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Sitting(Link Is External) 1 THURSDAY, 29 NOVEMBER 2018 The House met at 10:00 The Deputy Speaker took the Chair and read the prayer. The DEPUTY SPEAKER: The Secretary will read the first Order. The SECRETARY: Debate on Vote 1 – Premier – Western Cape Adjustments Appropriation Bill [B 6 – 2018]. The SPEAKER: I see the Premier. The PREMIER: Thank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker. The Adjustments Budget represents an increase of R10,4 million when compared to the 2018/19 main Budget. This increase will assist the Department to invest in much needed IT refresh and to communicate with citizens regarding water scarcity, especially beyond the borders of the City of Cape Town. To deal with water scarcity, a targeted Water Demand Management Communication Campaign will be undertaken in the Karoo and parts of the West Coast over the summer period. These areas remain under distress and the campaign to the value of R4,6 million aims to encourage responsible water use so that limited supply can be conserved. The campaign will also 2 reach tourists and residents more broadly with the simple “Save water this summer” message. R2 million has been allocated towards the strategic communication campaign which aims to report back to Western Cape residents as we come to the end of this administration. This aims to inform citizens of what we have done with public funds. Hon members ... [Interjection.] Mr Q R DYANTYI: It is fine. As long as you do not … [Inaudible.] The PREMIER: Comparative experience has shown that access to broadband has paved the way for economic growth and development in many regions. The Department continues to implement the Broadband Project, extending access to Government buildings, including schools, health facilities and libraries. Broadband is a key enabler in all spheres of our society but specifically for the Western Cape Government’s Game-Changers, including the e-Learning Programme. Broadband connectivity is also being provided to Cape Access Centres to boost access to economic opportunities in non -urban areas. The 100% milestone target for broadband rollout has be en reached and there are 1 875 Government sites now connected to broadband. [Applause.] Phase 2 of the broadband project commenced on 1 October 2017 and will run 3 for a five-year period up until 30 September 2022. During this second phase of the broadband project rollout, the minimum network connectivity speeds at Government sites will be upgraded to 100 Megs per second, which is 10 times higher than the minimum network speeds of phase 1. To date, 64 3 sites have already been upgraded as part of Phase 2 and the 50% milestone delivery target is expected to be reached by June 2019 and I hope that we are going to give priority to our schools, because the difference that successful e -Learning makes to our education programme is really substantial and one of the biggest barriers is sufficient connectivity where we need it. The free public WiFi hotspot initiative is also part of the broadband project, Mr Deputy Speaker. A number of hotspots have been implem ented by the Department of Economic Development and Tourism in recent years. The Department of the Premier’s new initiative seeks to build on the existing WiFi footprint and to provide access to the public at over 1 600 Government sites over a five-year period. So that is an additional service we will provide to the public from our Government sites, which is free WiFi. Subject to a successful procurement programme, the free data being allocated to each user per month will increase from 250 megabytes to 3 gigabytes, a twelvefold increase. This new initiative will, in all likelihood, commence on 1 December 2018, which is this Saturday. Shifts totalling R47 million from the broadband budget were effected in the Adjustments Budget for a number of reasons. These mainly include, firstly, 4 the delay in the commencement of the new free public WiFi hotspot initiative due to a protracted procurement process, in the interests of public value creation. Part of the funds for this initiative, which was R13 million, w ill therefore not be spent within the 2018/2019 financial year. Secondly, R32 million has been shifted for software licensing in order to address the currency depreciation. Hon members, R14,4 million has been shifted from capital to current expenditure to provide for the migration to cloud services. The benefits of cloud services are reduced costs, optimisation of technology, more predicable operational costs and improved business continuity planning and disaster recovery planning capabilities, should this be necessary. The migration of systems to the SETA Oracle Cloud service is complete. The migration of the HIS suite of applications, that is the Health Information System suite of applications, to a private cloud is complete and we are in progress with many other migrations to the cloud. The Province is in the process of implementing a