Title: Briefing on Strategic Plan and Budgeting for 200809 Mrs Ntombenhle Nkosi Chief Executive Officer Tue
1Briefing on Strategic Plan and Budgeting for
2008/09 Mrs Ntombenhle Nkosi Chief Executive
OfficerTuesday, 13 May 2008Arts and Culture
Portfolio CommitteeParliament, Cape Town
2PART A
3Intro
- Legislative Mandate
- PanSALB derives its legislative mandate from the
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa,
the PanSALB Act 59 of 1995 as amended in 1999 and
the PanSALB Regulations. - The powers and functions of the Board are to
- (a) Make recommendations with regard to any
proposed or existing legislation, practice and
policy dealing directly or indirectly with
language matters at any level of government, and
with regard to any proposed amendments to or the
repeal or replacement of such legislation,
practice and policy
4Intro
- The powers and functions of the Board
- are to
- (b) Make recommendations to organs of state at
all levels of government where it considers such
action advisable for the adoption of measures
aimed at the promotion of multilingualism within
the framework of the Constitution
5Intro
- The powers and functions (cont.)
- (c) Actively promote an awareness of
multilingualism as a national resource - (d) Actively promote the development of the
previously marginalised languages - (e) Initiate studies and research aimed at
promoting and creating conditions for the
development and use of - (i) all the official languages of the Republic
- (ii) Khoe and San languages and,
- (iii) South African Sign Language.
- (f) Promote and ensure respect for all other
languages commonly used by communities in South
Africa
6Intro
- The powers and functions (cont.)
- (g) Advise on the co-ordination of language
planning in South Africa - (h) Facilitate co-operation with language
planning agencies outside South Africa - (i) Establish Provincial Language Committees and
National Bodies to advise it on any language
matter affecting a province or a specific
language and - (j) Establish National Lexicography Units to
operate as companies limited by guarantee under
section 21 of the Companies Act, 1973 (Act 61 of
1973) and allocate funds to the units for the
fulfilment of their functions.
7Intro
- The powers and functions (cont.)
- In terms of Section 4 of the PanSALB Act, the
the Board is an independent organ of state,
subject only to the Constitution and its founding
legislation and must perform its duties without
fear, favour or prejudice. All organs of state
are enjoined to cooperate with the Board and may
not interfere with the function of the Board in
its execution of its mandate.
8Intro
- Vision
- To achieve the equal status and use of all
official languages of South Africa - Mission
- To provide for the recognition, the promotion and
the development of all South African languages,
with particular attention being given to those
languages that were previously marginalized - Values
- Respect for all languages in South Africa
- Equal treatment of all languages in South Africa
- Non discrimination on the basis of language
9Intro..Purpose
- Create conditions for
- Multilingualism by developing and promoting equal
use and status of all official languages - National unity and respect for the Bill of Rights
as it pertains to respect and cultural tolerance
of all languages and restoration of dignity of
formally marginalised languages
10IntroPurpose
- See to the Implementation of
- Language policies at all levels of government
- Language development plans, projects and
initiatives - Appropriate research in support of language
development - All measures meant to protect and support
Constitutional democracy with respect to language
11IntroPurpose
- Be agents of change by
- Promoting public dialogue to change mindsets and
attitudes to language - Promoting the value of indigenous languages
- Monitoring the application of language
legislation - Advising government on linguistic matters
12PART B
13Summary of Immediate Past Performances 2007/2008
14Summary of Immediate Past Performances 2007/2008
15Summary of Immediate Past Performances 2007/2008
16Summary of Immediate Past Performances 2007/2008
17PART c
- Strategic approach
- 2008-2011
18Strategic Summary and Problem Definition
- The PanSALB management has embarked on a
three-year strategic and business planning
process. - Deep introspection within the organization has
highlighted areas of both concern and opportunity
that will have to be focused on as PanSALB is
revitalized. - Key strategic, organizational and operational
measures are recommended in PanSALBs programme
of action, which it is believed adequately
supports resource requirement projections being
tabled before the Treasury. - In line with the government planning processes
PanSALB has since developed a comprehensive
planning cycle.
