Eastern Cape ICT Landscape
Review
Presentation to the EC ICT Summit
Chris Motsilili
21 October 2014
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Outline
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ECSECC mandate
Contextual overview
Purpose of the review
Findings
Recommendations
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ECSECC Mandate
• Eastern Cape Socio Economic Consultative Council was
founded in 1995 as a partnership mechanism between
Government, Business & Labour to address
underdevelopment and poverty in the Eastern Cape;
• NGO sector, Local Government & Higher education
sector joined later;
• Vision : poverty free EC where everyone benefits
equitably from the economy and realises their human
potential
• Mission: multi-stakeholder centre of excellence in
applied policy research, development planning and
facilitation;
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ECSECC mandate (2)
• ECSECC was assigned by the Provincial
Government to co-ordinate the Eastern Cape
interface with the National Infrastructure Plan
– Co-ordinate, monitor and report on the SIP’s
– Facilitate acceleration and unblocking of strategic
projects
– Develop strategic propositions to strengthen the case
for the inclusion of key Eastern Cape infrastructure
projects in the National Infrastructure Plan;
– Report strategic issues and challenges to key
platforms
– Ensure the EC attends to all PICC obligations
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Strategic Integrated Projects
SIPs 1 - 9
SIPs 10 - 18
SIP 1: Unlocking the Northern Mineral Belt with
Waterberg as the Catalyst
SIP 10: Electricity transmission and distribution
for all
SIP 2: Durban- Free State– Gauteng Logistics
and Industrial Corridor
SIP 11: Agri-logistics and rural infrastructure
SIP 3: South Eastern node & corridor
development
SIP 12: Revitalisation of public hospitals and
other health facilities
SIP 4: Unlocking economic opportunities in the
NW Province
SIP 13: National school build programme
SIP 5: Saldanha-Northern Cape Development
Corridor
SIP 14: Higher Education infrastructure
SIP 6: Integrated Municipal Infrastructure Project
SIP 15: Expanding access to communication
technology
SIP 7: Integrated Urban Space and Public
Transport Programme
SIP 16: SKA and Meerkat
SIP 8: Green energy in support of the South
African economy
SIP 17: Regional integration for African
cooperation and development
SIP 9: Electricity generation in support of socioeconomic development
SIP 18: Bulk water supply and distribution
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SIP 15: Expanding access to
communication technology
– Provide for 100% broadband coverage to all households by
2020 by establishing core Points of Presence (POP’s) in district
municipalities, extend new fibre networks across provinces
linking districts, establish POP’s and fibre connectivity at local
level, and further penetrate the network into deep rural areas.
– While the private sector will invest in ICT infrastructure for urban
and corporate networks, government will co-invest for township
and rural access as well as for e-government, school and health
connectivity.
– The school rollout focus initially on the 125 Dinaledi (science and
maths focussed) schools and 1525 district schools. Part of digital
access to all South Africans includes TV migration nationally
from analogue to digital broadcasting.
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Eastern Cape ICT Working Group
• Public sector formations: three spheres of government,
universities, public entities;
• Information sharing, collaboration & networking;
• Improve knowledge about ICT initiatives in the Eastern
Cape;
• Provide policy and strategy advice;
• Interface with other stakeholders in an organised way
e.g. National Government, private sector, international
organisations etc;
• Promote the national and Eastern Cape vision w.r.t.
information & communication technology
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Purpose of the review
• Improve provincial understanding of the status of
ICT initiatives implemented by various public
and private institutions;
• Ensure that SIP 15 interventions complement
the current ICT initiatives in the Province;
• Create a basis for selecting priority initiatives for
the Eastern Cape;
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Screen shot of part of the database
60 Interventions at the time
of going to press but the
number continues to grow
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Split by beneficiary group
Beneficiary Groups
70%
60%
60%
50%
40%
37%
All citizens
Youth
30%
Educators
20%
10%
3%
0%
All citizens
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Youth
Educators
Split across ICT Strategy Alignment
Descriptor
SMME development
2%
Skills development
3%
Service delivery
5%
Protection of consumer rights
2%
Promoting access
65%
Improved service delivery
3%
Improved citizen service
3%
ICT Literacy
2%
Curriculum delivery
5%
Business support services
2%
Bursary Programme
3%
Affordability
0.05
0
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0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
STATUS OF CONNECTIVITY IN SCHOOLS
2012/2013
A total of 14, 260 schools were connected in 2012/13, including 10, 065 schools connected for
administrative purpose and 4, 195 connected for teaching and learning purposes through the
following connectivity initiatives: 2010 FIFA World Cup Legacy project; Vodacom Foundation
project; Telkom Foundation project; and CSIR-Meraka Institute projects.
Purpose of Connectivity
Province
Number of Schools
Administration
Teaching & Learning
Eastern Cape
5 588
3136
184
Free State
1 422
581
113
Gauteng
2 015
2 015
1672
KwaZulu-Natal
5 927
110
217
Limpopo
3 965
Mpumalanga
1 838
525
107
597
597
298
North West
1 646
1 646
172
Western Cape
1 455
1 455
1399
Total
24 453
10 065
4 195
Northern Cape
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Source : DBE. August 2013
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Source : Department of Basic Education.
Summary of NHI Pilot District sites
included in the business case
Number of sites
Site location
Health
School
Government
Police
Thusong
Dr Kenneth Kaunda
38
220
28
15
Gert Sibande
74
519
113
37
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O.R.Tambo
133
1 204
47
17
Pixley ka Seme
38
96
46
26
Thabo Mofutsanyane
74
480
101
30
3
Umgungundlovu
58
501
122
25
2
Umzinyathi
45
475
61
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1
Vhembe
120
949
54
20
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Total for 8 districts
580
4 444
572
182
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Gauteng Province sites *
630
2 039
399
137
41
Western Cape Province sites *
610
1 464
466
149
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Total including GTN and WC
1 820
7 947
1 437
468
91
Total national sites
4 558
24 518
3 652
1 122
182
% of total national sites
40%
32%
39%
42%
50%
* WCape 13
Prov and GT Prov will connect ALL health centres, of which WCape has 43 NHI sites, and GT Prov has 75 NHI sites.
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Rural
Total
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1
1
1
2
7
7
160
4%
301
754
1 401
207
689
709
594
1 148
5 803
3 246
2 721
11 770
34 192
34%
Percentage of households with access to
Internet
Source: Stats SA, 2012
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Other key findings
• National departments and other suppliers are
defining the ICT needs of the Province, they are
also shaping the ICT landscape;
• There must be a significant shift toward an ICT
space that is driven by the Province and
government entities.
• There is however a mindset gap between key
decision makers and ICT practitioners in public
organisations;
• The Province needs to move towards a meeting
of the minds
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Other key findings
• Through the efforts of the working group, this
CSI investment can be redirected such that they
support a single vision for the Province.
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Elements of the horizon
Service
affordability
SUSTAINABILITY
Low cost
devices
Universal
service/ac
cess
Broadband
access
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Digital
literacy
Analytical framework
The illusion of affordability
must be addressed. Current
affordability has been
achieved by ‘subsidising’
the costs for services and
access
In future, all proposed
initiatives will be
assessed by means of
clear criteria based on
the analytical
framework
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Thank you Enkosi
Ke a leboha
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