I South African Water Services Sector Support Programme - Northern Province MAAP I I I I SOUTH AFRICAN WATER SERVICES SECTOR I SUPPORT PROGRAMME I I I MULTI-ANNUAL ACTION PLAN I NORTHERN PROVINCE I I I I Department of Water Affairs and Forestry I South Africa I I I I I Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, South Africa June 2000 I I South African Water Services Sector Support Programme - Northern Province MAAP I SOUTH AFRICAN WATER SERVICES SECTOR I SUPPORT PROGRAMME I I MULTI-ANNUAL ACTION PLAN I NORTHERN PROVINCE I I Department of Water Affairs and Forestry I South Africa I I I "Efficiency is doing a thing right. I Effectiveness is doing the right thing, right!" I I I LIBRARY IRC PO Box 93190, 2509 AD THE HAGUE I Tel.: +31 70 30 689 80 Fax: +31 70 35 899 64 I BARCODE: I I Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, South Africa June 2000 I I South African Water Services Sector Support Programme - Northern Province MAAP I SOUTH AFRICAN WATER SERVICES SECTOR I SUPPORT PROGRAMME I MULTI-ANNUAL ACTION PLAN I I NORTHERN PROVINCE I Department of Water Affairs and Forestry I South Africa Contents I 1 Summary 7 2 Background 8 I 2.1 Government/Sectoral Policy 8 2.2 Features of the Sector 10 2.3 Beneficiaries And Parties Involved 10 2.4 Problems to be addressed 10 I 2.5 Other Interventions 11 2.6 Documentation Available 11 3 Interventions 12 I 3.1 Overall Objectives 12 3.2 Project Purpose 12 3.3 Results 12 I 3.3.1 Result Area 1: Sustainable activities 12 3.3.2 Result Area 2: Integration of activities 13 3.3.3 Result Area 3: Institutional development 13 I 3.3.4 Result Area 4: Infrastructure development 13 3.3.5 Result Area 5: Transfer. 13 3.4 Activities 13 I 3.4.1 In relation to Result 1: Sustainable activities 13 3.4.2 In relation to Result 2: Integration 13 3.4.3 In relation to Result 3: Institutional development 14 I 3.4.4 In relation to Result 4: Infrastructure 14 3.4.5 In relation to Result 5: Transfer 14 4 Assumptions 14 I 4.1 Assumptions at different levels 14 4.2 Risks and Flexibility 15 5 Implementation 15 I 5.1 Physical and non-physical means 15 5.2 Organisational and implementation procedures 15 5.3 Timetable 15 I 5.4 Cost Estimate and Financing Plan 16 I Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, South Africa June 2000 I I South African Water Services Sector Support Programme - Northern Province MAAP I 5.5 Special conditions: accompanying measures taken by government 17 6 Factors Ensuring Sustainability 17 I 6.1 Policy Support 17 6.2 Appropriate Technology 17 6.3 Environmental Protection 17 6.4 Socio-Cultural Aspects/Women in Development 17 I 6.5 Institutional and Management Capacity 17 7 Monitoring and Evaluation 18 I 8 Conclusions and Proposals 18 9 ANNEXES 18 9.1 Logical Framework Matrix 19 I 9.1.1 Scenario - Minimum - DWAF Water Services & New Donors 24 9.1.2 Scenario - Minimum - All Programmes & Donors (existing and proposed) 25 9.13 Scenario - Realistic - DWAF Water Services & New Donors 27 9.1.4 Scenario - Realistic - All Programmes & Donors (existing and proposed) 28 I 9.1.5 Scenario - DWAF Planning Level - DWAF Water Services & New Donors 30 9.1.6 Scenario - DWAF Planning Level - All Programmes & Donors (existing and proposed)3"\ 9.2 Process Followed 33 I 9.3 Strategic Review Workshop Outcomes 34 9.3.7 Strategic Goals 34 9.3.2 Objectives 35 I 9.4 Water Services Status Quo 40 9.4.1 1994 Water Needy Situation 40 9.4.2 2000 Water Needy Situation 41 I 9.4.3 Water Needs (progress since 1994) 42 9.4.4 1994 Sanitation Needy Situation 43 9.4.5 2000 Sanitation Needy Situation 44 I 9.4.6 2000 Needy Situation: Health Facilities 45 9.4.7 2000 Needy Situation: Schools 46 9.5 Water Services Planning Scenarios: Department of Water Affairs and Forestry 47 I 9.5.1 Above RDP Scenario: Department of Water Affairs and Forestry 47 9.5.2 At RDP Scenario: Department of Water Affairs and Forestry 48 9.5.3 Below RDP Scenario: Department of Water Affairs and Forestry 49 9.5.4 Projects Budget: Realistic Scenario 50 I 9.6 Northern Province Economic and Spatial Strategies 59 9.6.7 Economic Development Plan 71 9.6.2 Biospheres and Mining 72 I 9.6.3 Nature Conservation 73 9.7 Northern Province Infrastructure Strategy 74 9.7.7 Water Resource Type and Availability 88 I 9.7.2 ProjectFunders 89 9.8 Water Services Institutional Framework 90 9.8.1 Ownership of Schemes Pre-1994 92 I 9.8.2 Water Board Involvement 93 9.8.3 Implementing Agents 94 9.8.4 Present Operator of Schemes 95 I 9.8.5 Transfer of Schemes 96 9.9 Local Government 97 9.9.7 Re-demarcation Boundaries 97 I 9.9.2 Spatial Rationale 98 9.9.3 Urban and Rural TLC's 99 9.9.4 Capacity of Local Councils 100 9.9.5 Equitable Share For Local Government 