DOCSLIB.ORG

Briefing to WC Provincial Government – Standing Committee on Finance, Economic Opportunities and Tourism

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Briefing to WC Provincial Government – Standing Committee on Finance, Economic Opportunities and Tourism Briefing to WC Provincial Government – Standing Committee on Finance, Economic Opportunities and Tourism 9 October 2019 Briefing - National Matters 2019/10/08 2 3 Introductory Notes Eskom operates a national grid, which implies: Generation Plant is not dedicated to the province in which they are located All forms of energy, including renewable energy is dispatched at a national level, not at a provincial or local level. Eskom Debt – COO will address Cost Containment – COO will address 2019/10/08 System Status Update 2019/10/08 4 Actual System Weekly Peak Demand (Including IOS) • The residual peak demand for 2018-19 Financial Year was 34 907 MW. The Year-To-Date residual peak demand for 2019-20 Financial Year is 33 736 (considering dispatchable generation and firm imports). • When including the supply from contracted IPPs (sold to Eskom) the RSA contracted peak demand for 2018-19 Financial Year was 35 345 MW, and the Year-To-Date RSA contracted peak of 2019-20 Financial Year is 34 500 MW. • The contracted demand reductions over peak last week was 280 MW, and the support from Renewable IPPs was 813 MW. Weekly Peak Demand (Financial Year) 2019-20 RSA Contracted Peak Demand 2019-20 Official Residual Peak Forecast 2019-20 Residual Peak Demand 2018-19 RSA Contracted Peak Demand 2018-19 Residual Peak Demand Weeks 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 36 000 1 35 000 x 10000 34 000 33 000 32 000 31 000 Peak Demand (MW) 30 000 29 000 28 000 27 000 26 000 25 000 24 000 1 08-Jul-19 22-Jul-19 06-Jan-20 20-Jan-20 10-Jun-19 24-Jun-19 14-Oct-19 28-Oct-19 01-Apr-19 15-Apr-19 29-Apr-19 02-Sep-19 16-Sep-19 30-Sep-19 03-Feb-20 17-Feb-20 09-Dec-19 23-Dec-19 05-Aug-19 19-Aug-19 11-Nov-19 25-Nov-19 02-Mar-20 16-Mar-20 13-May-19 27-May-19 5 Week Starting OCGT Usage: - Load Factors YTD 2019/10/08 6 Daily Average UCLF and OCLF figures UCLF and Average Daily 12 000 12 000 13 000 14 10 000 10 000 11 9 0009 1 0001 0002 0003 0004 0005 0006 000 7 0008 0 01/04/2019 05/04/2019 09/04/2019 13/04/2019 17/04/2019 21/04/2019 Average of Partial OCLF of Partial Average 25/04/2019 29/04/2019 03/05/2019 07/05/2019 11/05/2019 15/05/2019 19/05/2019 23/05/2019 27/05/2019 31/05/2019 04/06/2019 Average of Full OCLFof Full Average 08/06/2019 12/06/2019 16/06/2019 20/06/2019 24/06/2019 28/06/2019 02/07/2019 06/07/2019 10/07/2019 14/07/2019 Average of Partial UCLF of Partial Average 18/07/2019 22/07/2019 26/07/2019 30/07/2019 03/08/2019 07/08/2019 11/08/2019 15/08/2019 19/08/2019 23/08/2019 27/08/2019 Average of Full UCLFof Full Average 31/08/2019 04/09/2019 08/09/2019 12/09/2019 16/09/2019 20/09/2019 24/09/2019 28/09/2019 7 02/10/2019 Regional allocation of installed renewable energy • From a National perspective, the penetration is not yet at a level which is causing substantial challenges in operations. • Regionally, the local penetration is a lot higher, particularly with PV in the Northern Cape and wind in the Eastern Cape. CSP 0 PV 118 Wind 0 Other 0 CSP 0 CSP 0 PV 7 PV 0 Wind 0 Wind 0 Other 0 Other 8 CSP 500 PV 950 Wind 664 Other 10 CSP 0 PV 196 Wind 0 Other 4 CSP 0 PV 134 Wind 319 Other 0 CSP 0 PV 70 Wind 997 Other 0 8 Briefing - Provincial Matters 2019/10/08 9 10 Provincial Network Plan The Provincial Network Plan comprises of:- Capital Investment Plan Maintenance Plan This Provincial Plan outlines the infrastructure investment and maintenance required to deliver energy to the end customers 2019/10/08 Capital Investment Plan 2019/10/08 11 Network Development Plan Areas 12 Network Development Plans for City of Cape Town Areas 13 Definitions of Project Categories Refurbishment Modifications of an asset to extend its ‘useful life’. The