Ms Constance Seoposengwe

Appearances

• Water Research Commission; Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority & Inkomati-Usuthu Catchment Management Agency 2019/20 Annual Report 31 Mar 2021

  Ms C Seoposengwe (ANC) asked WRC to give clarity on the school gardening project and how the schools fund their water bills. She asked for WRC plans in addressing historic challenges that have arisen on water distribution policies.

• Department of Water and Sanitation 2019/20 Annual Report & Breede-Gouritz Catchment Management Agency 30 Mar 2021

  Ms C Seoposengwe (ANC) asked if the DWS could give the Committee a breakdown of the 88% of water use authorisation applications finalised within 300 days in terms of the provinces, as well as an indication of who the beneficiaries were. She observed that most of the farms next to ...

• AGSA on Department’s 2019/20 audit findings & outcomes; DPME on DWS performance 25 Mar 2021

  Ms C Seoposengwe (ANC) asked what plans the Department had to ensure implementation for targets to be achieved. She saw that this was a challenge. How far was the process of internal consultation for the indicator to be achieved?

• Property Practitioners Act & Regulations: Department briefing 16 Mar 2021

  Ms C Seoposengwe (ANC) said the PPA and PPR legislation was long overdue. The PPA addressed the transformation issues that the property sector faced. It would prevent the property sector from being predominately white, and would address the imbalances of the past. She was happy that a fund was available ...

• 2019/20 PFMA Audit Outcomes: Auditor-General briefing 12 Mar 2021

  Ms C Seoposengwe (ANC) raised the question of delays in payment due to companies. She said it takes “a long time [for] the Department to pay.” This, she said, especially affected small businesses, most of which end up going “bankrupt.” She said that the government was known for “that type ...

• Water and Sanitation Quarter 1 Committee Report; Water and Sanitation Quarter 2 & 3 Performance 9 Mar 2021

  Ms C Seoposengwe (ANC) reckoned that the issue of bucket eradication could not be overemphasised. Although 74% has been delivered, the Committee needs to know when 100% would be achieved for the eradication of the bucket system.

• Office of Auditor-General Strategic Plan 2021/22 5 Mar 2021

  Ms C Seoposengwe (ANC) said that in the last financial year, auditors experienced serious intimidation and a number of cases were reported. She asked if AGSA still experienced this problem. She then asked how it plans to address the issue of citizen engagement in the current pandemic.

• Water Research Commission on importance and cost implications of water desalination as part of future water supply 5 Mar 2021

  Ms C Seoposengwe (ANC) stated that the Northern Cape was a semi-desert province but it had sea and solar energy farms. She asked what the advantage versus the budget was for the province in terms of the availability of both options. She enquired whether the WRC had done an analysis ...

• Department of Human Settlements Quarterly Reports 16 Feb 2021

  Ms C Seoposengwe (ANC) started by commending the Department, on a lighter note for at least receiving a clean audit.

• Banaero Park & Actonville Petitions 12 Feb 2021

  Ms C Seoposengwe (ANC) asked how often public participation was done, and how often residents were provided with feedback on their queries. She did not think that it was appropriate for the petition to be brought to Parliament.