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President Mbeki received the torch for sustainabledevelopment in a moving ceremony symbolicallyopening the road from Rio to Johannesburg. This isan abridged version of his speech in the presence ofthe Presidents of Brazil and Sweden on 28 June 2002in Rio de Janeiro.

We are privileged that the South African city of Johannesburgfollows in the footsteps of Stockholm and Rio de Janeiroin having the honour to host the peoples of the world asthey engage afresh the urgent challenge of sustainabledevelopment.

Ten years ago, the United Nations Conference onEnvironment and Development, the 'Rio Earth Summit',brought together leaders and nations of the world in thishistoric city to change the course of history.

Here, the world declared with one voice: "Human beingsare at the centre of concerns for sustainable development.They are entitled to a healthy and productive life in harmonywith nature."

In the opening lines of Agenda 21, the nations of the worldpronounced that:

" Humanity stands at a defining moment in history. We areconfronted with a perpetuation of disparities between andwithin nations, a worsening of poverty, hunger, ill healthand illiteracy, and the continuing deterioration of ecosystemson which we depend for our well being. However, integrationof environment and development concerns and greaterattention to them will lead to the fulfilment of basic needs,improved living standards for all, better protected andmanaged ecosystems and a safer, more prosperous future.No nation can achieve this on its own; but together we can- in a global partnership for sustainable development."

A global consensus was established that sustainabledevelopment rests on three interdependent pillars: theprotection of the earth, social development and economicprosperity.

Agenda 21 was a seminal global achievement. It will foreverstand out as a shining beacon pointing the direction tosustainable development. It is a towering monument to thespirit of the people of this age. It is as valid today as it wasten years ago.

As my brother, President Cardoso, passes on the torch -the flame being Agenda 21 - to the World Summit onSustainable Development - the 'Johannesburg World Summit'- the enormity of the responsibility and challenge becomestangible. We know that he hands over the torch on behalfof the victims of unsustainable development, concernedcitizens of the world, and, on behalf of our children andfuture generations, to whom the Earth really belongs.

The umbilical link betweenJohannesburg and Rio extends toStockholm. Hence the significanceof the presence of Prime MinisterPersson. The United NationsConference on the HumanEnvironment held this month threedecades ago has resulted in threedecades of unprecedented globalconcern about the negative impactof human activity on Mother Earth.

Let us recall that in Stockholm theworld declared: "Man is both creatureand moulder of his environment,which gives him physical sustenanceand affords him the opportunity forintellectual, moral, social and spiritualgrowth. In the long and tortuousevolution of the human race on thisplanet a stage has been reachedwhen, through the rapid acceleration of science andtechnology, man has acquired the power to transform hisenvironment in countless ways and on an unprecedentedscale. Both aspects of man's environment, the natural andthe man-made, are essential to his well-being and to theenjoyment of basic human rights the right to life itself."

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Earlier in June this year, a first year fashiondesign student, 20 year-old LeratoMogorosi, became the happy winner ofthe prize for her innovative design ofuniforms that will be worn by volunteersduring the United Nations World Summiton Sustainable Development 2002 to beheld in Johannesburg from August toSeptember.

In an effort to engage the South Africanpublic in creating awareness and to leavea legacy of the Summit, the JohannesburgWorld Summit Company (JOWSCO),earlier this year, embarked on a country-

wide searchfor anauthenticSouth AfricanUniformDesign forboth male andfemalevolunteers.The VictoriaToma Instituteof Design inBloemfontein,where Leratois studying,was invited,along withother identifieddesignschools, toconceptualise

and design a uniform.

The Afro-Centric design wooed the judgesbecause of its practical, user-friendly andSouth-African flair and professional look.

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people, planet and prosperity

�FORGE A NEW JOY�

Student designershines in

world summit

Set tone for sustainable development

UN Secretary General Koffi Ananhas identified five key issues for theWorld Summit on SustainableDevelopment. In a moving lecturedelivered at the American Museumof Natural History on Tuesday, 14May 2002 in New York by Mrs NanaAnnan on his behalf she said theUN identified water and sanitation,energy agriculture, health andbiodiversity as key areas on which

concrete results must be obtainedat the Johannesburg World Summiton Sustainable Development.

These five areas could beremembered by a simple acronym� WEHAB � Mr Annan said as he

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President Mbeki�s World Summit Call

by Koffi Anan

World Summit onSustainable Development

WSSD

T O U R I S M F O R N A T U R E � N A T U R E F O R T O U R I S M

Forge a New Joy ...p1

Set Tone for SustainableDevelopment ...p1

Student Designer shinesin world summit ...p1

Official mail courier ofthe summit ...p3

Women Global Summit,Spain ...p3

News Flashes ...p3

Face to Face withMoss Mashishi ...p4

Ubuntu Village ...p4

Durban wins 3 yearbid to host indaba ...p5

New Chairman ofSA Tourism ...p5

Tourism Statistics ...p5

The A to Z of the summit ...p6

Editorial ...p7

We are ready! ...p8

The Road to Jozi ...p9

Sustainable City forSummit ...p9

VIVA African Union ...p10

Just flick a fingerand you�ll be there ...p11

A message of hopefrom Bali to Jo�burg ...p11

New fishing quotaregime pushes backfrontiers of poverty ...p12

CREDITS

Editor-in-Chief

Onkgopotse JJ Tabane

Production Editor

Jacky Mashapu

Contributors:

J Sing, Lebo Khumalo,Tasneem Carnim andBlessing Manele

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argue that the global community ofnations is too poor to defeat globalpoverty.

Nobody can truthfully argue thatthere is a larger human imperativeor decisive constraint that makes itobligatory that we must destroy theenvironment. Together, we must givereal meaning to the solemn pledgethat was made in this city 10 yearsago:

"Human beings are at the centre ofconcerns for sustainabledevelopment. They are entitled to ahealthy and productive life inharmony with nature."

Together, let us, in action, repeatthe words of the African poet, BenOkri:

"Break this cycleBreak this madnessLet new fevers rise in thisRadiant act of faithDestroy this temple of living hellLet us join our angers togetherForge a new joy for the age.Before our lives disintegrateCreate New breaks."

("Memories Break" in An AfricanEulogy (instead of Elegy), Vintage,London: 1997.)

From Stockholm, to Rio de Janeiro,to Johannesburg, let us continue toforge a new joy for the age.

Thank you.

But the human spirit triumphed.South Africa is now a democracy inwhich we live in harmony as westruggle to eradicate the legacy ofover three hundred years ofcolonialism and apartheid. Since thevictory of democracy in 1994, 7million people have access to cleanwater, over 1 million homes for poorpeople have been built, over 2 millionmore homes now have electricityand every child has a place inschool.

And, South Africa is acting as hostto the World Summit on SustainableDevelopment.

At the time of Rio this was all just adream.

As you prepare to travel toJohannesburg, we all know thatpeople can change and that it ispossible to change the lives of thepoor. We also must believe that it ispossible for us to live in harmonywith nature.

A global partnership for sustainabledevelopment and for the eradicationof poverty is within reach. Genuinehuman solidarity is both possibleand necessary.

On behalf of the people ofJohannesburg and South Africansin general, I invite leaders of theworld and representatives of peoplefrom all walks of life to join us in thepursuit of this agenda of hope. Letus decide on a programme tochange the lives of People, to protectthe Planet and to build Prosperity.

Human society disposes of themeans and the know-how to achievethese goals. Nobody can truthfully

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Today, thirty years later, we havefewer fish in the seas, more carbondioxide being pumped into theatmosphere, more desertification,more soil erosion and more speciesextinction.

Our very development model isquestioned daily by the earth'secosystem on which all life and alleconomic activity is dependent. Ourpatterns of consumption andproduction cannot be left unchecked.

If the Chinese citizen is to consumethe same quantity of crude oil as hisor her US counterpart, China wouldneed over 80 million barrels of oil aday - slightly more than the 74 millionbarrels a day the world nowproduces. If annual paper use inChina of 35 kilograms per personwere to climb to the US level of 342kilograms, China would need morepaper than the world currentlyproduces. (Lester R. Brown, Eco-Economy).

The period since the Rio EarthSummit has been one ofunprecedented global economicgrowth. Growth in the worldeconomy in the year 2000 aloneexceeded that during the entirenineteenth century.

Yet people continue to die of hunger;babies get born, grow up, and diewithout being able to read or write;many fellow humans do not haveclean water to drink; and, people dieof curable diseases. The gulfbetween rich and poor members ofthe human race widens as we speak.

The Johannesburg World Summitmust take further our pledge at theMillennium Summit to eradicatepoverty. It must focus onimplementation and action. Itsoutcome must make sense to shewho has to walk for kilometres tofetch drinking water and to she whospends hours gathering firewood forenergy. It must also speak to he whoconsumes more than the earth cangive.

When leaders of the world gatheredhere in 1992, my country was stillunder apartheid rule. I did not enjoythe right to vote. Uncertainty andconflict loomed.

