Implement a competition amongst schools and /or soccer clubs that would profile Green Goal 2010 and encourage the active participation of students and soccer players in implementing greening activities in and around their schools and soccer clubs.
To compile a "Soccer and Environment" poster and resource pack for teachers to educate and inform students about sustainable development and Green Goal 2010 activities in particular, using football as a metaphor.
An above-and-below-the-line Green Goal 2010 advertising campaign to encourage and motivate residents and visitors to keep Cape Town and the Western Cape clean.
Increase in no.
Promote environmentally responsible purchasing by integrating environmental considerations into purchasing process for 2010: from avoiding unnecessary purchases and identifying greener products to the specification for tenders and life cycle costing. Promote the procurement of local products made from local materials, to avoid carbon emissions from imported goods and materials, stimulate local green industries. Support Fair Trade organisations that benefit local communities and the environment through their products and production processes. Implement CoCT and PGWC policies and principles for green procurement.
June 2009 6.
Work with events organisers and related organisations to promote the greening of the 2010 events and exhibitions through sustainable procurement practices, reduction in energy use, sustainable waste practices, reduction in use of water, promotion and protection of biodiversity and sustainable transport.
Develop and promote a code of responsible conduct for vistors and tourism product owners / operators, building on the Cape Town Declaration. Roll out the code in 2009, 2010 and beyond, in Cape Town and Western Cape official visitors guides. Participate in the development and implementation of a Green Passport if implemented.
Measurable Targets ahead of 2010. Creation of an accredited certificate for participants who successfully complete the training programme.
Tourism service excellence programme.
No. of participants in 'Level 1' training programme by June 2010.
The development of an environmental accreditation rating system for tourism accommodation providers in SA, specifically for hotels, guest houses, B&B's and others in order to ensure environmental compliance by accommodation suppliers for the 2010 FIFA World CupTM. To be piloted in Cape Town and Western Cape and aligned with national minimum standards when these become available.
No. of accommodation establishments registered with CTT and CTRU complying with Minimum Environmental Requirements.
No. of accommodation establishments larger than 10 rooms to have been graded to at least 'Level 1' by June 2010.
A series of five workshops and two discussion sessions to elicit ideas and to inform the compilation of the Green Goal 2010 Action Plan that will secure delivery for Cape Town and the Western Cape's 2010 Green Goal initiative.
Once a national Green Goal brand is launched by DEAT/ LOC, create marketing and promotional materials for host city Cape Town to support the national Green Goal 2010 brand. Procure host city Green Goal collateral for marketing and communications purposes.
Create a three year detailed marketing plan for Green Goal 2010. Establish positioning statement. Review target markets and mechanisms to reach them. Identify messages to be communicated and projects to be promoted. Assess timeframes for communication, in line with corporate communications messaging. Identify opportunities for competitive positioning of Green Goal brand. Implement the plan within the framework of the Host City Cape Town Communication Strategy.
Recruit a group of distinguished Green Goal ambassadors to create awareness of Green Goal projects before and during the World Cup. These could be South Africans, Africans and overseas residents, in various fields e.g. environmental, sports, soccer, human rights, politics, etc. (Note: This project may be implemented by LOC / DEAT, in which case Cape Town and Western Cape will identify local ambassadors to participate in the national programme).
Select judges and define brief February 2009 5.
Define high-level standards for monitoring, measuring and reporting (MM&R) across all Green Goal 2010 projects in order to allow consolidated reporting and cross-project comparisons and to minimize redundancy or conflict that would result from multiple, diverse MM&R, and to ensure accurate feedback to the public on minimising the 2010 carbon footprint.
Defining clear targets for minimising Cape Town's carbon footprint is important in order to communicate clearly to the public and achieve maximum buy-in from broad stakeholder groups.
PVA's and trainingwaste budget and during the event.
Lack of funding would cause delays and gaps in the implementation of the Action Plan, thereby compromising delivery of the Business Plan.
Synergy with DEAT and LOC at a national level to ensure optimal Green Goal activation (e.g., brand, carbon offset, negotiations with FIFA, etc.). While this will likely strengthen the Green Goal programme and ensure essential coordination of greening programmes from all host cities, it will put certain deliverable milestones outside the control of Green Goal Host City Cape Town. This could cause delays.
Lack of Green Goal coordination amongst the host cities can allow inefficiencies to persist at the local level and also increase the burden on the LOC to manage an uncoordinated set of Green Goal implementation plans. This, in turn, would delay decision-making processes and make communication about Green Goal more complex and unclear.
