USAASA & USAF Annual Performance Report

1. USAASA & USAF Annual Performance Report Presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Communications

2. Outline • The Team • USAF Performance • USAASA Performance • Projects Rolled Over from Prior Year • Rapid Deployment of Access Centres & Schools • Handover Project • National Strategy on Universal Service & Access • The Auditor General • USAF • USAASA

3. The Team THE BOARD • Mrs. Pumla Radebe (Chairperson) • Ms. Seadimo Chaba • Mrs. Zandile Mdhladhla • Mr. Sam Ledwaba • Mr. Kenosi Moroka • Mr. Raj Lalbahadur • Ms. Victoria MacDonald • Board Secretariat MANAGEMENT • Mr. Zami Nkosi (CEO) • Mr. Zane Mheyamwa (CFO) • Mr. Winile Lamani (Acting Executive: BDS) • Ms. Yvunne Mashilela (Executive: Corporate Services) • Ms. Makhotso Moiloa (Executive: Performance Management)

4. USAASA & USAF Performance Against Targets

5. USAF Projects DTT Handover/Connectivity Upgrade BDM Capacity Building Access Centres

6. USAASA

11. Performance Synopsis 50% achievement on targets [incl. DTT] 8.9% spend on budget [incl. DTT] 66.17% spend on budget [excl. DTT] 85% achievement on targets 98.11% spend on budget [excl. depreciation]

12. Mitigation of Underperformance

16. Projects Rolled Over from Previous Year

17. 1. Rapid Deployment of Cyberlabs Phase 1 Phase 2

18. Equipment per Centre: Community Centres

19. Equipment per Centre: E-Institutions

20. 2. Handover / Connectivity Upgrade 80 Centres Revived Benefits Access to ICT services Majority employment opportunities to women Majority employment full-time in nature

21. Overall Equipment Replaced Nationally

22. 3. National Strategy on US & A Situational Analysis International Benchmarking USAF Strategy USAASA Strategy

25. ICT Penetration

26. Broadcasting Penetration

27. Postal Outlay against Population

28. 250 towns requiring points of presence150 municipalities requiring network infrastructure • Sentech: Broadcasting Masterplanning • Broadband Infraco: Broadband Masterplanning

29. Fund Manual Goals Characteristics Be aligned with international best practice Be aligned with Schedule 3A of PFMA Be aligned with USAASA Strategy To be aligned with USAASA medium and long term project planning To have effective project management skills for its operation • To provide a procedures and guidelines for the USF operations in disbursing grants and subsidies; • To enable the Agency to comply with good governance, accountability and transparency in administrating the grants or subsidies in the Universal Service and Access Fund; • To provide efficient and effective means of disbursing grants and subsidies in the Universal Service and Access Fund; • To be an effective mechanism for auditing the Fund when required.

30. Fund Manual: Effectiveness • For the manual to be effective, therefore, there needs to be: • A proper strategy, i.e., a roadmap • A proper planning structure that is guided by the strategy, that is one step ahead (e.g., planning one year in advance as a rule) • The human and other resources necessary

31. THE AUDITOR GENERAL USAF

32. “except for the possible effects of the matters described in the basis for qualification, the financial statements present fairly in all material respects…”

33. Material Findings

34. Material Findings: Qualified Opinion

35. THE AUDITOR GENERAL USAASA

36. “the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Universal Service & Access Agency of South Africa”

37. Material Findings

38. Conclusion • Remarkable progress was made in a period of six months delivering tangibly on the ground to various Departments of Education • AG issues/inputs have been taken on-board constructively and many refined as per their requests • Board turn-around strategy in the form of the National Strategy on Universal Service & Access is complete and in consultative phase • Work output on National Strategy development now forms a key component of the ICT Policy Review Process • Majority key vacancies have been filled