SERVICE DELIVERY AND
INFRASTRUCTURE
Commission 2 – Day 1
PRESENTATIONS
• Legal mandates of all spheres of Government in relation to Waste
Management – Ms Telli Chauke, Salga
• National Waste Infrastructure Programme: Mr Errol Baloyi, DEA
• Waste services challenges faced by municipalities: Ms Dudu Sibiya,
Mpumalanga Provincial Department
• Waste diversion - national Composting Strategy – Dr Mpho Tshitangoni ,
DEA
ISSUES RAISED
• Local authorities have a right to provide waste services
• Issues raised included the need for looking at our policies, legislation, bylaws, and necessary planning tools to align them with recent
developments.
• The support we need to get on waste management from other support
units in the Departments and municipalities
• Training, awareness raising and capacity building
• Sharing of visions, responsibilities, monitoring and evaluating tools,
systems and legislation for amendments where necessary.
• Co-disposal, regionalization of waste facilities, integrated waste
management, waste to energy, composting
• Aging infrastructure and equipment
• Funding, expertise and other relevant resources for effective and efficient
waste management
ISSUES RAISED …2
• Need for getting people hands on in waste services
• Lets use the NWMS
• Working on waste and creating jobs through labour intensive
initiatives
• Funding is available and applicants need to follow necessary
procedures and funding should not be for individual benefit.
• Recycling cooperatives and formalizing businesses in waste
• Waste to energy
• Exploring PPPs in waste
• Authorisations required
• Involving NT and COGTA in waste projects
• Using disputes and conflicts as a challenge to find solutions for
DISCUSSION
1. Potential areas of conflict and overlap on the legal mandates of
the different national Departments, provinces and Local
authorities on waste management
o Oversight role of DM’s vs LM’s not actualised as envisaged
through the Constitution and applicable legislation
o DM’s and LM’s don’t share common vision/ not seeing eye to
eye wrt WM issues. This leads to beneficiaries suffering in the
delivery of waste management services e.g. waste pickers
o Municipalities not endorsing the projects that are being
proposed for them
DISCUSSION …2
2. Challenges with the provision of waste management services
2.1 Resources
o Financial: Inadequate funding for waste management and budget for
WM not ring-fenced
o Human: Lack of skills and technical know-how/ expertise to deal with
contractual matters between LG and third parties
2.2 Institutional barriers
o Waste service delivery slow in LG with the absence of appointed /
designated WMO’s
o Non-competitive wages / salaries to recruit and retain highly skilled
professionals in LG
o Questionable land ownership to undertake waste management projects
DISCUSSION …3
2. Challenges with the provision of waste management services
(ctd…)
2.3 Awareness Raising/ Training/ Capacity Building
o Non-accredited training in LG - not regarded as valuable for skills
development
o LG officials not well conversant with requirements (revision of by-laws,
IWMP dev and tariff setting) to implement NWMS and related policies
o Closing the gaps between political and administrative appointees
responsible for WM in LG
2.4 Policy and Legislation
o The need to look at our constitution, policies and legislation
o The need to look at by-laws, and necessary planning tools to align them
with recent developments.
o The need to look at the implementation of the NWMS
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
 SALGA: Resolve challenges wrt project management issues
between LM and DM (short-term)
 SALGA/DEA/DCOG: Amendment of the Constitution to deal away
with differentiated mandates with respect to services (waste
management) - (long term)
 DEA: Consider provision of accredited training not non-accredited
training. Training to close current lack of technical knowledge on
contractual matters; NWMS implementation (medium to long term)
 SALGA/DEA/DCOG/etc: To conduct awareness raising on waste
management and clean up campaigns (short to medium term).
Examples include clean up campaigns,
National/Provincial/Municipal Waste Ambassadors, Mascots, e.t.c
MASCOT’S ALREADY IN USE BY INDUSTRY
WHAT CAN WE DO?
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Competition and slogans waste awareness
Marketing campaigns
National Clean-up activities
Awarding of Waste Hero’s
National/ Provincial/ Municipal Waste
Ambassadors
• Recognition and award ceremonies
• Linkages to cleanest town/ municipality
competition
• Aggressive war on waste requires strict
enforcement
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
 LG: Land ownership should be cleared/ obtained with owners
(traditional leadership/ private owners) prior to commencement of
the project (Short term)
 DCOG/ NT: Review current allocations for WM services; Ring-fence
budget allocations for WM (Medium term)
 Industry, Gov. and Communities: Consider PPP projects in waste
 DEA: Clear policy direction regarding WTE projects and waste
technologies (Zero waste to landfill opportunities) (Short and
Medium term)
 DEA/COGTA/Municipalities: Review the NWMS 2011, By-laws, and
related regulatory tools.
THANK YOU