PROGRESS REPORT ON EPWP: JOHANNESBURG CITY PARKS: JULY 2011

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1 PROGRESS REPORT ON EPWP: JOHANNESBURG CITY PARKS: JULY STRATEGIC THRUST Job creation, training and skills development as well as improved service delivery. 2. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this report is to inform the Executive: Parks & Cemeteries on the status of EPWP within Johannesburg City Parks for the month of July BACKGROUND The Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) is one of the government s short to medium term initiatives that focus on the use of government expenditure to alleviate poverty and reduce unemployment. The EPWP will achieve this aim through the provision of work opportunities coupled with training. Training is a key element of the EPWP not only as an exit strategy but also to increase the future employability of the participants. By deploying a substantial amount of its overall annual budget allocation towards the implementation of its EPWP, Johannesburg City Parks seeks to achieve the following objectives: To create short term jobs for the unemployed within local communities through the implementation of labourintensive projects, maintenance, road island beautification and grass cutting projects; To develop skills within communities through on-the-job and/or accredited training of workers and contractors with the aim to develop sustainable capacity within communities; To capacitate SMME s and emerging contractors within local communities by facilitating the transfer of sustainable technical, managerial and financial skills through an appropriate Learnership Program; To develop specific EPWP procurement documentation, specifications and standards for local government green industry; To execute JCP s EPWP within sound environmental management practices. To align/integrate JCP s EPWP with identified customers/clients needs and results obtained from the annual customer satisfaction survey undertaken within JCP contractor grass cutting supplier data base and internal staff. Page 1 of 6

2 4. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Job creation for the month of July is low for two reasons one being awaiting the finalization of budgets and the other being the winter season where there is no/minimal grass cutting activities being performed. The utilization of SMME s for this month is limited or minimum. The JCP academy has continued into the new financial year 2011/ candidates are part of a two year Learnership programme. This Learnership programme comprises of both theoretical and practical activities. ` For the month of July 246 job opportunities was achieved, exceeding a monthly target of working days was obtained, compared to a target of 4000, which is under our required monthly target. An improvement in the number of man days is expected to increase at the end of the 1 st quarter. EPWP information has only been received from CID/ beautification, facilities Management and A. The EPWP department submitted three incentive grant proposals for the Financial Year 2011/12, amounting to a total of R8.5 million. The City of Joburg in principle has approved these three projects. R7m will be allocated to ECD for river clean-up and Environmental Awareness and R1.5 million will be allocated to skills development for Facilities Management and The Nursery department. 5. STATUS REPORT A summary of the total number of new jobs created, number of working days, number of people trained and number of training days are given in the table below. July 2011 status of JCP EPWP program in terms of IDP Scorecard targets set 5.1 Job Opportunity OBJECTIVE Total number of new jobs created disregard duration F.T.E s Total number of Man days/ working days Training days (Accredited and onsite) Persons trained (Accredited and onsite training) KPI Measure Number job opportunities F.T.E (working days/230) Total number of working days Number of person training days Number of people trained 1 st Quarter Target YTD Actual Monthly Target Monthly Actual Page 2 of 6

3 Summary of EPWP Beneficiary list Department Working Days F.T.E (WD/230DAYS) Job Opportunities Youth Employed Women Employed Training Days Persons Trained Y.T.D July Y.T.D July Y.T.D July Y.T.D Accredited Parks & Cemeteries Unit Non Accredited A B C D E F G Cemetries JCP training academy Sub Total Environment & Infra Structure ECD Facilities CID / PMU Beautification Sub Total Overall total Page 3 of 6

4 SMME s that Submitted EPWP Reports No. Name of Contractor Rand Value No. of Job Opp Working Days 1 Mnonowabo A Amabula Facilities Mng Amabula Beautification Nopa Beautification Gau Flora Beautification Top Turf Beautification Plant Wise Beautification Classic Gardens Beautification Bergland Tuine CID JCP Academy In house Page 4 of 6

5 5.2 Financial Status of SMME s No. Name of Contractor A B C D E F G Cemeteries External Services 1 Lukhanyo R 5,250 2 Mandlazi R 1,821 3 Rietvallei Kikuyu R 21,882 4 Ulwando R 441,380 R 470, Rand Value SMME's Purchase Orders For July 2011 A B C D E F G Cemeterie s External Services Lukhanyo R 5, Mandlazi R 1, Rietvallei Kikuyu R 21,882.0 Ulwando R 441,380. Page 5 of 6

6 5.3 TRAINING AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT JCP training academy appointed 103 learners on a Learnership programme for two years. A total of 2163 training days were recorded. Learners were trained in horticulture. 6. HIGHLIGHTS The approval of three incentive grant proposals for the Financial Year 2011/12, amounting to the value of R8.5 million. The planned training of all al/ departmental EPWP project coordinators scheduled on the 11 August This would assist with the improvement of EPWP reporting with regards to accuracy of reporting, number in job creations and working days. WAY FORWARD Ensure continuous EPWP employment on projects Liaise with all departments and ensure that evidence are submitted Monitor projects and Learnership contractors in terms of EPWP Ensure sustainability for SMME s and sustainable job creation through EPWP. Monitor and develop SMME s to ensure a continuous flow of jobs being created. Page 6 of 6