useful life of most of the Distribution assets is 25-30 years with the exception of the Control Plant (Electronic) assets which range between 5 to 10 years. Strengthening Increase in the capacity of an asset to cater for increased electrical load demand. Reliability The improvement in the performance of an asset to prevent degradation or failure of the asset. In the case of Distribution such projects would entail inclusion of redundancy in the design of the asset. Direct Customer Projects that are initiated and paid for directly by external customers. These include new points of supply, additional points of supply, and improvements to existing points of supply. 14 Project per Network Development Plan Area 2019 - 2023 Ashton: R29m Bluedowns: R64m Ceres: R7m George: R79m Helderberg: R21m 15 Project per Network Development Plan Area 2019 – 2023 (cont.) Houhoek: R61m Karoo: R6m Khayelitsha: R66m Mooreesburg: R123m Oudtshoorn: R60m 16 Projects per Network Development Plan Area 2019 – 2023 (cont.) Prospect Hill: R700m 17 Projects per Network Development Plan Area 2019 – 2023 (cont.) Vredendal: R1,3m Vryheid: R5,6m Worcester: R7m Stikland: R170m 18 Standing Items Maintenance Plan 2019/10/08 19 Asset Definition Sub-Stations Sub-transmission Lines >44kv Transformers Conductor and Hardware Primary Plant (Power) Support Structures Secondary Plant (Control) Roads and Fences Sub-transmission Cables >44kv Reticulation 11 to 33kv Cables Transformers Poles, conductor, hardware, cables Prepaid Meters Prepaid Meters 21 Maintenance Categories Maintenance Category YTD July 2019 - 2021 Actual (RM) Annual (RM) Vegetation Management maintenance 1.42 38 Woodpole Programme Maintenance 2.76 25 Reliability Improvement Maintenance 3.92 20 Low Voltage Maintenance 1.17 15 Major Maintenance 10.8 60 PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE 21.36 162.71 Self Insurance (Theft & Vandalism) 14.77 44.53 Routine Maintenance and Defect Clearing 57.17 191 - CNC's TOTAL MAINTENANCE 87.35 410.46 2019/10/08 22 Major Maintenance 2019/2020 Sector YTD Actual Budget Allocated Sector 1 - Bredasdorp, Caledon, Ceres, De 4 195 648 7 690 000 Doorns, Montagu, Swellendam & Worcester Sector 2 - Delft, Polkadraai, Somerset West & 1 660 056 6 750 000 Kraaifontein Sector 3 - Airport, Carbon, Malmesbury, 1 173 099 8 153 209 Piketberg, Vredenburg & Vredendal Sector 4 - Beaufort West, George, Laingsburg, Oudtshoorn, Plettenberg Bay, Riversdale & 1 239 439 9 920 000 Ladismith Sector 5 Monwabisi, Spine & Grabouw 4 326 423 8 113 688 23 Reliability Maintenance 2019/2020 Sector YTD Actual Budget Allocated Sector 1 - Bredasdorp, Caledon, Ceres, De 4 920 954 8 100 000 Doorns, Montagu, Swellendam & Worcester Sector 2 - Delft, Polkadraai, Somerset West & 252 340 2 000 000 Kraaifontein Sector 3 - Airport, Carbon, Malmesbury, Piketberg, 92 914 4 300 000 Vredenburg & Vredendal Sector 4 - Beaufort West, George, Laingsburg, Oudtshoorn, Plettenberg Bay, Riversdale & 187 743 1 000 000 Ladismith Sector 5 Monwabisi, Spine & Grabouw 425 409 1 700 000 Standing Items Plant Performance 2019/10/08 24 WCOU Five Year SAIDI and SAIFI performance Eskom FY SAIDI WCOU SAIDI Dx SAIFI WCOU SAIFI Dx 2014 14.90 35.70 7.36 19.89 2015 17.19 35.44 9.26 19.51 2016 15.46 34.60 8.39 18.49 2017 20.35 35.64 8.90 17.16 2018 21.83 35.45 7.69 14.55 2019 YTD Aug 20.53 38.29 7.03 14.94 SAIDI – System Average Interruption Duration Index SAIFI – System Average Interruption Frequency Index WCOU Western Cape Operating Unit Dx - Distribution 2019/10/08 25 Dx SAIFI and SAIDI comparison YTD (August) Current SAIFI SAIFI (Shareholders SAIDI (Shareholders Current SAIDI 2019/2020 Target dataset) dataset) 2019/2020 Target Operating Unit (OU) (Prelim) Number per annum Number per annum Hours per annum Hours per annum Eastern Cape Operating Unit 13.53 22.76 45.57 52.69 Free State Operating Unit 10.46 12.24 26.91 25.03 Gauteng Operating Unit 17.58 18.12 37.18 34.56 KwaZulu-Natal Operating