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Small Business in the Economy
Thursday 1 June 2023
PRESENTATIONS
Presentation: Small Business Sector - Real Economy Bulletin 2010-2022Q4 - Lesego Moshikaro, TIPS
Presentation: Small business in industrial policy - Dr Neva Makgetla, TIPS
RESEARCH
The Real Economy Bulletin: The State of Small Business in South Africa 2023
Research Paper: Small business in industrial policy - Dr Neva Makgetla, TIPS
MEDIA
Media article: Small business lagging in South Africa - Tasneem Bulbulia, Engineering News
If you wish to join, please contact TIPS via email to: buhle@tips.org.za
About the Speakers
Dr Neva Makgetla is a senior economist at TIPS. Makgetla has published widely on the South African economy and worked for many years in government.
About the Development Dialogue Seminar Series
- Date Thursday, 01 June 2023
- Venue Hybrid
- For enquiries or to register please contact buhle@tips.org.za
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TIPS Development Dialogues 2023 Monday 24 April 2023 |
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PRESENTATIONS AND PAPERS Presentation: Metals and Engineering Sector Load Shedding Impact Assessment - Tafadzwa Chibanguza, SEIFSA Paper: SEIFSA Load Shedding Impact Assessment on the Metals and Engineering Sector Presentation: Impact of loadshedding on municipal finances and services survey - Dr Silas Mulaudzi, Salga Presentation: Loadshedding and industrial policy - Dr Neva Makgetla, TIPS MEDIA Media article: Loadshedding hindering industrialisation - Tasneem Bulbulia, Engineering News Media article: Consider competing interests in transition to green energy, experts urge - Michelle Gumede, Business Day Background The energy emergency has placed immense pressure on energy systems, including the national grid, to exacerbate an already fragile South African economy. while further breaking the trust in the national government. The consequences therefore increase the fiscal pressure on all sectors of business but more especially small businesses which have been left more vulnerable. While South Africa has a vibrant small business sector, more work needs to be done to empirically understand the impact of loadshedding on enterprises. From limited research it has shown that small business owners have had to work longer hours, work different hours, lose potential sales, or produce less of their products. These all impact on profitability and the viability of firms. The cumulative impact across the economy has an overall negative outcome for economic growth and job creation. The concern is that the loadshedding has held back much needed economic growth and stronger recovery as we move out of COVID. The fragility of the grid means Eskom is just not meeting the needs of the economy and requires that firms find mitigation strategies and alternatives. More needs to be done – landlords, municipalities, and industrial sites should all be looking at long-term solutions to move off the grid and supply as much of their own electricity as possible through renewable energy. The available evidence shows that it is cost effective to do so and TIPS is doing further research to confirm that. There are increasingly also finance options and companies that are offering renewable solutions. The challenge is also for bigger enterprises or high-energy consumers who are also exploring alternatives to cope with the current situation. This Development Dialogue will unpack how industrial policy can assist all businesses to stay resilient. It will explore the real cost of electricity and diesel, how the communities on the ground are impacted, alternative solutions to working off the grid, rolling out solar energy and other renewable energy sources, and how the different sectors can build for resilience in spite of the Eskom reality. Agenda Opening and welcome by chairperson: Saul Levin Presentations and discussion: Tafadzwa Chibanguza: SEIFSA - Load Shedding Impact Assessment on the Metals and Engineering Sector Dr Silas Mulaudzi: Salga - Impact of loadshedding on municipal finances and services survey Dr Neva Makgetla: The economy and the energy emergency Discussion and Closure About the Speakers Neva Makgetla is a senior economist at TIPS. Makgetla has published widely on the South African economy and worked for many years in government. Tafadzwa Chibanguza is Chief Operating Officer at SEIFSA. Previously, he worked as an Economist at the Minerals Council South Africa, as a Senior Economist at SEIFSA and a Technical Wealth and Investment Analyst at Rand Merchant Bank. In the mining and metal sectors his broad focus areas include formulation of mineral, industrial policy, and micro/macro-economic impact assessment modelling. Dr Silas Mulaudzi is a Specialist at SALGA responsible for Sustainable Energy. He has more than 15 years’ work experience in the energy sector at a local and national government. He has previously worked for the Department of Energy as a Deputy Director responsible for Grid-Connected Renewable Energy and City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality as a Deputy Director responsible for Energy and Environment. Neva Makgetla is a senior economist at TIPS. Makgetla has published widely on the South African economy and worked for many years in government. The Development Dialogue brings together academics, policymakers, civil society organisations, workers and practitioners to discuss these issues and share ideas on the way forward. TIPS is partnering with the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic). For more information, please contact TIPS via email to: buhle@tips.org.za |
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About the Development Dialogue Seminar Series The objective of the seminar series is to provide a platform to share views and ideas on development and policy issues. These seminars are geared towards individuals that are involved the policy development process. To access the presentations of seminars which have already taken place, visit the TIPS website Dialogue section. This Development Dialogue will be held in a hybrid format allowing for both in-person and virtual participation. |
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- Date Monday, 24 April 2023
- Venue Hybrid
- For enquiries or to register please contact buhle@tips.org.za
Stakeholder Engagement Workshop
Presentation: Designing climate-compatible industrial strategies for South Africa The textiles value chain - Findings and recommendations
Media article: New report offers advice on how to green the South African clothing and textile industry - Jackie May (Twyg 18 September 2022)
Media article: Less than 1% of discarded textiles are recycled back into clothing - Darren Parker (Engineering News 27 September 2022 )
Background
South Africa, in line with global trends, has embarked on the transition to a climate-compatible economy as part of a broader transition to sustainable development. This requires the design of climate-compatible industrial development strategies for key value chains in the country. The textiles value chain is one such value chain.
Moving towards sustainable and circular textiles would require a holistic approach and changes at each stage in the value chain, involving players of all sizes and from all market segments. New business models would have to be adopted on a widespread scale, the use of hazardous substances in textile processing would have to be eliminated, and resources would have to be used much more effectively, with a shift away from fossil fuels towards renewable sources of energy and materials. But most of all, textile utilisation would have to be optimised, including a longer service life and more post-use options, along with drastically improved recycling when materials reach their end-of-life.
