DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
DEPARTEMENT VAN OMGEWINGSAKE
Ref: 02/1/5/2
MINISTER
QUESTION NO. 2153 FOR WRITTEN REPLY: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
A reply to Mr. G R Krumbock (DA) to the above-mentioned question is
enclosed for your consideration.
Ms Nosipho Ngcaba
DIRECTOR-GENERAL
DATE:
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MINISTER
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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
(For written reply)
QUESTION NO. 2153
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 27 of 2009
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 06 November 2009
Mr. G R Krumbock (DA) to ask the Minister of Water and Environmental
Affairs:
(1) What progress has been made in the Greening SA project in the 2010
FIFA World Cup Soccer tournament host cities;
(2) Whether any important project milestone deadlines have been set in
each host city to ensure proper implementation and monitoring of the
project;
(3) Whether any of the deadlines have been missed in any of the cities;
if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the
relevant details?
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Mr. G R Krumbock (DA)
SECRETARY TO PARLIAMENT
HANSARD
PAPERS OFFICE
PRESS
2153. THE MINISTER OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS ANSWERS:
(1) It must be noted that the Greening programme for the 2010 FIFA World
is being coordinated by the LOC for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The
department on the other hand has provided support on guiding the process
through the development of the following documents:
⢠The National 2010 Greening Framework,
⢠The Guideline for greening of sporting events,
⢠The feasibility study and establishment of the carbon footprint for
the event,
⢠A volunteers training manual,
⢠Prefeasibility study in all host cities on potential implementation of
non-motorized transport (specifically, bicycles and pedestrian lanes).
All nine host cities have their greening business plans in place and have
been implementing aspects of their business plans. The department has
assisted 3 of the nine host cities in developing their business plans.
These include Mbombela, Rustenburg and Polokwane municipalities. Further
to this the department in partnership with InWent â Germany, hosted two
workshops on environmental management and waste management and a third
training workshop was hosted in partnership with DEFRA â UK on the
guideline for greening of sporting events. Host cities and
representatives from provincial environmental departments were invited to
attend the sessions. The Department has signed a Memorandum of
Understanding with Eskom and through this initiative, green energy will
be supplied between 11 June 2010 and 11 July 2010, from Eskom and the
Southern African Power Pool. In addition several projects with respective
host cities are being implemented through the Expanded Public Works
Programme. Projects include:
⢠Rat eradication project which is currently being implemented in
three host cities (Johannesburg, Cape Town and Nelson Mandela
Bay) to ensure that the cities are in good environmental health
conditions prior, during and post the world cup;
⢠Waste collection project: Waste management in majority of the
municipalities in South Africa is an area that requires much
needed support. From engagements held with the earlier-mentioned
cities it was concluded that the city will have limited capacity
during the hosting of the games during 2010 and will require
additional support for waste collection. Therefore, the
department, through it Expanded Public Works Programmes decided
to assist the earlier-mentioned cities on waste collection. The
appointment of service providers to assist three host cities
(Rustenburg, Polokwane and Mangaung) with waste collections
prior, during and post the world cup is at an advanced stage.
Temporary staff will be trained and employed by the respective
appointed service providers, during this period. The main
objective of the project is to ensure that the cities are clean
during the hosting of the World Cup games.
⢠National Environmental Volunteer project: Process and plan to
appoint 500 volunteers who will advocate on environmental issues
during world cup, has commenced. The Volunteer training manual
has been developed. A project implementer will be appointed
through EPWP. In addition to advocating for sustainable
environmental management practices, the volunteers will
specifically draw attention to both international and domestic
visitors to waste separation at source. This is for the first in
the Country, that nine municipalities, i.e., the nine host
cities, will implement a project of such nature and thus requires
education and awareness-raising to ensure that the effort is not
wasted. Further, the volunteers will also be trained on tourism-
related products which address the tourist attractions in the
nine provinces and as such these volunteers will be in the
position to assist international visitors with such related
matters. Finally, volunteers will also be trained on FIFA 2010
World Cup match related information and therefore will serve as a
point of contact on the ground, having the necessary information
at hand to impart to tourists requiring such related information.
⢠Non Motorized Transport project of which feasibility studies were
conducted for all 9 host cities. The project is an attempt to
reduce carbon emissions. From the study it was found that at
least 3 of the nine host cities have considered the
implementation of bicycle lanes in strategic locations for 2010
FIFA World Cup as well as post the World Cup, whereby further
expansion of the programme will continue. The department will
fund for maintenance of bicycles in three host cities; namely,
City of Cape Town, City of Joburg and Polokwane municipality.
⢠Training of Energy Auditors: The intention of this project is to
address the skills shortage of Energy Auditors in South Africa. The
Department of Public Works has embarked on a process of conducting
energy audits and retrofitting public buildings with energy efficient
lighting due to the increasing energy demand in South Africa. Since
energy efficiency and reduction of carbon emissions fall within the
thematic areas of the Greening programme, the training of energy
auditors as part of the legacy projects, from the department, and for
South Africa was decided upon. This project will be implemented
jointly with Indalo Yethu and other key stakeholders such as the
National Cleaner Productions Centre, Eskom and the Central Energy
Fund. Processes toward the development of the training manual are
current. The manual will be used to train 100 energy auditors for the
pilot project. GTZ, Germany, has shown keen interest to support the
department on the project and as such will provide funds required for
the development of the Energy Auditor training manual.
Carbon Offset Programme:
⢠Steps toward a carbon offset programme commenced in January 2008. The
United Nations Development programme assisted the department by
appointing a service provider to map out the carbon offset programme.
Subsequently, the department secured a sponsorship from the Norwegian
Embassy through its NORAD programme, which funded a service provider
to conduct a feasibility study and determine the carbon footprint as a
result of hosting of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The carbon footprint for
the event has been estimated at 2 753 000 Tons of carbon emissions.
This footprint comprises of energy use in stadia and accommodation
sector, stadia construction, domestic inter and intra city travel as
well and international travel. The Greenhouse Gas Protocol and the
Global Emissions Model of Integrated Systems were used in order to
establish the footprint. These tools take into consideration both the
embodied emissions in construction material and life cycle assessment.
Currently, some progress has been conducted toward processes for
offsetting the footprint. However, even the footprint on its own is
huge in comparison to the 2006 FIFA World Cup footprint. This has been
mainly due to South Africa being a long haul destination as well as
the geographic location between cities which requires substantive
inter city travel in order to attend matches. The offset of the carbon
footprint will be conducted in collaboration with the Local Organizing
Committee.
The department is also focusing on the Greening Legacy Programme for
the Country. The brand has been developed and administrative processes
are underway for the development of the Framework to guide the
process.
(2) Since the responsibility of Green Goal Programme for 2010 is with the
LOC for the FIFA 2010 World Cup, it has instead put in place national
targets which the cities would need to aspire toward achieving. These
targets include:
⢠10 % increase in energy efficiency,
⢠20 % reduction of waste generated at source,
⢠10 % saving on water use and
⢠50% of spectators to use public transport to matches.
The LOC will liaise closely with the host cities on achieving the earlier-
mentioned targets.
In addition the Department in close collaboration with InWent and the LOC
has assisted in development of a monitoring and evaluation tool for 2010
and against the earlier targets mentioned.
(3) A deadline for development of business plans was missed by the Nelson
Mandela Metro. However, this has been since rectified and its greening
business plan is in place.