about it in a determined and committed way.
The Department of Public Service and Administration recognises
them through the National Batho Pele Excellence Awards, which
reward excellence in the public service, with the ultimate goal of
entrenching professionalism. It is unfortunate that our discourse
tends to be dominated by the questionable actions of a minority
that do not live up to the Batho Pele principles.
The department has identified corruption as one of
the factors that prevents South Africa from achieving
an effective and efficient public service. To this end, it
is working on wide-ranging initiatives that deter public
servants from committing corruption. Government is
also implementing measures aimed at preventing public
servants from doing business with it, and has created the
National School of Government to improve the public
sector’s performance and good governance.
Our efforts against corruption are bearing fruit. A
total of 62 public officials were convicted during the
2014/15 financial year and freezing orders to the value of
R430 million were obtained.
To ensure greater success in rooting out corruption,
we need the public to play its part. We must all be vigi-
lant and report the commission of such crimes to law
enforcement agencies and Chapter 9 institutions. In ad-
dition, the public should assist the prosecuting authority
by providing evidence and acting as witnesses.
South Africans must also desist from engaging in cor-
rupt activities with public servants. We should remember
that it takes two to commit an act of corruption, whether
you offer a bribe or act in certain way to unfairly benefit
you or your business; it is criminal and punishable by law.
Incidences of corruption not only damage the coun-
try’s reputation, but also the trust people have in govern-
ment institutions. This, in turn, has a severely detrimental
effect on economic growth, the country’s overall devel-
opment and our efforts to overcome the triple threat of
unemployment, poverty and inequality.
The late Minister Chabane had noble plans to root
out corrupt practices in the public sector and take our
country forward. It is now the time for us to take his vi-
sion forward, to not become embroiled in self-defeating
discourse, and ensure that our actions speak louder than
words. Corruption is, above all, a societal problem, which
manifests in the public and private sector. If we tackle it
together and decisively we will root it out.
To achieve this, none of us must turn a blind eye to
corruption, or in any way encourage it because by doing
so we are ultimately doing our country a disservice.
*Jeff Radebe is the Minister in The Presidency
responsible for Planning, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
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OPINION
Minister in The Presidency responsible for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Jeff Radebe.
Writer: Nathi Mthethwa
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OPINION
Fresh on the heels of Freedom Month in April, Minister of Arts and Culture, Nathi Mthethwa, reflects on the pivotal role that artists of all genres are playing in the African Renaissance and explains the motivation behind Africa Month.
The regeneration of Africa through cultural celebration
A few weeks ago more than 500 special guests and artists
gathered at the sacred heritage site, Freedom Park, to launch
the inaugural Africa Month Cultural Festival.
The gathering was filled with the spirit of the great African com-
poser, Enoch Sontonga, who in 1897 composed the African Renais-
sance anthem Nkosi sikelel ’iAfrika. It marked the opening of the event.
This is a special song and prayer that has through its lyrics and spirit
spread African consciousness.
The centrality of this initiative remains vitally relevant to our coun-
try. Over the past few weeks, we have been grappling with colonial
symbols that are part of our history. Also, we are still
confronted by challenges of economic inequality, land
dispossession, prejudice and stereotypes, including
Afrophobia and sexism.
Embodied in that stirring Sontonga song, in the spirit
of that great work of art, is the role of the African artist.
We believe it will be our creative intellectuals that lead
the regeneration of the continent.
The Africa Month Cultural Festival, which got under-
way on 1 May, means that Pixley Seme Ka Isaka’s dream
Minister of Arts and Culture, Nathi Mthethwa, at the launch of the inaugural Africa Month Cultural Festival.
Public Sector Manager • May 2015 67
of African Regeneration is being fulfilled. We can para-
phrase the words of this political activist, lawyer and
journalist – uttered way back in the early 1900s – by
saying that, “a new and unique civilization has been
added to the world”.
The time has come for Africa’s renewal to be taken to
a higher level by the continent’s gifted creatives: poets,
writers, intellectuals, musicians, chefs and artists.
In South Africa, some of the foremost and leading
exponents of Pan-Africanism were poets like Mazisi
Kunene and Pitika Ntuli, writers like Wally Mongane
Serote, Mandla Langa and Eskia Mphahlele, intellec-
tual visionaries like Anton Lembede, Robert Sobukwe,
Steve Biko and Nelson Mandela, to cite a few. All have
espoused the spirit of a new Africa.
What we cannot ignore is that in the past 21 years,
all the presidents of the democratic South Africa have
pointed in the direction of Africa’s renaissance.
Tata Nelson Mandela, in his seminal speech in Tunis in
1994 at a meeting of the Organisation of African Unity,
thanked the continent for its role in liberating South
Africa and declared: “Where South Africa appears on
the agenda again, let it be because we want to discuss
what its contribution shall be to the making of the new
African Renaissance”.
Also, former President Thabo Mbeki and the current
President of the Republic, Jacob Zuma, have embraced
this African vision.
The launch of the Africa Month Cultural
Festival will contribute to increasing our
self-knowledge and understanding. The
primary purpose is to encourage us to em-
brace, appreciate and promote our African
identity, history and culture. This is what will
forge closer relations among us.
This inaugural festival draws from the
strength of existing Pan African festivals
throughout the continent. It will be a cel-
ebratory and educational platform that
also creates markets for African cultural
products.
The theme is “We are Africa – Opening the
doors of learning and culture from Cape
to Cairo.”
This is to reposition the role of the arts, culture and
heritage sector in redefining African Identity. It is to
celebrate and mainstream the contribution of the sec-
tor to the economy of the continent and the world.
After all, we are Africa. Our artists must and will share
a home-made but global platform to assert our identity
and contribution to society. This platform must display
the creativity and originality of African artists to pro-
mote the unity of all our people, from Cape to Cairo.
Above all, it must highlight African cultural products
and initiate a programme of trade interaction and cul-
tural exchange.
Among special guests at the festival launch were
celebrated and world renowned poets, novelists, in-
tellectuals, dancers, singers, musicians and designers.
Thus the cultural festival will help ensure that Africa
Month adequately reflects our African identity in its
totality and diversity.
In what is indeed the African Century, arts, culture
and heritage must be elevated to a central leadership
role. Artists must be at the forefront of continuously
developing our self-knowledge, redefining our vision
and promoting Ubuntu and unity among all the African
countries and their people.
Thus we see Africa Month as part of the programme
to raise African consciousness in the post-colonial age
and to fight Afrophobia. >>
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This festival will show how the sector helps us to transcend
the legacy of colonialism and apartheid. It will help us to
redefine ourselves in the world.