CONTENTS

STUDENT DESIGNER SHINES INWORLD SUMMIT...continued from page 1

�The design also met the stringentcriteria that the garment must bepresentable and comfortable for thevolunteers as they will be engagedin excess walking and runningthroughout the Summit,� says Paulitade Smidt, JOWSCO�s VolunteerProgramme Manager.

De Smidt further comments that the

winner will not only receive financialassistance towards her studies butwill also shine with recognition asan upcoming and promising youngdesigner. She added that, �Wereceived a positive response fromfashion design schools with over 50entrants. The judges� decision wasmade difficult because all thedesigns were impressive.�

Madame Toma - who originally hailsfrom Yugoslavia - established thefashion design school 27 years agowith the Free State Province�sPremier, Winkie Direko as her firstblack student. Today, withapproximately 100 students fromacross the country of which 70% areblack, her years of inspiration tofashion design in South Africa havecertainly paid off.

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Road closures and trafficThe following roads will be closed forthe duration of the World Summit (from26 August - 4 September)� Maude Street will be closed to traffic

from West Street to 5th Street (areadirectly in front of the SCC).

� 5th Street will have one lane closedfrom Rivonia Road to Alice Lane.

� On Alice Lane, there will be laneclosure between 5th and West Street(the area directly behind the SCC).

� On West Street, there will be laneclosure between Maude and AliceLane.

� Rivonia Road will be closed betweenWest and 5th Street.

� The UN sessions will be from 10:00-13:00 and from 14:00 - 18:00. Bothof these sessions take place outsideSandton peak traffic hours.

Parking InformationNo parking will be allowed in the Forumbuilding and monthly tenants parkinghere will be allocated alternative parking.Parking will be available at SandtonSquare and Sandton City. The SandtonTaxi Rank will be relocated during theWSSD. Agreement has been reachedwith the Taxi Association and a suitablevenue is currently being secured.

Sandton City trading hoursSandton City trading will operate asusual with additional security measuresimposed. Trading hours are as follows:Monday-Friday (9-6), Saturday (9-5)and Sunday (10-2).

HomestaysA unique Homestays Campaign thatencourages residents to avail rooms intheir homes to Summit participants.Evaluation criteria and a costingscheme, as set by the South AfricanTourism Grading Council in cooperationwith JOWSCO and various hospitalityindustry-related institutions will beprovided to applicants by June.Guidance on the costing for homes willbe based on facilities in the house andthe distance from the meeting venue.

Approved homes will be posted on thedatabase for onward selling toparticipants, with homeowners receivingtraining on the Summit. Interestedhomeowners may contact JOWSCOand it�s booking agent, GlobalManagement Company (DMC) throughthe website:www.joburgsummit2002.com

Reverse the processes that havedestroyed about half of the world�stropical rainforest and mangroves,and are threatening 70 per centof the world�s coral reefs anddecimating the world�s fisheries.

�In Johannesburg, we have a chanceto catch up. Together, we will needto find our way towards a greatersense of mutual responsibility.Together, we will need to build anew ethic of global stewardship.Together, we can and must write anew and hopeful chapter in naturaland human history.�

� HealthAddress the effects of toxic andhazardous materials; reduce airpollution, and lower the incidenceof malaria and African guineaworm, which are linked withpolluted water and poorsanitation.

� Agricultural productivityWork to reverse land degradation,which affects about two-thirds ofthe world�s agricultural lands.

� Biodiversity and ecosystemmanagement

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launched a new campaign to raiseawareness for the Summit. �Youmight think of it like this: we inhabitthe earth. And we must rehabilitateour one and only planet.� He hopedthis acronym would become�something of a mantra� betweennow and the opening of the Summitin Johannesburg on 26 August. MrAnnan said the Summit couldproduce an ambitious but achievableprogramme of practical steps toimprove the lives of all human beingswhile protecting the globalenvironment.

�These are five areas,� he said, �inwhich progress would offer all humanbeings a chance of achievingprosperity that will not only last theirown lifetime, but can be enjoyed bytheir children and grandchildren too.�

The World Summit on SustainableDevelopment will bring worldleaders, citizens, activists andbusiness representatives togetherto work on an agenda for ensuringthat planet Earth can sustain adecent life for all its inhabitants,present and future.

New efforts are needed, he added,because the present model ofdevelopment, which has broughtprivilege and prosperity to about 20per cent of humanity, has alsoexacted a heavy price by degradingthe planet and depleting itsresources. Yet, according to theSecretary-General, �at discussionson global finance and the economy,the environment is still treated asan unwelcome guest�.

High-consumption lifestyles continueto tax the Earth�s natural life supportsystems. Research anddevelopment are under-funded andneglectful of the problems of thepoor. Furthermore, developedcountries have not gone far enoughto fulfil any of the promises theymade in Rio to protect their ownenvironments and to help thedeveloping world defeat poverty.The issue is not environment versusdevelopment, or ecology versuseconomy. �Contrary to popularbelief,� he said, �we can integratethe two.�

Mr Annan summarised the progresshe hoped to see in the five areas asfollows:

� WaterProvide access to at least onebillion people who lack cleandrinking water and two billionpeople who lack proper sanitation.

� EnergyProvide access to more than twobillion people who lack modernenergy services; promoterenewable energy; reduce over-consumption; and ratify the KyotoProtocol to address climatechange.

Deputy Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism Rejoice Mabudafhasirepresented South Africa at an extraordinary gathering of women leaders from 73countries around the world, at the 2002 Global Summit of Women in Barcelona,Spain on July 11 � 13, 2002.

Ms Mabudafhasi shared with the world women leaders how the South Africantourism is working with the private sector to protect the environment while remainingcommercially viable.

�I am pleased to say that since 1994 South Africa has made significant strides inenvironmental management. Section 24 of our Constitution provides that everyonehas the right to an environment that is not harmful to their health and well-beingand to have the environment protected for the present and future generations.The Government is committed to ensuring that this right is respected�, Mabudafhasisaid.

The Global Summit of Women is a special and important one of its kind. It is agathering of women in business, government and entrepreneurial leaders fromaround the world. Its major thrust is to promote the development of cross-borderbusiness relationship among women so as to accelerate their economic progress.

NEWSFLASHES

Women GlobalSummit, Spain

services, there will also be a full courierservice available exclusively toconference delegates. Delegates coulduse the service to send conferencepapers and other items to their officesand home addresses. The South AfricanPost Office will link major hotels on the�Direct Post Route� for foreign outgoingmail.

South African Post Office SeniorGeneral Manager: Sales, Marketingand Communications, Mr BernardMagabe said, the Post Office is gearedto assist in instilling confidence in allstakeholders that, choosing South Africaas a capable host for a world classevent, was the correct decision.

�The South African Post Office is proudto be part of the team that willendeavour to ensure that the plight ofthe developing world, especially Africa,is heard and addressed during thesummit", Magabe said.

He urged all South Africans to be proudof this significant moment and assistour government and the big corporatesby assisting to make this magnificentevent a success.

The South African Post Office launcheda special postage stamp series tocommemorate the World Summit onSustainable Development, at Indaba2002 in Durban. This follows itsappointment earlier this year as theofficial mail courier for the WorldSummit.

A commissioned South African artist,Peter Sibanda, designed theinternational rate stamps, which depicta city skyline set against an image ofthe earth. There are also three standardrate postage stamps that depict imagesof the World Summit slogan, �People,planet and prosperity�. The WorldSummit logo is depicted on the officialcommemorative envelope bearing thethree standard rate stamps. Images ofwell-known South African landmarkssuch as the Brixton communicationtower, which dominates theJohannesburg skyline, the UnionBuildings in Pretoria and Table Mountainin Cape Town, are incorporated in thedesign. The stamps are now availableat post offices nationwide.

During the World Summit, the PostOffice will not only be providing thenormal range of postal products and

SA POST OFFICE - OFFICIAL MAILCOURIER FOR THE SUMMIT

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integration and ensuring that weoptimise our delivery on a tightbudget.

How has JOWSCO managed tosecure sponsorship, and are weon target for what was requiredand budgeted for the Summit?We have, together with theassistance of Minister Valli Moosa ,secured the substantial portion ofour budget. The contributions havecome from the SA government,including the province of Gautengand Johannesburg Metro, foreigngovernments ,local and international corporate sponsors.

A lot of citizens have respondedto the call for volunteering duringthe Summit, what is the selectionprocess, are you going to betraining all those who areselected, and what kind ofrecognition or remuneration willbe given to those who areselected?An overwhelming response wasachieved to our volunteeringprogramme, close to 10 000applicants were received for 5 000positions. People were selected inaccordance with our skillsrequirements. There will also betraining and recognition in the formof certification.

On a lighter note what is yournormal day like, if there�s anythinglike that?My normal day is usually abnormal.I deal with challenges and potentialcrisis every day. I have a great teamof executives including the newlyappointed COO, Ms Ingrid Blignaut,whose immense contribution helpsme manage each day as it comes.

