1 C ORPORATE S ERVICES P ROGRAMME 1: A DMINISTRATION MR MD MAHLOBO DIRECTOR: EXTERNAL TRANSFORMATION

2 PRESENTATION STRUCTURE Achievements 1.Capacity of the Department to deliver (Human Resource Management) a)Performance Improvement b)Retention of skills c)Skills Development 2.Transformation a)Restructuring b)De Hoop dam Charter c)Service Delivery Improvement Plan d)BBBEE audit e)Women Empowerment 3.Administration 4.Information Services 5.Challenges 6.Intervention to address challenges

3 ACHIEVEMENTS : CAPACITY TO DELIVER Departmental governance structures reviewed to facilitate improved communication and effectiveness Performance Improvement Performance reviews conducted at regular intervals. 100% SMS signed Performance Agreements Performance Bonus not paid for SMS-matter still to be finalised. Increased performance weight of Financial Management to 20% for inclusion in SMS Performance agreements. Skills Retention Retention strategy developed, approved and implemented Technicians/Engineers 533 retained fromL1-10 with the ff. racial and gender breakdown (AM 175,AF 262;CM 2; CF 3; IM 11;IF 7;WM 50 and WM 23) SMS Managers 2 and MMS 2 (L11-16)

4 ACHIEVEMENTS: SKILLS DEVELOPMENT Skills Development 1932 Employees trained (11.5%)-R Executive coaching implemented for SMS level including training on Performance Management, Financial Management and Monitoring and Evaluation skills Accelerated development programme for middle managers implemented including Project Management, Performance Management, Financial Management and Supervisory Skills Further training was provided on ABET, Customer Care, Diversity Management, Computer Skills and SAP. Extensive training courses developed in forestry and specifically in compliance and enforcement Training provided to forestry personnel in DWAF as well as Prosecutors and Magistrates DWAF contributed towards skills revolution through professional trainees, Learnership, Internship, External Bursaries, Technical training and Learner Internship for experiential training (R )

5 ACHIEVEMENTS: TRANSFORMATION Restructuring Organisational structures for Branch Regions, Finance and Corporate Services approved Transfer Framework for water services signed and implemented. De Hoop Charter Transformation plan referred as De Hoop Charter signed by the Minister, Premier of Limpopo Province, Executive Mayor of GSDM Job Creation-60% minimum of Local Labour Systematic training R3.5m and further 25% to be spent on learners and/interns Procurement of goods, services and materials from ABE -25%. Service Delivery Improvement Plan finalised and submitted to DPSA. Finalised a comprehensive audit on DWAF’s contribution towards BBBEE

6 ACHIEVEMENTS: TRANSFORMATION cont… Women Empowerment Capacity building workshops Gender mainstreaming Women and environment Events to profile and acknowledge contribution of women Gender and women empowerment strategic framework

7 ACHIEVEMENTS: INFORMATION SERVICES Progress made towards the completion of a Disaster Recovery Implementation framework for all systems Developed IT governance structures Master and Service level agreements reviewed-70% complete Refurbishment of IT infrastructure

8 CHALLENGES Inability to attract and retain technical skills Need to review forestry training strategy to ensure alignment with BBBEE Charter targets and challenges Insufficient public awareness, understanding and education on water and forestry Need to improve on gender mainstreaming Lack of monitoring and evaluation systems/ tools for transformation imperatives

9 INTERVENTIONS TO ADDRESS CHALLENGES Implement HR turnaround strategy Improve public awareness, understanding and education on water and forestry through campaigns and awareness programmes Launched National Forestry Skills Development Forum Training workshop Capacity building on gender mainstreaming Implementation of Institutional re-alignment and organizational re-alignment Improve capacity for IT contract management