This webinar follows a research study into the environmental sustainability of South Africa's textiles value chain, with a focus on the manufacturing components of the value chain. The aim of the report is to inform the sector's path towards climate compatibility. A description of and introduction to South Africa's textiles value chain is provided, with emphasis on manufacturing activities in the country. The study explores main environmental impacts associated with South Africa's textiles manufacturing sector. It provides a set of proposed interventions to set South Africa's textiles value chain on a climate-compatible and sustainable pathway. These mitigation options focus on the manufacturing component of the value chain, or interventions that will directly impact and enhance manufacturing practices in the country.
These include:
o Reducing the use of hazardous chemicals and improving water management;
o Optimising manufacturing energy efficiency and consumption;
o Fibre-to-fibre recycling;
o Reducing single-use sanitary wear;
o Adopting clothing and footwear leasing models; and
o Increasing the second-hand clothing market.
The webinar will present a proposed action plan for how these interventions can be packaged and rolled out to decarbonise the South African textiles value chain. This is set within the context of and considering the implementation of the Retail-Clothing, Textile, Footwear and Leather Value Chain Master Plan to 2030.
Agenda
14:00 - 14:10 Welcome and introduction
- Muhammed Patel, Senior Economist, TIPS
14:10 - 15:10 Key Inputs
- Unpacking the need for Climate Compatibility in the textiles value chain - Dr Nicola Jenkin, Pinpoint
- A textiles value chain decarbonisation strategy to meet net-zero 2050 commitments - Elize Hattingh, Researcher, TIPS
15:10 - 15:40 Panel Discussion
- Zubeida Zwavel, Executive Director, Centre for African Resource Efficiency and Sustainability (CARES)
- Hazel Pillay, Head of Clothing Pick n Pay.
- Sam Smout, Waste Sector Analyst and a Circular Economy Lead, GreenCape
15:40 - 15:55
Open discussion on the proposed way forward.
15:55 - 16:00 Wrap up
About the speakers
Dr Nicola Jenkin is the Director at Pinpoint Sustainability. She has over 25 years' experience working in the sustainability field with a particular focus on adding value to supply chains, sustainable food systems, and green skills to enable South Africa's economy to transition to one which is sustainable, just and resilient. Activities include professional research, advising on and developing CSR strategy, assessing resource efficiency and optimisation along supply chains, identifying added value, sectoral green skills supply and demand and socio-economic research.
Elize Hattingh is a Researcher: Sustainable Growth at TIPS. She has been actively involved in promoting the sustainable development agenda for more than 15 years. She was the Executive Coordinator for Waste to Wing, a Switch Africa Green Project and the Incubation Manager at the South African Renewable Energy Incubator. She also actively supports youth-owned entrepreneurs at Youth Bridge Trust and women-owned entrepreneurs at Future Females Business School with business development support.
About the panel
Zubeida Zwavel is the executive director of the Centre for African Resource Efficiency and Sustainability (CARES) based in South Africa. The NGO aims to support small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by creating awareness and giving access to sustainability mechanisms and furthering women's roles within sustainable business. The key objective of the NGO is to apply a pragmatic approach to implementing sustainability into business processes and management systems. Zubeida has coordinated a number of Industrial Ecology projects (such as Waste Minimisation Clubs, Symbiosis, and Eco-industrial parks) in varying sectors and industrial areas with her key activities including training and conducting audits. Additional key specialist skills include life cycle management incorporating tools such as eco-innovation, eco-labelling, carbon and water footprinting.
Hazel Pillay is the head of Pick n Pay Clothing. She holds an MBA from the Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town. Hazel specialises in developing clear retail propositions that are unique in order to create value for both internal and external stakeholders. She has also developed strategies to grow local, including procurement as well as created Futurewear with Gavin Rajah, which is an incubator for young South African designers. Hazel has covered numerous roles in retail as well as worked abroad in Poland and with the international retailer Cotton On. Her primary purpose is to create value, through retail, that will impact the lives of employees and customers positively as well as create economic growth opportunities through job creation.
Sam Smout is GreenCape's Waste Sector Analyst and a Circular Economy Lead. He works to bridge the gap between the two driving forces of the economy: the mandate of policymakers and bureaucrats (government), as well as the markets of the private sector (business). His role is to gather, analyse, distill, and disseminate information related to the opportunities for and the barriers to investment in economically viable green technologies, systems and processes that keep products, components, and materials at their highest use and/or value for as long as possible,
About the facilitator
Muhammed Patel joined TIPS in 2017. He holds a Masters in Economics from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, where his thesis focused on the relationship between income and health in South Africa. Muhammed’s background spans work in industrial development, and competition and regulatory economics. While completing his Master’s degree, Muhammed worked as a junior researcher at the School of Development Studies conducting research on the manufacturing sector of eThekwini. He also lectured undergraduate economics students over this time. In 2015, Muhammed joined competition and regulatory consultancy Genesis Analytics, where he spent two years working on competition and regulation cases. Notably, his work focused on the telecommunications and energy sectors.
- Date Thursday, 22 September 2022
- Venue Webinar
- Organisation TIPS
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Background
South Africa has initiated the transition to a more sustainable development pathway that involves moving towards a low-carbon economy. At the same time, South Africa still faces a number of developmental challenges related to poverty, unemployment and inequality, and the climate crisis further threatens vulnerable communities and people. The need for a just transition to a low-carbon economy has emerged as an imperative to ensure the poor and vulnerable are not negatively impacted by the transition and are ideally better off through it.
In Mpumalanga, these challenges are exacerbated by the high reliance on coal-based economic activities, service delivery challenges, and environmental impacts from land, air and water pollution. These challenges have resulted in poor health, death and destruction to people, the communities and the environment. Encouragingly, in the transition process, many solutions are beginning to emerge that can help regions like Mpumalanga pivot towards more sustainable industries.