What are your plans after theWorld Summit, and what�s goingto happen to JOWSCO?At this point I�d love a boat and sailinto the sunset. On a more seriousnote I have not made any firm plans.I have not had to plan my career inthat sense; things have always fallen

Lebo Khumalo Spoke to the CEOof the Johannesburg WorldSummit Company.

Why was the JohannesburgWorld Summit Company formedand what is its role in thepreparations of the WorldSummit?JOWSCO is a section 21 Company,wholly owned by government. Ourmandate is to coordinate andmanage the overall logisticalpreparations for WSSD.

The Minister of EnvironmentalAffairs and Tourism, MinisterMohammed Valli Moosaappointed you to head upJOWSCO early last year. How didyou feel, and what were yourthoughts at that point?I was initially daunted by thechallenge. In fact one of the leadingevents managers in the countrywhom I approached to work withme, declined and said �Moss youare riding a tiger, you are ridingJurassic Park� I felt greatly honouredand privileged to have been givensuch a huge challenge.

As the CEO of the JohannesburgWorld Summit Company(JOWSCO) do you feel that SouthAfricans are prepared for aSummit of this magnitude?Yes, absolutely. Having beeninvolved with the preparations forclose to 14 months, I am certain wehave the capacity to deliver asuccessful WSSD.

To what extent do you thinkGauteng citizens are prepared forthe World Summit on SustainableDevelopment?Gauteng residents, unlike Durban,have not experienced many eventsof international stature andmagnitude. Furthermore, WSSD inthat regard is unprecedented. Ourstakeholder management hastherefore invested a lot of time inengaging most role players to informand consult them on what to expect. I believe at the time of the summit,people will be ready.

What are the difficulties that youand your team are experiencingnow, prior to the Summit, and willthese be resolved by the Summit?

The bulk of our planning has beencompleted. Plans in areas such asaccommodation, venues, transport,communications IT etc are complete. We have also addressed ourcapacity requirements, moving fromplanning phase to implementationphase and we have brought innecessary changes and resourcesto ensure we are properly geared.The two major challenges now are

Face to Facewith Moss Mashishi

� On the Edge is where I belong� �

into place for me.

What makes you wake up everymorning, and what really makesMoss Mashishi tick?What make me tick are challengesand the possibility to dare theimpossible. On the edge is where Ibelong and derive fulfilment whenthe job is done.

Your general comments andviews about South Africa...I believe we have a great country, agreat history and most of all a greatpeople. I urge all our people to riseto the occasion and host a WSSDthat would teach and change theworld for better, forever.

A place for people of the world to uniteon �common ground� around the nervecentre of the World Summit onSustainable Development where dialoguecan be stimulated and opportunities forpartnerships maximised.

1. BACKGROUNDUbuntu Village will serve as the overflowarea for Sandton Convention Centre andwill be the service and recreational hubof the Johannesburg World Summit. Itwill become the focal point for participantsat the Johannesburg World Summitproviding them with various forms ofentertainment, whilst also enabling thevarious Summit stakeholders to interacton common ground.

2. SUMMARY:The Johannesburg World SummitCompany (JOWSCO) proposes utilizingthe site and facilities at Wanderers Club(Wanderers Complex) for the purpose ofcreating an UBUNTU VILLAGE for theduration of the World Summit onSustainable Development 2002 (WSSD). Besides creating an added attraction forsummit delegates, UBUNTU VILLAGEwill serve both broader substance andlogistical purposes.

UBUNTU VILLAGE will perform criticalfunctions in providing a central informationand service hub, which can be accessedby all participants on a 24-hour basis. Itsproximity to major transport routes,venues and hotels makes WanderersComplex the ideal location for thesefunctions.

The Wanderers Club facility will also easesecurity concerns by providing a centralstaging ground for demonstrationsheading into Zone 1.

3. FACILITIES AND EVENTS AT THEUBUNTU VILLAGE

For the Ubuntu Village to be effective, itmust have an attraction value, which willmake it a place where participants wouldwant to attend. The following facilities areenvisaged for the village. These facilitieswill not only make it an attractive facility,but also provide a platform for interactionbetween United Nations and Non �Governmental delegates, as well asproviding a show case platform whereSouth Africa will be extremely wellpositioned to market itself and resources.

3.1 Logistics Facilities

� SA Accreditation� Access to Zone 1 shuttles to the UN

Precinct� Access to Zone 4 express shuttle to

Global Forum at NASREC� Central Information & Hospitality Bureau� Medical & Security Assistance &

Response� Expression headquarters

3.2 Village Attractions

As the Ubuntu Village is envisaged to bean entirely self funding project, theattractions and logistics facilities will beoperated on a concession basis, with theoperators of these facilities being requiredto pay for concessions and then operatingon a commercial basis.

The Ubuntu Exhibition

The United Nations Commission onSustainable Development (CSD 10)affirmed that the host country coordinatesand manages the �Best Practice�Exhibition on Sustainable Development,hereafter know as the Ubuntu Exhibition. JOWSCO proposes that this exhibitionforms the �backbone� of UBUNTUVILLAGE and ensures a substantivelinkage to the Heads Of State dialogue.

The Exhibition will provide both a forumand an opportunity for Governments,Inter-Governmental Organizations, andmajor groups to

profile practical hands on solutions,partnerships, and technologies in theimplementation of Agenda 21.

Conference, seminar and breakawayfacilities will also be available.

The exhibition will be live from the 10August to 10 September, and will be opento the public prior to the actual summitdates, i.e. from 10 � 18 August 2002.

Schools and universities as well asgeneral public will be encouraged to visitthe exhibition during the lead in times.

Arts & Craft market

The Arts and Craft Imbizo is the namegiven to this market. Here South Africanand African cultural and local arts andcrafts will be marketed in a live �fleamarket� style area, both showcasing ourheritage, as well as raising funds for theempowerment of these communities. Allthe provinces will be invited to exhibit anddisplay their arts and craft. The Imbizowill consist of 200 stalls showcasing someof the best Arts and Craft from all 9provinces. It will be situated on the samefield as Ubuntu Open Exhibition and willamount to approximately 3000m2.

Earth Arena

An Open-air arena will be situated on afield above Ubuntu Exhibition. This fieldwill also have the Food Court and the

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key summit venues to cope with the massive population influx.Sewer repairs at Gallagher Estate could cost R260 000; at the Sandton Convention Centre they could cost R3, 6 million.

� City power has increased lighting in problem areas at a cost of R220

000.

� Metrobus will be providing R4.2 million worth of new buses (plusR300 000 worth of management).

� The Metropolitan Police will work overtime to ensure maximumservice. This will cost R4 million in overtime pay.

� Ambulance and fire service will also be on constant stand-by, which will mean an overtime bill of R2.5 million.

� Staff of refuse removal service, Pikitup, will work R750 000 worth of overtime. Pikitup also expects to spend R2.1 million in regular operations, plus another R2 million on recycling.

� Parks that will be improved include Masupha/Ben Naude in Diepkloof,Soweto at a cost of R805 000; Van Onselen, in Meadowlands, also in Soweto for R609 000; Marlboro Drive and Rivonia Road in Sandton, at a cost of R200 000 each; and Katherine Street also in Sandton, north of Johannesburg, for R105 000.

� The budget for upgrading the historic Turbine Hall in the Newtown cultural precinct, where some summit activities will be held,is R5 million.

� Johannesburg Roads Agency has allotted R1.5 million to upgradingtraffic lights last year, plus another half a million for this year. SomeR750 000 has already been spent on road markings, another R650 000 is budgeted.

The World Summit on SustainableDevelopment, coming toJohannesburg on the 26th of Augustthis year, presents a uniqueopportunity for the City ofJohannesburg. This is the largestconference ever to be held inJohannesburg, South Africa or eventhe continent, with more than 100Heads of State and about 65 000people expected to attend.

Without a doubt therefore, the WorldSummit on SustainableDevelopment is a unique opportunityfor the city to maximize on the vasttourism and economic potential thismomentous event presents.Johannesburg's successful hostingof an international gathering of thiskind will significantly boost the cityand the country's internationalreputation as a global conferencedestination.

This realization has not been loston the city. Johannesburg is pullingall the stops to make its hosting ofthe World Summit on SustainableDevelopment a success.

On hosting the many visitorsexpected to attend the fortnight-longSummit, the city will spend anestimated R52-million. Already workhas begun on a number of projectsto develop infrastructure that willleave the residents of Johannesburga legacy far beyond this Summit.The work currently underway on theparks, transport systems, waste,signage, water supply, sewersystems, etc. will leave residents ofJohannesburg a heritage far beyondthe World Summit. All for People,Planet, Prosperity.

This is how the city has broken downits budget for these projects:

� Construction of new roads will costR3 million.

� Major repairs have been done tosewers in the neighbourhood of

Sustainable Cityfor Summit Tourism Statistics

Rick Menell is the new Chairperson of the South African Tourism Board.