Unit 19.41 22.2 46.09 45.30 Limpopo Operating Unit 14.42 18.75 37.52 35.00 Mpumalanga Operating Unit 14.46 18.57 36.26 31.25 Northern Cape Operating Unit 7.55 9.64 24.13 22.18 North West Operating Unit 15.52 17.76 36.39 38.72 Western Cape Operating Unit 7.03 10.3 20.53 21.69 Distribution 14.94 19.6 38.29 38.00 2019/10/08 26 Standing Items Renewable Energy 2019/10/08 27 Installed Renewable Energy in the Western Cape Province Technology Installed Planned2 Capacity1 Name Location Capacity Grid WIND Bid 1: Connection Roggeveld Laingsburg 140MW 02 Dec 2020 91,6MW Karusa Matjiesfontein 139,8MW 15 March 2021 Bid 2: 232MW Soetwater Matjiesfontein 139,4MW 15 March 2021 Perdekraal Touwsrivier 107,76MW 26 April 2020 East Excelsior Swellendam 31,9MW 27 Oct 2019 Total: 398,6MW Bid 1: 41MW Power Dispatch SOLAR Bid 2: 17,8MW • All the available power is dispatched as per contract Bid 3: 75MW Total: 133,8MW Note 1: All installed during bid 1,2,3 Note 2: New capacity to be installed in bid 4, currently in construction 28 Towards Cleaner Power with Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) 29 BESS Project Target Completion 30 Procurement Method Where we are 31 Phase 1 - ECOU; KZNOU and WCOU sites • Phase 1 is made up of the following sites which make up to 800 MWh OU Site Name Nature of Solution Integration Type Size of BESS Capacity (MWh) (MW) EC Melkhout Load levelling and Substation HV 40 160 Generation KZN Elandskop Load shaving Substation MV 8 32 KZN Pongola Load levelling and Substation HV 40 160 Generation WC Skaapvlei Generation Smooting Substation without 50 Min 200 Max MV 320 WC Hex Capital deferment Substation without 25 100 MV WC Paleisheuwel Voltage Response Substation MV 16.5 66 11kV & 22kV 32 WC Graafwater Voltage Response Substation MV 9 36 Phase 1 - WCOU sites • Phase 1 is made up of the following sites which make up to 800 MWh OU Site Name Nature of Solution Integration Type Size of BESS Capacity (MW) (MWh) WC Nuwekloof Wind Generation Substation HV 9 36 smoothing & Peak shaving WC Witzenburg Wind Generation Substation HV 25 100 smoothing & Peak shaving TOTAL 222.5 MW 890 MWh Final mix of sites to reach 800 MWh will hinge on the capacity constraints of Skaapvlei influenced by environmental considerations and site limitations.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • THE LIBRARY ROUTE Indlela Yamathala Eencwadi Boland Control Area Geographic and Demographic Overview
    THE LIBRARY ROUTE Indlela yamathala eencwadi Boland Control Area geographic and demographic overview Following up on our series, Insider’s View, in which six library depots and one Wheelie readers were introduced to the staff of the West- Wagon in the area. ern Cape Provincial Library Service and all its ac- By the end of December 2010 the tivities and functions, we are embarking on a new total book stock at libraries in the region series, The library route, in which the 336 libraries amounted to 322 430 items. that feed readers’ needs will be introduced. The area served is diverse and ranges We start the series off with the libraries in from well-known coastal towns to inland the Boland Control Area and as background we towns in the Western Cape. publish a breakdown of the libraries in the various Service points municipalities. Overstrand Municipality libraries Gansbaai STEVEN ANDRIES Hangklip Hawston Assistant Director Chief Library Assistant Moreen September who is Hermanus Steven’s right-hand woman Kleinmond Introduction Mount Pleasant Stanford The Western Cape Provincial Library Service: Zwelihle Regional Organisation is divided into three Theewaterskloof Municipality libraries control areas: Boland, Metropole and Outeni- Worcester and Vanrhynsdorp region from Vanrhynsdorp. Caledon qua. Each control area consists of fi ve regional Genadendal libraries and is headed by an assistant director The staff complement for each region in the Boland control area consists normally of Grabouw and supported by a chief library assistant. Greyton The fi ve regional offi ces in the Boland con- a regional librarian, two library assistants, a driver and a general assistant.