TIPS, the National Labour and Economic Development Institute (NALEDI), groundWork and Peta Wolpe are engaged as a consortium in a project which aims to facilitate and co-develop a coherent just transition plan for affected communities in Emalahleni and Steve Tshwete in Mpumalanga. In 2021, the consortium produced a documentary to highlight and capture some of the issues, opportunities and challenges that the affected communities in Mpumalanga face as coal is phased out and we enter a new era. The documentary, entitled Voices from under a dark cloud – towards a just transition in the coalfields of South Africa, builds on a series of webinars and local engagements held over the last 18 months to provide a platform for affected communities to have their voices heard.
About the speakers
Joëlle Chesselet has directed, co-directed and produced award-winning documentaries over the past three decades, notably Pluck – a film not just about the chicken, Ochre and Water - Himba chronicles from the Land of Kaoko and This crazy thing called grace: Desmond Tutu and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. In collaboration with Lloyd Ross, she directed music videos for the SHIFTY record label as well as working on music documentaries, including the award winning The Silver Fez.
André de Ruyter is the Eskom Holdings Group Chief Executive (GCE). Being a seasoned executive, with a career spanning over 30 years, André has amassed a wealth of experience both locally and internationally in various portfolios in the energy space as well as in other disciplines, including but not limited to: strategic leadership, sales, manufacturing, production, finance, legal and regulation, people management and socio-economic development. He was a member of the Sasol group executive committee from 2009 to 2014, and spent some time in China as President of China Ventures, also leading business turnaround and transformation in Germany. Shortly thereafter, he was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Nampak in 2014, a position he left when he accepted the Group Chief Executive role at Eskom. André holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Nyenrode Business University in the Netherlands, a Bachelor of Law (LLB) from the University of South Africa (UNISA) as well as a Bachelor of Civil Law and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pretoria.
Duduzile (Dudu) Sibiya is the Provincial Climate Change Coordinator at Mpumalanga Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Land and Environmental Affairs. She is responsible for coordinating and spearheading climate change and just transition Initiatives and interventions. She promotes their mainstreaming and alignment across all plans. She facilitates capacity building to local municipalities to assist them in their climate change and just transition roles.
Matthews Hlabane is the Co-ordinator of the Southern Africa Green Revolutionary Council (SAGRC) in eMalahlen; he worked for MACUA Mining Affected Communities United in Action; and is the national organiser of the right to say no and Cry of Xcluded, SAMMAC, which is a loose network of mining affected communities. He focuses on environmental justice struggles and this has led him to establish links with a range of communities affected by mining.
Nonkululeko Makua is the Manager for Parks, Cemeteries and Public Open Spaces, in the Environmental and Waste Management Directorate of the municipalities. She is the former Climate Change Champion of the eMalahleni Municipality.
Tlangelani Rita Ndlhovu is a researcher at the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and focuses on climate change and just transition debates. Prior to joining the NUM, she worked for the Mineworkers Investment Trust (MIT) focusing on financial literacy. Prior to that she was involved in capacity building of young researchers in her role at the Department of Science and Technology. She is involved in a number of structures linked to Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), tripartite and educational institutions. She has a Master of Business Administration (MBA), a Bachelor of Commerce Honours degree in Industrial and Organisational Psychology and a Bachelor of Arts Honours degree in Gender studies.
About the facilitator
Gaylor Montmasson-Clair is a Senior Economist at TIPS, where he leads work on Sustainable Growth. He has carried out extensive research on the transition to an inclusive green economy from a developing country perspective, with a focus on policy frameworks, industrial development, just transition and resource security.
For any queiries or further information please contact Rozale Sewduth - Rozale@tips.org.za
- Date Tuesday, 21 June 2022
- Time 15:00-17.00
- Venue Webinar via Zoom
- Organisation TIPS , NALEDI, groundWork, Peta Wolpe
Presentations
Contextual financial analysis for driving sustainable finance reforms for micro and small enterprises in South Africa (Elize Hattingh, Researcher TIPS; Kiara Muthusamy, Intern TIPS; Ntombiyesibini Phumelal, Intern TIPS)
Climate finance landscape: Overview of funding activities in South Africa (Jack Radmore, Energy Programme manager and Climate Finance Lead, GreenCape)
Lessons learned from the Green Outcomes Fund (Mandy Jayakody, Project manager, Green Outcomes Fund, Bertha Centre)
Overview of sefa 2022 (Letlatsa Lehana, Head Khula Credit Guarantee and representative for the Small Enterprise Finance Agency
Media
Finance gaps for local green entrepreneurs need to be addressed (Darren Parker, Engineering News - 20 July 2022)
Background
The COVID-19 pandemic and associated policy responses have disrupted economies and societies worldwide, increasing poverty, inequality and unemployment. Governments have responded through (often large) policy packages aimed at cushioning negative impacts on households and businesses, and reigniting the economy. Furthermore, strong calls for a 'better, fairer and greener' recovery have led many governments to commit additional resources towards the transition to a green economy. Green recovery efforts and a just transition to an inclusive green and inclusive economy offer an opportunity to develop and implement a shared vision of resilience and sustainability. Yet questions remain about the inclusivity and green credentials of recovery packages. South Africa is no exception and such debates are vivid in the country.
Small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) are not only viewed as being critical for economic development and job creation but have the potential to be vital economic players to drive inclusive and sustainable development in low- and middle-income countries. Local Green Entrepreneurs (LGEs) are viewed as key adopters of radical environmental innovations (often neglected by established firms) in the production and manufacturing of environmental goods, services and technologies. Given their role as testing grounds for green innovations, which many established firms view as high-risk, LGEs have the agility to accelerate access to new markets and play a catalytic role in the diffusion and uptake of green innovations. Such enterprises can play a substantial role in developing inclusive pathways to sustainability and are at the forefront of climate responses and innovations (both adaptation and mitigation) and environmental sustainability.
Within this context, this webinar aims to unpack issues on access to inclusive finance for LGEs in South Africa. The workshop aims to influence national policymakers and sustainable finance stakeholders, including donors, and discuss crucial issues related to access to finance. Signature policy issues include the following: sectoral challenges; a lack of risk appetite from funders for early-stage finance; limited access to financial services; financial ecosystem challenges; narrow fit for purpose "green industry" financial products; and a draft SMME and Cooperative Finance Policy that is silent on how it plans to support SMEs in green industries.