Implementation of projects will happen through various channels. In some cases projects link with existing initiatives either being undertaken by the City of Cape Town, Provincial Government Western Cape, or National Government, thereby achieving the necessary greening objectives. In other cases donors have expressed interest in supporting projects. However, the majority of projects will be resourced from an allocation from National Government towards the implementation of the Green Goal programme by Host City Cape Town.
Evaluate tenders based on demonstrated capacity to deliver according to time constraints and quality standards. Cost cannot be the sole or even primary determining factor for most of the tenders where scarce skills are involved. Also, insist on rigorous project management standards, reporting and oversight of consultants and implementers of projects. Additional resources will need to be committed to monitoring overall delivery and quality so potential shortcomings or problems can be identified and rectified as quickly as possible.
Work through LOC to promote the establishment of a Green Goal 2010 coordinating mechanism and lines of communication among Host Cities and between the Host Cities and LOC.
ECO Centre However, in spite of this spend, there are just under R100 million worth of additional projects in the Green Goal 2010 Action Plan that are important but are unfunded or underfunded at present. These represent remarkable opportunities for donors and other funding institutions to play a partnership role.
One of the most important legacy projects for long-term operational efficiency and energy use reduction over the lifespan of the stadia. This capital expenditure will contribute to the greening of every event to be held using these facilities, and in the green ratings of the facilities themselves. Will make the facilities more competitive in seeking to host events, the success of which will have ripple effects in economic development and job creation.
OpportunityInvestment Needed eco-taxis, the vanguard of a new generation of transportation alternatives being introduced with 2010 as the catalyst.
Branded sponsorshipR 300 000 opportunity to help learners become educated on environmental issues through the excitement generated by the sport of soccer generally and the 2010 FIFA World Cupâ in particular. To be distributed to schools in the Western Cape.
A branded promotion opportunity to reach every visitor arriving in the region during the 2010 FIFA World Cupâ with a powerful, positive educational message about the environment and expression of the environmental values of the region.
An opportunity to assist Green Goal 2010 project leaders / teams to publish interim and legacy reports, including a first year report for Green Goal 2010 and a pre-event consolidated Status Report, as well as the post-event Green Goal 2010 Legacy Report.
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>The Minister of Communications, General (Ret) Siphiwe Nyanda will lead the celebrations for World Post Day, in Galeshewe Stadium, Kimberley in the Northern Cape. The Minister will be joined by the Chairperson of the Board of the South African Post Office, Miss Vuyo Mahlati and the Chief Executive Officer of the State-Owned-Enterprise, Miss Motshoanetsi Lefoka.
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The Minister of Communications Department, General (Ret) Siphiwe Nyanda, hereby invites media to a briefing session. The aim of the session is to give feedback on the Board meetings between the Department of Communications, Sentech and the SABC.
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Communications Minister General Siphiwe Nyanda is leading a delegation of the Department of Communications to the International Trade Union s 18th Plenipotentiary Conference in Guadalajara, Mexico from 4 to 12 October 2010.
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It will utilise the infrastructure and facilities of the South African Post Office. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) will be developed between the department of communications and the South African Post Office soon after the bill is promulgated.
The Minister of Communications, General (Ret) Siphiwe Nyanda will host the launch of the hospital websites on 30 September 2010 in Bloemfontein, Free State province. The launch of the website will be succeeded by the launch of a documentary as well as memorial lecture on the South African Communist Party stalwart Thabo Mofutsanyane from the Free State.
The community of Agter Witzenberg Valley in the Cape Winelands District Municipality had for sometime been experiencing challenges in accessing TV signal transmission for the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) channels 1 and 3 and the free-to-air channel, E-TV.
The switch-on will ensure that the communities in and around the Cape Winelands district municipality have access to television signal transmission and will receive an additional TV channels (1, 3 and E-TV).
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The investigation was in relation to a contract awarded to Abalozi, a company which General Nyanda's children's trust, the Mphephethwa Trust, owns a 45 percent shareholding.
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President Jacob Zuma received, on 2 and 10 August 2010 respectively, two reports from the Public Protector on investigations into alleged breach of the Executive Members Ethics Act, 1998 and the Executive Ethics Code by the Minister of Communications, General Siphiwe Nyanda.
