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OVERVIEW OF DEATs PERFOMANCE FOR THE2006/7
FINANCIAL YEAR

• By Director- GeneralMs Pam Yako

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CONTENTS
Overview..

• A Glimpse of DEAT
• Vision and Mission
• DEAT Programmes
• Performance per programme
• Tourism
• Marine Coastal Management
• Biodiversity and Conservation
• Environmental Quality and Protection
• International Cooperation and Resources
• Administration

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A GLIMPSE OF DEAT

• vision a prosperous and equitable society
  living in harmony with our natural environment.

DEATs AIM
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A GLIMPSE OF DEAT

• mission leading SD of our Env Tourism for
  a
• better life for all through
• Creating conditions for sustainable tourism
  growth for benefit of all South African.
• Promoting conservation and sustainable
  utilization of our natural resources to enhance
  economic growth.
• Protect and improve the quality and safety of the
  environment.
• Promoting a global sustainable development
  agenda.
• Transformation and good governance

DEATs AIM
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A GLIMPSE OF DEAT

• Programme 1 Administration
• Provides strategic leadership, corporate
  services, co-operative governance, international
  relations, organisational performance management
  and information management.
• Programme 2 Environmental Quality and Protection
• Protect and improve the quality and safety of
  the environment to give effect to the right of
  all South Africans to an environment that is not
  harmful to health and well-being.
• Programme 3 Marine and Coastal Management
• Promote the development and management of South
  Africa's marine and coastal environments in a way
  that ensures sustainability of the marine
  resources while maximising economic
  opportunities, job creation and poverty
  alleviation.

Programmes of DEAT
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A GLIMPSE OF DEAT

• Programme 4 Tourism
• Create conditions for sustainable tourism growth
  and development for the benefit of all South
  Africans.
• Programme 5 Biodiversity and Conservation
• Promote the conservation and sustainable use of
  natural resources to improve economic growth and
  poverty alleviation.
• Programme 6 Social Responsibility and Projects
• Promote job creation through the Expanded Public
  Works Programme (EPWP) by implementing projects
  in areas such as sustainable land-based
  livelihoods, coast care, people and parks,
  growing the tourism economy and keeping South
  Africa clean.

Programmes of DEAT
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STATUTORY BODIES
Our Public Entities

• Public Entities and agencies who continue to
  provide impetus through tourism marketing,
  research accounting and product development are
• South African Tourism (SAT)
• South African national Biodiversity Institute
  (SANBI)
• Tourism Grading Council of South Africa (TGCSA)
• South African National Parks (SANParks)
• South African Weather Services (SAWS)
• Greater St Lucia Wetland Park Authority (GSLWPA)
  (Isimangaliso)

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TOURISM
DEMAND SIDE

• Achievements
• International Travel Statistics
• Year 2006 Over 8 million per annum international
  arrivals
• Domestic Travel Statistics
• Number of domestic travelers12.1 million people
• Number of domestic trips37.1 million trips
• Average Number of Annual Trips/Traveller 3.1
  trips
• Challenges
• Local tourism remains biased towards Mpumalanga,
• Gauteng, KZN and Western Cape provinces).

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TOURISM
SUPPLY SIDE linked to 2010

• Achievements
• Quality Assurance
• Conducted SA welcome training for Ports of Entry
  officials.
• A total 4905 establishments were graded by end
  March 2007.
• The number of graded rooms in the country was at
  87281.
• Tourist Safety
• Developed a national framework for Tourist Safety
  and Awareness (partnership with SAPS, Provinces,
  and the tourism industry)
• Industry adopted the Tourism safety and security
  strategy and implementation plan
• Safety and security fora established in 5
  provinces (KZN, Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and
  Western Cape)
• Tourism safety tips pamphlets distributed to all
  provinces.