Agenda
11:00 - 11:10 Welcome and introduction
Muhammed Patel, Senior Economist, Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS)
11:10-12:20 Key inputs
Unpacking signature issues on inclusive finance for local green entrepreneurs in South Africa - Elize Hattingh, Researcher, Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS)
Climate finance landscape: Overview of funding activities in South Africa - Jack Radmore, Energy Programme manager and Climate Finance Lead, GreenCape
Lessons learned from the Green Outcomes Fund - Mandy Jayakody, Project manager, Green Outcomes Fund, Bertha Centre
Overview of the Innovation Fund - Letlatsa Lehana, Head: Khula Credit Guarantee (SOC) Ltd and representative for the Small Enterprise Finance Agency (SOC) Ltd.
12:20 - 12:50 Discussion and Q&A
12:50 - 13:00 Wrap up
About the Speakers
Mandy Jayakody is contracted to the Green Outcomes Fund, a pioneering outcomes-based funding facility, promoting the uptake of SMME development in the Green Economy. Mandy has worked on projects in South Africa, Rwanda, Mozambique, Swaziland, Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia and the UK. She was recently appointed to serve on the council of the NHBRC. In 2018 at the African Construction Awards she was awarded "Young Entrepreneur Rising Star". Mandy was also a finalist in the 2018 Standard Bank Top Women Awards (Infrastructure category). She is a doctoral candidate researching Impact Investment in Affordable Housing.
Jack-Vincent Radmore is the Energy Programme Manager and Climate Finance Lead at GreenCape. Jack has a background in business sciences, finance and sustainable development. He specialises in innovation management, informal settlement upgrading and innovative finance. In his current role, Jack is responsible for the strategic direction of GreenCape's energy and climate finance activities in South Africa. Jack joined the Green Economic Development Agency, GreenCape, in 2014, and through his leadership, hard work and dedication to the field, he now manages GreenCape's renewable energy and climate finance work. As Programme Manager, Jack is responsible for managing all related activities in South Africa and has also led GreenCape's previous work in Kenya and Ghana.
Elize Hattingh is a Researcher: Sustainable Growth at TIPS. She has been actively involved in promoting the sustainable development agenda for more than 15 years. She was the Executive Coordinator for Waste to Wing, a Switch Africa Green Project and the Incubation Manager at the South African Renewable Energy Incubator. She also actively supports youth-owned entrepreneurs at Youth Bridge Trust and women-owned entrepreneurs at Future Females Business School with business development support.
Letlatsa Lehana is employed by the Small Enterprise Finance Agency as the Head of Khula Credit Guarantee (SOC) Limited (KCG), a licensed non-life insurer which is a wholly owned subsidiary of sefa. He has more than 15 years of senior management in finance experience at organisations such as ABSA Bank at Group Finance, Sasol Petroleum Nigeria Limited, Anglo American South Africa Limited, Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation and General Electric. He represents sefa’s interest at the on-going Partial Credit Guarantee study undertaken by the World Bank and National Treasury for the recapitalisation of KCG; he is a member of the European Union Project Steering Committee for the €30 million allocated to sefa under the programme – Employment Promotion through SMME Support Programme for the Republic of South Africa (EPSSP). He is also a member of sefa SME Lending Committee.
About the facilitators
Gaylor Montmasson-Clair is a Senior Economist at TIPS, where he leads work on Sustainable Growth. He has carried out extensive research on the transition to an inclusive green economy from a developing country perspective, with a focus on policy frameworks, industrial development, just transition and resource security.
Muhammed Patel joined TIPS in 2017. He holds a Masters in Economics from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, where his thesis focused on the relationship between income and health in South Africa. Muhammed's background spans work in industrial development, and competition and regulatory economics. While completing his Master's degree, Muhammed worked as a junior researcher at the School of Development Studies conducting research on the manufacturing sector of eThekwini. He also lectured undergraduate economics students over this time. In 2015, Muhammed joined competition and regulatory consultancy Genesis Analytics, where he spent two years working on competition and regulation cases. Notably, his work focused on the telecommunications and energy sectors.
- Date Wednesday, 20 July 2022
- Venue Webinar via Zoom
- Organisation TIPS, GEC AND EU
Presentations
Refining and logistics sectors (Dave Wright, Independent Researcher and a Director of the South African National Energy Association)
Petrol stations, workers and a just transition in South Africa (Nokwanda Maseko, TIPS Senior Economist)
Employment opportunities in a biomass supply chain (Farai Chineshe, Bioenergy Analyst, WWF South Africa)
Media
Press release: Some tough conversations needed to address the transition in the liquid fuel value chain
Just transition holds opportunities, but also risks for South Africa's liquid fuel value chain (Engineering News, 8 June - Schalk Burger)
This webinar is part of the Making Sense of Employment in South Africa's Just Energy Transition project. TIPS and the WWF South Africa, with the support of GIZ, are implementing this initiative to support policymaking for South Africa's just transition. This focuses on employment and the relevant challenges and opportunities in the country's just energy transition.
Related research
Research Report: Exploring alternative options for coal truckers in a biomass supply chain (Farai Chireshe and Tjasa Bole-Rentel (WWF South Africa)
Policy Brief: Employment metrics in South Africa’s electricity value chains (Lauren Hermanus, Adapt)
Programme
Welcome and introduction: Gaylor Montmasson-Clair, TIPS
Presentation of research findings
- Refining & logistics sectors, Dave Wright, Independent Researcher and a Director of the South African National Energy Association (SANEA)
- Petrol stations, workers and a just transition in South Africa, Nokwanda Maseko, Senior Economist, TIPS
- Exploring employment options in a biomass supply chain, Farai Chireshe, Bioenergy Analyst, WWF-SA
Panel discussion
- Shamini Harrington, Vice-President: Climate Change, Sasol and Presidential Climate Commissioner
- Boitumelo Molete, Social Development Policy Coordinator, Congress of South African Trade Unions
- Rod Crompton, Adjunct Professor & Director, Wits Business School, African Energy Leadership Centre
Background
While there is consensus that South Africa should decarbonise rapidly to meet its climate commitments, in line with a net zero emission pathway by 2050, the impacts of such a low-carbon transition and how it should be mitigated are hotly debated. In South Africa’s fossil fuel dependent economy, these debates have coalesced around the phase-out of coal and the introduction of renewable energy. Yet, the transition will have economy- and society-wide implications. Particularly, the liquid fuel value chain is set to be impacted as transportation is increasingly electrified and the consumption of petroleum products gradually decreases. The implications of the low-carbon transition on the liquid fuel value chain in South Africa remain largely unexplored.