Menell replaces former chair, Mr Saki Macozoma, Chief Executive Officer, NewAfrica Investments Limited, who resigned last month due to pressure of workcommitments in his new capacity in NAIL.

In offering her congratulations, South African Tourism�s Chief Executive Officer,Ms Cheryl Carolus, said the organisation is excited about the appointment ofa person of Menell�s calibre and recognises the considerable insight and wealthof experience of the private sector that he brings to his new position. This iswith particular reference to his involvement with the Business Trust and abouthis ongoing management role within South Africa�s mining industry.

She said, �His long-standing active commitment both to South Africa, and to theboard of South African Tourism during the period when he was vice-chairman,

is greatly valued and we nowlook forward to working togetherunder his chairmanship.�

�I would like to take thisopportunity to thank MrMacozoma for his leadershipand tireless efforts in buildingSouth African Tourism and wishhim well with the added tasksand responsibilities that he hasnow assumed,� concludedCarolus.

This figure included a record numberof 193 SMME (small, medium andmicro enterprises) products (anincrease over the 138 exhibiting in2001 and 34 in 2000). The localtrade day on the 14th attracted some1 207 visitors, up from 994 in 2001.

Carolus said: �It�s now official!INDABA 2002 was indeed biggerand better than ever before. Wehave a world-class quality productoffering unique African experiencescoupled also with world-classinfrastructure and we intend tocontinue growing INDABA inrightfully positioning South Africa asa preferred, value for money touristdestination.�

INDABA 2002 was not only utilisedto launch South African Tourism�sstrategic vision for a more focused,cost-effective and customer-drivenapproach to its internationalmarketing operations - enabling itto �play smarter� in what is anincreasingly competitive globaltourism arena - but was also themedto celebrate South Africa�s pride inbeing chosen to host the upcomingWorld Summit on SustainableDevelopment.

Next year�s Indaba is scheduled totake place in Durban from May 3 �6, 2003 and applications andregistrations will open on August 1.For more information on the eventcontact Rai Travel Exhibitions onor +27 11 549 8300.

INDABA 2002 FULFILS SOUTHAFRICAN TOURISM�S PROMISEOF BEING BIGGER AND BETTER

SOUTH African Tourism�s Indaba2002, held in Durban from May 11-14, has statistically beenacknowledged as the biggest andbest travel trade show hosted on theAfrican continent, attracting a totalattendance of 7 350. This is a 19%increase over attendance in 2001(5 948). Some 79 countries wererepresented compared with 70 lastyear, with International delegateattendance up 11% (1 316 from 1183) - not including an additional184 members of the internationalmedia (up from 171 in 2001) and 31VIPs.

This bodes well for the continent�sleading tourism showcase which isin line with the commitment madeby the Minister of EnvironmentalAffairs and Tourism, Mr Valli Moosa,supported by South African TourismCEO, Cheryl Carolus, that INDABAwould be positioned amongst theworld�s top three �must visit� traveltrade shows within the next fiveyears. The achievement of this goalwithin the prescribed timeframewould reflect the success of theorganisation�s newly launchedtourism growth strategy.

The number of companies exhibitingfrom South Africa, the SADC regionand the Indian Ocean Islands alsorecorded a 30% increase this yearto 1307 (from 913 last year).

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POur three Ps, People, Planet andProsperity, constitute the SA theme forthe Summit, the basis of all our actions,the livelihoods of our People, theProtection of our Planet and Prosperityfor all.

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Poverty Eradication: Our key themefor the WSSD, which will only succeedif we emerge out of Johannesburg witha commitment to build strongpartnerships.

QQuestions and queries about the worldsummit: Logistics and Operationalqueries: Tel 011 303-8200, Fax 011 303-8236, e-mail queries@wssd2002.com. Policy inquiries can be directed toWSSD Policy Unit, Department ofEnvironmental Affairs and Tourism,Private Bag X 447, Pretoria, Tel: (012)310 3920, Fax: (012) 320 1421, E-mail:fboulogne@ozone.pwv.gov.za.

R Resources needed for theimplementation of the agreements atthe Summit will be sourced fromgovernments, United Nations Agencies,big corporations and various other formsof revenue generation like taxes.

Radio as the most accessible meansof communication will be utilized tocommunicate the summit deliberationsto millions of people across the globe.A daily Summit radio will bebroadcasting live during the summit.

SSchool Holidays in Gauteng havebeen readjusted to accommodate thehuge influx of people in Johannesburgduring that period and to ensure thatschools do not feel the inconveniencesof a summit.

Sustainable Development, what thissummit is about, �Meeting the needsof the present generation, withoutcompromising the ability of futuregenerations to meet their needs."

TTraffic: There will be a need for re-routing and closure of certain roadsin and around Sandton . As part oftaking care of our visitors andmaximizing benefits for our country,a number of Tour Packages for thethousands of participants has beendeveloped. Visit www.wssdtravel.comfor more on tour packages. SouthAfrica has designed transport gridsto cater exclusively for Summitdelegates. This clarifies certaincategories, including airport transfer,VIP transportation and transportationto special events.

UUBUNTU VILLAGE - A place forpeople of the world to unite oncommon ground around the nervecentre of the summit, where dialoguecan be stimulated and opportunitiesfor partnerships maximized.

Unsustainable practices arehuman behaviour and interactionthat continue to threaten our survivaland our natural resources. Thesepractices are from merely littering,to over fishing of our marineresources, to illegal waste disposal.

VThe Venue for the UN World Summiton Sustainable Development is theSandton Convention with the mostadvanced conferencing andexhibition facilities available today.The Expo Centre will play host tothe Major Groups participating in theJohannesburg Summit.

Volunteering will ensure the transferof skills as participants will be trainedand exposed to the processes ofputting together a massive event ofthis scale. We have attracted 10 000Volunteers.

WWanderers Stadium, South Africa�spremier cricket stadium, with easyaccess from both Sandton

Convention Centre and the ExpoCentre, will play host to the UbuntuVillage. Highlights here will includethe International Best PracticeExhibition as well as a host of culturaland entertainment activities. Thefollowing websites will provideinformation www.un.org or thewww.johannesburgsummit.org orwww.joburg summit2002.com orwww.gov.za orwww.environment.gov.za.

X Xenophobia: An attitude and hatredtowards citizens of certain racial,religious or regional origins, beliefsand inclinations. Xenophobia hasbeen responsible to some of the worstcivilian massacres and genocides inthe world. The global campaignagainst xenophobia and relatedintolerance will be one of the sideissues for the summit.

YYouth: The National YouthCommission will be facilitating theSouth Africa Youth Input into theWSSD process. The YouthCommission is contactable atwww.nyc.gov.za Tel: 012 325-3702.Fax: 012 324-4759. A number of youthprojects in support for sustainabledevelopment will also be showcasedat the summit.

ZAreas around Gauteng have beendemarcated into 12 Zones foraccommodation.

some participants will have to beaccommodated in alternative places.The Homestay programme is part ofensuring that every one who attendsthe summit has a comfortable placeto stay.

Health: The health of a population isfundamental for the achievement ofdevelopment, long-term economicgrowth and poverty reduction. 8 milliondeaths in the sub-Saharan region,caused by HIV/AIDS, malaria, TB, etccould be avoided through a well-focused health programme.Programmes for the reduction ofdisease burden and for improvedhealth services need to be anintegrated part of this focus.

IInequality: Inequality is one of thegreatest threats to humandevelopment and global stability. Oneof the issues for the summit will be tofind ways of bridging the gap betweenthe rich and the poor.

Information Technology: Informationtechnology will be used at the summitto ease access conferencedeliberation and other informationneeds for delegates and the media.

JJohannesburg is the host city. It isexpected that from the WSSD aJohannesburg Programme of Actionwill emerge providing a world�simplementation blueprint of the summitresolutions.JOWSCO: The organizing agency forgovernment. It was established as asection 21 Company to renderstrategic logistical support for thesuccessful hosting of the summit.

KKnowledge Partnerships: It isexpected that knowledgepartnerships will emerge fromJohannesburg through which we canshare skills and expertise in the areasof science, education and technology.sustainable development through art.

LLatest Summit News can be foundat various information points. Visitthe official summit website.

Land Degradation andDesertification will have to beaddressed if we are to addresspoverty, and the issue of land use asa means of providing food.The primary objectives on the UnitedNations Convention to CombatDesertification (UNCCD) are tomitigate land degradation and seriousdroughts in dry and arid countries,particularly in Africa. UNCCD is aprime tool for eradication of povertyin Africa and other dry land countries.

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MMass participation has been solicitedthrough a number of provincial roadshows and media campaigns.The media has engaged withsubstantive issues of the summitthrough a series of workshops. Weexpect, at least, 6 000 mediarepresentatives at the Summit.

NNGO Forum: The NGO Forum willbe held at the NASREC ExhibitionCentre. It is expected to attract thelargest number of participantsrepresenting youth, women,environmental groups and variousother organizations. Preparations forthe NGO Forum are being steered bythe Civil Society Secretariat.