We need our cultural practitioners to remind us that none
but ourselves can heal our wounds. Artists must move the
continent towards a new sense of self-determination and
consciousness. As the poet June Jordan said: We are the
ones we have been waiting for!
There is a wind of change blowing through the African
continent. It carries each and every one of us with it. We
the living have been selected by history to be agents of the
regeneration of Africa.
It is in this context that South Africa ratified the Charter for
African Cultural Renaissance last October. In fact, the African
Month Cultural Festival Programme is an artistic and creative
expression of the African Agenda 2063.
It is a platform to promote the African Union programme
towards the attainment of its vision: to build an integrated,
prosperous and peaceful Africa. This vision must be driven
by artists.
With 31 participating countries, the festival promotes Pan–
Africanism, cultural renewal and solidarity.
It will also help strengthen cultural agreements among
African countries.
The purpose of the initiative is to use the sector as a spring-
board towards the continent’s socio-economic develop-
ment, political solidarity and cultural integration.
It is part of the efforts to create a better South Africa in a
better Africa and thus ‘give the world a human face’.
Having recently celebrated the 21st anniversary of
Freedom Day, it is imperative to reflect on the impor-
tant role that was played by the African Union and
African states in the struggle for democracy and libera-
tion in South Africa.
In fact, we should be proud that the African Union
first met on South African soil. Ironically, South Africa
was the first country to wage a liberation struggle and
the last country to be free.
It is much more than this realisation that has made us
decide to dedicate the entire month of May to Africa
Month henceforward. We are committed to providing
the springboard for African arts, culture and heritage
to take its rightful place in the world.
The month-long festival and conference will feature
various arts and culture disciplines, including music,
literature, dance, film, fashion, crafts, theatre, visual arts,
panel discussions and food culture, amongst others.
Significantly, some of the country and the continent’s
leading thinkers, scholars and intellectuals served as in-
fluential members of the Reference Group tasked with
making the festival a memorable and meaningful one.
They include legends and icons like singer Salif Keita,
writers Dr Wally Serote and Mandla Langa, and intel-
lectuals Kole Omotoso and Pitika Ka Ntuli, among oth-
ers. Their role was to provide guidance and leadership.
The festival is a standing invitation to the people of
the world, especially the continent and diaspora, to
gather in South Africa every May.
OPINION Writer: *Buti Manamela
Changing the face of SA’s economy
When President Jacob Zuma addressed the inaugural
meeting of the Broad Based Black Economic Empower-
ment Council (B-BBEE Council) recently, he put emphasis
on the urgency of implementing our economic policies to effectively
transform its structure and reflect the country’s demographic. He
urged the new council members to put themselves in the shoes of a
Mr. Mofokeng, who is still locked in KwaMashu and is yet to experience
economic transformation 21 years into our democratic dispensation.
The truth of the matter is that the economy of our country still
remains predominantly in white hands, and reflects the patterns
designed by the apartheid system. When replying to the debate
on his State of the Nation Address late in February, the President
reiterated that black ownership of the top listed companies on the
Johannesburg Stock Exchange remains at a meagre 3 per cent.
Despite the unsubstantiated uproar from the proponents of the
status quo, who claimed that the state of economic transformation
had significantly changed, they did not present any evidence to
refute the statement by the President. “But the situation is not that
bad,” proclaimed some. But is it that good? It is important to em-
phasise that those who own the other 97 per cent and their political
stooges are the same ones who hasten to blame government for
the persistent socio-economic challenges. But let’s look at some of
the issues at hand.
Firstly, it is not in the interest of the ANC-led gov-
ernment that the status quo remains in terms
of the ownership and control of the economy
years after Nelson Mandela took office as the
first democratic President. Most former colonies
moved with speed in transforming the struc-
ture of their economies and in ensuring that
the historically excluded, exploited and margin-
alised take ownership and control of the
economy.
South Africa was a colony of
a special type with a unique
and ‘peaceful’ transition from
apartheid barbarism to inclu-
sive and rainbow democracy.
Secondly, there is a huge
difference between the
direct ownership of the stocks in the market on the
one hand, and stocks that are held indirectly by black
people through, for instance, their pension funds.
The latter has no influence or authority to determine
the developmental role in which their investment
should play and therefore have no control of their
shareholding. In fact, many of the decisions taken by
the boards of companies that hold pension funds of
black workers had grave consequences for the same
workers. Take, for instance, the issue that the President
raised at the B-BBEE Council meeting, about how finan-
cial monopolies have invested in the building of shop-
ping malls in townships that house retail giants that in
turn leads to the destruction of small black businesses.
Many of these decisions worked in favour of
white -owned conglomerates, especially those who
sell food (such as Pick n Pay, Shoprite, Woolworths and
Spar), clothing (such as Markham, Truworths and Ed-
gars) and the big four financial institutions. All of these
combined were responsible for the destruction of tuck
shops and stokvels, which were the survivalist mode
of economy in our townships.
The sprouting of these malls was without the option
of black cooperative ownership, and even though there
were equal opportunities availed for ownership of fran-
chises of these retail giants, the absence of venture
capital made it impossible for any form of black
ownership. One may argue that these shopping
malls gave a facelift and reduced consumer costs of
shopping in the township, and also created a
large number of much-needed jobs.
We should not take this argu-
ment lightly and for granted.
We should ask: what is
the opportunity cost of
destroying black small
business, and thereafter
creating an army of casu-
alised labour, and then
mopping up the little
Deputy Minister in The Presidency responsible for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Buti Manamela.
Public Sector Manager • May 201570
income that is earned in the townships from social
grants and low-paying jobs and investing it in Sand-
ton and Hillcrest instead of reinvesting it in the same
communities?
The President also issued a direct challenge to black
business - the idea of the transformation of the econ-
omy lay in investing in spaces that were historically
regarded as sources of cheap labour in the apartheid
economy. Investments must stay in townships and rural
areas. Yes, the face of Sandton, the wealthiest square
kilometre on the continent, should be changed.
But it is important that black business should build
factories and industry next to where our people stay.
The consumer basket (before the decline of the price of
petrol) shows that most workers spend their wages on
transport costs. Beyond this, they also spend valuable
time that they could be spending with their family, or
to further their studies, on the road travelling to and
from work.
Part of a radical economic transformation therefore
includes changing apartheid spatial development
patterns to reduce the time and distance between
townships and the world of work. This administration
is more determined to use policy, legislative and incen-
tive instruments to ensure that the historical structure
of our economy is radically transformed.
