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15-year Review Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism Strategic Plan 2011–2016 Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism Department of Environmental Affairs Private Bag X447 Pretoria 0001 Tel: +27 12 310 3911 Fax: +27 12 322 2682 Call Centre: 086 111 2468 Email: callcentre@environment.gov.za Website: www.environment.gov.za Department of Environmental Affairs: Strategic Plan 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2016 Fifteen Fifteen Years Years A review of the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism A closer look at the approach to and results of environmental management and tourism development over the past 15 years of South Africa’s democracy, together with a brief look at the future strategic direction of the department. This report represents the views of the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism and its public entities only, and serves as a report on what the department and its entities have done over that period. Published by: Chief Directorate: Communications Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism Text and layout: Janine Smit Editorial Services © 2009 DEAT: Fifteen Years Strategic Overview Departmental structure Total approved posts: 1 067 270125 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER TOTAL POSTS: 242 Chief Operating Offi cer/Admin: 11 Director: Internal Audit: 2 Chief Director: Business Performance and Risk Management: 21 Chief Director: Coordination and Information Management: 45 Chief Director: Communications: Strategic Plan 40 Chief Director: Sector Services, Environmental Awareness and International Relations: 123 1 APRIL 2011 to 31 MARCH 2016 270270 BRANCH: CORPORATE AFFAIRS TOTAL POSTS: 178 Deputy Director-General: Corporate Affairs: 5 Chief Director: Information and Communication Technology: 11 Chief Director: Human Capital Management: 55 Chief Director: Facilities Management: 93 Chief Director: Legal Services Management: 14 MINISTER OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS 271590 UNIT: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS TOTAL POSTS: 22 Deputy Director-General: International Relations: 5 Chief Director: Sustainable Development and Environment: 7 Chief Director: International Governance: 6 Chief Director: Africa and Bilateral: 4 Promoting South Africa’s participation in the global arena since 1994 has exposed it to the paradigm shifts that recognise the role of the natural resource base and environmental management as a foundation of economic development in the global economy. 24 DEAT: Fifteen Years DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR-GENERAL 270745 BRANCH: ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND PROTECTION TOTAL POSTS: 226 Deputy Director-General: Environmental Quality and Protection: 7 Chief Director: Regulatory Services: 47 Chief Director: Environmental Impact Management: 82 Chief Director: Pollution and Waste Management: 54 Chief Director: Air Quality Management: 36 a global sustainable development agenda 271455 BRANCH: BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION TOTAL POSTS: 92 Deputy Director-General: Biodiversity and Conservation: 5 Chief Director: Transfrontier Conservation Areas: 38 Chief Director: Biodiversity Management: 49 Introduction Introduction Department of Environmental Affairs DEPUTY MINISTER OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS 271620 BRANCH: CLIMATE CHANGE TOTAL POSTS: 20 Deputy Director-General: Climate Change: 5 International Negotiation: 2 Chief Director: Climate Change Adaptation: 2 Chief Director: Mitigation: 5 Chief Director: International Climate: 6 National Environmental Management Act (NEMA) (additional): 4 270045 UNIT: CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER TOTAL POSTS: 64 2 Strategic Plan 1 APRIL 2011 to 31 MARCH 2016 271050 BRANCH: OCEANS AND COASTS TOTAL POSTS: 218 Deputy Director-General: Oceans and Coasts: 7 Chief Director: Integrated Coastal Management: 68 Chief Director: Oceans Conservation: 31 Chief Director: Oceans and Coastal Research: 77 Chief Director: Strategic Support and Governance: 35 financial year. The figures of the latest financial year (2008/09) indicate a growth of 34%, which represents 1 542 new gradings and 5 667 renewals – a total of 7 209 graded establishments. Since more than three quarters of available accommodation rooms on offer has already been graded, the TGCSA aims for an average of 6% growth in graded establishments per year for the future, keeping in mind that a drop of gradings is predicted after 2010. The priority markets targeted for growth are hotels, lodges, and bed-andbreakfast and self-catering establishments. The TGCSA does not only grade accommodation establishments. It has broadened its scope to include meetings, exhibitions and special events in 2004. This was a world first. In 2005, the introduction of food and beverage as a sector began with restaurants as the starting point. Currently, the council is engaged in the development of a system to grade the tourism transport sector. It is the objective of the TGCSA to extend its system to encompass all relevant sectors of the tourism industry. However, the objectives of the council cannot be achieved without appropriate systems and human resources. As the organisation has been in existence for seven years, and has to ensure that it still performs optimally, 122 DEAT: Fifteen Years Muizenberg beach in summer a comprehensive review of its operations was conducted in 2008/09. Key issues for the effective operation of the TGCSA are the effective performance of all accredited assessors, grading skills, client feedback management and regaining financial control of its clients. With regard to the effective performance of assessors and grading skills, a formal service provider agreement (SPA) was signed between the TGCSA and all grading assessors, who are self-employed entrepreneurs, in 2008/09. This is seen as the most critical achievement of this financial year, as the agreement will assist in ensuring a more professional relationship between the TGCSA and assessors, as well as between assessors and graded establishments. Furthermore, the SPA will protect all graded establishments and ensure professional service from TGCSA-accredited assessors. The TGCSA will also, for the first time ever, be able to monitor and measure assessor performance on an annual basis, which will be