NEPAD, the New Economic Plan forAfrican Development, will be Africa�sshowcase and Flagship of asustainable development planning inmotion. The world summit outcomes,it is envisaged, should advanceNEPAD�s cause.

OOpening Ceremony: The It isexpected that the SA WelcomeCeremony will be one of the best everheld cultural programmes on SouthAfrican soil. It will leave thedelegations full of admiration and aweand further set the spirits high fordeliberations at the summit.

Outcomes for the summit are beingclassified into two - Type I, which areagreements resulting in formalnegotiations between governmentsof the United Nations and Type IIOutcomes, which mainly will bepartnerships between the varioussectors in advancing the cause ofsustainable development.

The World Summit on SustainableDevelopment is regarded as thebiggest UN event ever to be heldon African soil. It is also the firstever all inclusive developmentsummit in the 21st Century. This A- Z guide will take you throughsome of the basic things you needto know about the Summit.

A is for Agenda 21, a programme ofAction for Development and theEnvironment adopted at the EarthSummit ten years ago at Rio deJaneiro. The WSSD will be expectedto, among others, review itsimplementation progress since itsadoption.

BBusiness Action for SustainableDevelopment (BASB): This segment,as part of contributing to the discourseof sustainable development, will holdits conference at the Hilton Hotelduring the summit. Ruel Khoza andTokyo Sexwale are leading the SouthAfrican Chapter of BASD.Benefits of the Summit: The Summitwill benefit all of humanity if it cansuccessfully address issues ofpoverty, inequality andunderdevelopment in the developingworld.Black Economic Empowerment:Among government�s key priorities isto ensure that the summitprocurement Black Business. 60percent of all JOWSCO serviceprocurement has been sourced fromBlack owned Businesses. Theremainder goes to businesses thatcan demonstrate partnership withemerging entrepreneurs.

CCivil Society Secretariat: The CivilSociety Secretariat will play host tothe Global NGO forum.Community Involvement: Throughthe Road to Johannesburg shows,government is making an effort toinvolve communities in the hype andawareness about the summit.Consumption Patterns: Among thethorny issues that must be addressedat the summit is negative effect of thehuge/irregular consumption patternson our world. If we are to achieveSustainable Development, thesepatterns must change.Cultural Programmes: A full culturalprogramme for the summit is beingput in place under the watchful eyeof the Department of Arts, Culture,Science and Technology.

DDevelopment: One of South Africa�sin the awarding of grants throughOfficial Development Assistanceprogrammes.

Delegates. The delegates that willbe attending parallel and side events

associated with the Summit areexpected to be between 40 000 and60 000.

Day Tours will be organised aroundGauteng to ensure that our visitorsare able to explore the beauty of ourcountry.

EEducation: One of the key topics onthe agenda of the summit and one ofthe world�s greatest challenges isEducation.Energy is one of the most neededand scarcest resources in thedeveloping countries, which will behigh on the summit agenda.One of the summit highlights will bea best practice exhibition; the mainexhibition areas will be at the SAPavilion and Ubuntu Village.

Economic development is one ofthe pillars of sustainable development.

Environmental Protection will be atop agenda issue. Participants willhave an opportunity to assess thestate of our planet and recommendappropriate environmental protectioninterventions. The Summit will alsoassess the implementation of variousenvironmental conventions.

FFinancing Development: Key to thesuccessful implementation of theoutcomes of the WSSD is the issueof funding for development. TheMonterey Conference on Financing Development has set the pace forthe development of sustainablefinancing for a new developmentregime.

GGlobal Deal: A set of politicalcommitments and determination towork, that South Africa expects fromthe Summit. This deal should besupported by a set of targets andimplementing mechanisms.

Greening: In keeping with bestpractice, all summit activities willmaintain certain standards ofacceptable minimum environmentalimpact.

Government Departments:Government Departments mainlyresponsible for the WSSD are theDepartment of Foreign Affairs and theDepartment of Environmental Affairsand Tourism. However, all othergovernment departments haveidentified for themselves their differentroles in both the substance andlogistical preparations for the summit.

HHotels: There are hotels inJohannesburg that have beenreserved for delegates to the summit.In addition to hotel accommodation,

The WorldSummit onSustainableDevelopment(WSSD) RoadShows got off toa slow start butwith the stringsof � give mehope Johanna�in their wings,they havebecome anoverwhelmingsuccess. WSSDwould have

become much poorer withoutparticipation of ordinary citizens ofthe world. The declarations thathave come out of the provincialseminars and the good spirit thathas characterised the cultural eventsto celebrate the summit have gonemiles in strengthening South Africaas we approach the summit. Theworld expects us to play a proactiverole of more than simply host.

Forging a new Joy: SupportingMbeki�s Call.President Mbeki�s call to Worldleaders to break the cycle of povertyhas pointedly clarified the realpurpose of the World Summit. It hasisolated the one issue that willdetermine the success of this

summit. This call made in thepresence of the predecessor hoststo the World Summit is appropriatefollowing hot in the hills of thetalks in Bali and the collapse of theFood Summit. This call was madeon the eve of bold steps that the G8countries were called upon to takein order to support Africa�sDevelopment. If Johannesburg willbe shy to make this call even louderand if those who will gather at ourshores will have no concrete answerto this call to forge a new joy, thenthe summit will be judged harshlyby history. In many ways Mbeki�scall is to build a new humanity, toforge new friendships and create anew basis for human existencebased on the prosperity of thepeoples of this planet.

AU: A victory for Africa�sDevelopment.We, in South Africa, believe that thetransformation of the OAU into theAU is an important process in thelight of challenges to tackleglobalisation within the context ofAfrica�s renaissance. This move willlay a solid foundation for solidaritybetween African Countries and thepeople of Africa and will acceleratethe political and socio-economicintegration of the continent. Needlessto say, with a new machinery, the

objectives of NEPAD will find avehicle for thorough implementation.

This will, in a consistent manner,achieve the regeneration of thecontinent through sustainable andpeople centred development. It isindeed a victory for Africa � a victorythat will result in a prosperous andbalanced economy in Africa. Withits birth, we have, like we did inadopting NEPAD, moved beyondthe province of words to definiteaction plans that are beingarticulated for concreteimplementation by African leaders. African leaders are going to theWorld Summit stronger.

Sustainable Tourism: BearingFruit.The release of the latest Tourismstatistics, demonstrating over 7percent growth, is a vindication thatour sustainable tourism strategy putin place by the democraticgovernment is beginning to bearfruit. Who would have thought thatgiven the pessimistic outlook thatoften fly around, this country couldbe declared the best and safestdestination by the mainstream medialocally? It pays therefore to besteadfast in our approach to marketour country aggressively andconsolidate the

good work already done in keymarkets. The World Summit onSustainable Development alsoopens a window of opportunity forour country � if we treat these visitorswith the dignity and respect theydeserve, they will return with theirfamilies and friends sooner that wethink. If we pull of a world-classconference, we will soon be on thelips of many internationalorganizations as a conferencingdestination of note. These areobvious advantages. More over, thediscussions that will be conductedat this Summit on SustainableTourism can only be positive for thegrowth of an industry that has apotential to make a huge contributionin building economies of thedeveloping countries.

Chat to the Minister on LineIt is real. You can now chat with theMinister on line every Monday at17:00 � 18:00. The Minister ofEnvironmental Affairs and Tourism,Mr Valli Moosa, launched the ChatLine during his address to theNational Council of Provinces on 13June 2002. The support, in the fewchat sessions so far, has beenoverwhelming. Join us everyMonday and share your views onany subject where you want theMinister to answer your questions.

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Beverage Court contained within it. TheEarth Arena will host up to 2000 people,and it will provide an attractive andcomplete daily program for them toattend. The program will consist ofspeeches, presentation of papers andcultural entertainment. It will also be thesetting for the awe inspiring OpeningCeremony. There will be two screens atthe site to enable people to view theevents occurring in and around theJohannesburg World Summit, includingactivities at Sandton Convention Centre.The Earth Arena will open during thehours of 10h00 � 22h00 during the weekand 10h00 � 00h00 on weekends.

Hospitality

There will be hospitality marquees madeavailable at the Ubuntu Open AirExhibition and four will be made availableon the tennis courts. These will be madeavailable to media, SA Government andJOWSCO Sponsors.

Theatre @ the Village

A live and cinematic theatre whereproductions and performances linked tothe broader summit themes will bepresented. This will provide a furtherplatform for speeches, presentations ofpapers and cultural entertainment. TheCultural Program Film for theJohannesburg World Summit consistsof many components including a FilmFestival, some of the elements of thisprogram will be factored into the activitiesat the Theatre. The theatre will besituated at the gym, which is part of theWanders Clubhouse. It will be all seatedand will cater for approximately 250people.

representatives from around theworld will be attending this forumfrom 27 to 30 August.