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2011/07/15 class="MsoNormal">As part of her contribution to the Nelson Mandela Day programme, Eastern Cape Transport MEC Thandiswa Marawu, will be leading Operation Asihleki roadblocks with traffic officers during the re-launch of scholar transport throughout the province on Monday, 18 July 2011.
Ninety-one mines/shafts (73%) had sufficient infrastructures for maintenance, control, record keeping and user training programme in place to satisfy DME Directives B6 and B9.
Ten (8%) mines/shafts had insufficient infrastructures for maintenance, control, record keeping and user training programme in place to satisfy DME Directives B6 and B9. In addition, multishifting of units was prevalent in some instances (four mines).
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Appendix 1: Performance graphs for SCSRs since 1996 . . . 14 Appendix 2: Performance trends for SCSRs since 1996 . ..
Table 2: Distribution of SCSRs tested by commodity . . ..
Table 3: Rating of mines in terms of compliance with Directive B6 ..
The primary purpose of the report is to provide feedback to all interested and affected parties with regard to the functional status of SCSRs currently deployed and, hence, they're anticipated life-saving potential.
Sampling of SCSRs for evaluation was done on the basis of the Department of Minerals and Energy's (DME) Directive B6 dated 20 April 1994. In terms of this directive a sample of at least 1% of the total units deployed at a mine are withdrawn annually for evaluation.
Functional performance and structural testing of SCSRs is conducted at present according to the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) Private Specification 839 (CKM).
A total of 776 units were tested during the reporting period, with samples representative of the four approved SCSRs (i.e. Draeger Oxyboks K (Mk2), MSA SSR 30/100, AfroxPac 30 and Ocenco M20) being submitted. There was an improvement in the number of participating mines.
During the review period four more mines participated than in the previous year with 107 less SCSRs being tested. This is as a result of more SCSRs being purchased during 2000 and 2001 by some mines, specifically in the platinum mining sector to replace the Siza Moya unit, which is no longer approved for underground deployment, and to replace older MSA SSR 30/100 (Mk1) and Ocenco M20 units. A synopsis of the units submitted for assessment is given in Tables 1 and 2.
MSA SSR 30/100 (Mk1) 10 1.
(* Approximate total number of SCSRs deployed underground for more than one year.
On the basis of functional performance characteristics there is, in general, a further improvement observed in the overall condition of the SCSRs. This appears to be as a result of better record keeping and, in turn, maintenance. Exceptions were the original MSA SSR 30/100 (Mk1) and the Ocenco M20 units. The MSA (Mk1) unit has now been deployed in the industry for a period in excess of fourteen years and generally exhibits a marked degree of functional deterioration, as well as an increase in material fatigue in those units which have not been refurbished in terms of the manufacturer's lifetime extension programme. The Ocenco M20 units, which were not subjected to the inspection/maintenance service carried out by the supplier during 1998/99, also exhibit a substantial increase of failures.
The number of SCSRs which exhibit casing leakages has remained static when compared with the results of the previous years, It should be noted that the Ocenco unit does not require leak testing. The comments listed below are intended to briefly summarise the current status.
The MSA SSR 30/100 SCSR, referred to as Mk1 units in this report, displays in units older than seven years premature breathing resistance spikes due to excessive powderisation of the chemical inside the canister. Material failure in these older units is also increasingly being observed as a result of normal aging. The majority of the units have, however, been refurbished during 1999/2000, and the refurbishment or replacement of the remaining units will hopefully be completed in the second half of 2002. Units referred to in Appendix 1 as Mk 2 units, and which have been deployed for three to seven years, exhibit a premature and functional critical increase in breathing resistance. The main cause was identified to be the use of casing seals consisting of a material with inappropriate permeability characteristics. This leads to gas/moisture ingress into the chemical over time and, subsequently, to an accelerated deterioration in functional performance. Evidence suggests that the manufacturer changed the material of their casing seal in the mid 1990s since units deployed prior to 1995 did not exhibit this problem. The supplier implemented a service programme in 2001 to change the casing seals of all the affected units (approximately 20 000 units). However, there are still units found during the monitoring programme where the casing seals have not been replaced. The number of MSA (Mk2) units which exhibit casing leakage has marginally decreased when compared to the previous year.
The Draeger Oxyboks K (Mk2) displays in units older than six years premature, but not critical increases, in breathing resistance after 25 minutes during breathing simulator tests. This can be attributed mainly to the more effective filter system incorporated in this unit to contain potassium superoxide powder. Although fairly innocuous at present, ongoing monitoring is essential. The number of Draeger units which exhibit casing leakage has decreased when compared to the previous year.
