1. Corporate & Business Plan
Presentation to Portfolio Committee on Communications, April 2012
Corporate & Business Plan
2012/13 Financial Year

2. Introducing the Team Themba Phiri [ Executive Caretaker]
Sam Vilakazi [ Executive Caretaker]
Winile Lamani [ Acting Exec: BDS Division]
Linda Ngcwembe [ Acting CFO ]
Makhotso Moiloa [Acting Exec: Perf. Management]
Vusi Zoko [ SM: Legal Services]

3. Presentation Overview
Questions raised by PPCC:
Please refer to Annexure A
Key Projects
Consolidated
Quarterly Deliverables & pending plans
Adjustments as per recommendations
Repositioning of USAASA
Please note annexure and changes made to the business plan as per previous recommendations

4. Update on Disciplinary Processes
Value for money audit draft report submitted. Need to extend scope
CEO resigned and settled
Disciplinary processes continuing
NB. a) Acting appointments on key positions continue

5. Key USAF Projects for 2012/13 …
Minister’s Performance Agreement & Associated delivery agreements
Minister’s Performance
Outputs
DoC Plan
USAASA Plan
Budget
Outcome 4
Decent employment through inclusive growth
Output 6
Improved support to small business and cooperatives
Job creation initiatives through SMMEs and Entrepreneurship initiatives
Deploy 200 community access centres through an entrepreneurship model
Train 200 centre personnel on e-skilling R
USAF

6. Context of Business Plan
Minister’s Performance Agreement & Associated delivery agreements
Minister’s Performance
Outputs
DoC Plan
USAASA Plan
Budget
Connectivity Upgrade Programme
Connect schools to broadband infrastructure
Promote ICTs in teaching & learning through E-skilling
Outcome 1
Improved quality of basic education
Output 1
Improve the quality of teaching & learning
R7 M
USAF

7. Context of Business Plan…
Minister’s Performance Agreement & Associated delivery agreements
Minister’s Performance Outputs
DoC Plan
USAASA Plan
Budget
Outcome 6
An efficient, competitive and responsive economic infrastructure network
Output 5
Information and Communication
Facilitate DTT infrastructure rollout
Subsidize 469, 387 STB’s
DTT participation area is in procurement of STB. Fund disbursement through the Post Office.
Based on a maximum subsidy amount of R490, we anticipate subsidising R490/R230M. This is conservatively speaking assuming all qualifying persons get the maximum allocation.
Note: BBIG Impl. Comm= Broadband Intergovernmental Implementation Committee
R230 M
USAF

8. Context of Business Plan…
Minister’s Performance Agreement & Associated delivery agreements
Minister’s Performance
Outputs
DoC Plan
USAASA Plan
Budget
Outcome 6
Vibrant, equitable & sustainable rural communities & food security for all
Development of the National Universal Service & Access Strategy
Output 3
Rural services & sustainable livelihoods
Finalise the ICT rural development strategy
Check budget against business plan. Linda to check.
R2.85 M
USAF

9. Spending Plans on Projects
FUND MANUAL
Project Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Comment
Deliverables
Design and develop draft operating guidelines draft
Internally approved fund manual and SoP.
Public consultation process to invite affected parties to provide input
Publish Fund Manual as part of ICT Awareness campaign
Expenditure -
Linked to strategy budget

10. NATIONAL UA & S STRATEGY
Project Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Comment
Deliverables
Service provider appointed
Complete draft report; commence public consultative process.
Public consultation process to invite affected parties to provide input
Publish Fund Manual
Expenditure -
R2M
R850K

11. Spending Plans on Projects
RAPID DEPLOYMENT OF ACCESS CENTRES
Project Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Comment
Deliverables
Preferred Entities appointed to roll out total of 200 centres
Rollout of 100 access centres
Rollout 50 access centres
Expenditure -
R15 Million
R8Million
R8, 285Million

12. Spending Plans on Projects
STB SUBSIDIES
Project Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Comment
Deliverables
Customization & testing of SAPO processing & transacting platform.
Final testing and sign-off of platform
Subsidy applications and disbursements
Expenditure
R120 Million
R110 Million

13. CONNECTIVITY UPGRADE PROGRAMME
Project Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Comment
Deliverables
Audit & agreements signed with identified sites
Connectivity upgrades commenced; e-skills training deployed
Connectivity upgrades continued; e-skills training deployed
Review and reporting
Expenditure
R3.5Million -

14. SUPPORT FUNCTIONS Project Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Comment Deliverables
Audit & agreements signed with identified sites
Connectivity upgrades commenced; e-skills training deployed
Connectivity upgrades continued; e-skills training deployed
Review and reporting
Expenditure
R1Million
R2.5Million
R3.5Million -

15. High Level MTEF Allocation

16. Social Spin-Offs
Anticipated 400 jobs created as a result of access centres to be deployed
Greater employability of general citizenry via training partnership with e-Skills Institute

17. Repositioning of USAASA

18. Department of Communications International Partnerships
Strategic Context
Department of Communications
ICT Public Sector
ICT Private Sector
ICASA
International Partnerships
USAASA

19. Short Term Interventions…
OPERATIONS
Streamline projects
Streamline skills
Capacitation of key units

20. Short Term interventions
OPERATIONS
USAF Projects Management Office
Stakeholder Relations
Human Resource
IT Support
Financial Management
Fund Administration
Integration of activities
Addressing risk exposure that speaks to working in silos.

21. Medium-Long Term interventions
Reposition USAASA into a new entity
Consider imperatives of converged environment
Consider imperatives of integrated policy environment on all matters US & S
Consider past performance and enhancement thereof

22. THANK YOU !