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TOURISM
SUPPLY SIDE linked to 2010

• Achievements
• Product development
• 2010 SMME Accommodation opportunities Workshops
  attended by 3500 SMME establishments (MATCH
  Partnership).
• Developed investment packages for Product
  Development to improve competitiveness (in line
  with the GCP).
• Improved product information for Host Cities
  (GIS)
• Developed the 2010 FIFA World Cup Tourism
  strategy
• Challenge
• Most establishments, particularly SMMEs, allow
  their graded status to lapse after one year,
  mainly due to insufficient knowledge of the
  system.
• Securing investment for product development

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TOURISM
SUPPLY SIDE linked to 2010

• Unblocking the Channels
• Achievements - Visa restrictions
• Acquisition of a South Africa visa for India and
  China has been reduced from 10 days to not more
  than 5 days.
• Established a forum to address challenges
  experienced in visa applications (constituted by
  DEAT, DHA and DFA)
• Developed a template on VISA requirements for new
  portfolio markets
• Challenges
• To maintain a balance between tourism growth and
  security requirements.

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TOURISM

• Unblocking the Channels
• Achievements Air frequency in portfolio markets
• An airlift strategy, to inform aviation
  improvements for tourism growth requirements was
  developed in partnership with the DoT and DPE.
• As a result of cabinet approval of the Airlift
  strategy, tourism trade and investment workshops
  were held in the 5 Gulf Cooperation Countries
  (GCC) Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman,
  Qatar and Kuwait. This is presently a largely
  untapped market which can offer huge returns on
  investment.
• CHALLENGES
• Air services bilateral negotiations stalled

SUPPLY SIDE linked to 2010
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TOURISM

• Achievements - Tourism Skills
• Development
• Tourism Skills Audit conducted .
• A National Tourism Skill conference was convened.
  
• New sector skills plan has been developed
• A total of 433 (108 trained by DEAT and 335 by
  Theta) PDI Tourist Guides were trained.

SUPPLY SIDE linked to 2010
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TOURISM

• Achievements - BEE Charter and Scorecard
• implementation
• Conducted a base line study on Industry state of
  transformation.
• 50 increase in procurement from graded
  establishments by National Government
  Departments.
• A self assessment toll for the tourism industry
  on BEE charter and scorecard compliance was
  developed.
• Developed a verification systems (to be revised
  once the Charter has been aligned to the Codes of
  Goof Practice).
• Developed a public sector compliance tool
• Challenge
• Industry Compliance with the charter and
  scorecard is voluntary

Industry Transformation
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TOURISM

• Achievements SMME Support and 2nd economy
• interventions
• Number of SMMEs supported through Tourism
  Enterprise Programme (TEP) was increased by 32
• Number of black tourist guides increased to 30
  of the overall industry complement.
• As part of TEP, 993 SMMEs (of which 767 were PDI
  owned) were provided with support ranging from
  business linkages, to development of business
  plan or marketing plan (in partnership with
  Business Trust).
• The overall value of the transactions resulting
  from the linkages was R751 million.
• Developed a Tourism 2nd economy strategy

Industry Transformation
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MARINE COASTAL MANAGEMENT
Rights allocation Regulatory Env

• Achievements
• Rights allocation
• 2480 long-term fishing rights granted (over 8000
  applications)
• 59 of rights holders are BEE compliant.
• Permits issued in 3 new fisheries (Experimental
  octopus, East coast round herring and Whelks)
• Survey on Horse Mackerel completed
• Issued 10 permits for boat-based whale watching
  and shark cage diving
• Regulatory environment
• Published the Integrated Coastal Management (ICM)
  Bill for comments
• Gazetted Draft Marine Aquaculture policy for
  public comment
• Developed a policy on transfer of fishing rights.
• 3 Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) were finalized
  (Aliwal Shoal, De Hoop and Goukamma).
• Developed draft policy for subsistence and small
  scale fisheries.
• Challenges
• Depletion of marine stocks
• Greater dependency of coastal communities on
  marine living resources.
• Policy gap around subsistence fisheries

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MARINE COASTAL MANAGEMENT
Scientific research Compliance