While not a traditional oil producer, South Africa has an important liquid fuel value chain. It ranges from coal- and gas-to-liquid production, to import terminals and refineries, to transportation and retail services. The drive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, heightened environmental standards (particularly for fuels), and technological evolutions (especially in transportation) are set to deeply impact the value chain. The impact on the unique circumstances in the South African liquid fuel value chain are unclear. South Africa is a net importer of liquid fuel but does have material production from coal and gas. At the same time, fuel standards lag significantly global standards and local refineries are small in size by international metrics. Global developments are set to lead to the restructuring and closure of facilities, with impacts throughout the value chain. In contrast, the domestic industry could be a major player in the production of so-called "powerfuels" or "green fuels", leveraging strong renewable energy potential, a large sustainable biomass resource base and expertise in the Fischer-Tropsch process. Mostly capital intensive to date, the industry does employ a noteworthy number of people, particularly at the retail stage (i.e. petrol stations). Future development could create meaningful employment in the value chain. Within this context, understanding what a "just transition" of the liquid fuel industry in South Africa could look like remains to be investigated.
About the facilitator
Gaylor Montmasson-Clair is a Senior Economist at TIPS. He leads TIPS's work on Sustainable Growth. Gaylor is also a Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg’s Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development (CCRED). Gaylor has been working on green economy issues for more than a decade and has carried out extensive research on the transition to an inclusive green economy from a developing country perspective, with a focus on policy frameworks, industrial development, just transition and resource security.
About the presenters and panellists
Nokwanda Maseko is a Senior Economist at TIPS. She was previously a Budget Analyst at National Treasury and an Assistant Director at the Economic Development Department (EDD) focused on industrial policy.
Farai Chireshe is a bioenergy analyst at WWF-SA. He is a seasoned chemical engineer and renewable energy expert with a focus on technology advancement, environmental sustainability, and climate change mitigation and adaptation. He is an expert on sustainable aviation fuels (SAF).
Dave Wright is an independent consultant focusing on energy matters with oil and gas as a particular interest, since he retired from Engen Petroleum after over two decades at the company. He is on the Board of South African National Energy Association (SANEA), as a Director. He was SANEA’s Secretary General from 2012 to 2018. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of Cape Town.
Shamini Harrington is a seasoned climate change expert who has a Master’s Degree in Environmental Science with a specialisation in climate change management. She began her career as a researcher at the CSIR, before moving into a corporate environment. At Sasol she is the Vice President for Climate Change where she leads a diverse team focusing on reducing emissions, transforming operations and shifting the company’s portfolio. In December 2020 she was appointed as a Presidential Climate Commissioner. For five years she negotiated international climate change policy, as the first business representative on South Africa’s negotiating team at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. She was previously Co-Chair of the National Business Institute’s Environment Committee and Chair of the South African Petroleum Industry Association’s Climate Change Committee. She is the current BUSA Environment and Just Transition Committees Chair, representing business at NEDLAC.
Rod Crompton is a Visiting Professor at the Wits Business School at the University of Witwatersrand, where he established the African Energy Leadership Centre. He was a full-time board member at the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) for 11 years and was Deputy Director General at the Department of Minerals and Energy where he was responsible for hydrocarbons and energy planning for eight years. He is also a Non-Executive Director at Eskom.
Boitumelo Molete is the Social Development Policy Coordinator, within the Policy Unit of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU). Prior to that, she was a Research Project Assistant at the National Labour and Economic Development Institute (NALEDI).
For further information contact Rozale@tips.org.za
- Date Tuesday, 07 June 2022
- Venue Webinar via Zoom
This TIPS webinar, in collaboration with the Green Economy Coalition (GEC) and the Delegation of the European Union to South Africa, unpacks South Africa’s recovery efforts from a green economy perspective. It unpacks the Green Economy Ecosystem and sheds light on the need for increased support for local green entrepreneurs. Ecosystem builders sharee details of recovery initiatives that provide enhanced business development support services to assist SMEs to building back better greener.
- Ulrik Jorgensen, Development Policy Advisor, Delegation of the European Union to South Africa
- Nigel Gwynne-Evans, Team Leader, Ecosystem Development for Small Enterprise (EDSE) Programme
- Lauren Dallas, Co-Founder and CEO of Future Females (Green Tech Programme)
- Rest Kanju, Esecutive Director and Head of Operations, Indalo Inclusive SA
- Ntsiki Gumbe, Acting Executive Director, Youth Bridge Trust
- Billy Bokako, Seniro Manager of the Climate innovation Centre South Africa and Acting General Manager of the Green Economy Unit at the Innovation Hub
- Dr Audrey Verhaeghe, CEO Anza Capital, Chairperson, SA Innovation Summit
- Helmut Hertzog, General Manager, SAREBI - South African Renewable Energy Business Incubator
- Hilton Theunissan, Managing Director South Africa and VP Global Partnerships, GrowthWheel
Rest Kanju is the Director and Head of Operations of Indalo Inclusive South Africa NPC and is running the Indalopreneur South African Green and Inclusive Enterprise Awards and Support Programme.
Ntsiki Gumbe is the Acting Executive Director and a member of the Youth Bridge Trust (YBT) Board. YBT's primary focus is on building local youth development ecosystems by empowering community-based organisations to deliver quality programmes to youth at grassroots level. Some of its work includes empowering unemployed youth with entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial skills that will grow youth employment and entrepreneurship in sectors such as the green economy and agriculture.