    [Show full text]
  • Swartland Municipality Integrated Development Plan for 2017-2022
    Swartland Municipality Integrated Development Plan for 2017-2022 THIRD AMENDMENT 28 MAY 2020 INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR 2017-2022 Compiled in terms of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, 2000 (Act 32 of 2000) Amendments approved by the Municipal Council on 28 May 2020 The Integrated Development Plan is the Municipality’s principal five year strategic plan that deals with the most critical development needs of the municipal area (external focus) as well as the most critical governance needs of the organisation (internal focus). The Integrated Development Plan – is adopted by the council within one year after a municipal election and remains in force for the council’s elected term (a period of five years); is drafted and reviewed annually in consultation with the local community as well as interested organs of state and other role players; guides and informs all planning and development, and all decisions with regard to planning, management and development; forms the framework and basis for the municipality’s medium term expenditure framework, annual budgets and performance management system; and seeks to promote integration by balancing the economic, ecological and social pillars of sustainability without compromising the institutional capacity required in the implementation, and by coordinating actions across sectors and spheres of government. AREA PLANS FOR 2020/2021 The five area plans, i.e. Swartland North (Moorreesburg and Koringberg), Swartland East (Riebeek West and Riebeek Kasteel), Swartland West (Darling and Yzerfontein), Swartland South (Abbotsdale, Chatsworth, Riverlands and Kalbaskraal) and Swartland Central (Malmesbury) help to ensure that the IDP is more targeted and relevant to addressing the priorities of all groups, including the most vulnerable.
    [Show full text]
  • Freshwater Fishes
    WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE state oF BIODIVERSITY 2007 TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduction 2 Chapter 2 Methods 17 Chapter 3 Freshwater fishes 18 Chapter 4 Amphibians 36 Chapter 5 Reptiles 55 Chapter 6 Mammals 75 Chapter 7 Avifauna 89 Chapter 8 Flora & Vegetation 112 Chapter 9 Land and Protected Areas 139 Chapter 10 Status of River Health 159 Cover page photographs by Andrew Turner (CapeNature), Roger Bills (SAIAB) & Wicus Leeuwner. ISBN 978-0-620-39289-1 SCIENTIFIC SERVICES 2 Western Cape Province State of Biodiversity 2007 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Andrew Turner [email protected] 1 “We live at a historic moment, a time in which the world’s biological diversity is being rapidly destroyed. The present geological period has more species than any other, yet the current rate of extinction of species is greater now than at any time in the past. Ecosystems and communities are being degraded and destroyed, and species are being driven to extinction. The species that persist are losing genetic variation as the number of individuals in populations shrinks, unique populations and subspecies are destroyed, and remaining populations become increasingly isolated from one another. The cause of this loss of biological diversity at all levels is the range of human activity that alters and destroys natural habitats to suit human needs.” (Primack, 2002). CapeNature launched its State of Biodiversity Programme (SoBP) to assess and monitor the state of biodiversity in the Western Cape in 1999. This programme delivered its first report in 2002 and these reports are updated every five years. The current report (2007) reports on the changes to the state of vertebrate biodiversity and land under conservation usage.