Ubuntu Village at the WanderersClub and StadiumThe Ubuntu Village at the WanderersClub and Stadium is the culturalplace of opportunity for people fromdiverse cultures around the world tointeract, share and showcase theirunique cultural heritage. This iswhere all delegates can meet oncommon ground and affords aunique opportunity for South Africato showcase its own rich culturalheritage on the world map. Thevillage will provide a centralinformation and services hub,accessible to all delegates for 24hours. African arts and craft will bemarketed at a live flea market,named the arts and craft Imbizo.Members of the United Nations,NGOs and representatives of themajor groups are invited to exhibitat this market. There will be a 24-hour world-class media center withaccess to approximately 500 mediaand informal media �mixer�entertainment facilities. ACommercial Business Centre willalso be available. Theatre at theVillage is a cinematic theatre whereperformances and products linkedto the broad Summit themes will bepresented. An Information Centrewith 30 information stewards will bepart of this to supply information onthe Summit, general touristinformation and database on value-added services available.

Summit and Parallel EventsThe following parallel events willtake place between 10 August and10 September 2002.� The Civil Society Forum will take

place at Nasrec Expo Centre.� The Business Action for

Sustainable Development at theHilton Hotel.

� The International Council for LocalEnvironmental Initiatives will takeplace at the Sandton CrownePlaza from 27 August to 30August.

� The Ubuntu Village at theWanderers Club and Stadium.

� The South African Business Weekis the premier business platformfor aspiring entrepreneurs,medium and large business toexplore new business andexpanded existing businessthrough investment locally andinternationally.

The World Summit on SustainableDevelopment will have parallelevents happening aroundSandton and other parts of SouthAfrica. This is a quick guide to allthe events

The United Nations WorldSummit.The Sandton Convention Centre willbe the main United Nations precincthosting UN accredited Heads ofState, government delegates andmedia representatives. Among otherissues, the Johannesburg Summitis expected to focus on the following:

� Building commitment at thehighest levels of government andsociety for action to implementAgenda 21, a comprehensiveplan for achieving sustainabledevelopment, which was adoptedat the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio.

� The UN Summit aims to adopt aprogramme of action to addresssustainable development in thenext decade within the broadtheme of �poverty eradication�.

The Civil Society Forum at NasrecApart from Heads of State,government and nationaldelegations, the JohannesburgSummit will bring together thousandsof representatives of organisationsforming part of the major groupings.The Nasrec Expo Centre, South ofJohannesburg will be home to 40000 delegates from the followingmajor groups and broader CivilSociety organisations:Business and Industry, Children andYouth, Farmers, Indigenous People,Local Authorities, Women, Workersand Trade Unions, Scientific andTechnological Communities.

BASD at the Hilton HotelThe Business Action for SustainableDevelopment (BASD) Forum,operating under the auspices of theInternational Chamber of Commercewill be convening a series ofmeetings during WSSD. The focalpoint for their activities will be theHilton Hotel in Sandton. Businessleaders worldwide will gather thereto discuss issues surroundingsustainable development andprovide business� articulation of thecore theme that will shape theWSSD 2002 agenda.

Local Government Session (LGS)at Sandton Crowne PlazaLGS is the internationalenvironmental agency for localgovernments. With the support ofthe UN and major internationalassociations of local governmentauthorities, it will be convening aforum centred on the unique abilityof local government to achievetangible improvements in globalenvironmental and sustainabledevelopment conditions throughcumulative local actions. Delegate

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Food and Beverage Court

The food and beverage court willincorporate an international flavour. Itwill provide for all tastes and pocketsizes. It will be based around the FoodCourt concept with various outlets onthe perimeter and a central seated area.It will be situated within marqueestructures on the larger cricket groundabove the Ubuntu Open Exhibition,which is very close to the main entrance.It will amount in total to approximately4000m2 and will operate on acommercial basis.

Speakers Corner

There will be approximately 2/3 speakerscorners strategically located throughoutthe Village. They will be managed andwill provide interested parties with aplatform for exercising their rights tofreedom of speech and expression. Theywill each be 24sqm in size and will beable to reach an audience ofapproximately 50 people.

World Summit ConsumptionBarometer

This project will collect and presentinformation on the ecological impact ofthe Summit operation and the way it isbeing managed. It will appear on a realtime screen, which will display theJohannesburg World Summit�s levels ofconsumption of key items such as water,paper and other disposablecommodities. It will be situated within amarquee structure and will be on thetennis court. It will be a 24 hour display,with the consumption levels fed into itat intermittent periods.

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Southern Africa is the cradle onhumankind. About 120 000years ago human beings beganthe journey from here to occupythe other continents and thefurthest corners of planet Earth.For most of this period ourancestors lived in harmony withnature. Over the millenniahuman beings advancedsocially, economically andculturally, never once facing self-destruction. All that change inthe last one hundred years.Human beings for the first timestarted destroying the very Earthwhich we need for our survival.

The great economic advance ofEurope and other countries ofthe North have beenaccompanied by anunprecedented destruction ofthe global environment for thebenefit of some. Much of theworld�s fish stocks have beendepleted, large quantities ofcarbon dioxide pumped into theatmosphere by industrial plantsand motor vehicles has led toglobal warming, many plant andanimal species are becomingextinct, rivers and undergroundwater resources are beingpolluted and forests are beingdestroyed. The last century canbe characterized as the era ofunsustainable development.

Global patterns of consumptionare not just unsustainable - theyare also unfair! The entire AfricanContinent is responsible for amere 3% of carbon emissionsinto the atmosphere yet paysthe same high price for climatechange as the rest of the world.So poor Africans are subsidisingrich Americans, Europeans andJapanese!

Speaking in Rio de Janeiro inJune this year, President Mbekisaid:

�Our very development model isquestioned daily by the earth�secosystem on which all life andall economic activity isdependent. Our patterns ofconsumption and productioncannot be left unchecked.

If the Chinese citizen is toconsume the same quantity ofoil as his US counterpart, Chinawould need over 80 millionbarrels of oil a day � slightlymore than the 74 million barrelsa day the world now produces.If annual paper use in China of

35 kilograms per person wereto climb to the US level of 342kilograms, China would needmore paper than the worldcurrently produces.

The period since the Rio EarthSummit was one ofunprecedented global economicgrowth. Growth in the worldeconomy in the year 2000 aloneexceeded that during the entirenineteenth century.

Yet people continue to die ofhunger; babies get born, growup, and die without being ableto read or write; many fellowhumans do not have clean waterto drink; and, people die ofcurable diseases. The gulfbetween rich and poor membersof the human race widens as wespeak.

The Johannesburg WorldSummit must take further ourpledge at the Millennium Summitto eradicate poverty. It mustfocus on implementation andaction. It�s outcome must makesense to she who has to walkfor kilometers to fetch drinkingwater and to she who spendshours gathering firewood forenergy. It must also speak to hewho consumes more than theEarth can give.�

The Johannesburg WorldSummit is now only two weeksaway.

We are nearing the end of a longpreparatory process spanningthe last two years. At thebeginning of the process it wasnot possible to say with anydegree of certainty what thescale, agenda and outcomes ofthe Summit would be. But nowon the eve of the event the stageis set and the agenda is clear.

As the world begins to gather inJohannesburg over the next fewweeks they will build on the far-reaching consensus that wasgenerated during an extremelyrich and comprehensive globalpreparatory process. What arethe main areas of agreement?

Firstly, there is consensus thatcentral focus of the Summitshould be the eradication ofpoverty.

Second, there is consensus thatthis Summit must be primarilyabout implementation anddelivery.

Third, it is agreed that thereshould be a balanced emphasison the all three pillars ofsustainable development, i.e.Social development, economicdevelopment and the protectionof the environment.

Fourth, it is agreed that the mainareas of action should be:access to water and sanitation;access to energy; healthcare;food security; and, biodiversityand ecosystem protection.

Fifth, there is consensus thatimplementation must involvepartnerships betweengovernments of the North andthe South and betweengovernments and the privatesector and civil society.

Sixth, there is agreement thatAfrica must enjoy priority in theaction plans with NEPAD servingas the delivery vehicle.

Seventh, there is consensusthat the Summit must endorseand rededicate itself to thedecisions of the Rio EarthSummit, including Agenda 21.

There are outstanding areas inwhich agreements have notbeen reached. These include,the application of the principleof �common but differentiatedresponsibility� among countriesfor sustainable development; thesetting of targets for theprovision of adequate sanitationand the use of renewable formsof energy; the phasing out ofenvironmentally harmful andtrade distorting subsidies; themobilisation of alreadycommitted funds and the need

Promise of a new era in human solidarity

for new and additional resources;and, the link between sustainabledevelopment and goodgovernance.

We are confident that all theoutstanding matters can beresolved.

All indications are that theSummit will be attended by alarge number of Heads of Stateand Government. This, togetherwith the presence inJohannesburg of global leadersof all sectors of society promisesto make this an event of deepsignificance to humanity.