used to influence their annual accreditation as grading assessors. The TGCSA embarked on a public tender process to appoint a professional training service provider that will deliver internationally benchmarked quality assessment training As we enter the 17 270021 MINISTRY TOTAL POSTS: 4 th year of freedom, we must be ready South Africa’s constructive role in the multilateral arena to continue the drive to make South Africa a successful and its ability to host events underlies the confi dence of and prosperous country, building on the foundation that the international community. This is more important to was laid by President Nelson Mandela. note when South Africa hosts the Climate Change 17 Since our fi rst democratic elections in 1994, we have placed human rights at the heart of our nation’s development agenda, and have enshrined in our Constitution the right to an environment that is conducive to the health and wellbeing of our people, and one that is protected for the benefi t of present and future generations. This is central to government’s sustainable development agenda. South Africa is a country constituting just 2% of the global land area, while it is also home to almost 10% of the world’s plants and 7% of its reptiles, birds and mammals. These national treasures place South Africa as the third megadiverse country in the world after Indonesia and Brazil. It is important that as government develops policies, regulations and standards, it is mindful of how it extends these goods and services to ordinary South Africans, while appealing to the tourism sector. th MINISTER’S FOREWORD Conference of Parties (COP 17/CMP 7) from 28 November to 9 December 2011. South Africa will take forward the good work done by Mexico and will approach the conference in a spirit of comprehensive and open consultation with all parties and stakeholders to work towards an outcome that is comprehensive and acceptable to all parties. This department strongly believes that the multilateral platform is the only means to effectively tackle the global challenge of climate change at all levels and would encourage all parties to take the same view. As an African developing country, South Africa will use the opportunity afforded by COP 17/CMP 7 to showcase the way in which climate change impacts on the country and the continent, as well as the responses it is implementing. This is an opportunity, as with the World Cup, for Team South Africa to host the international community and to demonstrate its commitment to addressing climate Mrs Edna Molewa, MP 18 Strategic Plan 1 APRIL 2011 to 31 MARCH 2016 1 APRIL 2011 to 31 MARCH Janine Smit Editorial Services: Portfolio page 11
Gender in Education Commission on Gender Equality Research Report 2009 University of Pretoria UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA RESEARCH REPORT 2009 36 vi COMMISSION ON GENDER EQUALITY University of Pretoria Research Report 2009 Plants: Nature’s chemical treasure chest 1. INTRODUCTION “Plants are the most amazing chemists in the world. They make more complex compounds unique database on the therapeutic potential of the complex mixtures every day than we can ever dream of manufacturing,” says Prof Kobus Eloff, who initiated of compounds found in the leaves the Phytomedicine Programme at the University of Pretoria in 1995 and has been leading of trees. PhD student Lita Pauw planned and orchestrated the this unique research effort since then. collection of leaves from more than 600 indigenous tree species. His passion for finding and harnessing the healing power of compounds in South Africa’s rich diversity of plants has sustained a productive research career spanning 50 years at several universities and the Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens. “We have about 10% of the world’s plant species in South Africa – a chest of chemical treasures waiting to be discovered,” Prof Eloff believes. Prof Eloff has been called back from retirement three times, and “now on the other side of 70”, he is as inspired as ever to find out more about how we can use the bioactive substances in plants to benefit people and animals, and even to improve the health and productivity of plants and food crops. Because of the potential use of medicinal plants in animal health, Prof Eloff’s research group has been incorporated into the Department of Paraclinical Sciences at the Faculty of Veterinary Science, Onderstepoort. Phytomedicine and ethnoveterinary medicine are now one of the research focus areas of the faculty. People have been using plants and parts of plants for healing purposes since ancient times. Most plants have many biologically active compounds, especially in their leaves, but getting to these substances and understanding how to use them effectively to treat diseases requires strategy, dedication, sophisticated science and also sometimes a bit of luck or serendipity. Because the compounds responsible for antimicrobial activity are usually not soluble in water, people in rural areas usually don’t have the solvents that are necessary to extract the active compounds. Consequently, bioactive compounds and potential applications are found that are not known to traditional healers. Over the past five years, Prof Eloff’s research team has focused on developing a WESTERN CAPE The Commission on Gender Equality (CGE) was created in With the dawn of the democratic terms of Section 187 of the South African Constitution to government in South Africa in 1994, strengthen and deepen constitutional democracy in South the South African education system Africa. The CGE has the power, as regulated by national introduced a significant curriculum reform CONCEPTUALISATION MAINSTREAMING OF GENDER EQUALITY legislation, to perform its functions. The Commission on named Curriculum 2005 (C2005), which was Western Cape Department of Teachers’ unions Western Cape Department of Teachers’ unions Gender Equality Act, Act 39 of 1996 (the CGE Act) charges aimed at overturning the legacy of the apartheid system. Education Education the CGE with a mandate to: A clear understanding exists of A fair understanding exists of the The GFP is housed in the HR “No longer would the gender concepts at the district concepts. department, with gender as an NAPTOSA has newly established formal structures for gender level and with GFPs, but it is add-on to other responsibilities. mainstreaming. SADTU has a • promote respect for and the protection, development and curriculum shape