• Achievements
• Scientific Research
• Completion of economic studies on three
  commercial fisheries (Hake Handline, Hake
  Longline and Demersal Shark)
• Scientifically defensible stock estimates and
  recommendations were completed for 18 fisheries.
• Developed a graduate science programme to ensure
  skills development for MCM
• 2 voyages undertaken (Gough Island and
  Antarctica)
• Marion Island base was 60 complete.
• Monitoring and Compliance
• Improved monitoring capacity through the
  implementation of the new Vessel Monitoring
  System.
• A joint initiative with the National Youth
  Service resulted in the recruitment of 900
  volunteers to MCM.
• Officials at ports of entry are trained to
  administrate the International Convention on
  Trading in Endangered Species (CITES).
• Approximately an officer per 7.5 km of coastline
  (partnership with KZN Ezomvelo)

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MARINE COASTAL MANAGEMENT
Turnaround Financial Strategy

• Achievements
• Full implementation of the new financial system-
  December, 2006
• completed the draft Cost Recovery Framework, that
  defines how fishing levies are to be determined,
• Marine Administrative System (MAST) was developed
  and operationalised and is used to administrate
  the services rendered to the fishing industry.
• Revenue generation and legislative compliance
  challenges of Marine Living Resources Fund (MLRF)
  were resolved.
• About R106 million was recovered from industry
  for services rendered
• Challenges
• Poor industry compliance

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BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION
Policy, legislations sustainability

• Policy and Legislation
• The regulations in terms of the National
  Environmental Management Biodiversity Act (Act
  No. 10 of 2004) on Threatened or Protected
  Species (TOPS), were gazetted. The regulations
  also included the list of threatened and
  protected species.
• Published an Elephant Management Policy Statement
  as well as Norms and Standards for management of
  elephant population.
• The department also developed a draft National
  Biodiversity Framework
• Developed a draft Risk Assessment Framework for
  GMOs

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BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION
Policy, legislations sustainability

• Conservation and Sustainability
• As part of the Kids in Parks programme, aimed at
  building a future conservation and
  sustainability conscious nation, 7400 kids
  visited ten (10) national parks. The target was
  5000 kids.
• A total of six GMO applications were assessed and
  recommended.
• One application for release of bio-control agent
  was received, assessed and recommended.
• Made significant progress in the integration of
  ecosystems that have been separated through man
  made boundaries within Southern Africa, through
  the removal of fences.

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BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

• Expansion of Protected Areas
• Richtersveld was declared as a world heritage
  site.
• The Makuleke wetland gained recognition as a
  Ramsar site.
• In compliance with the Protected Areas Act,
  management plans for 19 national parks have been
  assessed.
• A Protected Areas Register has been developed and
  verification of the data contained in the
  register completed.
• Vaalbos was deproclaimed and a new park called
  Mokala National Park was proclaimed.
• Management capacity for MPAs was addressed
• Challenge
• Balancing social and scientific needs in the
  management of protected areas (including post
  settlement development strategy preferences by
  communities).

Expansion of protected Areas
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BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

• Working with our neighbours
• Agreement was reached with Botswana and Zimbabwe
  on the establishment of the Limpopo-Shashe TFCA,
  which includes the Mapungubwe World Heritage site
• Transboundary conservation
• The United Nations has praised the Benguela
  Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) Programme
  - a joint initiative between Angola, Namibia and
  South Africa as the flagship of international
  waters programme.

Biodiversity and our neighbors
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ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND PROTECTION
Environmental Impact Assessments

• Policy and Legislation
• Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) regulations
  were promulgated in April 2006 and came into
  effect on 1 July 2006.
• The Environmental Management Act (NEMA) Amendment
  Bill was published for public comment
• Identification and publication of sensitive areas
  initiated for Gauteng and the Western Cape.
• EIA Applications, appeals and processing
• 5 300 EIA applications backlog (DEAT and
  provinces) reduced to just under 3 200, of this,
  DEAT backlog was reduced by 75.
• Provided EIA frameworks and guidelines and
  established a new Capacity and Support
  Directorate to focus on assistance to provinces.
• responses were provided within the given
  timeframes in cases of appeal.
• 100 success rate against court challenges with
  regard to authorisations

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ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND PROTECTION
Env Impact Assessments Compliance

