Comprehensive Rural Development Programme

Comprehensive Rural Comprehensive Rural Development ProgrammeDevelopment Programme

PRESENTATION TO PORTFOLIO COMMITTEERural Development and Land Reform

November 17 2010

PRESENTATION TO PORTFOLIO COMMITTEERural Development and Land Reform

November 17 2010

PurposePurpose

The presentation outlines the progress to date on the Comprehensive Rural Development ProgrammeProvides highlights of achievements and key tasks outstandingHighlights issues emanating from the pilots that have been used to enhance the current policy processes

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BackgroundBackgroundComprehensive Rural Development Programme (CRDP) launched in August last yearThe CRDP is a programme that aims to create “vibrant, equitable, sustainable rural communities”It is divided into three phases:

• Phase 1: Meeting Basic Human Needs• Phase Two: Enterprise Development• Phase Three: Village Industries, Access to credit facilities

In 2009/10 the Department piloted the programme in 8 of the 9 Provinces in 29 WardsIn 2010/11 the aim was to roll out to 25 Wards but the department is now working towards 39 Wards

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Achievements to dateAchievements to date

Job Creation• 9949 jobs created (NARYSEC, infrastructure, household

and community profiling)Food Security

• 1346 hectares planted • 6818 households profiled• 330 household gardens fenced

Skills Development• 472 people trained

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Achievements continuedAchievements continuedSocial Infrastructure

• Off Grid Energy Project (Solar)- 350 units• 2 clinics upgraded (Muyexe) (North West); 1 under

construction (Riemvasmaak)• 518 houses constructed• Education: 1 ECD completed(Muyexe); 1 Creche

(Vryheid)• Sanitation: 600 VIP supplied

Water• 100 Rain water harvesting tanks installed in Muyexe• 40 Units in Dysselsdorp• 37km water pipeline under construction in Riemvasmaak• Irrigation System installed in Boschhoek Igalelo (KZN)5

Creche in VryheidCreche in Vryheid

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Achievements continuedAchievements continued

Economic Infrastructure• 360 km of fencing• 2,1km of road constructed

ICT:• 3 e-Rap centres completed (Muyexe and Riemvasmaak)• 47 Village Viewing Areas established for World Cup

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LimpopoLimpopoStatus Quo Reports

• Makhado: Ward 8• Makhuduthamaga: Ward 9,11,18

Social Profiling• Muyexe: 670 households completed• Gonono and Dingamanzi: Profiling completed, capturing

and analysis to be finalisedCurrent Projects

• Muyexe– Fencing– water (communal drinking points, internal water

reticulation, etc), agricultural infrastructure (poultry houses, reservoir and drinking troughs, etc)

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continuedcontinued

• Thomo– Library and Thusong Centre at planning stage

• Masia– Showgrounds at design stage

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Limpopo continuedLimpopo continued

Completed Projects• ECD• Visitors Centre• 478 Water harvesting tanks• E-rap centre completed and operational• Debushing of fallow land to prepare for planting (140

hectares)• Post Office operating within Multi-purpose centre

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Northern CapeNorthern Cape

Status Quo Reports• Siyancuma: Ward 2,3,4 and 5• Moshaweng: Ward 1

Social Profiling• Riemvasmaak: 300 households

Current Projects• Riemvasmaak

– Agricultural Infrastructure projects (Live stock water improvement projects, Sales Pens, etc)

– Water (37 km pipeline)– Social Infrastructure (Sewer network,houses,

solar projects, community halls, etc)

Northern Cape continuedNorthern Cape continued

Completed Projects• 128 houses completed• 60 VIP toilets• 2 e-Rap centres• Clinic completed in Sending• Sports field upgrade completed

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MpumalangaMpumalanga

Status Quo Reports• Pixley KaSeme: Ward 10• Mkhondo: Ward 4,11,2,3,4

Social Profiling• Household profiling underway

Current Projects• ECD, Drop in Centres, School, • Agricultural Infrastructure (Maize mill, cattle handling

facilities, fencing)• Houses, Mobile clinic

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Mpumalanga continuedMpumalanga continued

Completed Projects• 130 projects• 30 solar panels installed• Grading of internal roads• 100 backyard garden

