http://hdl.handle.net/10204/899 2013-05-23T12:30:16Z 2013-05-23T12:30:16Z Wall, K Ive, O Bhagwan, J Kirwan, F http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6707 2013-04-29T21:55:15Z 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Social franchising principles do work: The business approach to removal and disposal of faecal sludge -- from pilot to scale Authors: Wall, K; Ive, O; Bhagwan, J; Kirwan, F Abstract: Sudies undertaken by the CSIR and WRC have found that social franchising partnerships for the routine maintenance of infrastructure could alleviate and address many challenges in the management of water services. A pilot project, under way in the Eastern Cape since 2009, has drawn to a successful conclusion. This provided selected infrastructure maintenance services to approximately 400 schools in the Butterworth education district. Half a dozen franchisee microbusinesses were created, and of the order of three dozen previously unemployed people were taught workplace skills. Irish Aid funded the concept development, but the franchisees were paid from the normal Department of Education (DoE) schools operation and maintenance budgets. Despite difficulties arising directly from DoE inefficiencies, the pilot project has proven the value of social franchising partnerships for this kind of work -- the DoE now has a model it can roll out to the rest of the more than 4000 schools across the Eastern Cape which have similar types of infrastructure. Many opportunities lie in applying the same approach to other operation and/or maintenance activities within the water and sanitation services delivery chain. The time is ripe to further develop the concept so that it can move up the technology ladder, expanding its range of competencies beyond its current tried and tested boundaries. Description: Faecal Sludge Management, Durban, 28 August 2012.

2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Mokonyama, M http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6679 2013-04-17T21:55:18Z 2012-11-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Eliminating the empty bus syndrome by understanding dynamic travel behaviour Authors: Mokonyama, M Abstract: This chapter interrogates some empirical data to examine some of the contributory causes of EBS in South Africa, and uses the City of Johannesburg as a case study. The daily travel patterns of car users are analysed within the context of how bus services are provided in Johannesburg. The findings are particularly important for authorities planning and public transport systems and operators who wish to make their services more financially sustainable. Description: Copyright: Alive2green publishing, Wynberg, South Africa

2012-11-01T00:00:00Z Wall, K Ive, O Bhagwan, J Kirwan, F Birkholtz, W Lupuwana, N Shaylor, E http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6577 2013-03-19T21:55:27Z 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Demonstrating the effectiveness of social franchising principles: The emptying of household vips: A case study from Goven Mbeki village Authors: Wall, K; Ive, O; Bhagwan, J; Kirwan, F; Birkholtz, W; Lupuwana, N; Shaylor, E Abstract: Having viewed the successful social franchising partnerships pilot programme that serviced sanitation facilities at 400 schools in the Butterworth District of the Eastern Cape, the Amathole District Municipality (ADM) expressed interest in exploring how well the partnership model could empty household pit latrines in its jurisdiction. The impact and effectiveness of the model was demonstrated by the emptying, by five franchisees over a period of only six weeks, of the contents of 400 household VIPs, and the safe disposal of the content in the village of Goven Mbeki. The paper describes the methods and results in removal and disposal of faecal sludge. Problems were encountered - and the solutions (technical, institutional and social) - are described. Not unexpectedly, the amount of effort involved in this work - including time, training required, equipment required, and ingenuity - varied enormously. The main variables included the type of top structure, the nature of the pit contents, whether there was or was not broad consistency of type and contents in an area, distances (between pits, from home base to work site, from pits to disposal site, from location of specialised equipment to work site), logistical delays (e.g. non arrival of equipment), and bureaucratic hold-ups (especially payment delays). Description: Faecal Sludge Management, Durban, October 2012

2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Wall, K Amod, S Rust, C Pillay, M http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6571 2013-02-25T21:55:25Z 2011-06-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Municipal water quality in the context of the state of South Africa's infrastructure Authors: Wall, K; Amod, S; Rust, C; Pillay, M Abstract: In 2006 the South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) released the first ever “report card” of the state of engineering infrastructure in South Africa. This report highlighted “the observations of the professionals responsible for the planning, construction, operation and maintenance of our nation’s life-support system”. It graded infrastructure on a scale from A+ through E-. The purpose of the report card was to draw the attention of government, and of the public at large, to the importance of maintenance, and to factors underlying the state of repair of infrastructure – factors such as skills and finance, for example. The SAICE 2011 Infrastructure Report Card, released in April updates the gradings and indicates the trend since 2006. Underlying reasons for performance are discussed. Water quality management must be seen in the context of the management of South Africa's infrastructure. Conversely, measures to improve water quality management will often be the same measures needed to improve the management of other infrastructure. Description: 3rd Municipal Water Quality Conference, Cape Town, June 2011

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