Lauren Dallas is the Co-Founder and CEO of Future Females. She is a serial lifestyle entrepreneur, growth hacker and social media expert. Lauren supports female-owned entrepreneurs to create their dream online businesses - to live on their own terms, work in their own time and generate both profit and massive impact.Audrey Verhaeghe is the Chairperson of the SA Innovation Summit and a Pan African Tech start-up enthusiast and ecosystem builder. She leads Anza Holdings, which includes innovation, scalable entrepreneurship and early-stage investment companies such as the SA Innovation Summit, the Research Institute for Innovation and Sustainability (RIIS) and Anza Capital. Audrey is an ecosystem activist and contributor in entrepreneurship. She has received various awards for her contribution in terms of early stage innovation and enterprise development in South Africa. Investment readiness of start-ups is her current focus and drive.
Billy Bokako is the Senior Manager of the Climate Innovation Centre South Africa and Acting General Manager of the Green Economy Unit at the Innovation Hub. He has over 15 years' industry experience, gained from the power cables industry, the automotive industry as well as the enterprise development sector. Prior to joining the Innovation Hub, Billy worked for the CSIR as an Enterprise Development Portfolio Manager, where he led research into new enterprises and commercialisation of various research in the fields of agro-processing, ICT, nano-technology, lithium batteries and the green economy, among others.
Helmut Hertzog is the General Manager at SAREBI - South African Renewable Energy Business Incubator. He has a decade of active service in the renewable energy industry and two decades of business and strategy development experience.
Hilton Theunissen is the Managing Director for South Africa and VP Global Partnerships at GrowthWheel. He launched a new set of Sustainable Development business tools that was piloted with a group of unemployed graduates (youth).
About the facilitator:Elize Hattingh is a Researcher at TIPS. She has been actively involved in promoting the sustainable development agenda for more than 15 years.
Event details
20 July - Session 4: Access to Inclusive Finance for Local Green Entrepreneurs in South Africa. Register here:
Past Events
15 February - Session 1: South Africa’s recovery and stimulus package by global standards - Launch event of the Green Economy Tracker. See details including video of the session here.
6 April - Session 2: The EU’s Green New Deal and its implications for South Africa. See details including video of the session here.
- Date Wednesday, 01 June 2022
- Venue Webinar
- Organisation TIPS, GEC AND EU
Overview of the European Green Deal (Ariane Labat, EU Delegation to South Africa)
Opportunities and risks for South African exporters (Martin Cameron, Trade Advisory)
The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and implications for South African and European Union trade (Lerato Monaisa, TIPS)
The EU’s Green Deal and its implications for South Africa ( Karen Bosman, Wesgro)
Preparing green SMMEs for trade opportunities presented by the European Green Deal (Trudi Hartzenberg, tralac)
Information sheets
Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
Research report
The European Green Deal: Context, challenges and opportunities for South African SMEs operating in the green economy (TIPS, tralac, Trade Advisory)
Policy Briefs
Sustainable complexity: Managing export regulations in the European Green Deal (Christopher Woood)
European Green Deal: The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and implications for South African and European Union trade (Lerato Monaisa, TIPS)
Media
Press release: We need to throw our green hat into the ring - a call to South African exporters
Background
The European Green Deal (EGD) is a is a set of policy initiatives by the European Commission with the overarching aim of making Europe climate neutral by 2050. These policy initiatives aim to make all sectors of the European Union's economy fit to contribute to the European Union reaching its climate targets by 2030 in a fair, cost-effective and competitive way. The EGD proposes several action plans and initiatives in priority areas, which include energy, land, biodiversity, clean air, sustainable foods and buildings, among others. South African exporters to the European Union will need to adapt to this change, to assure their long-term competitiveness in a changing market. This webinar focuses on the EGD and its potential implications for South African trade with the European Union.
Welcome and introduction
- Elize Hattingh, Sustainable Growth Researcher, Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS)
Overview of the EDG
- EDG overview - Ariane Labat, EU Delegation to South Africa.
- Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) implications - Lerato Monaisa, TIPS
- Opportunities and Risks for South African exporters - Martin Cameron, Trade Advisory
Panel Discussion: EDG Trade Impacts for South Africa
- Trudi Hartzenberg, tralac
- Karen Bosman, Wesgro
- Melisizwe Tyiso, Nadeli
- Tinashe Kapuya, Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy
Open discussion (Q&A)
About the speakers
Ariane Labat is currently counsellor for climate action, environment and agriculture at the EU Delegation to South Africa, after four years as head of cooperation for the EU Delegation to the Kingdom of Eswatini. Ariane was previously cluster lead mitigation for the EU international negotiation team at the UNFCCC from Cancun to the Paris Agreement; she had further previous assignments as an economist working to unlock sustainable and inclusive growth opportunities in Europe, Latin America and China.
Lerato Valentia Monaisa is an Economist and works in the Sustainable Growth pillar at TIPS. She has a Bachelor of Economics (with a distinction in economics) and Bachelor of Economics Honours (with distinction) from Rhodes University. She has MPhil in Industrial Policy at the University of Johannesburg.
Trudi Hartzenberg is the Executive Director of tralac. She has a special interest in trade-related capacity building. Her research areas include trade policy issues, regional integration, investment, industrial and competition policy.
Martin Cameron is a quantitative economist specialising in quantitative executive decision support modelling, economic impact analysis and engineering management decision support. He has extensive experience in international trade and energy economics.
Tinashe Kapuya is an experienced soft commodities analyst, and agricultural value chain and trade specialist who has worked in this capacity both as a researcher and practitioner in the private sector over the past 10 years. His areas of expertise include agribusiness and value chain development, market and trade analysis, agro-food system analysis, research and policy advocacy. Tinashe was a regular contributor to the Agbiz Weekly Newsletter, GrainSA magazine and FarmBiz Magazine and continues to write for the Landbouweekblad and Business Day, among others.
