RE: Following through - myself being in East London today - now to practical comms
Nigel Lowe
HI Oliver and Barrie,
Thanks so much for the time given. I definitely hopefully the two of you get to talking – VERY informally of course and especially before my return on 21st October. I want to propose the nature of that ‘Amatole Water Jurisdiction Domain’ structuring / positioning and attachment discussion in a separate email – notably additional to the one (esp the attachment) below.
Most of that day can be very well used – if we really start communicating soon. The issue is who to communicate with and via in the short-term. Further I copy Mark W just to confirm that Barrie will point Graham Cowley in my direction asap, in the many ways Barrie can or might and as soon as he can. He might want Graham to be not only a go-between for myself, but perhaps for himself too, especially in the short term. I would not say so if it did not seem appropriate, just for timescales now mentioned. Graham also needs to be my NRW-IAM go-between for strategic advice in how to approach (/entice?) 2-3 particular municipal zoned proposals. (Perhaps only one or more of those might “go the planned course” – there WILL BE premature close-outs in this O&M directed initiative in a first year but with hope of ‘pick-ups’ in further years). The one I can declare is confirmed as Chris Hani DM as at least I can talk directly to them. Oliver, I confirm I will point them back to you – hoping that you will now become an active mobilizing leader. I will be speaking to NBI asap. I am still interested in others but it is best not to say more until Graham and myself have spoken. Also I will be sending out follow-up emails within the above domain and copying some of you into those – hoping that I am correctly positioning yourselves.
Even what is offered can already well load the 21st…
Till when,
Nigel
From: Nigel Lowe
Sent: Wednesday, October 2, 2013 8:15 AM
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Subject: FW: Following through - myself being in East London today and Harare 9/10 Oct
Hi,
Just in case you have some gaps today and before we talk…
If you can scan and dig – it might save us time and get us to quality / value – however you can associate with this or not….
This is how far NRW-IAM goes – especially in Zimbabwe and if there – then SADC wide. Well that is my perception and reality can be very different.
Till later,
N
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Subject: Following through - myself being in Harare 9/10 Oct
Hi Rodgers, (Mazhentiy - Zimbabwe Local Government Association)
CC Others working in and around Harare and elsewhere in Zimbabwe, especially with I believe a common desire towards rebuilding community and enabling service delivery ‘strengthening’ (especially linked to water).
You and I met in Birchwood, Benoni when you and Andrew (Dzane) were on that Official Accountability training in July I believe. I also spoke to you briefly on the phone once by accident if you recall.
I have been quite busy and my own agenda has moved on fairly well. Allow me to be quite direct, trusting that I am not too far off the mark in what follows. The offered crude attachment has just emerged but has not yet been properly drafted! It seemed to be essential arising from my last Harare visit. Now I can share it directly. I hope to at least begin to test it in these circles! In short the Service systems ‘CAR model or metaphor’ (hotlink) – needs this kind of ‘bridge structure’. I also offer two SADC scenarios’s about the ‘nature of the bridge’ (hotlink). I suspect the easier smaller one is actually more likely in Zimbabwe. I think it helps us to think through how to possibly help take officials and their service delivery into ‘new spaces or means of delivery’. I am not ready to go public on the attachment. I rather hope to perhaps see if these crude graphics have any meaning or value with yourselves – in not more than a small group. Please note the names given to / acronyms used in these graphics particularly – most are actually South African but even google might help there.
So I have to be open to any responses from any of you.
I would not be asking this if there is no opportunity to actually discuss any of this directly. The good news is that I can expect to be available on the afternoon of the 9th and if unavoidable, perhaps the morning of the 10th October in Harare.
Also I am now making enough progress to want to explore allies and potential partners to see how these kind of ideas might be actually tested and researched in Zimbabwe, and not just in South Africa. My colleagues here are interested to talk to the likes of Tearfund and perhaps others.
Are you interested and available to talk further? I regret I cannot be too flexible around these dates but please indicate what might be possible for you to talk. At least 2-3 of us (perhaps more) might be around Harare at this time. So perhaps some kind of small group discussion is possible, if there is enough interest. Of course – all of this actually depends on Zimbabwe’s own realities and needs to be applied to these ‘kind of frameworks’. I cannot do that – it depends on those who are actually interested to take this further. Rather I am interested in what RSA can actually learn from yourselves.
This Draft Change-Promoting Presentation (hotlink) and root RSA WRC Proposal (hotlink) is also more accessible if it helps to give some greater background. There is a lot more to share or show – depending on what response this email gets.
Time is not on our side. Please reply soonest.
Regards,
Nigel Lowe
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