In the Spirit of Business Unusual the President Said

The April 2008 issues covers the topic on Municipal Engineering Graduate Bursary fund launch, Plans for government to accelerate provision of services and to meet national targets, MIG-financials and further Developments and updates on the MIG-MIS system

APRIL 2008 This plan aims to provide an enabling mechanism that will bridge the gap between “All hands on deck to speed up change “ municipal and sector strategies, integrate the plans between different sectors and this will In the spirit of “business unusual” the strengthen the Integrated Development Plans of President said: Municipalities. “ We will also integrate the programme to speed up the development of sustainable The roll out for the development of human settlements, with intensified efforts, Comprehensive Infrastructure Plans will be as a matter of urgent priority, to accelerate coordinated by the dplg and the due date for universal access to water, sanitation and Municipalities to submit these plans is 29 August electricity, so that by 2014, we should have 2008. decent human settlements and access by all households to these services.” There will be teams consisting of professional service providers and relevant sector and provincial officials to assist all the municipalities in the nine provinces to compile these plans.

Municipal Engineering Graduate Bursary Fund launched for the Youth

The government aims to increase the involvement of youth in infrastructure service delivery.

Sector departments are encouraged not to loose the momentum to speed up change, and are expected to work together towards the co- ordination of service delivery in an integrated manner ensuring access to sustainable services by 2014.

Roll out for Comprehensive Infrastructure Plans

The Comprehensive Infrastructure Plan (CIP) is (With the Minister is Mr Elroy Africa DDG for systems and capacity, and Yusuf Patel: DDG for FBS&I) an initiative supported by sector departments and the DBSA. The plan will be regarded as a single Minister Sydney Mufamadi, has launched the process to align all plans, data and information, Municipal Engineering Graduate Bursary Fund at building towards integrated development. the Youth Summit held on the 17th and 18th March 2008.

MIG-MIS Call Centre The bursary will support students to develop careers in engineering To ensure that the Call Centre provides an and construction relevant to needs efficient and courteous service to all users, of municipalities and address skills development please let us know what your expectations are in outlying, particularly rural municipalities. from the Call Centre. This will assist the Call Centre to improve its service and be able to Applications for the bursary will commence in the respond to your needs. Email all your 2008/09 financial year and it is intended to run on comments and inputs to [email protected]. a yearly basis. Youth from poor rural communities will benefit from this bursary. Operating hours for the Call Centre are between 08:00 to 16:00 from Monday to For more information visit the: Friday. the dplg Website - www.thedplg.gov.za NRF Website - http://www.nrf.ac.za Infrastructure Development Finance MIG-MIS Phase III Enhancements and The Municipalities previously classified as low System Updates capacity are geared up to administer their own The Municipal Infrastructure Unit is currently MIG allocation in the 2008/09 financial year, engaged in a project to enhance the MIG-MIS hence in addition to receiving the baseline system which is referred to as MIG-MIS PHASE allocation they have received an additional R2.2 III Enhancements. million top up to accelerate the eradication of backlogs. The enhancements are a result of suggestions and inputs received from users through PMU Municipal Infrastructure Reporting meetings, quarterly workshops, queries logged at Municipalities are requested to update all the MIG-MIS Call Centre and other interactions projects and specifically prioritize capturing with municipalities and provinces. Some of the MIG 6 and MIG 8 on the MIG-MIS by the 15th of enhancements include the link to the Integrated May 2008. With effect from 1st June 2008 all Development Plan Nerve Centre and reporting should be done on the MIG-MIS Construction Industry Development Board system. registers system.

System Updates are developments done to the system as a result of change control board “Working together to move beyond the provision of basic services and ensure sustainable human settlement” approved by user request. On the 2nd of April 2008, users approved updates to be made on the system as per user requests. The updates includes: (i) changing of password to 1st time users, (ii) verification to avoid duplication of projects captured, and (iii) KPI reporting which allows capturing of actual household served and employment generated.

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Ms F Makhubu, Executive Manager: MI, Tel: (012) 334-4994, Fax: (012) 334-4862, Email: [email protected] Mr P Bologo, Senior Manager: IDF, Tel: (012) 334-4992, Fax: (012) 334-4862, Email: [email protected] Mr R Kruger, Senior Manager: MIG, Tel: (012) 334-4995, Fax: (012) 334-0540, Email: [email protected] Mr P Pillay, Senior Manager: IGIMS, Tel: (012) 334-4997 Fax (012) 336 5605, Email: [email protected] Mr W Heydenreich, Senior Manager : MIP, Tel (012) 334 4999, Fax (012) 336 5608 , Email: [email protected] MIG-MIS Call Centre Number: ( 012)334 0569/4860, Email: [email protected]