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South Africa’s Formulation of an ODA Policy in Africa
Dr Martyn Davies
Faculty Member, University of Stellenbosch Business School
Senior Lecturer Extraordinaire, Department of Political Science
Executive Director, Centre for Chinese Studies
Stellenbosch UniversitySouth Africa
Beijing, China, 27th March 2008
Contents of Discussion
Enabling legislation
Encouragement from the EU
The position of the Treasury
Key issues
South Africa foreign policy in Africa
ANC Policy Conference June 2007
Summary
Enabling Legislation
• Shaped by an Apartheid past: Isolation to Inclusion• The African Renaissance and International Co-operation Fund Act (Act No. 51 of 2000) was promulgated on the 22nd January 2001
Enables the South African Government to:
Enhance co-operation between SA and other countries, particularly African countries
• The promotion of democracy, good governance
• The prevention and resolution of conflict
• Socio-economic development and integration
• Humanitarian assistance, and
• Human resource development
• Fund size: 2003 = R50m; 2008-09: R275m
Encouragement from the EU
A sense in South Africa Government circles that the EU is
seeking for SA to become an aid donor/coordinator
South Africa has the strongest institutional capacity for
coordination & delivery
Possibility of trilateral partnerships of traditional & emerging
donors utilizing South Africa as a coordinator
The Position of the Treasury
• MOF is key Government Department re ODA
• Conservative and slow approach
• Observing emerging power aid models – China, India, Brazil
• Commissioning a series of policy briefs
• Sustainability of funding?
• Increasing socio-economic demands at home
Key Issues
Four components of ODA:
i) African Renaissance Fund (ARF)
ii) AU-NEPAD Objectives
iii) Government Departments
iv) Parastatal bodies
Alignment to foreign policy – conflict resolution + enhancing
democratic institutions
SA’s ODA not affected by its role as an aid recipient
A call for a SAIDA…..
South African Foreign Policy in Africa
Alignment with NEPAD Secretariat
Foreign policy in the region floundering
Countering / alignment with emerging powers in Africa
Sensitivity of SA in Africa
Hence a multilateral approach to ODA
Preference toward the Indian developmental model
Shift in foreign policy in line with leadership change in the
African National Congress
ANC Policy Conference June 2007
Development Aid should be on three pillars:
i) Consolidation of the African Agenda
ii) South-South Co-operation
iii) North-South Co-operation
National budget process will commit resources to the
development aid fund
“Developmental partner”, not a donor
The fund will be located in the Department of Foreign Affairs
Summary
Legislation is in place as an enabler of an ODA policy
South Africa could play a pivotal role in region
Coordinator through a trilateral process
Combination of South-South + North-South
Political change in South Africa will influence the process
Increasing domestic socio-economic demands
Feeling of “Charity begins at home”
Discussion of SAIDA yes, but a slowly-slowly approach
Dr Martyn Davies
Faculty Member, University of Stellenbosch Business School
Senior Lecturer Extraordinaire, Department of Political Science
Executive Director, Centre for Chinese Studies
Stellenbosch University
South Africa
T +27 21 808 2840 F +27 21 808 2841
PO Box 3538, Matieland, Stellenbosch, 7602, South Africa
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