PROGRAMME 1: ADMINISTRATION

Corporate Services

Building capacity to deliver

• Partnership created with Institutions of Higher Learning

• Granting of Bursaries with academic institutions

• Secondment of Engineers from Cuba• Creation of Forestry Branch• Creation of Gender/Disability Directorate• 8% improvement on appointment of

women in decision making positions• Internal governance structures reviewed

Employment Equity Status

OCCUPATIONAL CATEGORYMale Female

A C I W Total A C I W Total

Senior Management Level 16 to 13 15 1 3 60 79 16 1 0 6 23

Professionals Level 13 to 14 1 0 0 56 57 9 1 0 3 13

Middle Management Level 9 to 12 302 15 9 320 646 194 11 8 84 297

Highly Skilled Production Level 5 to 8 1160 126 6 151 1443 1006 51 27 201 1285

Skilled Level 3 to 5 3727 46 16 138 3927 696 17 15 134 862

Lower Skilled Level 1 to 2 5608 328 12 114 6062 3118 28 3 26 3175

GROSS TOTALS 10813 516 46 839 12214 5019 107 53 452 17845

Reasons why staff left DWAFTermination Type Number

Death, Permanent 307

Resignation, Permanent 437

Expiry of contract, Permanent 86

Discharge due to ill-health, Permanent

59

Dismissal-misconduct, Permanent 15

Retirement, Permanent 441

Other, Permanent 15

Other, temporary 3

TOTAL 1363

Challenges

• Strengthening implementation of turnaround strategy for HR

• Implementation of retention strategy• HRD interventions to address scarce

skills and aging technical workforce• Improve employment status – women

and disabled persons and in technical areas

Legal Services• Progress w.r.t. new legislation and amendments:

– Draft National Water Resources Infrastructure Agency Bill produced.

• Waiting for approval by Minister for circulation for public comment

– National Water Act Amendment Bill further revised, but not yet ready for comments outside DWAF

– Forestry Laws Amendment Act, 2005 published in Government Gazette on 9 March 2006

– National Water Services Bill drafted and circulated for comment to other Government Departments and selected stakeholders

- Work done on - regulations for water use for recreational purposes- requirements for operators of waterworks - regulations pertaining dam safety - forestry

Departmental wide

performance improvement

plan • Financial management declared key

result area – weight of 20 % for top management and – 15% for level 14 and 13

• Quarterly branch performance reports• Expenditure and spending plan to be

included in branch performance assessment report

• Quarterly employment equity reports• Effective implementation of performance

management and development system