All South Africans should sharein the pride of acting as hosts tothe world�s Presidents, PrimeMinisters, Kings and Queens,judges, representatives ofworkers and business, of youthand women, religious leadersand representatives ofcommunities from all corners ofthe earth.

Humanity returns to Africa - ourcommon birthplace - to open anew chapter in human solidarity.All will be united in the pursuit ofone single overriding imperative:the adequate provision for theneeds of the present generationwithout compromising the abilityof future generations to meet theirneeds.

by Mahomend Vali Moosa

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with 146 for the world as a wholeand 567 for high-income countries.

There is an emerging consensusthat if we are serious abouteradicating poverty the WSSD mustbe about action not words. Wealready have global politicalcommitment at the highest levels topoverty eradication and sustainabledevelopment in the shape of Agenda21 and the Millennium DevelopmentGoals. The challenge now is totranslate that commitment into apractical plan of action.

In this context the UN SecretaryGeneral, Kofi Annan, has identifiedfive specific areas where concreteresults are both essential andachievable in Johannesburg:

Water and sanitation: More than1 billion people globally are withoutsafe drinking water. Twice thatnumber lack adequate sanitation.And more than 3 million people dieevery year from diseases causedby unsafe water.

Energy: Two billion people globallycurrently do not have access tomodern energy services. We needto make clean energy suppliesaccessible and affordable. We needto increase the use of renewableenergy sources and improve energyefficiency.

Agricultural productivity: Landdegradation affects perhaps as muchas two thirds of the world�sagricultural land. As a result,agricultural productivity is decliningsharply while the number of mouthsto feed continues to grow. In Africa,especially, millions of people arethreatened with starvation.

Biodiversity and ecosystemmanagement: Biodiversity isdeclining at an unprecedented rate� as much as a thousand times whatit would be without the impact ofhuman activity. Half of the tropicalrainforests and mangroves havealready been lost. About 75 percentof marine fisheries have been fishedto capacity. 70 percent of coral reefsare endangered.

Health. Communicable diseases,especially HIV/AIDS, cholera,tuberculosis and malaria, representa serious obstacle to sustainabledevelopment. More than one billionpeople globally breathe unhealthyair and three million people die eachyear from air pollution � two thirdsof them poor people, mostly womenand children, who die from indoorpollution caused by burning woodand dung.

objectives of the AU. NEPAD willenable us to channel political willand resources into concrete action.It is a pledge by African leaders andgovernments, based on a commonvision and commitment, to eradicatepoverty and place their countries,individually and collectively, on thepath of sustained growth anddevelopment. NEPAD is acomprehensive response,developed and owned by Africans,that assumes continentalresponsibility for political andeconomic governance, but it is alsoa basis for calling on the internationalcommunity for support. As such,NEPAD articulates an Africanprogramme for sustainabledevelopment based on shared globalresponsibility.

It is with the strategic objectives ofthe AU and NEPAD in mind that weapproach the World Summit onSustainable Development. Our over-arching objective for WSSD ispoverty eradication. We haveargued strongly that Johannesburgmust deliver concrete action whichwill have a real impact on the livesof the millions of people around theworld � particularly in Africa - whostill live in poverty.

In Africa, 340 million people, or halfthe population, live on less thanUS$1 per day. The mortality rate ofchildren under 5 years of age is 140per 1000, and life expectancy at birthis only 54 years. Only 58 per centof the population have access tosafe water. The rate of illiteracy forpeople over 15 is 41 per cent. Thereare only 18 mainline telephones per1000 people in Africa, compared

The Inaugural Summit of the AfricanUnion held in Durban from 28 Juneto 10 July 2002, launched a newand exciting phase in the history ofAfrican integration. The world willdescend on Johannesburg, from 26August to 4 September 2002, for theWorld Summit on SustainableDevelopment (WSSD). The WSSDis expected to strengthen globalaction to promote poverty eradicationand sustainable development, whichwill complement and support ourown efforts at the regional level.These two events offer us a uniqueopportunity to pave the way for abrighter future for Africa.

The launch of the African Unionrepresents a new departure for ourcontinent. In 1999 African leadersdecided to establish the AU as thesuccessor to the Organisation ofAfrican Unity, to continue the taskof building a strong and united Africain an era of unprecedented globalchange and uncertainty. The launchof the AU signals in particularrecognition of the need for greatereconomic integration in order toavoid the further marginalisation ofAfrican countries in the new globaleconomy. The AU will provide aframework within which thenecessary partnerships betweengovernments, people, businessesand civil society can be strengthenedin order to promote the economicand social development of ourcontinent.

The African Union will beunderpinned by the New Partnershipfor Africa�s Development (NEPAD),which will undoubtedly play a majorrole in helping to achieve the

Decisive action in these areas at theinternational level would improve thelives of millions of people on ourcontinent and would complementaction at the regional level underNEPAD.

We must, however, recognise thatsuch action cannot be delivered bygovernments alone. It will requirepartnerships between all the relevantstakeholders including governments,local communities, the private sector,non-governmental organizations andinternational agencies. But we mustdeliver our objectives. I thereforebelieve that the World Summit mustagree a global framework for actionwith clear targets and timetables andappropriate coordination andmonitoring arrangements.

My strong hope and expectation isthat the World Summit will recognisethe particular situation of Africa andthe importance of sustainabledevelopment initiatives aimedspecifically at our continent. One ofthe key outcomes I want to see fromJohannesburg is a commitment fromthe international community tosupport the implementation ofNEPAD. That commitment will ofcourse only be meaningful if it isbacked up by financial resources.At the recent Financing forDevelopment Conference inMonterrey, Mexico, the EU and theUS committed to substantialincreases in their developmentfunding � not as much as we wouldhave liked, but substantialnonetheless. We now need toensure that as much of that moneyas possible goes to Africa - whereit is needed most.

I hope that we will look back on 2002as a momentous year for Africa. Ayear in which the African Union waslaunched. A year in which thebiggest ever UN summit was heldon African soil and delivered tangibleresults. A year, which marked a newbeginning for our continent and itspeople.

Mohammed Valli MoosaMinister of Environmental Affairs andTourismRepublic of South Africa.

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flexed with the sound waves,Togetherness shouted (in what heconsidered an American accent)some intelligent questions, such as�Say man, you Yanks still fightin� thekaftans, huh?�

His examiners began firing �typical�questions at him - the sort ofquestions they said he mustanticipate from delegates from weirdand wild countries such asUzbekistan and France. �How far isPretoria from here?� asked the whiteman. Togetherness said it was abouteight minutes away.

�Eight minutes! But Pretoria�s 60kilometres away!� said the white managhast. �OK, 10 minutes then,�Togetherness said.

�And is it true there are lions in thestreets of Johannesburg? Even whitelions?� asked one of the examinersfeigning a British accent.

Togetherness misheard him: �Whitelines?� He began explaining thewhite lines down the middle of theroad and how he thought doublewhite lines (which he had justcrossed in order to overtake a petroltanker) were for cyclists to cycle inbetween.

�I notice that you stop at green lightsbut not at red ones,� said anexaminer in a muffled voice(because by now he was coweringunder his seat).

�Too dangerous to drive throughgreen lights,� shouted Togethernessas Elvis got into All Shook Up. �Somany taxi drivers shoot the red lightthat nowadays it�s safer to stop atgreen and to take off at red.�

Togetherness thought the test wentwell but he�s not sure whether he�sbeen selected. As he drove away, Inoticed he had a new sticker in therear window:

�Want your skin lightened? Take ataxi.�

Sandton�s central business districtis to be sealed off during the EarthSummit in August-September thisyear where 85 000 delegates and180 world leaders are expected. Thetown centre will temporarily becomeUnited Nations territory and all whoenter must do so by bus.

Four hundred and fifty minibuseswill be hired and drivers will becarefully selected and trained. Mytaxi-driver friend from Soweto,Togetherness Amadeus Tshabalala,underwent his driving test the otherday to see if he would be a suitablecandidate for driving one of the UNbuses during the 10-day EarthSummit.

He took along his faithful old ToyotaHi-Ace with its BMW hubcaps andstickers that read, �Even God lovestaxi drivers� and �Defeat constipation,travel by taxi�. The front of the vehiclestill bore the big dent, shapedsuspiciously like a traffic cop withboth arms out.

Togetherness told me, hispassengers - who were in fact hisexaminers - consisted of two blackmen, an Indian and a white man,but by the time he had driven themaround Sandton, they were all white.

Now, Togetherness knows Sandtonlike the back of his hand. He knowsevery shortcut. So when, during hisorientation test he was asked to takethe quickest route from Fifth Streetto Rivonia, he cut throughWoolworths, a school playgroundand two branches of Pick �n Pay.