• EIA Capacity and Support Initiatives
• Provincial training on the new EIA Regulations
  was concluded by end March 2007.
• Service providers appointed in 7 provinces to
  assist with eradication of EIA backlogs. Reduced
  backlog by 40 by the end of the financial year
  at provincial level.
• Environmental Management Frameworks initiated in
  7 metro / district councils
• National Environmental Authority System (NEAS)
• Developed and commenced the implementation of an
  electronic EIA reporting and tracking system.
• Compliance with environmental management system
• Guidelines
• Developed guideline on the classification of
  emergency incidents
• Developed guidelines for the inspection of waste
  facilities
• Developed guideline for inspecting hazardous
  waste disposal sites
• Developed guideline for priority setting

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ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND PROTECTION
ENV Compliance Green Scorpions

• Environmental Management Inspectorate (EMI)
  Green Scorpions capacity building
• 890 EMI were trained and 798 have been
  designated.
• EMI ID cards issued to all designated EMIs.
• National EMI brand developed and rollout
  countrywide.
• Hosted workshops attended by 90 Magistrates, to
  enhance skills and knowledge in environmental
  crimes.
• EMI specialised training in Forensics rolled out
• Prosecutor Manual on Environmental Crimes
  completed.
• Policy and Legislation
• The National Environmental Management Act (NEMA)
  amendment bill on enforcement is finalized and
  currently in parliament, the bill will expand the
  mandate of EMIs to ECA and APPA.

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ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND PROTECTION
ENV Compliance Green Scorpions

• Enforcement Achievements
• 2 strategic-sector based national compliance and
  enforcement projects launched with Provinces and
  Munics.
• 11 new dockets in major investigations opened and
  6 handed over to NPA for prosecution.
• 1 criminal conviction and sentence for pollution
  crime.
• 14 administrative notices issued to companies for
  non-compliance.

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ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND PROTECTION
Pollution and Waste management

• Policy, legislation and regulatory environment
• The draft National Environmental Management
  Waste Management Bill is finalized and currently
  in parliament.
• Tyre regulations were published for public
  comment.
• Draft agreements were developed with the Paper
  and Plastic industries. The finalization of these
  agreements has been delayed to ensure that they
  are in line with the National Waste Management
  Bill.
• The Asbestos regulations were redrafted and
  published for comment.
• Waste Management and Capacity
• Landfill permitting backlog established and a
  management plan is in place to overcome the
  backlog.
• Permits now being issued timeously.
• Audit of waste management service delivery
  undertaken.
• Mobilised resources for Thor-mercury and
  secondary asbestos cleanup.
• ASP and NIP projects underway.

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ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND PROTECTION
Air Quality management

• The air quality priority areas strategy is
  finalised and being implemented.
• The 1st National Priority Area was declared (Vaal
  Triangle) in April 2006.
• APPA review on track and key sectors consulted.
• Equipment for 6 monitoring stations was been
  purchased, sites identified and installation
  completed, the stations are located as follows
• Fons Lumins Secondary School, Diepkloof
• Thuto lore Secondary School, Sharpville
• Kliprivier Police Station, Kliprivier
• Riverside High School, Vereeninging
• Saul Tsotestsi Sport and Recreation Centre,
  Vanderbijlpark
• Iketsetseng Comprehensive Secondary School,Zamdela

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ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND PROTECTION
Air Quality management

• Established a Priority Area Governance Committee,
  representing stakeholders in priority areas with
  a key role of making decisions on air quality
  issues within the priority area.
• A New priority area the highveld was
  identified.
• Commenced work on the development of the 3rd
  green house gas emission inventory
• Air quality Makgotla aimed at building capacity
  within communities and industry are held
  annually.
• LTMS process on track with full stakeholder
  participation.

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ADMIN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
Global Sustainable Dev Agenda

• Pursuing a global SD Agenda
• Department participated in negotiation of SAs
  position in the following global key engagements
• In collaboration with the National Treasury, the
  department hosted the Global Environmental
  Facility (GEF) Assembly in 2006.
• Sessions of the UNCSD as the official global
  mechanism for the implementation of the outcomes
  of the WSSD.
• Stockholm Convention on the Management of
  Persistent Organic Pollutants.
• Rotterdam Convention on the Prior informed
  Consent.
• Basel Convention on the management of the
  transboundary movement of hazardous waste.

