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COUNTRY: SOUTH AFRICALOCAL GOVERNMENT AND GENDER JUSTICE

SUMMIT AND AWARDS

DATE : 23-25 APRIL 2012VENUE : JOHANNESBURG

365 DAYS OF LOCAL ACTION TO END VIOLENCE ANDEMPOWER WOMEN

WITZENBERG MUNICIPALITY

PROJECTS:LocalEconomic

Deve

lopment


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HOW DID YOU GO ABOUT IDENTIFYING THISPROBLEM?

Labour seasonal andsocial grant dependency

High unemployment rate: May-September

Migration/evictions fromfarms

Skills shortage, 36 %illiteracy

SLOW GROWER(3-5%) Togrow the local economy inorder to increaseopportunities for participationand equity in EPWP and CWP

Reduce the number of indigenthouseholds by providing bridgesto employment for all those whowant work

Creating opportunities for young

people to empower themselves Improving the skills and capacity

of women and womens groupsespecially those active withinpoverty pockets and on farms;


PROJECTS:LocalEconomic

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IS THIS ISSUE IMPORTANT?

The White Paper on Local Governmentprovides the context and the direction forthe role of municipalities in economicdevelopment. The White Paper says:

Local Government is not directlyresponsible for creating jobs, BUT mustcreate the environment

Make the New Economic Growth Path Planwith the focus on targeted jobopportunities a reality!!

PROJECTS:LocalEcono

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HOW ARE YOU GOING ABOUT ADDRESSING THI SPROBLEM?

Public Participation Unemployed Database

Expanded Public Works Programme

Community Works Programme

CATALYST PROJECT: PA HAMLET WALK WAY

PROJECTS:LocalEcono

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development



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EPWP JOBS


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HOW ARE YOU GOING ABOUT ADDRESSING THI SPROBLEM?

SMALL, MEDIUM, MICRO ENTERPRISE TRAINING(SMME)

Gender representivity is as follows: adult males 44; adultfemales 43; female youth 4 and male youth 10.

ASSISTANCE TO CO-OPS

Gender representivity is as follows adult male 25, adultfemale 47, youth female 9 and youth male 12.

SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

Agri-Tourism Training

19 local youth were involved

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WHAT IS THE TIME-FRAME FOR THE PROJECT?

The municipality is implementing a Servicedelivery plan which is the implementationplan with the time frame from 1 July 2010

until 30 June 2011. This Genderprogrammes implementation time frame isfrom 1 July 2010 until 31 December 2011.

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WHO IS THE KEY TARGET? WHO IS INVOLVED? AREWOMEN AND MEN EQUALLY INVOLVED?

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7 / 13 80 / 102

56/ 44 134 / 153

56 /6 104 / 39

25/9 47/12


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PARTNERSHIPS FORMED THROUGH THE PROJECT

Witzenberg Local Economic Development Board

Cape Winelands District Municipality

Provincial department Economic Affairs

Department Local Government Department Water Affairs

Department Rural development and Land Reform

Department Agriculture

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RESOURCEFULNESS: WHAT FINANCIAL, HUMANAND OTHER RESOURCES WERE MOBILISED?

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LED Unit with 2 LED Officers

R 100 000 Project Budget

Committed Portfolio Councillor & Senior

Management

LED Board consist of all 13 captains ofIndustry

Smart partnerships with governmentdepartments (IGR)


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CREATIVITY: ARE YOU USING ARTS, CULTURE,MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA TO POPULARISE THE

ISSUES?

The municipality make regular use of themunicipal newsletter, local news papers and theCommunity radio station, Valley FM to populatethese LED initiatives.

Due to the successful implementation of the PAHamlet programme the municipality werehaving three series on Agri-TV on SABC 2.

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MONITORING AND EVALUATION

Ensure equity through a transparentunemployed database

Monitoring through LED Board and SMMEForum

Evaluation through Council Committee onLED

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WHAT RESULTS HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED?

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Establishment of the Witzenberg LED Forum

Pilots : CRDP, CWP, Clean Cities

Establishment of SMME Forums in 5 towns

900 temporary job opportunities created

196 temporary participants trained in Wastemanagement and Occupational health

Partnership with Rural development leading to R21 million Infrastructure project

85 Indigent persons on CWP



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Launch of our Clean Cities Project


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IMPACT (BASED ON THE SADC PROTOCOLTARGETS)

ARTICLE 15-19 OF SADC PROTOCOL: Productive Resources and Employment

Improving the web of economic and socialinfrastructure serving areas of high potential in

order to optimise development and growth potential

Economic empowerment

Building human capacity and improving the

portability and marketability of skills.PR

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SUSTAINABILITY AND REPLICATION

Witzenberg LED Forum (support & mentoring)

SMME Forums in each of the major towns toensure that the second economy entrepreneursbe move to the first economy of Witzenberg.

Ongoing support from governments but craftingour Investment & Integrated Tourism plans tocreate our own Economic opportunities

LED can be implemented in any environmentbecause our people needs jobs

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LESSONS LEARNED

Our Constitutional Mandate To lead Vulnerable groups to self

reliance

Create an enabling environment forformal and informal businesses

Strong intergovernmental relationshipsis critical

WE CAN RESTORE HOPE ANDDIGNITY!!!

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05. Jo-Anne Krieger, South Africa