    [Show full text]
  • Why Sandveld?
    Land use/cover changes in the Sandveld, South Africa James T Magidi1, Dr Richard S Knight1, Dr Cornelia B. Krug2 1Biodiversity and Conservation Biology Dept, University of the Western Cape, Bag X17 Bellville, 7535 South Africa 2Dept of Zoology, University of Cape Town, P Bag X3 Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa Why Sandveld? WhyWhy isis PotatoPotato FarmingFarming of majorof major • It is part of the CFR Lowlands concern?concern? • Generally low rainfall ••UtiliseUtilise aa lotlot ofof waterwater ––leadingleading toto • Important part of the Greater Cederberg ••groundground waterwater depletiondepletion Biodiversity Corridor, connection uplands ••reductionreduction ofof wetlandswetlands and lowlands ••illegalillegal undergroundunderground water water • It has these vegetation types: extractionextraction o Piketberg Sandstone Fynbos ••PotatoesPotatoes areare susceptiblesusceptible toto nematodesnematodes o Leipoldtville Sand Fynbos predationpredation ––soso areasareas areare cultivatedcultivated for for Cape Floristic Region (CFR) o Lambert’s Bay Strandveld oneone yearyear thenthen left forleft fourfor beforefour before •One of the 34 biodiversity hotspot o Graatwater Sandstone Fynbos cultivatingcultivating again.again . Introduction • High Degree of species endemism ••60006000 ––70007000 haha ofof landland usedused forfor potatopotato • 70% Transformed due to • It is transformed due to the growing of: • Potato farmingfarming yearlyyearly • Agriculture –Lowlands & Renosterveld • 220 000 tonnes of potatoes produced • Invasive Species • Wheat
    [Show full text]
  • (Western Cape High Court, Cape Town) Case No
    Republic of South Africa IN THE HIGH COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA (WESTERN CAPE HIGH COURT, CAPE TOWN) CASE NO: 26078/2010 Before: The Hon. Mr Justice Binns-Ward In the matter between: BERG RIVER MUNICIPALITY Applicant and JACOBUS JOHANNES LIEBENBERG N.O. AND 86 OTHER PARTIES Respondents JUDGMENT DELIVERED: 25 AUGUST 2011 ______________________________________________________________ BINNS-WARD J: [1] The applicant, which is a municipality established in terms of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act 117 of 1998 (‘the Structures Act’), has applied for eight declaratory orders. If granted, the declarators sought would be to the effect that the ‘rural levies’ imposed by it in respect of properties in its area in the 2001/2 and 2002/3 financial years were lawfully and validly imposed, as were the rates levied by it on rural property within its area in the 2003/4, 2004/5, 2005/6, 2006/7, 2007/8 and 2008/9 financial years. (In terms of the applicable statutory provisions, a municipality’s financial year has, during the entire period concerned, run between 2 1 July in each year and 30 June of the succeeding year.1) The orders are sought because it has been contended by the respondents, who make up a significant number of the owners of rural property within the municipal area, that the aforementioned imposts are invalid. [2] The respondents have declined to make payment of the assessed rural levies and rates and have defended enforcement proceedings instituted against them by the municipality in various magistrates’ courts in the municipal area. Both sides in the disputes have agreed that the current proceedings might afford a convenient means of cutting the Gordian knot; in particular, because they are also agreed that a determination of the alleged invalidity of the imposts is a matter beyond the jurisdiction of a magistrate’s court.