The majority of the AfroxPac 30 units tested performed satisfactorily. In units deployed for more than six years, a degree of material fatigue has been observed. The hard material used in the breathing tubes of these older units leads to deformation and, possibly, to flow restrictions in the longer term. Chemical powderisation into the breathing bag has also been observed in an increasing number of units deployed for more than three years. This does affect in the older units the functional performance of the units. In units deployed for more than four years a premature increase in carbon dioxide levels, as well as premature increases in breathing resistance, lead to reduced functional duration. The number of units with casing leakage increased marginally when compared to the previous year. During batch testing of new units inconsistencies regarding quality control of the chemical were observed in two different batches. After bringing this to the manufacturer's attention, the problem was resolved before the units were sent to the respective mines. The observed failures in AfroxPac 30 SCSRs during 2001 were in some cases as a result of broken breathing bags of units which were for one reason or another not included in the breathing bag replacement programme which was carried out by the supplier in 1997. In other instances, units which exhibited casing leakage which were not identified at the mines for a prolonged period of time resulted in complete functional failures.
Participating mines were graded according to the categorisation system described at the outset. The results are summarised below (Table 3).
In the final analysis, a database was established in 1996, in order to follow performance trends of the different units deployed in the South African mining industry. These trends are presented in Appendices 1 and 2.
In addition to functional performance, the programme also includes the assessment of structural integrity of SCSRs, as well as of mines' infrastructures. However, auditing in respect of maintenance and record keeping should be carried out more regularly by the Department of Minerals and Energy with the assistance of the ATA. On the other hand, the commitment to and participation in this monitoring programme by mines have shown further improvements. Although the DME is actively pursuing compliance with Directive B6, it is unfortunate that a small number of specifically large gold mines still do not participate in the monitoring programme. The response from the majority of the industry has been positive.
At present, in terms of SABS Private Specification 839 (CKM), batch testing is not a formal requirement. However, although the new SABS specifications (SABS 1737) will make batch testing mandatory, the extent of the problem necessitated its implementation as an interim measure by the ATA prior to the formal adoption of the new SABS specifications.
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Year 2001 0.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 20.0 25.0 30.0 35.0 40.0 45.
AfroxPac 30 SCSRs, which are deployed underground for more then four years exhibit in general a functional deterioration resulting in reduced functional durations max.
The Ocenco M20 units exhibited in general a further deterioration in functional performance when comparing this years results to these obtained over the last few years. The majority of problems experienced are related to internal structural faults (powderisation of the chemical), which leads to the malfunctioning of the oxygen regulator, as well as due to leaking oxygen cylinders. The number of units rejected in 2001 has doubled when compared to 2000.
The MSA SSR 30/100 (Mk2) units deployed for five years or longer have deteriorated to an extend were they are approaching the rejection criteria of less then 15 minutes safe functional duration. This is mainly as a result of casing seals made from an inappropriate material which were used in a large number of units which were manufactured between 1995 and 1998. Although the casing seals were replaced in the majority of the units with seals made from a more suitable material during 2000 and 2001. The functional deterioration, which has occurred in the affected units over a number of years cannot be reversed. MSA units, which were manufactured from 1999 onward perform in general satisfactorily with functional durations in excess of 35 minutes. The number of units which exhibited casing leakage has decreased marginally when compared to the previous year.
The Draeger Oxyboks K (Mk2) units which are six to seven years deployed underground exhibit some deterioration in functional performance, due to a pre-mature increase in breathing resistance levels. This occurs in most cases only after functional durations in excess of 25 minutes. This is mainly as a result of some powderisation of the potassium super oxide which is taking place inside the chemical canister, due to normal wear in underground deployment. Units, which are deployed for less then six years exhibit this increase in breathing resistance only after a functional duration in excess of 30 minutes. The majority of the Draeger (Mk2) units have a functional duration of more then 30 minutes.
Functional performance falls within specifications used for the approval of new units.
Functional performance falls outside approval specification but with life-saving potential unimpaired.
in an escape mode.
The relevant approval levels for new units, and rejection levels for units, which are deployed in the South African Mining Industry, are provided in the following table. In the absence of specific levels formulated to represent acceptable levels of functional performance (i.e. to accommodate the degeneration associated with daily deployment underground), the region between approval and rejection levels is deemed to satisfy the category 2 requirements.