and unsatisfactory at the provincial No other structures exist to draft gender policy. attainment of gender equality; • investigate gender-related complaints from members of be shaped by narrow visions, concerns office level. mainstream gender. Gender equity programmes are implemented (including GEM and the public or on its own accord; and • monitor and evaluate policies and practices of state organs, state agencies, public bodies and the private sector in order to promote gender equality and the rights of women. and identities. No longer would it reproduce the limited interests of any one GENDER PERSPECTIVES IN LEARNING AREAS AND MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT leadership training for women educators). GENDER TRAINING The CGE may: particular grouping at the expense of Western Cape Department of Teachers’ unions Education Western Cape Department of Teachers’ unions Education • make recommendations regarding the protection and promotion of equality; • develop, conduct and manage education and information programmes to foster public understanding of matters another. It would bridge all. Education and training, content Gender is included in Life Orientation. The department believes that learning materials have become more gendersensitive over time due to There is imited involvement. No accredited training was received. Training was done by unions, but was not accredited. pertaining to gender equality; and and skills, values screening. Officials are not involved in the overall learning • evaluate any act of Parliament, systems of personal and/ and knowledge: all material selection. or family law, custom and/or customary practices, sys- would find a place in tems and indigenous law or any other law. Curriculum 2005”. CHALLENGES RECOMMENDATIONS (DoE, 2000) Western Cape Department of Teachers’ unions Western Cape Department of Teachers’ unions The Gender in Education project was conceptualised by the Education Education CGE as a result of its monitoring function to track changes The principles on which C2005 was based explicitly Lack of evaluation and The position of GFPs should be in accordance with the National Policy on gender equity and gender equality in the education sector emphasised non-discrimination, human rights, inclusivity, monitoring tools. Budget Framework for Gender Equality and Women Empowerment. A gender since the establishment of the new South African democratic democracy, common citizenship, nationhood and addressing constraints. Gender as an add-on policy should be developed and an implementation strategy prioritsed. to other functions. There should be planning, implementation and monitoring of accredited state. The project has been subdivided into various phases. the injustices of the past. In introducing C2005, the then gender training. Collaboration should take place with universities on However, this report focuses specifically on the phase of the Minister of Education, Dr Sibusiso Bengu, established a gender training. A gender policy with clearly defined implementation project that deals with mainstreaming gender into national Gender Equity Task Team (GETT) to make recommendations education with a specific focus on the General Education and on how gender equity could be achieved. Training (GET) band. and monitoring strategies is needed. Back at the laboratory, the team prepared leaf extracts and tested each one against selected species of bacteria, mycobacteria and fungi to see whether the extracts could be used to treat infections. Some extracts have also been tested for effectiveness against viruses and animal parasites. It is useful to investigate the safety of extracts, and many extracts have been screened for their inherent cytotoxicity and mutagenicity. More tests are needed to make sure the plants will be safe to use and to get a full picture of potential risks that could result from using these extracts as therapeutic agents. “We focused on tree leaves, because it is possible to harvest and use leaves sustainably,” Prof Eloff explains. “When you debark a tree or dig up its roots, the tree is often damaged or killed, but the leaves can be harvested on an ongoing basis.” Prof Eloff points out that tree leaves are frequently as active as tree bark, although, in many cases, bark is used traditionally. “There is no biochemical reason why you would find compounds in the bark that would not be found in the leaves,” he adds. All results were fed into the database that now contains comprehensive information on the bioactivity of more than half of all South Africa’s indigenous tree species. They are continuing to follow up the promising leads from the tree database and identify the best candidate species for further research, in other words, the species that show most promise as an effective agent to treat or prevent disease. They have kept dried, powdered samples of the leaves of all the trees included in the study because, as Prof Eloff points out, “all good research leads to more research”. These included a wide-ranging set of issues that could be The CGE, given its constitutional mandate, holds taken up through the establishment of a Gender Equity Unit government accountable to the commitments it has made to and gender machinery in national and provincial departments promote gender equality in terms of policy, legislation and of education (DoE, 1997). In terms of the curriculum and implementation. It evaluates the effectiveness of gender course content, it recommended that a position paper be policies and makes recommendations on improvements and drawn up to provide a comprehensive framework for teachers, changes. In addition, the CGE monitors whether service parents and learners to understand the full meaning of delivery and policy implementation are geared towards gender equity in the curriculum, and that a working party addressing gender imbalances. It evaluates the priorities be established to interrogate all aspects of C2005 to ensure set by government and assesses whether these address the that gender equity issues and attendant problems identified needs of women and men. in the report are addressed (GETT Report). UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA RESEARCH REPORT 2009 iv GENDER IN EDUCATION 2007 Contents 2 37 COMMISSION ON GENDER EQUALITY UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA RESEARCH REPORT 2009 Janine Smit Editorial Services: Portfolio 37 page 12
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