    [Show full text]
  • Directions to the Main Lodge
    DIRECTIONS TO BUSHMANS KLOOF WILDERNESS RESERVE & WELLNESS RETREAT GPS COORDINATES: -32.073677, 19.095056 32°04'25.2"S 19°05'42.2"E 1. Depart Cape Town International Airport via the N2 towards Cape Town. 2. Turn left at exit 14, M7 Jakes Gerwel Drive. Cross over the bridge and turn right at the second set of traffic lights (into Jakes Gerwel drive). 3. Pass the Grand West Casino, still remaining on Jakes Gerwel Drive and remain on this road which becomes the N7, to Malmesbury. 4. Continue past Malmesbury, towards Moorreesburg, Piketberg and Citrusdal to enter the Olifants River Valley (route takes approximately 2,5 hours). We recommend that you stop at Hebron for a light lunch, which is located on the peak of the Piekenierskloof Pass on the left-hand side of the road. Please note they are closed Mondays & Tuesdays. Wine Tasting and Rooibos Tea Tasting is also offered by appointment only. Contact number is +27 (0)22 921 2595. Mondays & Tuesdays you can stop for lunch at Kardoesie, which is located on the peak of the Piekenierskloof Pass on the right-hand side of the road. 5. Continue towards Clanwilliam, pass the Clanwilliam Dam (located on the right hand side of the road) and take the left off ramp onto the R364 to Lamberts Bay / Clanwilliam . 6. At the T-Junction, turn right to Clanwilliam. When entering the town, the Caltex petrol station is located on the left-hand side of road. NB: Fill up if petrol is required and please call the lodge on +27 (0) 27 482 8200 as there is no mobile reception after this point.
    [Show full text]
  • Bergrivier Municipality Spatial Development Framework: 2019 - 2024
    Bergrivier Municipality Spatial Development Framework: 2019 - 2024 February 2019 Contact Professional Team Town Planning and Environmental Setplan Management [email protected] / janine@ Bergrivier Municipality setplan.com / [email protected] / [email protected] Werner Wagener Hannes Vermeulen Keenin Abrahams GLS Consulting [email protected] / [email protected] / [email protected] email: [email protected] / [email protected] call: Ursula Rigby 022 783 1112 / 022 913 6000 [email protected] visit: Bergrivier Municipal Offices Donovan Kirkwood Church Street 13 [email protected] Piketberg BERGRIVIER MUNICIPALITY Glossary of Terms & Abbreviations CBA - Critical Biodiversity Area PSG - Provincial Strategic Goal CRU - Community Residential Units RDP - Reconstruction and Development Programme CSIR - Council for Scientific and Industrial Research RSEP - Regional Socio-Economic Programme DEA&DP - Department of Environmental Affairs and RSIF - Regional Spatial Implementation Framework Development Planning SANRAL - SA National Road Agency DEDAT - Department of Economic Development and SBIDZ - Saldanha Bay Industrial Development Zone Tourism SDF - Spatial Development Framework DRDLR - Department of Rural Development and Land SDF - Spatial Development Goals Reform SEZ - Special Economic Zone DTPW - Department of Transport & Public Works SHI - Social Housing Institution DWS - Department of Water & Sanitation SHRA - Social Housing Regulatory Authority EIA - Environmental Impact Assessment SPLUMA - Spatial Planning and Land
    [Show full text]
  • Flower Route Map 2017
    K o n k i e p en w R31 Lö Narubis Vredeshoop Gawachub R360 Grünau Karasburg Rosh Pinah R360 Ariamsvlei R32 e N14 ng Ora N10 Upington N10 IAi-IAis/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park Augrabies N14 e g Keimoes Kuboes n a Oranjemund r Flower Hotlines O H a ib R359 Holgat Kakamas Alexander Bay Nababeep N14 Nature Reserve R358 Groblershoop N8 N8 Or a For up-to-date information on where to see the Vioolsdrif nge H R27 VIEWING TIPS best owers, please call: Eksteenfontein a r t e b e e Namakwa +27 (0)72 760 6019 N7 i s Pella t Lekkersing t Brak u Weskus +27 (0)63 724 6203 o N10 Pofadder S R383 R383 Aggeneys Flower Hour i R382 Kenhardt To view the owers at their best, choose the hottest Steinkopf R363 Port Nolloth N14 Marydale time of the day, which is from 11h00 to 15h00. It’s the s in extended ower power hour. Respect the ower Tu McDougall’s Bay paradise: Walk with care and don’t trample plants R358 unnecessarily. Please don’t pick any buds, bulbs or N10 specimens, nor disturb any sensitive dune areas. Concordia R361 R355 Nababeep Okiep DISTANCE TABLE Prieska Goegap Nature Reserve Sun Run fels Molyneux Buf R355 Springbok R27 The owers always face the sun. Try and drive towards Nature Reserve Grootmis R355 the sun to enjoy nature’s dazzling display. When viewing Kleinzee Naries i R357 i owers on foot, stand with the sun behind your back. R361 Copperton Certain owers don’t open when it’s overcast.
