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Northern Cape PSDF Volume 2 Office of the Premier & Department of Rural Development & Land Reform SECTION G: PGDS INTERVENTIONS SECTION CONTENT 144 December 2011 This section comprises a summary of the interventions listed in the PGDS that have to be provided for in the PSDF. Many of the proposed interventions do not have any spatial implications. However, they all a bearting on the key imperatives for sustainable development, namely human well‐being, environmental integrity and economic efficiency. Volume 4 of the PSDF will therefore address such non‐spatial issues and interventions such as many of those listed in the PGDS. G.1 KEY INTERVENTIONS PROPOSED BY PGDS An analysis of the socio‐economic situation and indicators of the Northern Cape indicates that the most significant challenge that the government and its partners in growth and development are confronted with is the reduction of poverty. All other societal challenges that the province faces emanate predominantly from the effects of poverty. While addressing poverty attention needs to be given to a range of societal problems that includes the following: a) Reducing the backlog of basic needs such as water, sanitation and housing; b) Improving and increasing access to health, education and social services; c) Decreasing the prevalence rate of TB, HIV and AIDS; d) Creating opportunities for employment; e) Reducing contact crime; and f) Targeting vulnerable groups. The only effective means by which one can reduce poverty is through long‐term sustainable economic growth and development. To create the conditions that allow the poor to break the cycle of poverty and to ensure economic growth and development, it is vital to develop the human and social capital of the people of the province. This would require: • Creating opportunities for lifelong learning; • Improving the skills of the labour force to increase productivity; and • Increasing accessibility to knowledge and information. An analysis of the economic situation and indicators reflects opportunities for potential growth in the following sectors: (i) Agriculture. (ii) Fishing and Mariculture. (iii) Mining and mineral processing. (iv) Manufacturing. (v) Tourism. (vi) Energy. The PGDS subsequently provides strategic interventions for all of the primary sectors referred to above. The key interventions proposed by the PGDS for the various key sectors or are listed in the tables below. Dennis Moss Partnership

Northern Cape PSDF Volume 2 Table G.1: Strategic interventions in agriculture. STRATEGIC INTERVENTION ELEMENT SUB‐ELEMENT Create a transformed and vibrant agricultural sector that contributes to the provincial economic growth, job creation and food security Office of the Premier & Department of Rural Development & Land Reform Land reform and promotion of optimal and sustainable agricultural production Marketing support to improve market access by small holder farmers Promotion and support of agri‐ businesses and agro‐processing Ensure sustainable use and management of natural resources. Technology development and transfer Implement integrated food security program Development of farm workers and dwellers to enhance their livelihood and full participation in the sector Table G.2: Strategic interventions in mining and mineral processing. 145 December 2011 Acquire and redistribute strategically located land Revitalisation of inactive and distressed farms Facilitate the participation and ownership of market channels by small farmers. Co‐ordinate and facilitate the establishment of agro‐processing industries Improve efficiency of water use in the sector through appropriate technologies Implement the LandCare program to promote and support the protection of agricultural land Conduct research to provide producers with innovative solutions Establishment of households, community and institutional food production initiatives and revival of dormant projects to enable own food production and improve income Capacity building of farm‐workers and farm dwellers and co‐ordinate the expansion of services to farm workers and dwellers STRATEGIC INTERVENTION ELEMENT SUB‐ELEMENT Promote economic growth through minerals exploitation and development. Promote the development of synergies between the mining and other economic activities Promote the role mines play in terms of rural economic development Promote further large‐scale mining development Complementary economic opportunities between mining and other economic sectors on a regional basis Ensure compliance to Social and Labour plans Northern Cape as an exploration target Ensuring suitable infrastructure to sustain longer term mining develop in the Northern Cape Provincial Mining and Minerals Development Forum Regional Small‐Scale Mining and Minerals Development Centres Increased rail capacity for mineral exports Support small‐scale mining development Enhancing logistics for minerals development Minerals tax development Appropriate taxation options for the Northern Cape minerals sector Promoting industrial Promote backward, forward and side‐stream development beneficiation and minerals economic linkages and multipliers Dennis Moss Partnership

<strong>Northern</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> PSDF<br />

<strong>Volume</strong> 2<br />

Table G.1: Strategic interventions in agriculture.<br />

STRATEGIC INTERVENTION ELEMENT SUB‐ELEMENT<br />

Create a transformed and<br />

vibrant agricultural sector<br />

that contributes to the<br />

provincial economic growth,<br />

job creation and food<br />

security<br />

Office of the Premier &<br />

Department of Rural <strong>Development</strong> & Land Reform<br />

Land reform and promotion of<br />

optimal and sustainable<br />

agricultural production<br />

Marketing support to improve<br />

market access by small holder<br />

farmers<br />

Promotion and support of agri‐<br />

businesses and agro‐processing<br />

Ensure sustainable use and<br />

management of natural<br />

resources.<br />

Technology development and<br />

transfer<br />

Implement integrated food<br />

security program<br />

<strong>Development</strong> of farm workers<br />

and dwellers to enhance their<br />

livelihood and full participation<br />

in the sector<br />

Table G.2: Strategic interventions in mining and mineral processing.<br />

145<br />

December 2011<br />

Acquire and redistribute strategically located<br />

land<br />

Revitalisation of inactive and distressed farms<br />

Facilitate the participation and ownership of<br />

market channels by small farmers.<br />

Co‐ordinate and facilitate the establishment of<br />

agro‐processing industries<br />

Improve efficiency of water use in the sector<br />

through appropriate technologies<br />

Implement the LandCare program to promote<br />

and support the protection of agricultural land<br />

Conduct research to provide producers with<br />

innovative solutions<br />

Establishment of households, community and<br />

institutional food production initiatives and<br />

revival of dormant projects to enable own food<br />

production and improve income<br />

Capacity building of farm‐workers and farm<br />

dwellers and co‐ordinate the expansion of<br />

services to farm workers and dwellers<br />

STRATEGIC INTERVENTION ELEMENT SUB‐ELEMENT<br />

Promote economic growth<br />

through minerals exploitation<br />

and development.<br />

Promote the development of<br />

synergies between the mining<br />

and other economic activities<br />

Promote the role mines play in<br />

terms of rural economic<br />

development<br />

Promote further large‐scale<br />

mining development<br />

Complementary economic opportunities<br />

between mining and other economic sectors on<br />

a regional basis<br />

Ensure compliance to Social and Labour plans<br />

<strong>Northern</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> as an exploration target<br />

Ensuring suitable infrastructure to sustain<br />

longer term mining develop in the <strong>Northern</strong><br />

<strong>Cape</strong><br />

<strong>Provincial</strong> Mining and Minerals <strong>Development</strong><br />

Forum<br />

Regional Small‐Scale Mining and Minerals<br />

<strong>Development</strong> Centres<br />

Increased rail capacity for mineral exports<br />

Support small‐scale mining<br />

development<br />

Enhancing logistics for minerals<br />

development<br />

Minerals tax development Appropriate taxation options for the <strong>Northern</strong><br />

<strong>Cape</strong> minerals sector<br />

Promoting industrial Promote backward, forward and side‐stream<br />

development<br />

beneficiation<br />

and minerals economic linkages and multipliers<br />

Dennis Moss Partnership

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