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Presentation to Portfolio Committee on

Rural Development and Land Reform

Committee Room M514

08 October, 2013

The Presidency Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation

Overview of Progress :

Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR)

With respect to

Commitments to Outcomes

The Presidency: Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation

Introduction

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Aim is to improve service delivery by:

1. Introducing whole-of-government planning linked to key outcomes, clearly linking inputs and activities to outputs and the outcomes

2. Implementing the constitutional imperative for cooperative governance by negotiating inter-departmental and inter-governmental delivery agreements for the outcomes

3. Increasing strategic focus of government

4. Making more efficient and effective use of limited resources through introducing more systematic monitoring and evaluation

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The outcomes are the government’s main initiative to achieve effective spending on the right priorities.


Delivery Agreements

A Delivery Agreement is a charter between all the key stakeholders who need to work together to achieve the outcome.

Performance Agreements were signed between President and outcome coordinating Ministers for each outcome

Delivery Agreements are signed by the coordinating Ministers and other sector stakeholders toward the achievement of the outcome

They describe key activities, sub-outputs, outputs, indicators, and targets , identify required inputs and clarify roles and responsibilities of each key body toward the achievement of the outcome

Performance Agreements between President and other Ministers required them to work with the coordinating Ministers on relevant deliverables

National Treasury guidelines for strategic plans indicate that departments’ strategic plans and APPs must reflect their commitments to delivery agreements

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DRDLR’s role in the work on outcomes

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The outcomes to which DRDLR contributes out of the 12 Outcomes

Outcome 7: RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Vision: Creating vibrant, equitable, sustainable rural communities contributing towards food security for all

DRDLR is the lead champion and/or coordinator driving performance on the outcome

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5 outputs linked to Outcome 7

Outcome 7: Vibrant, equitable and sustainable rural communities and food security for all

Output 1: Sustainable agrarian reform with a thriving farming sector

Output 2: Improved access to affordable and diverse food

Output 3: Improving rural services to support livelihoods

Output 4: Improved employment and skills development

opportunities

Output 5: Enabling institutional environment for sustainable and

inclusive growth

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Key supporting department in relation to outcome 7: Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Outcome 7: Vibrant, equitable and sustainable rural communities and food security for all

Output 1: Sustainable agrarian reform, with a thriving farming sector

Output2: Improved access to diverse and affordable food

Output 4: Improved employment and skills development opportunities

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DPME ASSESSMENT OF PERFORMANCE

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Likely to meet 2014 target based on current performance

Some progress, but not on target for 2014

Based on current performance, target will be impossible to achieve

by 2014


Focus of the presentation

Presentation focuses on a limited number of key targets per output in

the outcome 7 Delivery Agreement

‒ How we are doing

‒ Whether or not the targets we set in 2009 and 2010 will be achieved

‒ Explanation of progress or lack thereof

Presentation is based on administrative data from departments and

from national statistics (this is how it should be to avoid duplication of

monitoring and reporting)

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Sustainable agrarian transformation

Indicator 2009

level

2014 target Latest

measurement

Note

(DPME)

Sustainable

agrarian

transformation

with a thriving

farming sector

6.7 m ha

(DRDLR

2009)

24.5 m ha [30% of total

of 82m ha of productive

land] transferred to

marginalised from 1994

9 358 667 ha

transferred

(PoA Sept,

2013) (11.4% of

total productive

land)

Unlikely

to be

achieved

Delivery Agreement:

acquire and allocate

1.14 m ha of

strategically located

land between 2009-

2014

1,4 m ha

(PoA Sept 2013)

Achieved

Approx.

200 000

small-

holders

50 000 new

smallholders

39 840 new

small holders

(PoA June

2013)

Unlikely

to be

achieved

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Sustainable agrarian transformation cont...

