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Background
• The President appointed the Commission in May 2010 to draft a Vision and Plan 2030 for the country;
• The NPC is advisory body to cabinet;
–The NPC needs to convince the Country and Cabinet of its arguments through evidence-based, well-considered proposals, and ideas that are tested with the public and experts
NPC
• The mandate: Objective and Critical• Not accountable to the ANC• Commission of SA• Take a long-term view to planning;• Integrated and strategic plan
Process
• On 9 June 2011 NPC released a Diagnostic Document and Elements of a Vision Statement– Vision Statement entrenched in the values of the
constitution• On 11 November the NPC released:
–The Vision; and–The draft National Development Plan
(NDP) to the country for consideration• Open for Dialogue
Challenges/Opportunities
• Achieve Equity and Prosperity– Get people into work;– Invest in the development of new infrastructure and
maintenance of existing infrastructure;– Sustainable use of our natural resources;– Rectify the spatial divides;– Improve education outcomes and focus on
innovation and technology development;– Deal with the high disease burden and the lack of
resources (capital & human)
Challenges/Opportunities
– Improve the functioning and accountability in the public service;
– Fight & Eradicate Corruption in the public and private sectors;
– Heal the divisions of our communities• A number of proposals were made in addressing the
challenges which should be viewed as opportunities
Why the Discussion
• Human activity is putting the earth under pressure;
• Global warming will disrupt food production;• Poorer countries already face social collapse
if they don’t fix the governance and management of their water resources; • Shortages of Fish stocks and phosphates for farming,
• Ecological limit to the exploitation of the environment
Sustainable Development
• Land – agriculture and food production, mining, human settlements; • Air – Human & Ecological needs, carbon
emissions ;• Water – Human & Ecological needs,
mining, electricity generation, agriculture; • Mining – electricity generation, economic
activity.
Why the Nexus
• Components of the nexus are dependent on & Impact on one other:– Energy is needed for water supply and treatment;– Land and Water is needed for food production;– Land and Water is needed for Energy production;– Energy drives all economic activities; and– Mining economy needs water and energy.
• Require an integrated management approach
Water- Energy- Food Nexus• This mega nexus has reference in the NDP– High Intensity of Natural Resource exploitation; – Climate Change Impacts; – Have necessitated the “Transition to a low carbon
economy”.• The NPC Paradigm shift talks about Active Citizenry
– we all have a role to play:– Citizens;– Business; and– Government.
Citizens
• “We do not inherit the earth from our parents but borrow it from our children and future generations”
• We need new and innovative awareness campaigns– Mind-set shift;– Change behaviour;– Curb the wastage;– Manage current and prevent future Pollution
Business
• Business is led by citizens too;• Should be active in operating in a responsible
manner that ensures sustainable use of our natural resources
• Invest in newer and cleaner technologies– Agriculture;– Mining; and– Electricity generation.
Agriculture
• Uses the largest volume of water;• Pollution of soil from pesticides and fertilizer use;• Water pollution from pesticide and fertilizer use;• Business as usual CANNOT work!!!
Mining
• Employment creation and Economic activity;• Pollution of the soil & water resources,• Intensive use of electricity in mining and
beneficiation activities;• Sustainable Development in Operations– Social and environmental impacts to communities;– Automation of mining– Realistic social benefit programmes;– Sustainable use of the water and energy;
Electricity Generation
• Underpins all economic activity;• Employment creation;• Use of old technologies “coal fired power plants” – Consume large volume of clean water for cooling;– Carbon emissions
Government
• Also made up of citizens;– Responsibility to redress (political);– Economic transformation;– Protect the poor and vulnerable of our society.
• Safeguard the natural resources for current and future generations;
• The provision of basic services;• The operation and maintenance of systems;
Government
• Responsibility to plan ahead of the danger;• Planning should be strategic and integrated;– Involve key stakeholders (different departments);
• Assess the impact of one sector over another; • Monitoring and evaluation;• Review and refining of plans
Government• Government has legislation and policy to
implement;– Clouded by incoherence and mis-alignment of the
mandate;– Corruption and lack of accountability;
• The ideal funding model of capital projects– Integrated project execution;– Risk assessment;– Project management– Technical expertise– Economic Redress: BBBEE
Challenges
• Any government cycle is ideally 5 years to plan and execute;
• A new government has new staff and new ideas;– Brings in new staff (capacity/skills deficit);– Unfinished business due to staff turnover;– Leave a legacy over a five year period;– Three phases and alignment
• Silo approach of departments in executing on a “Sole Mandate”;
• NPC mandate is to cut across all silos and guide programs over a 20 year horizon
Challenges
• Some of the sector planning were already on-going;• Review the plans for a long-term approach;• Revise or build on the plans;• New area in terms of the Climate change and
Transition to a Low Carbon Economy– Climate change challenges
Water
• DWA – National WRS;– Focus on water resource management
• Reviewed and is long-term in nature;• Any delays will result in water security issues;• Regional collaboration for source of water (Lesotho
Highlands);
Water
• New Water Development– AMD treatment– Acknowledgement of historical liability (learn from it);– Enforce policy going forward – WWTW upgrade using cleaner and end of pipe
technologies to ensure acceptable effluent quality;– Desalination
• Mined out areas can be viewed as future dams • In light of the expected temperature increases – Climate Change
Energy
• IRP review and inputs;• Mix of inputs for electricity generation with an aim
to reduce carbon footprint;– Renewable energy
• Cleaner technologies;• Take into account water and land requirements
Agriculture
• Revival of irrigation schemes for agricultural produce (commercial and subsistence farming);
• Collaboration with the region for agricultural produce space
• Potential in employment creation
NPC Proposals• Paradigm shift to a Capable Developmental State;– Put the right people in the right posts– Accountability and Fight Corruption– Active Citizenry
• Education is the key to attaining economic transformation, equality and prosperity;– SA is full of poor and vulnerable people
• Improvement of Education and Health Outcomes– Skilled human resource development that can respond to the
economic requirements• Employment creation through Enterprise Development;
(SMMEs)– BBBEE SMMEs procure from government
NPC Proposals
• Innovation , Technology and R&D;• Improved education outcomes of lecturers, teachers and learners• Bring in external people
• Government department’s collaboration in Planning and Policy enforcement;– Role of the government spheres– Private Public Partnership
• Infrastructure development must be integrated– Housing, water and energy unrests - service protests;– Risk assessment;– PPP – protection of the vulnerable and poor;
NPC Proposals• Review of the National Funding Model
– Prioritise projects and not departments’ competing– Review the allocation of projects/responsibilities to provincial/local
govt.• Spatial Planning (urbanisation);• Rural Development
– Agriculture as an instrument but there is a requirement for water security and links to markets;The role of mining in upgrading the surrounding communities (SLP)
• Sustainable use of the natural resources– Social;– Economic;– Environmental benefits
NPC Proposals
• Mix of inputs for Electricity Generation- Smart Grid;– Renewable energy;– Biofuels;– Shale gas; and– Nuclear.
• Regional Integration– Water source;– Agricultural produce space;– Hydropower;
Way Forward
• The public inputs into the plan are open until 11 May 2012;
• Consolidation of inputs June; and• Presentation to cabinet for consideration in July.
Email: [email protected]: 012 308 1791Post: Private Bag X1000, Pretoria, 0001Fax: 0866835497Website: www.npc.co.zatwitter: @npcSAFacebook: The National Planning Commission