Transversal Client Relationship Management System that will enable m ulti-channel citizen access to Government information and services. Due again to a protracted procurement process resulting from the need to comply with all the internal architectural and standards approval processes, an amount of R4 million needed to be rolled over into this year. 5 A further R7,7 million will be shifted to the CRM, which is the Client Relationship Management initiative, from Business Process Optimisation funds, the latter focused on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery to citizens and departments within the Western Cape Government. Residents across this province gain access to computer and internet facilities also, not only through our free WiFi but also through our Cape Access Programme. Due to cost efficiencies related to the in -house provision of our contact centre services, R4,2 million has been shifted i nternally to fund operational expenditure in our Cape Access Centres. And I would, hon Deputy Speaker, like to invite all our hon members to visit these Cape Access Centres which are often situated in remote rural areas, to see what a transformation to the lives of people internet access brings. Mr Q R DYANTYI: Let us hope they work [Inaudible.] The PREMIER: Let us hope they do, and sometimes our connectivity is not as strong as we would like it to be, which is the reason for our Phase 2 rollout, firstly to 100 Megs and finally to a Gig and currently there is new technology out there that will enable us to eventually upgrade to 12 Gigs, which would be absolutely magnificent. And the reason that the hon Dyantyi mentions it is precisely the reason that I am on the ground a lot of the time, checking that connectivity is actually working. 6 The funding shift also follows the consolidation of the Western Cape Government contact channels as a trial run for Western Cape Government’s service channel integration, resulting in the Cape Access Programme being expanded temporarily to include elements of the Western Cape contact centre, in line with our efforts to better manage citizen engagement. So we do not leave people living in rural areas out in the cold. Mr Deputy Speaker, to mitigate risks associated with end -of-life devices, this Department has prioritised the refresh of its end -user equipment. An additional R2,3 million of retained revenue has been allocated for this purpose. Hon members, through careful management of its Compensation of Employees Budget, the Department managed to surrender R11,2 million to the Provincial Revenue Fund. Mr Q R DYANTYI: Can you repeat that? The PREMIER: Yes, I will ...[Interjection.] Mr Q R DYANTYI: R11 million has been surrendered because you have no plan for it. The DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order, order, hon members. 7 The PREMIER: I will ... [Interjection.] Mr M G E WILEY: Do you actually understand what ... [Interjection.] Mr Q R DYANTYI: Just explain ... [Interjections.] The PREMIER: May I continue? Mr Deputy Speaker, in case the hon Dyantyi does not get the import of this, this is a good news story, not a scandal. Mr Q R DYANTYI: Oh [Inaudible.] The PREMIER: Sometimes the members of the hon Opposition do not seem to be able to tell the difference. Through careful management of its Compensation of Employees Budget, the Department managed to surrender R11,2 million to the Provincial Revenue Fund and repurpose an additional R2,8 million to manage various in-year budget pressures, such as the licensing pressure related to the Rand, Dollar exchange rate fluctuations which would not have been necessary if we had had a stable National Government, I can assure you. [Interjections.] Cost of employees or cost of employee savings in the Department of the Premier resulted from a deliberate attempt to reduce the cost of employees, as our National Government keeps asking every province to do, with due regard to the anticipated shortfall in the outer years of the MTEF budget. 8 So this, I would like to remind the hon Dyantyi, is a National Government policy which, as usual, the Western Cape seems to be the only province taking seriously and implementing, without the help of the hon members of the Opposition, I may add. [Interjection.] The Public Service Regulations of 2016 placed a renewed focus on ethics in the public sector. The Department has therefore prioritised the promotion of integrity and ethical behaviour in the workplace and wants to embark on a holistic ethics campaign, whi ch I hope will not pass over the head of the hon member. The allocation of R250 000 will raise awareness across all levels in the Department on the behaviours that promote integrity and ethical behaviour. The envisaged impact is that all officials in the Department will be exposed to acceptable principles of ethical behaviour in line with the Department’s Ethics Management Strategy, which will reduce ethical breaches in daily conduct.
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