Analysis

There is insufficient involvement in agricultural activities in the country

Only 18.4% of households are involved in subsistence agriculture

(StatsSA GHS, 2012)

Most h/holds source food from supermarkets, rather than producing it,

even in rural areas (NIDS, 2011)

Between 10% and 15% of households were still vulnerable to hunger

in 2011(Stats SA GHS 2012)

The strategic objectives of land reform are (DRDLR Budget Vote 33, May

2013):

All land reform farms should be 100% productive by the year 2015/16

To rekindle the class of black commercial farmers which was

destroyed by the Natives Land Act of 1913

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Sustainable agrarian transformation cont…

Progress with restitution and redistribution

a) Restitution:

Since the inception of the programme in 1995, 79 696 claims were

lodged, 77 334 have been settled of which 59 758 have been finalised

Though the pace of settling these claims has improved since 2009,

claims settled are not necessarily finalised for hand over

The remaining claims for settlement are largely on high value

commercial farmlands, and most difficult to resolve

b) Redistribution

The land acquisition and redistribution programme had exceeded its

targets with 4 860 farms transferred to black people and communities

between 1994 and end March this year – which is more than 4 million

hectares, benefitting a quarter of a million people (DRDLR Budget

Speech, May 2013)

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Sustainable agrarian transformation cont..

There have been challenges with utilisation of transferred land

Despite increasing effort at restoration of settled land for multiple

uses, newly acquired land is still often under-utilised, post settlement

Insufficient involvement of the commercial sector in developing

smallholders

Inadequate/ineffective agricultural support (extension workers)

Questions regarding effectiveness of financial support to small

farmers

Smallholders are crowded out from markets by commercial

producers and others in the value chain

Lengthy process of land transfer leads to lack of investment by

former owner, resulting in deterioration of infrastructure by the time

of transfer

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What is being done to address the challenges

Recapitalisation of deteriorated farms:

1 269 farms have been recapitalised between the 3rd quarter of 2009 and March

2013 (DRDLR Budget Speech, May 2013)

However, recapitalisation needs to be coupled with improvements in other forms

of support (such as access to finance and markets and agricultural support)

Enabling legislation to establish new institutions and mechanisms in support of

rural development and land reform

• Legislation before Parliament:

Green Paper on Land Reform, Spatial Planning and Land Use Management

Bill; Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Bill, Property Valuation Bill (which

establishes the Office of the Valuer-General), Geomatics Profession Bill,

Deeds Registration Amendment Bill, Sectional Titles Amendment Bill

Other legislation being drafted

Land Management Commission Bill, Communal Property Associations Bill, and

Extension of Security of Tenure Amendment Bill

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What else needs to be done to address the challenges

Find ways to accelerate the Restitution Programme and overcome

legal obstacles to finalising remaining complex cases

Accelerate process of making unutilised agricultural state-owned land

available for redistribution

Provide more comprehensive support to land reform beneficiaries

o Better integration between land reform and agriculture

development programmes

o Strengthened financial support mechanisms

Review and revitalise partnership with commercial agricultural sector

to provide mentorship for land reform beneficiaries

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Food gardens

Indicator 2009

level

2014

target

Latest

available

measurement

Note

Establish community,

institutional and school food

gardens to enable at least 30%

of poor households to produce

some of their own food

No

baseline

68 000 952 773 food

gardens (POA

Report Sept

2013)

Achieved

Analysis

• Current measurement of 952 773 suggest some improvement in data collection

(especially in KZN) - need to verify this data

• While the target of 68 000 has been achieved, it is very low compared to the

number of poor h/holds who need to benefit

• A more realistic target should be guided by NDP vision to graduate 400 000

people out of poverty by 2014 – this is being addressed in the draft 2014-2019

MTSF

• A broader policy on food security is required

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Indicator 2009 level Target for 2014 Latest available

measurement

Note

Use of

innovative

service

delivery

models

No

baseline

Innovative

paraprofessional

and community-

based service

delivery models

enable agriculture,

health, adult literacy

& ECD services to

be available in 80%

of rural

municipalities

Innovative service

delivery models are used

in most municipalities

Likely to

be

achieved

Use of innovative service delivery models

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Use of innovative service delivery models

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Analysis

Examples of innovative approaches under the Comprehensive Rural Development Programme (CRDP):

Innovative systems to address the challenge of water in rural areas, including a water purification plant at Empindweni Village in Mhlontlo Local Municipality in the OR Tambo District, which uses ‘Unfiltration’ technology to purify 50 000L of river water per day

