Transforming Water Management in South Africa Designing and Implemen
One of the early set of reforms that South Africa embarked on after emerging from apartheid was in the water sector, following a remarkable, consultative process. The policy and legal reforms were comprehensive and covered almost all aspects of water mana
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GLOBAL ISSUES IN WATER POLICY VOLUME 2
Series Editors Ariel Dinar José Albiac Eric D. Mungatana Víctor Pochat Rathinasamy Maria Saleth
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Barbara Schreiner • Rashid Hassan Editors
Transforming Water Management in South Africa Designing and Implementing a New Policy Framework
Editors Barbara Schreiner 652 Chamberlain Street Rietfontein Pretoria 0084 South Africa [email protected]
Rashid Hassan Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy Analysis in Africa (CEEPA) University of Pretoria Room 2-6, Agricultural Annex Hatfield Pretoria 0002 South Africa [email protected]
ISBN 978-90-481-9366-0 e-ISBN 978-90-481-9367-7 DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-9367-7 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Foreword
The South African contributions to international policy, legislation and the practice of water resources and water services as well as the judicious learning of South Africans from international experience are masterly knitted together in this book by some of the key role players, with a frank and critical analysis of achievements and difficulties before and after liberation in 1994 – against the harsh backdrop of the legacy of centuries of colonialism and decades of apartheid which have shaped the political economy of water in the ‘rainbow nation.’ This introductory chapter discusses some of the key South African contributions that, from the perspective of the writer, are especially relevant to other developing countries, as well as some international experiences that have been useful to South Africans. The conclusion of the chapter is that South Africa is now well positioned in the international arena to offer a new and important contribution regarding how to deal with the implementation challenges that are affecting most developing countries. The storyline of the 14 chapters is the contrast of excellent legislation and policies vis à vis implementation impediments. The stage was set by the then Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry, Kader Asmal, when he opened the 1997 FAO Conference to discuss the second draft of the National Water Bill with specialists from Australia, Chile, Mexico, Spain and the USA. He greeted the visitors and stated that he did not want a perfect law… ‘only one that works.’ Thirteen years later, the last paragraph of this book reads: ‘Such focus on priority areas, and on implementation rather than policy and strategy, will enable the South African water sec
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