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ADMIN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
Global Sustainable Dev Agenda

• Continues..
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
  Change
• World Trade Organisation negotiations on Trade
  and Environment
• Cartagena Protocol on Bio safety
• United Nations Convention on combating
  desertification
• The department achieved and exceeded the targeted
  50 of South Africa positions at international
  negotiations.
• South Africas reputation as a leading player in
  climate change was reinforced when we hosted the
  informal Ministerial Indaba in the Kruger
  National Park in June 2006 as a follow-up to the
  Greenland dialogue launched in 2005.
• Completed a Country report on the International
  Convention on Trade in Endangered Species
  (CITIES), which informed South Africas
  international CITIES negotiations.

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ADMIN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
Global Sustainable Dev Agenda

• Resources mobilisation
• Finalising the new European Union Multi-Annual
  Indicative Programme, with an allocation of 980
  million Euros funding for South Africa from
  2007-2013. This finding includes the environment
  portfolio.
• Environmental cooperation with Norway. This R80
  million agreement covers fisheries, biodiversity,
  pollution, waste and environmental management,
  with R40 million funding each for environment and
  fisheries until 2010.
• Environmental cooperation with Denmark. This
  urban environmental management programme will
  provide approximately R250 million of Danish
  funding over the next five years.

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ADMINISTRATION
Cooperate and Corporate Governance

• Planning and Reporting
• Adhered to planning and reporting requirements
  (as per legislative prescripts)
• Published state of the Environment report June
  2007
• Improving Cooperative Governance
• The Intergovernmental Fiscal Review (IGFR)
  chapter on Environment was approved by MINMEC,
  awaiting approval by the Minister of Finance.
• Provincial budget Structure was approved by
  MIMNEC, further consultations with working groups
  are underway and will be submitted to the
  Treasury Minister

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ADMINISTRATION
Cooperative Corporate Governance

• Transformation and improved performance
  management
• 49 expenditure on BEE, which was on target. This
  was lower than 2005/7, which was 57, due to high
  demand in professional services and limited
  capacity availability in designated business
  communities.
• The departments audit report from the Auditor
  General was unqualified
• In the process of developing a balanced scorecard
  based performance management system

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ADMINISTRATION
Service Delivery Improvement

• Improved Service Delivery
• Initiated a dedicated forum with NGOs that meets
  twice a year
• The departments website, hosted with 98 uptime
  and a 19 increase in traffic during the year,
• Departmental website visitor feedback mechanism
  was created.
• The development of the customer satisfaction
  index is still underway.
• Established dedicated mechanisms to facilitate
  relations with the various stakeholders.
• The department completed its Master Systems Plan
  (MSP), which is aimed at improvement and
  automation of the organisations internal and
  external business process.

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ADMINISTRATION
DEAT Skills Development

• Internships
• 94 interns are currently in the programme.
• Developed a graduate science programme to ensure
  skills development within Marine and Costal
  Management
• Part-Time Bursaries
• 72 Part-Time Bursars active since 2006
• Full-Time Bursaries
• 41 Full-Time Bursars active since 2006
• 28 Bursaries awarded in 2007 (additional)
• 17 bursars have been placed against the
  establishment in 2007, 3 others in other
  government departments and 1 in Private Sector.
• One hundred and eight (108) interns were
  accommodated in the department and by December
  2006, already 29 had been absorbed into
  employment in the public service. The department
  also established links with employers in private
  sector for placement of graduates from the
  internship program, over 20 people have been
  placed on permanent employment through these
  efforts.
• Over and above all these, has two interns under
  the Director-Generals direct mentorship - This
  programme takes the interns through almost all
  facets of a Director-Generals work and is the
  first of its kind in the country.
• A programme for scientists in fisheries has been
  developed.