But radical economic transformation means that we should
move beyond mere inclusion, and should speak of the direct
and majority participation of the whole of our people. This also
includes using fiscal policy, as was evident in Finance Minister
Nhlanhla Nene’s Budget Speech, to get the state to lead in
using its spend in the economy to support small business and
invest in the health and education of the nation.
The unashamed pursuance of radical economic transfor-
mation means that we have to turn the figures at the Stock
Exchange on their head, and do this urgently.
This radical economic transformation also includes a tar-
geted programme of supporting black industrialists, using
government’s procurement to support women and youth
businesses the beneficiation of minerals to create much-
needed jobs and buying locally produced goods.
There are those who claim that we are stuck in the past and
refuse to move on. However, in as much as we would wish
away apartheid, there remain scars and open wounds that can
only be healed if the economy is in the hands of the majority
of the population.
*Buti Manamela is the Deputy Minister in The Presiden-
cy responsible for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation,
Youth Development as well as Administration.
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* Writer: Vuso ShabalalaOPINION
African leaders have responded to the call for
good governance on the continent.
Participation and compliance is voluntary. It
demonstrates the commitment of the leader-
ship of the respective African countries to good
governance and public accountability.
There are 33 African Union Member States
participating in the APRM process, of which 17
have been reviewed by their peers.
The APRM involves a self-assessment, guided
by an APRM questionnaire. At the same time,
APRM officials conduct a background study
of governance and development issues in the
country.
This is followed by a visit by a panel of experts
who undertake extensive discussions with gov-
ernment officials, civil society and citizens.
Incorporating the country’s own self-assess-
ment, a report is developed and submitted to
the African Peer Review Mechanism Forum of
Heads of State and Government of Participa-
tion Members States for further integration.
When South Africa first underwent the re-
view, its Country Review Report highlighted
significant strengths in each of the four the-
matic areas - democracy and political govern-
ance; economic governance and management;
corporate governance, and socio-economic
development.
The report was complimentary about South
Africa’s peaceful transition and its strong gov-
ernance institutions.
However, it also highlighted challenges that
the country needed to deal with from the
legacy of apartheid. These challenges are ad-
dressed in the National Plan of Action.
Since then, three periodic reports for South
Africa have been submitted to the Heads of
States and Governments of Participation >>
South Africa will soon come full circle in its assessment as part
of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM). The country
has begun preparation for the second generation review, since
completing the first one in 2007.
The review is a self-assessment, created by African leaders in 2003,
under the New Partnership for Africa’s Development to promote good
governance, economic development and social progress.
It is widely regarded as an innovative approach, designed and imple-
mented by Africans for Africa. The review is one of the ways in which
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Members States, which continue to indicate signifi-
cant progress.
The reports have, however, noted the entrenched
challenges of poverty, unemployment and inequality
that remain sources of potential social conflict. The lat-
est report was presented by President Jacob Zuma at
the summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in January 2014.
It showed that the country had made extensive pro-
gress on economic development, governance, social
security, health and infrastructure development in the
past decade.
In the area of democracy and political governance,
South Africa achieved better scores in political stability,
good citizenship and poverty alleviation over the 2009
and 2011 period.
Among the other positive developments, it included
the successful local government elections in May 2012
and the national elections in 2009, which were declared
free and fair.
The country also demonstrated good progress in pri-
oritising social economic development.
There were significant improvements in addressing
the adverse effects HIV and AIDS with a total of 14
million people tested at the end of the financial year
2010/2011.
It highlighted the threefold increase in ARV sites, from
490 in February 2010 to 3 000 in April 2012. Since Jan-
uary 2013, more than 20 million South Africans now
know their status and have undergone counselling.
Speaking at the 12th anniversary of the establishment
of the APRM, the late Minister of Public Service and
Administration Collins Chabane said: “The APRM, by its
nature, is an inclusive process that can assist the AU to
solicit inputs from the grassroots, through national re-
view processes involving citizens from diverse political,
economic, social, religious and ethnic backgrounds, such
as the public and private sectors, political parties and
civil society organisations representing women, youth,
farmers, professional groups, trade unions, etc.”
It would be a fitting tribute to this gallant freedom
fighter to use the launch of the Second Generation Coun-
try Review as an opportunity to develop a National Plan
of Action that is closely aligned with the programmes for
the implementation of the National Development Plan
in both the public, private and social sectors.
By promoting good governance and public account-
ability the APRM becomes a strategic instrument for
building democracy, peace and development in the
continent.
South Africans are encouraged to maintain the highest
level of commitment to the success of the mechanism.
The second country self-assessment will commence
with a Country Review Mission by the Panel of Eminent
Persons later in the year.
Let us give the panel the necessary support and co-
operation as they travel the country assessing our de-
velopment. It will help us to address our challenges and
build on our successes. Together we work to move South
Africa forward.
*Vuso Shabalala is the personal representative of
the President on the APRM.
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A scam is defined as a fraudulent scheme performed by a dishon-
est individual, group or company. Scam artists pretend to be people
of status and class and can even be people you trust and know.
The scam itself is conducted via telephone, internet or even in
a meeting. Anyone can be scammed, whether they are young or
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Scams are formulated with one purpose in mind - to make money.
These illegal enterprises purchase address books and mailing lists
from data banks and call centre agents or brokers and call you in
an attempt to sell you an investment opportunity.
Remember the movie “The Wolf of Wall Street”, where a team of
young men charm and coerce people over the phone to buy stock
on the stock market? Sad to say, the only people who made money
were the scam artists. The investors lost their money.
This is the world we live in today. Scams do exist and
we need to protect our money and ourselves.
Mariekie Jansen, 60, a retired teacher, received a
phone call a year ago. The person on the other end of
the line had a strange accent and made promises to
double her pension money within a year. He was very
convincing. All Mariekie had to do was purchase the
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private placements or property developments. They
convince you that this is a “once in a lifetime” offer and
that you have to buy in on the deal within a limited
period.
The stocks they sell are illegal and the information
they provide could be false and misleading due to their
overwhelming desire to claim commission. The call cen-
tre agents claim to have offices in different countries
to give the impression of importance and wealth, but
in reality they have set up fake offices and companies.
Most of these agents are not even qualified to work
in the securities industry or authorised to sell financial
products. In South Africa, all financial services providers
(FSPs) have to be authorised by the Financial Services
Board (FSB).