When they asked him to imagine hewas carrying a VIP American whowas in a hurry, Togetherness droveso fast he overtook a police carchasing a getaway car. Then heovertook the getaway car. Heshouted pleasantries to the copsand the robbers, for he knew themall well. He made a thoughtful littlegesture to his imaginary Americanpassenger by slipping an ElvisPresley record into the vehicle�sCD player. As the walls of the taxi

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A message of hopefrom Bali to Jo�burg

view, that the current agreement outof Bali affirms the MillenniumDevelopment Goals and principlesof Agenda 21, and strengthenslinkages across sectors. Theupcoming World Summit must focuson the three pillars of sustainabledevelopment as a triangle ofinterdependent goals.

There is strong consensus acrossthe board on the need for practicaland action-oriented outcomes ofWSSD, and a commitment to pursueglobal programmes with targets.However there is no doubt that thereare fundamental questions regardingthe process for deliveringimplementation programmes. Therole of governments and agencieswith respect to taking the processforward and ensuring action andaccountability is still the subject ofnegotiation.

If anything, the disagreement on thetrade and finance provision isolatesthe real debate about how toresource the implementation planthat will be adopted inJohannesburg. It makes the focusof debate at the Summit even moreimportant. It is not a unique talkingpoint though - the Food Summit thattook place in Rome immediately afterBali faced the same debate: Howare the good intentions that emergeout of all these multilateral dialoguegoing to be financed? Who willcommit resources and what level ofresources do we need?

The success of the summit will verymuch depend on the extent to whichdeveloping countries manage to holdon to already agreed upon positionssuch as the focus on povertyeradication and implementation ofprogrammes to achieve theMillenium Development Goals. Baliset the stage for South Africa andthe broader developing world toconcretize the implementation plansbefore Johannesburg. This willinvolve using the remainingopportunities for engagement ininformal discussions to tie down themain elements of the deal to bebrokered at Johannesburg � issuesaround the economic platform, themain social programmes, theenvironment and good governance.

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A message of hope from Bali toJohannesburg

The stage is set for a successfulsummit writes Crispian Olver,

The World Summit on SustainableDevelopment will soon be on ourshores. The focus of the whole worldhas turned towards South Africa,and many countries are looking tous to show courage and leadershipin ensuring a successful Summit.

It is a few weeks since theconclusion of World Summitpreparatory talks in Bali. Somecommentators seem to have alreadydecided that the all-importantJohannesburg World Summit will bea failure even before it sits. However,the disagreement on key issues suchas trade and finance in the draft planof implementation are an inevitableand even a necessary step in theprocess of crafting a significantglobal deal in Johannesburg.

The preparatory meeting in Bali(Prep Com 4) resulted in the removalof close to two hundreddisagreement points (referred to, ininternational parlance, as �brackets�).Less than fifty brackets now remainto be resolved during the actualSummit in Johannesburg. This issignificantly less than the numberof brackets that were sent to the Rioconference in 1992 for resolution.No one realistically expected thatthere would be agreement on allissues at Bali.

The draft plan, that emerged out ofPrep Com 4, already provides theframework for global, regional andnational programmes ofimplementation, setting out keytargets and timeframes in identifiedpriority areas. The scope, targetsand timeframes for implementationformed the subject of negotiation inthe meetings of the informal andformal plenary sessions.

South Africa is pleased that there isnow global consensus on the mainframework for the Summit: - theSummit must focus on all threepillars of sustainable development,viz. social development, economicdevelopment and the protection ofthe environment. The overall focusand target of the Summit is theMillennium Development Goal tohalve poverty by 2015. The Summitwill agree on concreteprogrammes of action in priorityareas such as water andsanitation, energy, health,agriculture and food security,education and biodiversity. TheSummit will establish a globalpartnership between rich andpoor countries, and betweengovernments, business and civilsociety for sustainabledevelopment.

It is extremely encouraging, in our

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holidays.

�But of great importance to me isthat I also contribute, through thecompany, in the employment of morethan 120 people. This means that Ialso provide a livelihood for 120families. I am confident that we areproviding decent salaries to our staffcompared to what we received astoilers under the old regime.Furthermore, this means that ourbusiness contributes to pushing backthe frontiers of poverty in line withthe Millenium Call to reduce povertyby half in 2015.�

George Banjwa, who has refusedthe temptation of glamour in thehigh-flying directors echelon of thefishing industry drives an old van �which also doubles as a deliveryvehicle - and still lives in the squattercamp. He says � We haveestablished a Trust Fund for ouremployees and they have a 7%share in the company. I believe thatthe fishing industry has a potentialof wiping out poverty andjoblessness. Our honourablePresident, Mr Thabo Mbeki and theMinister of Environmental Affairs andTourism, Mr Moosa, cannot do italone. Business people likeourselves must contribute towardsa better life for all.�

This success story is but one in aplethora of painstaking efforts byDEAT, through the new fishing quotaregime, to contribute to the economicdevelopment and the war againstpoverty and unemployment.

The Department of EnvironmentalAffairs and Tourism has, since 1994,changed lives of millions of peopleranging from the unemployed tothose that have managed to takeadvantage of the new fishing lawsand regulations that encouragessustainable development.

The praises sung by formerlabourers who are now directors ofa sustainable and job creating fishingcompany, Sentinel Seafood, in HoutBay, confirms the role played by theDepartment of Environmental Affairsand Tourism in making the SouthAfrican fishing quota regimesustainable.

This feat has been achieved longbefore Johannesburg had beenawarded the golden opportunity tohost the World Summit onSustainable Development. Thisachievement further proves SouthAfrica as one of the leading globalplayers in sustainable developmentand in putting in place properplatforms to proactively fight povertyamong her people.

George Solomons and GeorgeBanjwa are two of six majorshareholders from historicallyoppressed backgrounds who ownshares in Sentinel Seafoods. Theyhave been ordinary unskilledworkers in the sea and relatedindustries for a total of 38 betweenthe two of them but what stood themgood is that their work experiencein all the different lobster products.

While Slomon and Banjwa wereblue-collar workers at WeimarFishing in Hout Bay for a period oftwo years since 1994, owners of thelatter company, due to the newfishing quota regime, offered theman opportunity to become partnersin the company. They calledthemselves Group 14 in theirapplication to the Department ofEnvironmental Affairs and Tourism(DEAT). They got a quota for 50 tonsof anchovy for human consumption.However, they did not catch it as itwas not profitable given the fact thatthe processing required high inputcosts, was cumbersome and wouldhave immensely reduced possibleprofits.

In 1997, they got 380 tons of hake.Again, they had to approach othercompanies to assist them in catchingit and this proved to be divisive toGroup 14 which had directors thatneeded to get rich quick � a storyrepresenting a windfall, from ragsto riches overnight. Eight of the

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In these interactions before thesummit, South Africa will seek tobuild international consensus on theeconomic platform for theimplementation of a plan to emergefrom Johannesburg, including theinclusion of the principle on commonbut differentiated responsibility, andthe expeditious implementation ofexisting trade and financecommitments out of the Doha traderound and Monterrey Financing forDevelopment Conference.

South Africa is of the view that asummit on sustainable developmentthat has poverty eradication as itstheme must deal with thesequestions. An approach thatencourages the rich to simply givehandouts to the poor does nothing

for real economic development andis therefore not a sustainable povertyeradication strategy.

We have stated on many occasionsthat by allowing poor countries tosell their agricultural products in richcountries one of the biggestobstacles to poverty will beeradicated. While aid is importantand must be expanded, far moreimportant is for rich countries to dobusiness with poor countries, andallow producers in poor countries afair opportunity to compete withproducers in rich countries: Fromthe perspective of Africa, this sits atthe heart of what NEPAD advocatesas an envisaged delivery mechanismfor the outcomes of Johannesburg.

The stage is being set for one of themost significant global gatherings ofour time. It is becoming clearer thatthe outcome of Johannesburg willgive the world hope.

fourteen directors of Group 14elected to sell the entire quota for ameager R210 000. Each of the 14director received a dividend of R15000 and those in Group 6 includingthe two George�s chose to takehome only R6 000 and resorted toinvesting the other R9 000 from eachof them in a joint bank account andcalled themselves Sibanye Fishing.

A legal wrangle between Group 14and Group 6 delayed application forfishing quotas. But in 1997, one ofthe 8 directors who in Group 14joined Sibanye (Group 6) as he wasstill in the employ of WeimarSeafoods. This settled the matter,as there were 7 directors from eachside.

To date, Weimar is SentinelSeafoods, where six black directorsworking at Sentinel Seafoods full-time including the George Solomonand George Banjwa are 60%shareholders with the originalowners having a 40% share. In thenot so distant future, the 40% shareof Weimar Fishing will be in thehands of Solomon, Banjwa andcompany as they will buy the out theoriginal owners.

Goorge Solomons says �Before thefirst democratic elections in 1994, Icould not save at all. I lived fromhand to mouth with no house of my

own. Through the democraticgovernment� intervention, I now livea decent life. Of course, I am not inthe category of big fishermen whodo not even have to work at all. I amjust able to provide a comfortablelife for my family, take my childrento good schools and provide a betterlife for them. Most of all, I can nowsave money for retirement and

New fishing quota regime pushes back frontiers of poverty

SOME, FOR ALL, FOREVER