19Strategic Summary and Problem Definition (Cont..)
- Problem definition
- The PanSALB Act needs to be amended to include
compliance and enforcement. - Limited funding has negatively affected PanSALB
delivery.
20Strategic Summary and Problem Definition..
- The following are PanSALBs strategic goals.
These will inform all Annual Operational Plans
for 2008-11 - To raise the public profile, visibility and
influence of PanSALB and the organizations
impact on its constitutional mandate backed by
cooperative governance and partnerships - To introduce enforcement and monitoring of
language policy implementation in addition to the
ongoing role of language policy development and
monitoring - To focus on language education, with emphasis on
enabling mainstream economic access to previously
disadvantaged language groups - Actively to promote, develop and empower the
official languages, with more emphasis on the
previously marginalized languages, the Khoe and
San languages and SASL, to raise their status to
that of lasting, visible symbols provincially and
nationally, e.g. through a language monument to
showcase South Africas language development
history among local and international tourists
21Strategic Summary and Problem Definition..
- To influence, promote and enforce multilingualism
in all organs of society - To perform a critical appreciation of its
effectiveness by developing an operational model
that enhances this
22Summary of 2008/09 Annual Operational Plans
- Review the organogram to enable better service
delivery. - Develop a full integration of HR, Finance and
Supply Chain Management (SCM) systems. - Audit and drafting of policies within PanSALB
with emphasis on HR, Finance and SCM to ensure
full compliance. - Implementations of Performance Management System
and staff retention strategy. -
- Raise public awareness and profile of PanSALB
through media relations, stakeholder relations
and marketing initiatives
23Summary of 2008/09 Annual Operational Plans
- Develop and implement an integrated IT Master
Systems Plan to include business continuity. - Through the Provincial Language Committees
PanSALB will position itself at the forefront of
language policy development and implementation. - Coordinate internal structures to achieve the
best synergies through our provincial offices. - To create a Fundraising Committee to leverage
private sector relationships for more funding. - Develop stakeholder relationship management
strategies to facilitate delivery.
24Summary of 2008/09 Annual Operational Plans
- Engage Parliament with a view to enable PanSALBs
Act to tighten aspects of its legislation on
enforcement, against non-complying organisations.
For example to ensure compliance by departments
to deliver on the decision of Cabinet to
establish language units with a view to
implementing the National Language Policy
Framework, PanSALB must be empowered to enforce
compliance. - T
- To review and reconcile the PanSALB Act to ensure
consistency with the Public Service Act. - Embark on vigorous awareness campaigns across all
governments spheres and private sector on the
mandate of PanSALB. - To review the remuneration structure of the
members of PLCs, NLBs and NLUs in order to
attract quality contributors -
25Summary of 2008/09 Annual Operational Plans
- Promote the value of mother tongue education
through training and the awarding of bursaries. - Intensify our drive to deal with linguistic human
rights violations through holding awareness
raising Izimbizo and public hearings. - Celebrating important calender events in the
promotion of marginalised languages. - Launch of the revised spelling and orthography
rules. - Standardised term lists and glossaries (surveys
and research studies conducted).
26Summary of 2008/09 Annual Operational Plans
- To develop writers in all official languages
(hold workshops for authors in all genres). - Creative writing workshops
- Improve standard of translators and interpreters
(restructure and revamp the PanSALB translation
and interpretation unit). - Intensify NLB projects aimed at promoting
marginalised languages (workshop for parents of
deaf children and South African Sign Language
Interpreters). - Launch of South African Sign Language teaching
and learning materials. - Training of Khoi and San language instructors.
27PanSALB Proposed Corporate Structure
28Costing of Strategic Plan
29Costing of Strategic Plan
30Costing of Strategic Plan
31PART d
- 2008/09 Budget and capital project requirements
32Past Spending Patterns
- A breakdown of PanSALBs budget in the past few
years demonstrates an upward trend in salary
spending patterns, particularly moving from
21.55 in 2003 to 24.66 in 2007. - As far as direct spending on the core business is
concerned, an average 47.62 over the past five
years was dedicated to this expense. The biggest
chunk, 36.53, went to the National Lexicography
Units which are charged with the development and
publication of dictionaries in all the official
languages. The balance has been utilised by the
National Language Bodies and the Provincial
Language Committees to revise, inter alia, the
spelling and orthography rules as well as to
standardise terminology.