Recently, the FSB released a public warning to all
South Africans to watch out for Fraser Mackie Wealth
Management (FMWM), a company based in Santo
Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, which presents
South Africans with investment opportunities and
promises huge returns such as doubling the invest-
ment. FMWM is not an authorised FSP and therefore
is not allowed to render financial services in South Af-
rica. The truth is that some countries do not feature
high on the radar screen of internationally regarded
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ment areas, and scam artists use this to their advantage
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perpetrators to book.
The Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) recently re-
leased a booklet - “Combating financial crime in South
Africa” - with information on what to look out for and
how South Africans can avoid falling victim to com-
mon scams.
The Typologies Report focuses on a selection of preva-
lent crimes, defining each scheme, explaining how it
works and providing information on how to avoid be-
ing a victim.
The booklet explains eight common scams that are
currently prevalent in South Africa. It is important to
note that there are new scams being thought of every-
day and this is a dynamic and evolving industry.
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check whether the entity you are dealing with is a registered
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Kuben NaidooDeputy Governor, South African Reserve Bank Kuben Naidoo has been appointed as a Deputy Governor of the South
African Reserve Bank for a period of five years with effect from 1 April 2015.
Naidoo previously served as an advisor to the Governor of the Reserve
Bank and a member of the Monetary Policy Committee.
He has also done work for the Development Bank of Southern Africa
and served as the Acting Head of the Secretariat for the National Plan-
ning Commission.
Naidoo also worked at National Treasury, where his responsibilities
included education finance, public sector personnel policy, inter-
governmental fiscal relations, capital budgeting, budget reform and
fiscal policy.
He spent two years at the Treasury of the United Kingdom (UK),
where he worked on capital budgets and bi-annual spending
reviews.
Naidoo holds a Bachelor of Science degree and a Postgradu-
ate Diploma in Public Management from Wits University as well
as a Master of Business Administration from the University of
Birmingham in the UK.
PUBLIC SECTOR APPOINTMENTS Compiled by: Mduduzi Tshabangu
Thabani Myeza Executive Commercial Services, Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) SOC LtdThabani Myeza has worked for a number of organisations in leading growth
and business development roles. He has extensive experience in developing
and implementing growth and new market strategies including establish-
ment of start-up operations both in South Africa and the region.
His recent focus, while with Tata Africa and General Electric, has been on
managing regional policy and regulatory issues, understanding their impact
to the business and creating alignment with the operating environment.
Myeza’s career transcends diverse industries. He co-led the establishment
of commercial business services for Rand Water. He was also part of the
team that set up Vodacom business ventures in Tanzania and the Democratic
Republic of Congo.
While working on various projects, Myeza has gained exposure in regional
and international organisations such as the World Bank, European Investment Bank, NEPAD Agency and the World Economic
Forum.
He holds a B Com degree (Accounting) from the University of Zululand and MBA in General Management from Texas
Southern University.
In his new role, Myeza will effectively position ATNS in the market place through marketing, branding and developing busi-
ness cases to exploit opportunities and gaps in the market, and stakeholder relationship strategies. He’ll lead and manage
the ATNS Information Technology function to meet internal IT needs and to support external business initiatives. Myeza will
also manage turn-key projects to turn ATNS around by exploiting marketing and business opportunities.
Public Sector Manager • May 201578
*Writer: Siphiwo Mahala
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has committed him-
self as a patron of reading promotion in South Africa.
At an event at the Harare Library in Khayelitsha, Cape
Town, recently, the Deputy President encouraged South Africans
to be “people of the book”.
The event was part of government’s community engagement
endeavours and commenced with a series of consultations with
the view to establish a reading promotion campaign.
The Deputy President’s vision is the formation of a virtual book
club that would target the youth and operate using some popu-
lar social media platforms.
“We would like to see a consultative process that could lead
to the establishment of a national youth book club,” he said.
This intervention was in response to the lack of a culture of
reading in the country.
Deputy President Ramaphosa made reference to the Reading
Survey commissioned by the Department of Arts and Culture
(DAC), through the SA Book Development Council, which re-
vealed that South Africa is not a reading nation.
The shocking statistics include the fact that only 14 per cent
of the population are regular book readers, and that a mere five
per cent of parents read to their children.
It is common knowledge that literacy underpins development
in various aspects of life and a heightened culture of reading is a
fundamental ingredient in the creation of a prosperous society.
With this in mind, various government components and civic
organisations have been making efforts to promote literacy and
a widespread culture of reading.
“We recognise the ground-breaking initiatives led by the DAC
to develop an appetite for books, especially among our youth,”
said the Deputy President.
Government is not new to reading promotion. In 2001, the
late Kader Asmal, the then Minister of Education, initiated the
Masifunde Sonke campaign, which was followed by the Kha ri
Gude mass literacy campaign in 2008.
In 2007, the DAC announced a R1 billion financial injection to
community libraries through the Conditional Grants.
The DAC investment into library infrastructure has increased
exponentially, with further R3 billion being committed to the
2014 – 2017 MTSF period. As part of this intervention, libraries
have been built and others refurbished in various communities
across the country.
Deputy President Ramaphosa champions reading
However, the existence of library infrastructure alone does
not guarantee that there will be a vibrant culture of reading.
Infrastructure development only lays the foundation for a
thriving reading culture. This is what necessitated the estab-
lishment of initiatives such as National Book Week, which is
a dedicated week for the promotion of reading and writing.
The Deputy President’s involvement in reading promotion
shows government’s commitment to boosting literacy levels.
With better planning and cooperation among the relevant
stakeholders, we can make a more significant impact. The
development of library infrastructure should be intrinsically
linked to a comprehensive reading development strategy.
The consultation process, as suggested by the Deputy Presi-
dent, should be a point of convergence for all stakeholders
concerned with literacy and reading promotion matters. This
process started on a positive note, with direct involvement
of the major stakeholders, including writers, publishers, non-
government organisations, librarians and several Cabinet Min-
isters. The challenge is to sustain the momentum and continue
with this inclusive approach.
The consultation process will hopefully lead to the establish-
ment of an integrated National Reading Promotion Strategy
that is centrally coordinated. It is through collective effort that
we can attain our common vision of engendering a reading
society.
*Siphiwo Mahala is the Head of Books and Publishing
at the DAC.
BOOK REvIEwS
Public Sector Manager • May 2015 79
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has encouraged South Africans to be “people of the book”.
Writer: Nicholas FrancisPhotography: Quivertree Publications
FOOD AND wINE
with Reuben Riffel
Winter WarmersChef Reuben Riffel, who is a judge on Masterchef South
Africa and proud restaurant owner, has a few tricks
up his sleeve when it comes to preparing delicious,
creative meals.