101 I 9.9.6 Consolidated Municipal Infrastructure Programme 102 I Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, South Africa June 2000 4 I I South African Water Services Sector Support Programme - Northern Province MAAP I 9.10 National Water and Sanitation Training Institute 108 9.11 European Community Support in Northern Province 109 9.11.1 Strengthening Local Governments in Mpumalanga and Northern Province 109 I 9.11.2 Sector Support Programme for Community Water Supply and Sanitation 109 9.12 Department for International Development: Water Services Support Project 110 9.13 USAID Bushbuckridge Retail Water Project 111 I 9.14 Build operate Train and Transfer 112 9.15 Strategic Budgetary Allocation Framework 113 9.16 List of Stakeholders 114 I 9.17 List of Documents Consulted 117 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, South Africa June 2000 I I South African Water Services Sector Support Programme - Northern Province MAAP I List of Acronyms I I BoTT Build Operate Train and Transfer I BP Business Plan CBT Capacity Building and Training CMIP Consolidated Municipal Infrastructure Programme Cosatu Council of South African Trade Unions I CWSS Community Water Supply and Sanitation DC District Council DPLG Department of Provincial and Local Government I DWAF Department of Water Affairs and Forestry EU European Union GEAR Government Employment and Redistribution Policy GIS Geographical Information Systems I HO Head Office HRD Human Resource Development i.e. that is I IA Implementation Agent IS Information Systems ISD Institutional and Social Development KPI Key Performance Indicators I LG Local Government MAAP Multi-Annual Action Plan M&E Monitoring & Evaluation MIP Municipal Infrastructure Programme I NGO Non-Government Organisation NPLGA Northern Province Local Government Association O&M Operations & Maintenance I PIA Programme Implementing Agent PPP Public Private Partnership PSC Project Steering Committee RDP Reconstruction and Development Programme I RSC Regional Services Council RWS Rural Water Supply RWSM Rural Water Supply Management I SALGA South African Local Government Association TLC Transitional Local Council TOR Terms of Reference WSA Water Services Authority I WSB Water Services Bill WSP Water Service Provider I I I I I Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, South Africa June 2000 I I South African Water Services Sector Support Programme - Northern Province MAAP I I 1 Summary I With the coming of democratic elections in 1994 the Northern Province was created by the amalgamation of 4 disparate administrations. These administrations have, since then, been forged into a single provincial government service. Attention has been given to the determination of I provincial policies and strategies and aligning provincial activities to achieve them. The Province has the highest level of poverty, which is reflected in poor services and economic activity. The national Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, in concert with infrastructure programmes of other I departments and Local Government have succeeded in bringing water and sanitation services to approximately 1.5 to 2 million poor citizens who were in dire need of assistance. I The Department of Water Affairs and Forestry's legislative mandate is focussed on the management of South Africa's water resources, which includes a regulatory role with respect to water services provision. Water services are the responsibility of the third sphere of government: Local Government. I As an interim measure the Department has been tasked with the ownership and management of inherited "homeland" schemes and the provision of priority water services until such time as Local I Governments are in a position to do so. In the Northern Province the current situation is that major Local Government restructuring, to ensure better capacity and service delivery, is underway and will take at least 3 years. The inherited water schemes operated and maintained by the Department, at a cost of approximately R 400m p.a., have I no cost recovery processes and hence provide little or no income. These schemes also require refurbishment and extension, along with the implementation of management systems, to be able to provide adequate customer services and hence be able to charge for services rendered. I Departmental efforts are underway to identify all operation and maintenance resources, "ring-fence" these and thus determine priority areas for interventions. An area approach, where whole schemes, or groups of projects within an area, are dealt with simultaneously (hence not in an ad hoc inefficient manner) is rendering considerable improvements.