    [Show full text]
  • The Competitiveness of Western Cape Wheat Production: an International Comparison
    Agrekon, Vol 37, No 3 (September 1998) Vink, Kleynhans & Street THE COMPETITIVENESS OF WESTERN CAPE WHEAT PRODUCTION: AN INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON N. Vink1, T.E. Kleynhans2 and K. Street3 This paper reports the results of an international comparison of the cost of producing wheat in 8 Western Cape, 3 Free State and 7 foreign producing areas. Results show that South African yields are low compared to foreign countries whose production costs are as high as or higher than those in South Africa, while the net margins for South African producers are less than a third of those for countries that have the same or lower yields as South Africa. If the wheat industry in the Western Cape is to survive international competition, it will have to create its international competitiveness. DIE MEDEDINGENDHEID VAN KORINGPRODUKSIE IN DIE WES-KAAP: ’N INTERNASIONALE VERGELYKING. Hierdie artikel gee ’n opsomming van ’n onlangse studie wat die produksiekoste van koring in 8 Wes-Kaapse, 3 Vrystaatse en 7 oorsese produksiegebiede gemeet het. Daar is bevind dat opbrengste in Suid-Afrika laag is in vergelyking met lande met gelyke of hoër produksiekostes, terwyl die netto marge van Suid-Afrikaanse produsente minder as een derde is van mededingers wie se opbrengstes op die selfde vlak of laer is as in Suid-Afrika. Indien die koringbedryf in die Wes-Kaap wil oorleef, sal daadwerklike stappe geneem moet word om sy internasionale mededingendheid te skep. 1. INTRODUCTION The policy and practice of agricultural marketing in South Africa has changed rapidly over the past decade. Almost five years after the publication of the Kassier Report (Kassier, 1992), the new Marketing of Agricultural Products Act, No 47 of 1996 spells out a set of rules that differs greatly from earlier legislation.
    [Show full text]
  • Water in the Western Cape Economy
    Water in the Western Cape Economy Report to the WATER RESEARCH COMMISSION by Guy Pegram and Hannah Baleta WRC Report No. 2075/1/13 ISBN 978-1-4312-0517-2 March 2014 Obtainable from Water Research Commission Private Bag X03 Gezina, 0031 [email protected] or download from www.wrc.org.za DISCLAIMER This report has been reviewed by the Water Research Commission (WRC) and approved for publication. Approval does not signify that the contents necessarily reflect the views and policies of the WRC nor does mention of trade names or commercial products constitute endorsement or recommendation for use. © Water Research Commission ii Executive Summary BACKGROUND There is increasing consensus in the international water, scientific and development communities that water scarcity will increase dramatically in many parts of the world in the next 20 to 30 years. This will have significant social, political and economic consequences. Awareness of climate change over the past decade has focused broad attention on water as a key resource under threat. This increasing water scarcity will have effects on agriculture, energy, trade, the environment, national sovereignty and international relations as nations who are water scarce continue to deplete their resources while looking to water rich areas to ensure their long term growth and sustainability. In South Africa, these factors increase the challenge of managing South Africa’s limited water resources to achieve economic and social justice imperatives. Historically, water planning has focused on water resources infrastructure development and operation, supported by demand management initiatives to reconcile water requirements and availability. However, as water resources are increasingly developed and utilised, catchment quantity and quality stress tend to increase.