He shared some of his favourite recipes with PSM.
Public Sector Manager • May 201580
Braised lamb knuckles with green beans,
sesame seeds and salted chillies
Serves 2
200ml rice wine
100g palm sugar
80ml light soy sauce
1 litre chicken stock
1 tbsp freshly grated ginger
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1 tbsp sesame oil, plus a little extra
600g lamb knuckles
150g fine green beans, trimmed
2 tbsps sesame seeds
2 red chillies
2 green chillies
2 tbsps sea salt
"I find that cooking lamb in stock results
in a cleaner flavour. The salted chillies add a
new dimension to the dish and after you have
tried them once, you will use them all the time."
Method
Put the rice wine, palm sugar, soy
sauce, chicken stock, ginger, garlic
and sesame oil into a pan and bring
to the boil. Add the lamb knuckles, re-
duce the heat and cook slowly for about
1½ hours until the lamb is soft and almost
falling off the bone. Cook the green beans in
boiling salted water for three minutes, drain and
refresh in iced water. Toast the sesame seeds in a
dry pan, add the fine beans with a little sesame oil and
warm through. To serve, arrange the beans on a plate
and top with the lamb knuckles and
braising juice. Sprinkle the salted
chillies over the lamb.
Fresh salted chillies
Slice the chillies and wash in clean
cold water until most of the seeds
are removed. Remove from the water
and sprinkle the salt over it. Mix well and
leave to marinate for 30 minutes.
Milk panna cotta with granadilla coulis and
macerated naartjies
Serves 2–3
300ml full-cream milk
20ml honey
2½ sheets gelatine
100ml water
3 granadillas
1½ tsp sugar
Segments from two
naartjies
1 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp water
" The combinat ion of mi lk
and honey evokes such special childhood
memories for me. Ma would give each of her
children a glass of warm milk with a spoon
of honey every night before bedtime. I use
milk instead of cream in this panna cotta
for that very reason, and the result is that
it is both lighter and healthier."
Method
Put the milk and honey in a saucepan and bring to a simmer.
Simmer for about three minutes. Meanwhile, soak the gelatine
in the water. Remove the milk mixture from the heat and allow
to cool slightly. Add the gelatine and stir in. Once the gelatine
has completely melted into the mixture, pour it into moulds.
Place in the fridge to set for at least four hours. Scoop out the
pulp from the granadillas and put it and 1½ teaspoons sugar
in a small saucepan. Bring it to a simmer and cook for about
two minutes over medium heat. In a clean pan, mix
one tablespoon sugar and one tablespoon water
together and heat. Add the naartjie segments
and macerate them over a medium-high heat
for 20 minutes. To serve, smear the granadilla
coulis onto serving plates. Demould the pana
cottas onto the coulis and arrange the naartjie
segments around it.
Public Sector Manager • May 2015 81
"The salted chillies add a new dimension to the dish and after you have tried them once, you
will use them all the time".
HEALTH AND wELL-BEING Supplied by: Government Employees Medical Scheme
Hypertension: The silent killerIt is known as the silent killer, which is not surprising since
most sufferers are unaware they have hypertension.
Hypertension, commonly known as high blood pressure,
affects more than one in three adults worldwide.
The condition causes almost 50 per cent of all deaths from
stroke and heart disease, according to the World Health Or-
ganisation.
World Hypertension Day is commemorated on 17 May and is
an opportunity to create awareness about this disease, which
can be responsible for kidney failure, eye disease and dementia.
“High blood pressure is when the blood pressure in your ar-
teries is persistently elevated. It is a very common condition. It
is not only tense, stressed out people who suffer from it,” says
Dr Stan Moloabi, Executive: Healthcare Management at the
Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS).
“People may have hypertension for years without knowing it,
which is why it can be so dangerous,” he adds.
Blood: The life force behind your beating heartExplaining how high blood pressure occurs, Dr Moloabi notes,
“Every time your heart beats, blood is pumped into your body
through the arteries. Blood pressure is the force of blood push-
ing up against the artery walls.
“This force is important as your blood has to deliver oxygen
and nutrients throughout your body. However, if the
pressure is high, then the heart has to pump
harder, which can damage your blood vessels
and cause health problems.”
Many factors affect blood pressure, Dr Moloabi adds.
“You have a higher risk of hypertension if you are older,
as your blood vessels become stiffer as you age, and if
you have a family history of high blood pressure.
“However, although you cannot do anything about
these two factors, there are lifestyle causes that can
definitely be controlled. These include aspects such as
weight, eating and smoking habits as well as alcohol
and salt consumption.”
Know your numbersDr Moloabi stresses the importance of check ups.
“You should visit your family practitioner every one
to two years for a blood pressure test, so that you can
ensure that it is within the normal range, which is 120
over 80.
“However, if you have diabetes, heart disease, kidney
problems or if your previous blood pressure reading
was higher than 120 over 80, then you must have your
blood pressure checked at least once a year,” encour-
ages Dr Moloabi.
Treating and preventing hypertensionThere are a variety of medicines available to treat high
blood pressure, he adds, but making certain lifestyle
changes are key to tackling hypertension. Dr Moloabi
recommends the following measures to stop hyperten-
sion in its tracks:
• Decreaseyoursalt/sodiumintake.
• Exerciseregularly.
• Eathealthily.
• Maintainahealthyweight.
• Limitalcoholconsumption.
• Refrainfromsmoking.
• Reducestress.
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Cape of good timesC apetonians are often accused of being arrogant or blasé
about the idyllic paradise they call home. Whether this is
true or not is up for debate, but the fact that the entire
province is one of breath-taking natural beauty is indisputable. PSM
explores some of the most scenic national parks in the Western
Cape, which should be on everyone’s bucket list and be explored
as soon as possible.
Table Mountain
To get to most nature reserves and game parks a fair amount of or-
ganising, travelling and effort is needed. Table Mountain National Park
is slightly different, as this iconic landmark towers over the entire City
of Cape Town and is easily accessible to all. Not many cities can boast
being built around a national park, and this is exactly what Table Moun-
tain is - a 1 088 metre tall, 25 000 hectare park that sets Cape Town
apart from the rest of the world. Originally named ‘Mountain in the
Sea’ by the indigenous Khoisan people, Table Mountain now welcomes
over four million visitors a year. The park is famous for its natural flora,
boasting over 8 200 plant species (mainly fynbos, which appears no-
where else in the world).