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ADMINISTRATION
HR Representativity, efficiency Legal capacity

• Develop and retain a representative and
  performing team
• Achieved 46 Women, which was on target
• Achieved 79 Black (The target was 72)
• Achieved 0.61 People with disabilities (this
  was below target of 2) this was lower than the
  previous years achievement of 0.9 due to the
  increase in the structural composition of the
  departmental staff complement.
• Vacancy rate was reduced from 30.9 to 25
• Further reduction in turnover rate from 18 to
  15.1
• The challenge remains that the department has to
  compete with the private sector and is often
  viewed by the private sector as the main breeding
  ground for the environmental professionals.
• Legal Services
• A special unit was established in 2006 to deal
  with law reform issues and litigation. This has
  served to boost capacity significantly, from the
  previous total of five staff to 12 staff in
  Pretoria and 6 at MCM in Cape Town.
• Developed a Protocol on dealing with appeals,
  with the aim of speeding up the legal processes
  involved.
• Challenge
• SMS turnover rate

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ADMINISTRATION

• Development Communications
• During 2006, a standout achievement was the
  launch of Indalo Yethu,
• Developed a draft Stakeholder Relations and
  Community Outreach strategy to enhance
  communications with the public and stakeholders
• Information Technology
• The highlight achievement of 2006/7 was the
  development of the Marine Administration System
  (MAST) for the Marine and Coastal Management
  (MCM) branch in Cape Town.
• Managing our scarce financial resources
• The audit report for the previous financial year
  contained 6 Matters of Emphasis. All of these
  were addressed during the year in compliance with
  the Public Financial Management Act (PFMA).
  Expenditure was over 99

Comms, IT and Finance
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ADMINISTRATION
Employee Wellness programme

• Health, Wellness and social responsible
• Employees
• Continuous management of the HIV and AIDS
  programme.
• Provision of reasonable accommodation for people
  with physical disabilities.
• The Department donated food to a hospice in
  Atteridgeville and repainted the Philadelphia
  School for the Blind in Soshanguve. These
  projects do not use taxpayer funds, but rely
  instead on the generosity of donations from DEAT
  staff

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Social Responsibility Programme Projects
EPWP (jobs, skills and the Env

• Through the EPWP of the department that focuses
  on Tourism, Environment and Culture initiatives,
  the following were achieved
• Creation of 459 permanent jobs
• Creation of 13 887 job opportunities
• The skills support initiatives resulted in 88266
  training days.
• In terms of environmental projects, 15 wetlands
  and 2062 hectares of land were rehabilitated, and
  850km of coast and rivers were cleaned.
• The department provided support to a total of 55
  projects on Tourism Product development. In
  addition, 12 waste recycling and minimisation
  projects were funded.
• A total of 1198 learners were registered on
  skills development programmes and 189 others were
  registered for learnerships
• 56.75 of the budget was used in Project
  Consolidate municipalities and 23.75 was used in
  the nodes.

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ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS2006/2007
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AUDITOR-GENERAL REPORT

• Unqualified audit report
• No Matter of emphasis
• Other matters
• Non-compliance with applicable legislation (Risk
  assessment to be conducted regularly)
• Value for money matters Human resource
  management (25 vacancy rate)

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AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT

• The Audit Committee concur and accepts the
  conclusions of the Auditor-General on the Annual
  Financial Statements.
• The Audit Committee is of the opinion that the
  audited Annual Financial Statements fairly
  present the position and performance of the
  Department, based on the audit done and the
  report of the Auditor-General.

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Budget and expenditure for 2006/07
Programme Budget Expenditure Variance Expenditure
        as of final
        Appropriation
  R'000 R'000 R'000
Administration 212,385 212,306 79 99.96
Environmental Quality and Protection 201,150 199,232 1,918 99.05
Marine and Coastal Management 324,191 324,048 143 99.96
Tourism 547,248 547,248 0 100
Biodiversity and Conservation 329,279 329,279 0 100
Social Responsibility and Projects 447,551 447,551 0 100
Total 2,061,804 2,059,664 2,140 99.90
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