Acquiring 6 000 hectares of land in Cradock, for sugar beet production as part of the bio fuels plant National Demonstration Plant soon to be built in the town

Partnering with DST, ICT facilities are being rolled-out to schools. Examples include the Cofimvaba e-Textbook programme which involves the rollout of the required IT backbone infrastructure to a 26 school education circuit, and the provision of a tablet device to every participating learner and educator

In KwaZulu-Natal, conservation agriculture technology has been introduced in Msinga Top with the support of the Agricultural Research Council

In the Free State, the first semi-green village has been constructed, using modern technologies in the form of solar lighting and solar geysers (DRDLR Budget Vote 33, May 2013).

Challenges with the CRDP

CRDP has targeted 160 wards in its initial phase, but rural wards exceed

2000 in number

Project focus of CRDP (as opposed to coordination and integration focus)

results in risk of duplication of services between DRDLR and other

government departments and municipalities, is costly to replicate in all rural

wards, and problems arise with regard to operation and maintenance

DRDLR supported by DPME is developing a national policy on rural

development that should provide guidance for focusing more on coordination

and integration for rural development, which will focus on the 23 most

distressed rural District Municipalities

DRDLR & DPME are currently evaluating the CRDP with a view to identifying

possible improvements to the programme, including using the findings to

inform the national policy on rural development

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Use of innovative service delivery models cont..

Reduce rural unemployment

Indicator 2009 level 2014 target Latest

available

measurement

Note

Reduce rural

unemployment

44% (broad definition)

(StatsSA QLFS 2009)

Delivery Agreement:

73.4% (Department of

Social Development’s

survey on ISRDP,

2008) - to be revised

Delivery

Agreement

target of 60%

to be revised.

See analysis

below

50.5% (broad

definition)

(StatsSA

QLFS, 2nd

Quarter 2013)

Unlikely

to be

achieved

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Analysis

• Different data sources have been used for the baseline, the target and the

performance measurement on rural unemployment, and are not comparable

• Delivery Agreement baseline and target were informed by a Department of Social

Development study in 22 nodes of the Urban Renewal Programme (URP) and

Integrated Sustainable Rural Development Programme (ISRDP), which has not

been repeated since

Reduce rural unemployment continued..

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• Latest measurement in the table is from the Quarterly Labour Force Survey

conducted by StatsSA, using a category called ‘tribal areas’ (similar to former

homeland areas) (2009 data on this category is also available)

• Broad unemployment in ‘tribal areas’ has risen, from 44% in 2009 (StatsSA

QLFS 2009) to 50.5% in the second quarter of 2013 (StatsSA QLFS, 2013),

partly due to:

• Slow rate of overall national economic growth

• Inadequate progress with smallholder farmer development

• Lack of growth in employment in commercial agricultural sector

• National Rural Youth Service Corps (NARYSEC) and other public employment

programmes have contributed to skills development but have only made a

marginal contribution to reducing youth unemployment in rural areas

• There are currently some 14 500 participants in the NARYSEC programme at

various stages of their training as development agents (DRDLR presentation to

Governance Cluster/ CSIR Policy Workshop , September, 2013)

Indicator 2009 level 2014 target Latest available

measurement

Note

Rural

institutions

All district and

local

municipalities

have IDP forums

and other IGR

structures

80% of rural local

governments

have established

coordination

structures

100% (DRDLR, 2012) Achieved

No baseline Profile 50 000

households and

400 communities

p.a.

379 082 households

and 203 rural wards

profiled (DRDLR, Sept

2013)

Achieved

Rural institutions

Analysis

• Although coordination structures are in place, the functionality and

effectiveness of the structures vary from municipality to municipality

• In some instances, there are too many intergovernmental coordinating

structures in one area

• Profiling of households and communities under CRDP is a good resource

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Thank you

Go to http://www.thepresidency.gov.za/dpme.asp for PME documents including narrative guide to outcomes approach, outcomes documents

and delivery agreement guide

http://www.thepresidency.gov.za/dpme.asp

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