To give Capetonians credit, they do make full use of this natural won-
der on their doorstep. On any given day, providing the Cape Doctor
wind and the famously fickle weather are not spoiling the mood, there
are plenty of hikers, joggers and walkers out and about enjoying the
scenery. There are many ways to get to the top of the mountain, from
the city side (Platteklip Gorge is a steep three-hour hike), the Atlantic
side (Kasteelspoort or Pipe Track) or the south side of the mountain
(Smuts Track and Bridle Path are two of the more gradual ascents).
Less energetic visitors who want to enjoy the view can catch the cable
car to the top.
From the top of the mountain the view fully justifies the long, hard
slog. On one side, the Twelve Apostles disappear into the distance,
while sprawled across the view lies the beautiful waterfront area as well
as Lions Head and Signal Hill. Out to sea is the historically significant
Robben Island and on the far side is Devil’s Peak which gets its name
from the legend that a Dutch pirate named Van Hunks once
challenged the devil to a pipe smoking contest which is still
unresolved and thus a steady stream of cloud pours over
the peak in summer.
De Hoop Nature Reserve
For those after that special holiday feeling that only comes
with waking up in a new and different location, De Hoop
Nature Reserve should be on your radar. Situated three
hours from Cape Town (far enough to get that road-trip
feeling, but short enough for a weekend away), the reserve
makes a great escape for those looking for a relaxing break.
De Hoop Nature Reserve is spread over 36 000 hectares
and forms part of a World Heritage Site as well as a Marine
Protected Area. The area is particularly good for whale-
spotting, with 70km of beautiful coastline and up to 300
Southern Right Whales using the area as a breeding ground
from June to December. De Hoop also has many mammals
De Hoop Nature Reserve
Hikers enjoy the magical scenery of De Hoop Nature Reserve.
Public Sector Manager • May 201584
(86 species, including a few leopards), birds (260 species
found so far and counting) and fynbos (about 1 500 spe-
cies). The De Hoop Wetland, spread over roughly 17km, is
a great place for seeing aquatic birds, such as pelicans and
flamingos.
The reserve boasts one of the first public-private part-
nerships in South Africa’s hospitality industry, with the De
Hoop Collection responsible for accommodation and many
activities. Accommodation options include fisherman-style
cottages, beautiful manor houses, rustic rondavels and lux-
urious single room suites, all nicely furnished and offering
scenic views over the reserve. Most of the accommoda-
tion facilities are self-catering, although the manor house
includes meals in its rate. For those not inclined to cook,
the Fig Tree restaurant serves three meals a day and can
also arrange picnic hampers.
There are numerous activities to choose from where a
picnic hamper would be an ideal choice. Early morning,
guided bird walks are a great way to learn about the vari-
ous feathered species in the reserve, while the interpretive
marine walk (about two hours) is a good idea during whale
season. There are also guided mountain bike trails, boat
cruises and eco quad bike trails, which offer good ways to
see the flora and fauna. Last but certainly not least - and
just to make you truly appreciate curling up in your com-
fortable bed at night - you can enjoy star-gazing and star
identification in the early evening. This activity is always
worthwhile when out in the countryside, with a clear sky
that’s unobstructed by city lights. The De Hoop Collection
also makes sure that your calendar is full with exciting
events such as Easter egg hunts, birding workshops and
yoga retreats.
Tsitsikamma
Continuing further up the coast of South Africa is a reserve like no other,
the Garden Route National Park. The reasons for the area’s popularity soon
become obvious to visitors. The park boasts sparkling blue oceans and lush
green forests, along with a moderate year-round climate and plenty of ad-
venture activities to keep guests thoroughly entertained.
Six years ago, three areas were amalgamated to form the park. The Tsitsi-
kamma National Park, famously unpronounceable for foreigners and mean-
ing ‘place of much water’ in the Khoisan language, has many claims to fame.
It is the oldest Marine National Park in Africa (proclaimed in 1964), is 30 per
cent covered in fynbos and is the third most visited park in the country. The
Wilderness National Park boasts stunning beaches and plenty of indigenous
forests, while the third major area making up the park, the Knysna National
Lake Area, covers the scenic town of Knysna with all its attractions.
Accommodation options vary greatly, with many choosing to camp or
stay in B&Bs at Nature’s Valley or Storms River Mouth. Knysna spent many
years as nothing more than a quirky coastal town, but in recent years has
shot to prominence with many hotels and restaurants and now boasts a
jam-packed calendar with annual events, such as the Oyster Festival and the
Knysna Marathon. Other accommodation options in the area are situated in
the towns of Wilderness, George, Victoria Bay and Sedgefield.
Tourists will need to be at their most active to fully appreciate all that the
area has to offer. The five-day Otter Trail, one of South Africa’s most scenic
and famous hiking trails, weaves its way along about 45km of the coastline,
while there are also a multitude of day trails, such as the Waterfall Trail, the
Blue Duiker Trail and the Lourie Trail on offer. Nature lovers will also want to
visit the descriptively named ‘Big Tree’, an 800-year-old, 36-metre whopper
of a yellowwood tree that deserves an admiring glance and a tip of the
cap. Adrenaline junkies can challenge themselves to the Bloukrans Bungee
jump, the world’s highest bridge bungee at 216m, while the less brave can
still enjoy a guided bridge walking tour. >>
Tsitsikamma
The Tsitsikamma National Park is the oldest Marine National Park in Africa.
The West Coast National Park in full bloom.
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West Coast National Park
With the Garden Route receiving all the accolades and attention, the West
Coast (also known as the forgotten coast) is a hidden gem, aptly named
West Coast National Park. Run by South African National Parks (SANParks),
the isolated park is only 120km from Cape Town and is 40 000 hectares in
size. The Langebaan Lagoon is the main draw card to the park, as is it is not
only home to birds of all shapes, sizes and hues, but it also has photogenic
islands, marshes and wide open beaches waiting to be explored.
Visitors looking to unwind and relax will soon realise they have come
to the right spot. This is particularly true during the spring months of
August and September, when the landscapes explode into a multitude
of colourful flowers as far as the eye can see. Known as West Coast Strand-
veld and Langebaan Fynbos, the vegetation is unique in that it mostly
grows on granite or limestone rocks. Apart from the truly spectacular
flowers, the park also hosts mammals such as eland,
red hartebeest, Cape grysbok, caracal, honey badgers,
mountain zebra and rock hyrax.
