South Africa’s Good Waste Management Practices Toolkit – Lessons Learned

The current poor state of waste service delivery by South African municipalities is a concern due to the potential impacts on human health and the environment. All municipalities are faced with similar challenges including lack of funding, low priority afforded to waste management and capacity problems to deliver services, although to different degrees. Despite this rather discouraging situation, certain municipalities have managed to overcome some of these challenges and good waste management practices are to be found.

Standardised Public-Private Partnership Provisions

PPP Unit South Africa, National Treasury, 2004. 

The provisions also explain how to reflect the legal requirement under South African to have black participation in projects, regarding the participation of black enterprises at the subcontractor level, the participation by black people in the management control of the subcontractors, employment equity, skills development and procurement opportunities for SMEs.

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Model Bulk Water Supply Contract

Model Bulk Water Supply Contract between a water board as a bulk supplier of water and a municipality as a retail distributor of water to customers. The model contract was developed by the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) and the South African Association of Water Utilities (SAAWU) to clarify roles and responsibilities, and to facilitate the negotiation of fair, equitable and appropriate contracts for bulk water supply.

 

Last updated - November 2008.

 

IRT - bus rapid transit - draft contract which went with bidding documents - Cape Town

Cape Town, South Africa BRT - The PPP in Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) operations involved transfers of buses from government entities to private operators for specified contractural periods, during which the operators were required to operate and maintain the BRT fleet. Fleet expansion and replacement to be undertaken depended on future demand were defined in the contract accordingly. Fare collection is not part of the operator's scope of work.