Karen Bosman works as a Strategic Research and Public Affairs Officer at Wesgro. Areas of experience include international trade and investment law; policy advocacy; export development and international investment promotion and facilitation; strategic communication; legislative and constitutional processes; legislative analysis; regulation of international services trade; regional economic harmonisation; commercial law and litigation. She has a Master’s Degree in International Business and Economic Law from Georgetown University.
Melisizwe Tyiso works as a Researcher at the National Labour and Economic Institute (NALEDI).
About the facilitators
Host: Elize Hattingh is a Sustainable Growth researcher at TIPS. She has been actively involved in promoting the sustainable development agenda for more than 15 years.
Panel convener: Gaylor Montmasson-Clair
Gaylor is a Senior Economist at TIPS which he joined in 2011. He is also a Research Fellow at the Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development (CCRED) at the University of Johannesburg. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Finance and Political Science, and a Master’s degree in International Affairs from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po) of Grenoble, France.
Event details
Date: Wednesday, 6 April 2022
- Date Wednesday, 06 April 2022
- Venue Webinar
- Organisation TIPS, GEC AND EU
Press release: Unpacking the Just Transition in practice
Article:TIPS says broader, engaged development approaches needed to realise just transition projects (Marleny Arnoldi, Engineering News 25 March 2022)
Background
Development institutions tend to work according to an established framework, which helps practitioners and funders structure and plan their actions. This traditional model is based on empirical observations and on the ground experience of how project development and support policy work in practice. Key steps include:
- defining the problem and agenda setting;
- defining the vision and objectives of the strategy;
- identifying and selecting options, and implementing actions;
- monitoring, reporting, evaluation and policy adaptation.
The above cycle describes an idealised process, which differs from "real-life" processes. Steps are sometimes taken in parallel, and within one cycle not all steps may be covered completely. Recent examination of just transition projects and project development cycles suggest that the characteristics of such projects and their development may require an expanded or amended toolbox of actions, funding and sequencing.
For example, just transition projects require expanded participatory processes. Activities to support meaningful participation may thus need to be undertaken and funded to ensure participating workers or communities are able to engage both at a substantive as well as a process level. Another example is that environmental and green solutions sought by just transition project developers may require the inclusion of an expanded view of beneficiaries, given that environmental systems (such as water sheds) do not adhere to political or community boundaries. A final example is that just transition project developers will most likely require a range of funders to become involved in the project development cycle earlier than in traditional project finance. This idea of financial sector players making deals as opposed to buying deals will require additions to the existing project development and policy support toolbox.
The webinar investigates how different countries deal with these emerging issues. In particular, the following questions will be addressed: Does participatory planning call for different policy instruments and mechanisms as well as a different policy cycle? Do just transition projects require different financial support mechanisms and instruments at different times to traditional projects? How is the scope of just transition projects (especially those seeking to address environmental degradation) different from traditional projects and what instruments, mechanisms and policy support measures can be developed.
Outline of the event
Date: 24 March
Organisations: Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) and Wuppertal Institute für Climate, Environment and Energy (WI)
Enquiries: rozale@tips.org.za
- Date Thursday, 24 March 2022
- Venue Zoom meeting
- For enquiries or to register please contact TIPS and Wuppertal Institute für Climate, Environment and Energy
SME Green Economy I-Go Initiative Project (Mbali Moroe: Project Manager, National Cleaner Production Centre of South Africa)
Green Economy Tracker
Online at Green Economy Tracker:
Media
Press release: Is South Africa on track in terms of its Green Economy Recovery objectives
Article: South Africa has strong green economy policies, but implementation a challenge (Marleny Arnoldi, Engineering News 17 February 2021)
This webinar aims to unpack South Africa's recovery efforts from a green economy perspective. It will notably feature the Green Economy Tracker developed by the Green Economy Coalition. It is the first of a series of four events in 2022 that will discuss South Africa's road to building back better, fairer and greener. Stay tuned and be part of South Africa's green recovery!
Programme
- Gaylor Montmasson-Clair, Senior Economist, Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS)
14:30 - 14:50 Tracking South Africa's road to a green recovery
for Economic Justice (IEJ)
National Cleaner Production Centre of South Africa (NCPC-SA)
About the facilitator
- Date Tuesday, 15 February 2022
- Venue Zoom
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This webinar, organised in partnership with Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS), will provide participants with a first look at findings from the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) report South Africa's Energy Fiscal Policies: An inventory of subsidies, taxes and policies impacting the energy transition, presenting key takeaways and recommendations.
The report explores the extent to which South Africa's current energy fiscal policies are aligned with its goal to develop a robust domestic energy system that can provide low-carbon energy at a fair cost to all. It provides clear recommendations for the government to align its fiscal energy policies with its climate and energy objectives.
Through a panel discussion and a Q&A session, participants will be encouraged to engage in a debate on carbon tax, bailouts, and what international moves to phase out fossil fuel financing and oil and gas exploration mean for South Africa.
Key questions
- Exemptions to the carbon tax need to be removed - carbon tax needs to internalise the social and environmental cost of the energy system, but with practical considerations on the social impacts and the impact on Eskom's finances.
- Bailouts - although we cannot allow the energy system to fail, how do we make the sector sustainable and ensure that bailout funds are enabling a transition rather than inhibiting it?
- What do international moves around phasing out fossil fuel subsidies and oil and gas exploration mean for SA's energy sector?
- Is the tax system doing enough to take account of external costs in energy pricing?
AGENDA
| 11:00 | Welcome from the moderator Richard Bridle, Senior Policy Advisor, IISD |
| 11:05 | Opening remarks Sharlin Hemraj, Director: Environment and Fuel Taxes, National Treasury |
| 11:15 | Launching USD report "South Africa's Energy Fiscal Policies" Chido Muzondo, Policy Advisor, IISD |
| 11:25 | Panel discussion • Gaylor Montmasson-Clair, Senior Economist: Sustainable Growth, Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies • Jessie Burton, Senior Associate, E3G (Third Generation Environmentalism) |
| 12:25 | Q&A |
| 13:00 | Close |
Registration
Register online: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5yhGna3LQYicnioMFvzAHg
- Date Monday, 31 January 2022
- Time 11:00-13:00
- Venue Webinar
- For enquiries or to register please contact Register online: See link on page
This Development Dialogue webinar aims to provide a platform to hear from and engage with peope from Mpumalanga. It aims to unpack key concerns, aspirations, visions and the needs of people in Mpumalanga, focusing on what is required to shift the status quo and make a positive change in employment, poverty, energy, health, and the environment.