As long as visitors are keen to relax and enjoy nature
they will find plenty of attractions on offer. The lagoon
offers plenty of water sports such as water-skiing, kay-
aking, fishing and kite surfing. Many people make the
trip to the park especially for the flowers, which are best
viewed in the Postberg Section (which is only open dur-
ing spring). Other options include game viewing, bird
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watching or just some good, old fashioned relaxing on the
beach at Kraalbaai.
Guests have some interesting and alternative accommo-
dation options to consider. The Duinepos Chalets are old
staff houses that were converted into self-catering chalets
as part of a community-based project. They are situated in-
side the West Coast National Park. Jo Anne’s Beach Cottage
has three bedrooms and is located within walking distance
of the lagoon, while those wanting to be even closer to the
water should consider the Kraalbaai Houseboats. The Larus
Houseboat is an eight-sleeper that can accommodate 15
people during the day, while the larger Nirvana Houseboat
can sleep 14 people on the lower deck and eight on the
upper deck.
West Coast National Park
Some of the accommodation options at the West Coast National Park.
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CAR REvIEwS Writer: Ashref Ismail
The other day I was paging through a 1976 edition of
CAR magazine and could not help chuckling at the low
prices of cars in those days. You could buy a top-of-the-
range Mercedes Benz 280 SE for the princely sum of R 36 000.
Of course, it was a lot of money when you consider that the
best-selling saloon at the time, the Ford Cortina, could be had
for around R 8000 for the flagship Ghia version.
Although the Cortina Ghia was the top of the range, it did
not have central locking, air conditioning, power steering
or safety features such as ABS brakes or airbags, which in all
fairness, came much later.
What was even more astounding was the unbelievably lim-
ited number of models available back then. The combined
number of all models and variants available from the seven
major vehicle distributors at the time was just under 200, at
most.
If you compare that with the scenario today, you have no
less than 55 global marques available here with more than a
whopping 3 000 models on offer. In the “good old days” the
variants, too, were very sparse. You had a choice of a four-door
saloon, sporty two-door coupé, family-friendly station wagon,
or bakkie and minibus, the most popular of which was the
Volkswagen Kombi. And that was it.
Today, ongoing improvements in technology have
seen a one-litre, three cylinder car like the Ford Eco-
sport outperform five litre V8 muscle cars like the Ford
Fairmont and Fairlane of the time. My grand-dad would
be turning in his grave!
Needless to say, today’s cars are bristling with ad-
vanced technology, making the common denominator
between old and new only the steering wheel and the
four wheels. Cars have become lighter, faster, roomier,
safer and definitely more reliable and lighter on fuel.
Besides the individual model ranges, the variants have
become even more bewildering. We now have niches
and those niches are further sliced to create another
niche within that niche! Confused? I don’t blame you.
Just think about your macho sport utility vehicle, which
then started spawning sport activity vehicles, multi-
purpose vehicles, cross utility vehicles and now, soft
roaders and crossover vehicles. Had my grand-dad been
around he would have cynically referred to them as
station wagons on steroids!
Yes, those high rise vehicles designed to conquer the
urban jungle are a must-have for motoring enthusi-
asts around the world. Some are permanent four-wheel
drive, others part-time, while many are pseudo off-road-
ers. The fact of the matter is that all manufacturers have
recognised the profit value of having an “outdoorsy” ve-
hicle that appeals to all ages, sexes and markets across
the world. Spacious, with a commanding view of the
road, many of these off-road vehicles never venture
beyond the asphalt surface, but for many, the thought
of its ability to travel on gravel satisfies the Tarzan in us.
Besides the higher ground clearance, the plastic clad-
ding, aggressive wheel arches, roof rails, additional bull
bar and obligatory bigger wheels, it is the promise of “go
anywhere, anytime” that is a huge money spinner for all
Wonderful world of all-wheel drives
BMW is famous for creating niches and then splitting these into further niches. A perfect example is the BMW X4 which is a crossover, four-door sedan coupé with the ground clearance of a soft-roader.
Public Sector Manager • May 201590
manufacturers, who have long realised the importance
of having at least one in their model line-up. Sacrile-
gious as it may sound, even the purveyors of the uber
luxury vehicle, Bentley, is readying one for production!
For most manufacturers, it is now a case of never say
never. BMW is a case in point. Years ago it remained ada-
mant that it would not go diesel, would not produce an
off-road vehicle and neither would it consider a front-
wheel drive. Today, it has bucked its own values and
produced each of the aforementioned. So into niches
are they that they are seen as being creators of niches,
whilst the others merely play second fiddle. BMW was
among the first to produce a high-performance off-
road vehicle, the X5, which spawned the X3 and now,
a baby X1. What about the GT version, the X6 and X4
with sports car handling and coupé cross-over styling?
So what is left to do, now? How about an M Sport- pow-
ered bakkie or panel van? Never say never!
So how do you navigate among all these oh-so-con-
fusing leisure vehicle types and where do you start?
Just saying you want to outshine the Jones’ by boast-
ing a car with a wheel hanging on the back is not that
simple. The choices are bewildering and you could end
up with a costly white elephant on wheels that would
totally frustrate you long after the “Camel Man” novelty
has worn off.
Let me try to simplify things by suggesting that
off-road vehicles could roughly be classified into the
following five broad categories:
1: Hard core 4 x 4 vehicles: If you see yourself as a
modern day Livingstone or a current Kingsley Holgate,
venturing off the beaten track for month-long adven-
turous expeditions with everything including the kitch-
en sink on the roof, then this type of vehicle is going
to do it for. Rugged, reliable, mechanically simple with
a strong repair-it-yourself characteristic, they are slow,
relatively heavier on fuel but extremely capable in the
rough and wild. Three icons that come to mind are the
legendary Land Rover Defender (which sadly is coming
to the end of its life cycle this year), the never-say-die
Toyota Land Cruiser and of course, the Mercedes Benz
Gelandewagen. In AMG mode, the latter has to be the
most powerful, potent, pointless and extravagant SUV
and, of course, is desirable and affordable to oil sheiks and rappers.
2. Luxury SUVs and crossover vehicles: The difference between
an SUV and a Crossover is essentially its platform. While the SUV is
based on a bakkie chassis, the crossover is based on a car’s platform.
The result is that crossovers use a body and frame that is “one-piece”
while SUVs use a body on frame design.
