South African Weather Service: Authority on Weather and Climate Information

1. South African Weather ServiceAuthoritative Voice on Weather and Climate InformationOrganised meteorology in South Africa1860-2009 Presentation by Dr. Makuleni: 04 June 2009PART I

2. Contents Background History Legal Mandate Other impacting Legislation Key Strategic Programmes Strategic Collaborations Products and Services Infrastructure Human Capital Management Achievements

3. SAWS 1880-2009 = 149 years • 1880: South Africa becomes one of the first countries in the world to establish a national weather service • 1949: South African Weather Bureau is officially named as a directorate in the Department of Transport • 1969: First Super Computer for Numerical Weather Prediction is installed • 1994: The Government of South Africa resumes full membership in the World Meteorological Organisation

4. SAWS 1880-2009 = 149 years • 2001: The South African Weather Service is established as a public entity residing under the Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (Governed by SAWS Act no 8 of 2001) • 2006: A Lighting Detection Network, one of three in the southern hemisphere, • 2008: Severe Weather Forecasting for Southern African countries becomes operational • 2009: 149 years of organised meteorology in South Africa

5. SAWS MANDATE • SAWS Act: Objectives of SAWS • to maintain, extend and improve the quality of meteorological service for the benefit of all South Africans; • (b) to provide public good services and commercial services to all South Africans; • (c) to ensure the ongoing collection of meteorological data over South Africa and surrounding southern oceans for the use by current and future generations; • (d) to be the long-term custodian of a reliable national climatological record;

6. SAWS MANDATE CONT.. • (e) as the national meteorological service of the Republic of South Africa, to fulfill the international obligations of the Government under the Convention of the World Meteorological Organization; • (f) as the Aviation Meteorological Authority, to fulfill the international obligations of the Government under the Convention of the International Civil Aviation Organization; • (g) to provide services that are sensitive to the demographic realities of the country; and • (h) to fulfill such other weather-related international obligations as the Minister may direct.

7. ACTS IMPACTING SAWS • National Veld and Forest Act 101 of 1998 • Public Finance Management Act 1 of 1999 • South African Maritime and Aeronautical Search and Rescue Act 44 of 2002 • Merchant Shipping Act 57 of 1951 • Aviation Act 74 of 1962 – 22 Regulations • Aviation Act 74 of 1962 – First Schedule Convention on International Civil Aviation • Disaster Management Act 57 of 2002 • National Water Act 36 of 1998 • Air Traffic and Navigation Services Act 45 of 1993 • National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act 39 of 2004 • Intellectual Property Rights From Publicly Financed Research and Development Act 2008

8. Key Strategic projects • South African Air Quality Information System • Climate Change • Unified Weather Prediction Model and Severe Weather Demonstration Project • Severe Weather Warnings • Modernisation Plan • Radar recapitalisation project • Upgrade lightning detection network • Upper-air observations & AMDAR

9. Strategic Collaborations • Government Departments • DEAT, DoT, DWAF, DPLG, DoA,DST • Public Entities • ATNS, ACSA, SACAA, Water Research Commission • Universities • Pretoria, Fort Hare, Witwatersrand, Cape Town • International Organizations • University Centre for Atmosphere Research in the USA • International Research Institute in New York • Max Planck Institute in Germany • UK MetOffice • National Weather Service of the US

10. PRODUCT AND SERVICES • 1. Public Good • Public General Forecasting • International Obligations • WMO – RTH, RSMC • Permanent Representative • EC Member • MASA-Chair • -Secretariat • Safety Of Life At Sea (SOLAS) • Disaster Risk Reduction – Early Warning System • Research and Development – Reduce impact of weather related natural disasters • Custodian of Climate Data

11. PRODUCT AND SERVICE • 2. Commercial • Specific Products • Lightning Detection Network – Utility Industries • Specialised Climate Information • Aviation Industry • Specialist Service Consultancies – Legal • -Insurance Etc. • Research and Development • Manufacturing of Meteorological Equipment

12. Infrastructure: RADAR NETWORK

14. Human Capital Management:SAWS Personnel Structure

15. SAWS HUMAN CAPITAL

16. SAWS HUMAN CAPITAL • Attraction and Retention: • Critical and Scarce skills • Qualifying categories; • Researchers Scientists • Forecasters TrainingCentre (Lecturers) • Observers Managers • TechnicalStaff

17. SAWS HUMAN CAPITAL • Staff Turnover Figures • 2008/09 2007/08 • Support Staff : 10 18 • Critical and ScarceSkills : 22 37 • Total Staff : 384 318 • Turnover (C&SSkills) : 5.7% 11.6% • Overall Staff Turnover : 8.3% 14.14%

18. ACHIEVEMENTS • SWFDP • SAFFG • MET Authority • SAWS MET Training Centre • Training centre of Excellence-EumetsatRecognition • Global Long Range Forecasting Production Centre-WMO Recognition • Indigenous Knowledge

19. SAWSStrategy Presentation South African Weather Service Dr. L. Makuleni 04 June 2009PART II

20. Contents Vision, Mission and values Organisational Structure SAWS Enterprise View Strategic Intent Funding model Strategic Goals and Objectives Strategic Programmes Financials

24. ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE

26. Strategic Intent Compliance with and performance on SAWS mandate Political and Stakeholder Relations Reduction of grant and overall revenue generation imperative International Obligations Customer demands Adaptation to technological advance Globalisation Impact of climate change and variability Skills shortage and pressure for attraction and retention Professional collaboration

27. Strategic Goals and Objectives

28. Strategic Goals and Objectives

31. ENE 2007/2008 2008/2009 2009/2010 2010/2011 2011/2012 Actuals Forecast Forecast Forecast Forecast R’000 R’000 R’000 R’000 R’000 TOTAL GRANT 120,112 124,916 184,736 205,369 220,550 Grant Income 120,112 124,916 130,537 54,199 143,591 61,778 157,950 62,600 Additional Grant 71,826 79,867 OTHER INCOME 66,168 65,060 90,459 Aviation Income 52,704 52,860 58,036 63,840 70,224 Other Commercial 7,534 8,300 10,790 14,027 18,235 Interest 5,930 3,900 3,000 2,000 2,000 TOTAL INCOME 186,280 189,976 256,562 285,236 311,009 189,976 TOTAL EXPENSES 182,669 256,562 285,236 311,009

32. On a weather data-space continent, SAWS is often acknowledged as a beaming light towards the enhancement of meteorological research and observations, not only nationally but also internationally. Conclusion

33. Weather lines • Vodacom service on the 082162 number • Talk to a forecaster service Premium rated calls • Molo Africa text-to-speech answering service on • 083 123 0500 • AfriGis location based and subscription service SMS service (*120*555*3#-DIAL)

34. Weather, Climate and the Air we BreatheTHANK YOU!