DRAFT PROGRAMME FOR THE WASTE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE
EMPEROR'S PALACE, EKURHULENI, GAUTENG
22 – 23 MARCH 2007 |
DAY 1: Thursday, 22 March 2007
Programme Director - Ms Pam Yako, Director-General, DEAT
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SESSION 1: Conference Opening
Chairperson – Ms Tasneem Essop, MEC: Environment, Planning and Economic
Development, Western Cape Province
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09:30 – 09:35 |
Introductory Remarks |
Ms Tasneem Essop, MEC: Environment,
Planning and Economic Development, Western
Cape Province |
09:35 – 09:45 |
Welcome |
Mr Duma Nkosi, Executive Mayor, Ekurhuleni
Metropolitan Municipality |
09:45 – 10:00 |
Opening Address |
Ms Rejoice Mabudafhasi, Deputy Minister:
Environmental Affairs and Tourism  Opening Address
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10:00 - 10:15 |
Accelerating service Delivery at Local Government |
Ms Nomatyala Hangana, Deputy Minister of
Provincial and Local Government 
Speech
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10:15 – 10:45 |
TEA |
SESSION 2: Setting the Scene
Chairperson – Mr Mandlenkosi Mayisela,
MEC: Agriculture, Conservation and Environment,
North West Province

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10:45 – 10:50 |
Introductory Remarks |
Mr Mandlenkosi Mayisela,
MEC: Agriculture, Conservation and Environment,
North West Province |
10:50 – 11:20 |
Introducing the draft Waste
Management Bill |
Ms Joanne Yawitch, Deputy Director-General:
Environmental Quality and Protection, DEAT

Presentation |
11:20– 11:50 |
Governance Framework for
Service Delivery at Local
Government |
Mr
Yusuf Patel
, DPLG
Presentation |
11:50 – 12:10 |
The Economic Case for Waste
Minimisation and Recycling |
Mr Shabeer Jhetam, South African Recycling
Industry Association 
Profile
Presentation |
12:10 – 12:30 |
Developing Partnerships for
Capacity Building in the Waste
Sector |
Mr Shirleigh Strydom, Institute of Waste
Management of Southern Africa 
Profile Presentation |
12:10 – 12:30 |
LUNCH |
SESSION 3: Commissions
Chairperson – Mr Mbulelo Sogoni,
MEC for Economic Affairs, Environment and Tourism,
Eastern Cape Province

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13:30 – 13:35 |
Introductory Remarks |
Mr Mbulelo Sogoni, MEC for Economic Affairs,
Environment and Tourism, Eastern Cape |
13:35 – 15:30 |
Introductory Remarks |
Mr Mbulelo Sogoni, MEC for Economic Affairs,
Environment and Tourism, Eastern Cape |
Commission 1: Governance and planning frameworks for waste management |
Facilitator |
Commission 2: 3Rs – Waste Reduction, Re-use and Recycling |
Facilitator |
Commission 3: Duty of Care and Producer Responsibility |
Facilitator |
Commission 4: Licensing of Waste Management Activities |
Facilitator |
Commission 5: Soil Contamination and Remediation |
Facilitator |
12:10 – 12:30 |
TEA
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Commissions continue Group Facilitators |
16:00 – 17:30 |
Commission 1 |
Facilitator |
Commission 2 |
Facilitator |
Commission 3 |
Facilitator |
Commission 4 |
Facilitator |
Commission 5 |
Facilitator |
17:30 – 18:30 |
LEISURE
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18:30 – 21:30 |
CLEANEST TOWN COMPETITION AWARDS GALA DINNER HOSTED BY MS REJOICE MABUDAFHASI, DEPUTY MINISTER: ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS AND TOURISM
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DAY 2: FRIDAY, 23 MARCH 2007
Programme Director – Ms Pam Yako,
Director-General, DEAT
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SESSION 4: Keynote Address
Chairperson – Mr Langa Zita, Chairperson, Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs and Tourism
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09:00 – 09:05 |
Introductory Remarks |
Mr Langa Zitha, Chairperson, Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs and Tourism |
09:05 – 09:10 |
Introduction of Deputy President |
Ms Rejoice Mabudafhasi, Deputy Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism |
09:10 – 09:40 |
Keynote Address: Second economy interventions in the waste sector |
Ms Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Deputy President
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09:40 – 09:50 |
BREAK |
SESSION 5: Report Back from Commissions Chairperson – Ms Joanne Yawitch, Deputy Director-General, DEAT

Feedback from commission sessions 
Session Notes 
Comments
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09:50 – 09:55 |
Introductory Remarks |
Ms Joanne Yawitch, Deputy Director-General: Environmental Quality and Protection, DEAT |
09:55 – 10:10 |
Report back from Commission 1 |
Rappoteur |
10:10 – 10:25 |
Report back from Commission 2 |
Rappoteur |
10:25 – 10:40 |
Report back from Commission 3 |
Rappoteur |
10:40 – 10:55 |
Report back from Commission 4 |
Rappoteur |
10:55 – 11:10 |
Report back from Commission 4 |
Rappoteur |
10:55 – 11:10 |
TEA |
11:30 – 12:20 |
Plenary Discussion: Conference Outcomes and Way Forward |
Ms Pam Yako, Director-General, Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism Notes of plenary discussion  |
12:20 – 12:30 |
Closing Remarks |
Ms Rejoice Mabudafhasi, Deputy Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism |
12:30 |
LUNCH |