Often seen as status symbols - make no mistake, these versatile
vehicles are highly luxurious and extremely capable both on and
off road. Designed to carry up to seven passengers and their lug-
gage, they are powerful enough to tow a largish caravan over long
distances with ease. Obviously not cheap to buy or maintain, they
remain highly desirable for families where regular holidays are a
norm. Here you would find vehicles like the multi-award winning
Land Rover Discovery, the Jeep Grand Cherokee, Toyota’s reliable
Prado as well as Mitsubishi’s Dakar-winning Pajero, to name just a few.
3. True workhorses: You may be misled into believing that these
vehicles are stripped out, bare essential utility vehicles. Nothing is
further from the truth. Yes, these bakkies and their double-cab >>
The market leading Range Rover seen here in a very unfamiliar pink, over-the-top, overkill bodywork that will never be seen off road.
The Land Rover Defender, one of the most legendary icons, will sadly be killed off by year end thanks to strict emission controls and pedestrian safety standards.
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sisters are a truly African sales phenomenon. Nowhere else in the
world are these bakkie-based off-road vehicles so revered. Meant to
be an “inexpensive” way to get into the world of off-roading, they are
highly capable; the diesel versions are relatively lighter on fuel than
their SUV cousins; and come with car-like interior comfort features.
Most boast diff locks and low-range gears. The higher ground clear-
ance, huge loading areas and rugged persona are the reasons they
are so popular. In South Africa, the biggest-selling car is not even a
car. It is the Toyota Hilux! Its list of rivals would include the popular
Ford Ranger, the generous-sized Volkswagen Amarok as well as other
smaller-selling rivals such as the Indian Tata Xenon and the Chinese
Foton Tunland.
4. Bakkie-based 4 x 4s: As the name implies, these vehicles are
offshoots of their bakkie brethren, except that instead of a bakkie,
they have a fully integrated seating and luggage area, often for seven
passengers. These vehicles include Toyota’s Fortuna (based on the
Hilux), Ford’s ugly Everest which is based on the Ranger (a new,
handsome one is on its way) and the Mitsubishi Pajero
Sport based on the Triton.
5. Soft roaders: Now it starts getting interesting…here
you get true off-roaders like Suzuki’s Vitara and Jimny
and a wide choice of luxury off-roaders most of which
are happy to travel either in all-wheel permanent mode
or special terrain selection. They could easily contend on
decent gravel and on slippery surfaces, but will battle
in mud, very rocky and deep water conditions. Seen as
stylish fashion statements, they come in different sizes
and their target market is biased towards females. Almost
every manufacturer has at least one on offer. Some of the
more popular ones include Hyundai iX35, Kia Sportage,
Toyota Rav 4, Volvo’s XC range, VW’s Tiguan, the Porsche
Macan and the value-for-money Renault Duster.
So there you have it, simplified! Now go get yourself
one and explore!
Even Tata joined the off-road fray with its Salon Storme that did not make it to our shores.
Soon to receive a face-lift with a new range of engines and new front end, the second most popular double-cab in South Africa, the Ford Ranger, showed us that you can be rugged, versatile and handsome.
Honda's CRV is among the best value for money soft-roaders in the hotly-contested segment.
The Porsche Cayenne was so successful at proving that SUVs can also have sports car handling that the baby Macan was launched to great acclaim.
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Writer: Ashref Ismail
Crashes occur for a variety of reasons, but most notably because
there was a lack of concentration resulting in insufficient
space and time to bring the car to halt before hitting a hazard.
People tend to be overwhelmed by thoughts that are distract-
ing and now with the increase in the illegal use of mobile phones
while driving, the problem is exacerbated. Add to this the lethal mix
the huge number of poorly trained drivers, fraudulently obtained
licences, alcohol abuse, fatigue, errant pedestrians, stray animals,
potholes and inadequate enforcement, you have a frightening recipe
for disaster which results in an average fatality rate of 40
people per day.
Let me introduce you to an effective system that
will make a huge improvement to your observa-
tion skills and thereby ensure your safety. It is
called the “Commentary Driving System” and is
successfully used by police forces around the
world as well as off road rally competitors.
As the name implies, you give running com-
mentary about everything you see in front of your car,
behind you and on each side and literally talk out loud to
yourself. Sorry passengers, you’re just going to have to bear with the
driver or help to observe as the proverbial back seat driver.
Since it is called a system, you need to be systematic about the way
you observe and prioritise the hazards you encounter. So it is best
that you start your observation by doing a quick exterior pre-trip
inspection (we discussed this in the last edition of PSM, remember?)
followed by an interior pre-trip inspection. Then quickly describe
your mental and physical condition: are you tired, angry, depressed,
worried, anxious, etc. A quick description of the car’s condition will
help you adjust your speed and be more cautious, particularly if you
know that your car’s tyres are worn and/or the brake pads are faulty.
The same applies to your physiological condition – psychologically,
you ought to drive more carefully when you know that your mental
frame is not optimal.
As you set off, quietly describe the weather, the road type you’re
travelling on and pay careful attention to both moving and station-
ary hazards. This means checking your interior rear view mirror every
eight to 10 seconds, exterior mirrors when changing lanes and all the
while giving “commentary” on all moving hazards such as vehicles,
cyclists, pedestrians and animals that are in front of you, behind you
Ashref Ismail is a member of the SA Guild of Motoring Journalists
and is an accredited Advanced Defensive Driving Skills instructor.
He can be contacted on [email protected] or 061 447 8506.
or to the sides. When describing stationary hazards,
make sure that you start with all road signs, especially
warning signs. If you passed a warning sign and you
did not notice it, you have failed!
Remember to search far ahead, not just in front of the
car’s bumper, in that way you will have sufficient time
to identify potential hazards, predict what they will do
and how they will affect your safety, decide on your
course of action (change speed, change direction or
simply hoot) and once you have decided, execute
the manoeuvre swiftly. From “searching” to
“execution” should not take longer than a
few seconds.
Don’t worry if you see more than you
can talk about. The brain has the pow-
er to register every observation, even
if your mouth has not had the chance
to keep up with your eyes. The important
thing is that the brain will process that infor-
mation and enable you to make the necessary adjust-
ments constantly as you are bombarded with visual
stimuli, especially in an urban environment.
In practice then, it would go something like this: while
driving down the street in your suburb, your eyes con-
stantly search the road for hazards and you spot a ball
bouncing into your path (identification). You predict
that a child will come running after the ball, which
truly happens. You decide on the correct action to take,
changing speed or direction and promptly execute
the manoeuvre.
This folks, in Advanced Defensive Driving Skills is
called: “The SIPDE System” and together with the “Com-
mentary Driving System” is a highly effective solution
to improving your observation, safety and driving
pleasure.
Be safe out there.
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