33Summary of Past Spending Patterns in the past 9
years
34Committed Funds 2007/08
35Budget Allocation for 2008/09
36Budget Allocation for 2008/09..
37Budget Allocation for 2008/09
38Challenges with 2008/09 Grant Allocation
- The current allocation of R47,451,000.00 does
allow for delivery of projects contained in the
Annual Operational Plans which are costed at
R151,968,000.00. - Expenditure trend shows that PanSALB is being
under funded. - The PanSALB Act section (a) (b) (c) compels the
Board to establish and support National
Lexicography Units, Provincial Language
Committees and National Language Bodies. The
Board is unable to support these structures as
required due to lack of funding. This results in
non-compliance. -
39Challenges with 2008/09 Grant Allocation
- Due to lack of funding the Board is unable to
address serious non-compliance issues as observed
in previous audits i.e. Paying appropriate
salaries to address rapid staff turnover, having
integrated systems and policies, etc. - The Board is unable to deliver on its core
mandate as it is grossly under funded. - The continued under funding of PanSALB sets it up
for guaranteed overspending and thus criminalizes
the Board. -
40Challenges with 2008/09 Grant Allocation
- No formal communication of PanSALB allocation has
been received yet. - First trench of grant allocation deposited to
PanSALB account without any formal communication
only on 2nd week of April 2008. This has had
adverse effects on our planning and continued
operations. - No formal approval of PanSALB plans due to
absence of the board - CEO notified on 12 February 2008 that the Board
was appointed in October 2007. - List of Board names received on the 19th of March
2008 - The Board has not been inaugurated yet.
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41Capital Projects
- Mzansi Media Mecca
- The project involves the establishment of a
printing plant with a focus on printing
newspapers published in indigenous languages, it
is also envisaged that this plant will be a
resource to the newly established Writers
Guilds, which will facilitate mass production of
written materials on African Languages to support
Cabinets literacy drive. - The project involves purchasing of printing
plant. - The estimated cost of the project is R10-million.
42Capital Projects
- South African Language Village
- The Language Village is a living mosaic that
artistically preserves the deepest faculties of
each language and yet brings out the wholeness
and depth of their commonality at the core. - The village will host PanSALB offices and the
multilingual institute aimed at recording and
preserving our language heritage. - The project is estimated to cost around
R50-millionin the current year which cost include
exploration, research and purchasing of land.
43Capital Project..SA Language Village Funding of
the project
- Government funding (Cap Ex)
- Corporate sponsorships (Cap Ex)
- Entrance fees (tourism) operational income
- Advertising revenue operational income
- Rental space (retail office income)
- Learning Center and Theatre fees
44Language Village Colossus
Translation Interpretation
Status Language
Linguistics
Theatre
Lexicography
Language in Education
Recreational Area
Hotel
Office Conference Space
Learning Center
Literature Filming
Language Standardisation
Terminology
45Language Village Positioning
Cradle Of Humankind
Constitutional Hill
Language Village
Hector Peterson Memorial
Apartheid Museum
46Capital Projects
- Promoting multilingualism through branded wall
mirrors - In 2007 PanSALB celebrated a decade of
multilingualism and nation building and awarded
recognition to various stakeholders who have
contributed in this regard. - It is envisaged that this project will be a
public private partnership that involves erecting
branded wall mirrors in various communities
across the country. - The project will benefit community members as
walls that are mainly attached to houses will be
rented over a three year period.
47Capital Projects
- Promoting multilingualism through branded wall
mirrors - This will be a marketing opportunity for all
stakeholders involved but would also promote
multilingualism and indigenise South African
landscape as we prepare for the 2010 - The project is estimated at R21-millionon over a
three year period.
48Annexure A
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