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Free StateFree State

Status Quo Reports• Letsemeng: Ward 2

Social Profiling• 2039 households profiled

Current Projects• Diyatalawa

– Milking parlour, emergency water supply, agricultural projects (485 + 328 hectares to be planted, cattle production)

• Jacobsdal– Sports complex in design phase

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Free State continuedFree State continued

Completed projects:• 418 hectares of wheat planted• 63 youth trained• Access road completed (3,2km)• 37 houses completed

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Eastern CapeEastern Cape

Status Quo Reports• Mhlontlo: Ward 2, 13• Mvezo Village

Social Profiling• 673 households profiled

Current Projects• Mhlontlo

– Fencing– Agri-Park

• Mvezo– Fencing, bridge, road, community facilities

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Eastern CapeEastern Cape

Completed Projects• Mvezo fencing• 10 youth trained• 158 household gardens established• Agricultural inputs provided• 10 cooperatives registered

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Western CapeWestern Cape

Status Quo• Oudtshoorn: Ward 10, 12• City of Cape Town: Ward 29

Social Profiling• 2100 households profiled

Current projects• Dysselsdorp

– Paving of industrial park– Clinic food garden– 160 household food gardens (planning)

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Western Cape continuedWestern Cape continued

• Witzenberg– Walkway and recreation area

Completed projects• Rain water harvesting tanks provided• Starter packs handed to indigent households• Village Viewing equipment being utilised by school• Phase 1 of clinic garden• 24 youth trained

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KwaZulu NatalKwaZulu Natal

Status Quo Reports• Umzimkhulu: Ward 6,9• Ingwe: Ward 1,3• Nkandla: Ward 7

Social Profiling• 3199 households profiled

Current Projects• Msinga and Vryheid, Nkandla

– Fencing, agricultural projects– Electrification, water projects, VIP toilets

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KwaZulu Natal continuedKwaZulu Natal continued

Completed Projects• Irrigation• Various fencing projects• Creche• Tractor and farm implements, seed bed cultivator

delivered• 141 youth trained

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North WestNorth West

Status Quo Reports• Moses Kotane: Ward 5,29

Social Profiling• 384 households

Current Projects• Houses, livestock handling facilities, 30 high mast lights,

sanitation, fencing, roads project

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North West continuedNorth West continued

Completed projects:• 300 housing units completed• 99 toilets completed• 62 km fencing

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Key Tasks OutstandingKey Tasks Outstanding

Institutionalising the CRDP- The CRDP management system; Rolling out of the Council of Stakeholders, Village Sector CommitteesCoordination across all spheres of governmentMoving from phase 1; meeting basic human needs to phase 2; sustainable enterprise development

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CRDP MANAGEMENT SYSTEMSCRDP MANAGEMENT SYSTEMSCRDP MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

COUNCIL OF STAKEHOLDERS(Organs of civil society, government, business, co-operatives, beneficiaries, workers, community development workers, traditional institutions, etc.)

OFFICE OF THE PREMIERCRDP Champion (MEC with rural development function)

MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND LAND REFORMDEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND LAND REFORMProgramme Development, policy and legislation development and Coordination

Household Co-operatives & other enterprises (groups of 20)

Stakeholder commitments

Conditionalities, code of conduct & disciplinary panel

Stakeholder commitments

SOCIAL COHESION AND DEVELOPMENT

Mayors of District and Local Municipalities as CRDP champions in the third sphere

Human Solidarity/ UbuntuDevelopment:-Shared growth and prosperity;-full employment;-relative income equality;-cultural progress26

Policy ProcessPolicy Process

Pilots have assisted to enhance the current policy process and the draft CRDP policy in the following areas:

• Youth employment (influenced the NARYSEC intervention)

• Need for clear institutional guidelines (roles and responsibilities)

• Move from village to Ward level intervention• Need for alignment of the CRDP with the delivery

agreement

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ConclusionConclusion

Between now and 2014, the department intended to roll out the programme to 160 wards across the country but in reality will now roll out to moreThe job creation model is to be implemented in all wardsNARYSEC programme currently being implemented in 7 of the 9 provinces The Department is currently aligning the CRDP to the current delivery agreement processIn all areas, the Department continues to play the role of catalyst, coordinator, initiator, facilitator and implementor.

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