EXPANDED PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME
Creating opportunities towards human fullfilment
EPWP and the DORA
Finance Select Committee
8 March 2005
=> Provincial Infrastructure Budget => Infrastructure Budget from equitable share
=> Provincial Infrastructure Grant earmarked for the EPWP
through the Division of Revenue Act and Audited by the
Auditor General
Infrastructure Sector: Municipalities
National Treasury => Dpt of Provincial and Local Govt => Municipality => Municipal Infrastructure Budget
Department of Provincial and Local Government => Department of Public Works (reporting)
Department of Public Works => Municipality (support to municipality)
Municipality => Department of Provincial and Local Government (reporting)
Municipality <= Rates, Levies and Taxes
=> Other municipal expenditure
=> Municipal Infrastructure Budget => Infrastructure Budget from Rates, levies and Taxes
=> Municipal Infrastructure Grant earmarked for the
EPWP through the Division of Revenue Act and
Audited by the Auditor General
Significance of EPWP Guidelines
- Use of EPWP Guidelines is a requirement in the Division of Revenue Act when MIG or PIG funds are used
- Provide guidance and contract conditions for municipalities to tender EPWP projects
- Endorsed by SALGA, NT and DBSA
- Makes the use of labour intensive methods a contractual obligation of contractors
- Auditor General audits provinces and municipalities to assess compliance
- If municipalities and provinces do not use the Guidelines, EPWP targets 5 will not be reached
Labour Intensive Contractor Learnership Programme
- 1 contractor + 2 supervisors
- Initial plan was for 500 learnerships
- Due to interest from public bodies was increased to 750
- Application to from CETA to increase the DOL-NSF number further to 1500
- Current commitment stands at 950 learnerships and increasing, approx 30 provincial departments and
municipalities participating
Contractor Development Programme: Roles and Responsibilities
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- The learnership takes approximately 2 years, each learner contractor employs approx 10 workers
- Learners graduate with NQF qualifications, able to tender for LI projects issued in terms of EPWP tender and design guidelines
- First group of learners in Ethekwini has completed their first project
– Ethekwini, Coega, Klipfontein, Nkangala and Mpumalanga learners are on site
Significance of Labour Intensive Contractor Learnership Programme
- Aims to develop 500 sustainable contractors and 1000 highly skilled site supervisors, specialised in
labour intensive construction
- As part of their learnerships they will implement 1500 EPWP Projects to the value of RI .5 billion
- During the implementation of these projects they will employ approximately 100 000 people
- These 1500 individuals will continue to execute a large share of EPWP projects after they complete
their learnerships, by winning tenders
Infrastructure related Training
- Officials:
= LGW SETA is funding training of local government officials, DPW also carried out training of officials
- Consulting Engineers:
= Have responded well, with professional bodies supporting the initiative. More than 500 engineers have been trained to date
- Contractors:
= Major contractors have not responded well and are being engaged through professional bodies
= Emerging contractors are eager but lack funds. Department of Labour-NSF-CETA being approached to assist
Training for beneficiaries
- Training programmes n place and training providers appointed
- First training programmes have been implemented on some EPWP projects, challenge is to have them implemented on all projects
Infrastructure: Five Year Targets
- Provinces
= Total Provincial Infrastructure Grant: Approx: R 20 billion
= Targeted expenditure on EPWP projects: Approx R 6.7 billion
= Targeted EPWP Job Creation: Approx 335 000
- Municipalities
= Municipal Infrastructure Grant: Approx R 25 billion
= Targeted expenditure on EPWP projects: Approx R 8.3 billion
= Targeted EPWP Job Creation: Approx 415 000
- Totals:
= EPWP Expenditure: R 15 billion
= Job Creation: 750 000