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

Diagnostic

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

Core Message

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.

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