    [Show full text]
  • Western Cape Financial and Production Statistics
    Census of Agriculture Provincial Statistics 2002- Western Cape Financial and production statistics Report No. 11-02-02 (2002) Department of Agriculture Statistics South Africa i Published by Statistics South Africa, Private Bag X44, Pretoria 0001 © Statistics South Africa, 2006 Users may apply or process this data, provided Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) is acknowledged as the original source of the data; that it is specified that the application and/or analysis is the result of the user's independent processing of the data; and that neither the basic data nor any reprocessed version or application thereof may be sold or offered for sale in any form whatsoever without prior permission from Stats SA. Stats SA Library Cataloguing-in-Publication (CIP) Data Census of agriculture Provincial Statistics 2002: Western Cape / Statistics South Africa, Pretoria, Statistics South Africa, 2006 XXX p. (Report No. 11-02-02 (2002)). ISBN 0-621-36446-0 1. Agriculture I. Statistics South Africa (LCSH 16) A complete set of Stats SA publications is available at Stats SA Library and the following libraries: National Library of South Africa, Pretoria Division Eastern Cape Library Services, King William’s Town National Library of South Africa, Cape Town Division Central Regional Library, Polokwane Library of Parliament, Cape Town Central Reference Library, Nelspruit Bloemfontein Public Library Central Reference Collection, Kimberley Natal Society Library, Pietermaritzburg Central Reference Library, Mmabatho Johannesburg Public Library This report is available
    [Show full text]
  • GW TMG Aquifer Piketberg Model
    DEPARTMENT OF WATER AFFAIRS AND FORESTRY DEPARTMENT OF WATER AFFAIRS AND FORESTRY THE ASSESSMENT OF WATER AVAILABILITY IN THE BERG CATCHMENT (WMA 19) BY MEANS OF WATER RESOURCE RELATED MODELS GROUNDWATER MODEL REPORT VOLUME 7 TMG AQUIFER, PIKETBERG MODEL Final August 2008 REFERENCE This report is to be referred to in bibliographies as : Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, South Africa. 2008. The Assessment of Water Availability in the Berg Catchment (WMA 19) by Means of Water Resource Related Models : Groundwater Model Report Volume 7 – TMG Aquifer, Piketberg Model. Prepared by Umvoto Africa (Pty) Ltd in association with Ninham Shand (Pty) Ltd on behalf of the Directorate : National Water Resource Planning. DWAF Report No. P WMA 19/000/00/0408 REPORT No REPORT TITLE VOLUME No. VOLUME TITLE 1 Final Summary Report 2 Rainfall Data Preparation and MAP Surface 3 The Assessment of Flow Gauging Stations Vol 1 Data in Support of Catchment Modelling Land Use and Water 4 Vol 2 Invasive Alien Plant Mapping Requirements Vol 3 Water Use and Water Requirements Vol 1 Berg River Update of Catchment 5 Vol 2 Upper Breede River Hydrology Vol 3 Peripheral Rivers A Literature Review of Water Quality Related Vol 1 Studies in the Berg WMA, 1994 - 2006 Updating of the ACRU Salinity Model for the 6 Water Quality Vol 2 Berg River Vol 3 Update Monthly FLOSAL Model to WQT 7 (Report No Not Used) 8 System Analysis Status Report Vol 1 Overview of Methodology and Results Vol 2 Data Availability and Evaluation Vol 3 Regional Conceptual Model Vol 4 Regional Water Balance Model 9 Groundwater Model Vol 5 Cape Flats Aquifer Model Langebaan Road and Elandsfontein Aquifer Vol 6 System Model Vol 7 TMG Aquifer, Piketberg Model Vol 8 TMG Aquifer, Witzenberg – Nuy Model Vol 9 Breede River Alluvium Aquifer Model 10 Berg and Mhlathuze Assessment Studies (Refer to Report No.1) 11 Applicability of the Sami Groundwater Model to the Berg WAAS Area GROUNDWATER MODEL REPORT VOL.
    [Show full text]