This is the third event of a series. It forms part of a larger project, funded by UK PACT, that intends to facilitate the co-development of a coherent just transition plan for affected communities in Mpumalanga, with a particular focus on Emalahleni and Steve Tshwete.
The specific aim of this event is to unpack what is meant by public participation and how it can be improved, through existing and/or new platforms. What would facilitate the co-development of solutions to a just transition, enabling communities and workers to be empowered and creating a space for local voices to be heard?
Programme
14:00 - 14:05: Welcome and introduction, Peta Wolpe
14:05 - 14:25: Why participatory justice matters. Key principles and interventions. Gaylor Montmasson-Clair, Senior Economist, TIPS
14:25 - 15:00: Sharing success, challenges and proposals for better engagement: What are the key interventions that would foster improved public participation?
- Matshepiso Makhabane, CEO, Green Business College and Coordinator, Gender and Energy Network of South Africa (GENSA)
- Hameda Deedat, Executive Director, National Labour and Economic Development Institute (NALEDI)
- Michael Nkosi, Local Economic Development Department, Steve Tshwete Local Municipality
- Matthews Hlabane, National Organizer of the Right to Say No in South Africa and environmental justice activist in Emalahleni
- Date Tuesday, 30 November 2021
- Venue Zoom Meeting
- Organisation Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) and the National Labour and Economic Institute (NALEDI), supported by groundWork and Peta Wolpe
Presentation: Financial Stakeholder Communication, Awareness and Outreach - (Nicole Martens, Martens Impact Advisory)
Research Report: TIPS Just Transition Finance Roadmap Workstream: Communication, Awareness & Outreach - (Nicole Martens, Martens Impact Advisory)
Presentation: Insights for South africa's Just transition Finance Roadmap: Nexus of Project Needs and Financing Response - (Chantal Naidoo, Rabia Transitions Initiative)
Research Report: Insights for South Africa's Just transition Finance Roadmap: Nexus of Project Needs and Financing Response - (Chantal Naidoo, Rabia Transitions Initiative)
Presentation: Scaling Community JT Projects Towards a Just Transition (Fumani Mthembi, Knowledge Pele)
Research Report: Scaling the Just Transition for Community-based and Community-placed projects - Fumani Mthembi (Knowledge Pele)
Media
Press release: Financing the Just Transition puts a spotlight on financial institutions
Article: Ramaphosa to chair inter-Ministerial committee to oversee R131bn just transition offer (Terence Creamer, Engineering News 25 November 2021)
Article: Just Transition: SA's battle for green power accreditation (Thuletho Zwane, City Press 28 November 2021)
Background
The roadmap towards financing a just transition seeks to make explicit the link between actions in the financial system and the realisation of broader national goals of sustainability and socio-economic development. The country’s roadmap will be a function of its national context and climate action ambitions, and aims to develop a long-term systemic plan to enhance the ability of the financial ecosystem to mainstream environmental, social, governance (ESG) factors; sustainable development goals (SDGs); and just transition goals into decision-making and capital allocation. In South Africa, an additional fundamental aim of the roadmap will be to mobilise offshore public sector funding and private local capital for such investment, given the limited fiscal space.
This seminar will discuss the bottom-up approach used in the research process, what could work within the current financial system, and where changes to the financial ecosystem are needed to effectively support a just transition. Research commissioned by TIPS will be presented on topics that help to unpack the finance roadmap and provide insights on scale and replicability of projects, financial instruments, social indicators, and corporate awareness, outreach and communication.
- Date Thursday, 25 November 2021
- Venue Zoom
Presentations
Ulrich Harmes-Liedtke - Partner at Mesopartner
Presentation: Global trends in Quality Infrastructure
Eduardo Trajano Gadret - Researcher-Technologist in Metrology and Qualith at INMENTO
Presentation: Quality Infrastructure in Brazil
Martin Chesire - Chief Executive Officer at Kenya Accreditation Service (KENAS)
Presentation: Quality Infrastructure in Kenya
Programme
14:00: Facilitator opens the seminar: Saul Levin
14:05: Opening remarks Tshenge Demana: Quality Infrastructure in support of industrial development
14:10-14:20 Global trends in Quality Infrastructure: Ulrich Harmes-Liedtke
14:20-14:45 Presentations on international experience in Quality Infrastructure institutional role:
- Eduardo Trajano Gadret: QI in Brazil
- Martin Chesire: QI in Kenya
14:45-15:15 Discussion and engagement on how experiences of QI development could enrich South Africa in the context of Post-COVID-19 economic recovery
15:15 Closure
Background
South Africa’s industrial policy aims to bring about a change in the structure of the economy to put the economy on a more inclusive, industrialised and sustainable path. Quality Infrastructure (QI) institutions (SABS, NMISA, NRCS, and SANAS) are part and parcel of industrial policy measures, with international experience seeing a correlation between levels of economic development and robustness or effectiveness of a country’s QI. With the QI system evolving globally and an improved understanding of its critical role in industrial policy, consideration needs to be given to its role in post-COVID-19 economic recovery plans.
For more about the Institutional alignment of Quality Infrastructure in South Africa and links to case studies on QI in Australia, Brazil, Kenya and the Republic of Korea, go to Quality Infrastructure case studies.
About the Speakers
Eduardo Trajano Gadret is Researcher-Technologist in Metrology and Quality at INMETRO
Martin Chesire is Chief Executive Officer at Kenya Accreditation Service (KENAS)
Saul Levin is the Executive Director of TIPS
Tshenge Demana is a Chief Director in the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition
Ulrich Harmes-Liedtke is a partner at Mesopartner
RSVP by email: daphney@tips.org.za to confirm attendance
Zoom meeting details
Register online
- Date Monday, 25 October 2021
- Venue Zoom