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Water and Sanitation
DWS on 2022 Green Drop Report; Progress report of work undertaken to date by Anti-Pollution Task Team; with Deputy Ministers
7 Jun 2022
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Water and Sanitation on the 2022 Green Drop Report and work undertaken to date by the anti-pollution task team.
The Deputy Minister said the Green and Blue Drop programme halted in 2013 had been reinstated. This is ...
Water and Sanitation
DWS briefing: assessment, evaluation and analysis of the Water Boards from 2019 to date; with Deputy Ministers
31 May 2022
The Committee convened virtually for the Department of Water and Sanitation to provide an assessment of water boards in terms of work done since 2019 to date.
The Department said that municipal performance is generally weak and compromises effective and sustainable water services delivery. This means that services are ...
Water and Sanitation
Department of Water and Sanitation Fourth Quarter Expenditure and Performance Report 2021/2022; with Deputy Minister
24 May 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee was briefed by the Department of Water and Sanitation on its cumulative fourth quarter performance for the 2021/22 financial year.
The Department reported falling short of meeting its targets and a significant amount of underspending. The expenditure for the period ended 31 March ...
Water and Sanitation
DWS progress report on current cases investigated by SIU & law enforcement agencies; disciplinary cases; status and costs of fraud and corruption on financial and non-financial performance, with Ministry
12 May 2022
The Committee received a progress report from the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) on the status of disciplinary cases in the Department. The Minister committed himself to fight corruption and fraud. Fraud and corruption weakened the pillars of democracy and were anti-revolutionary. South Africa was a perculiar nation ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Department of Water and Sanitation 2022/23 Annual Performance Plan; with Deputy Ministers
6 May 2022
The Select Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements met virtually to consider the 2022/23 Annual Performance Plan and budget of the Department of Water and Sanitation.
In its 2022 estimates of national expenditure, the Department has been ...
Water and Sanitation
Breede-Gouritz Catchment Management Agency; Inkomati-Usuthu Catchment Management Agency and TransCaledon Tunnel Authority 2022/23 Annual Performance Plans; with Ministry
4 May 2022
The Committee convened in a virtual meeting to be briefed on the annual performance plans for 2022/23 of the Breede-Gouritz Catchment Management Agency, the Inkomati-Usuthu Catchment Management Agency and the Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority.
The Breede-Gouritz Catchment Management Agency (BGCMA) said the current Greater Brandvlei water scheme project was to ...
Water and Sanitation
DWS & WRC 2022/23 Annual Performance Plans; with the Minister and Deputy Minister
3 May 2022
Water and Sanitation
Water Research Commission
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) and the Water Research Commission (WRC) presented their 2022/23 annual performance plans and budgets in a virtual meeting.
The Department said it planned to implement a range of major projects to augment the national bulk water ...
Water and Sanitation
KZN floods; Water Board 2022/23 tariffs & SALGA input, with Deputy Ministers
19 Apr 2022
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) presented the extent of the damage caused by the recent floods in KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape that led the President to declare again a National State of Disaster. The action plans to respond to the damage were outlined as well as the ...
Water and Sanitation
DWS long term plans for reconciling water supply and demand for most of the catchments in SA; with Deputy Ministers
22 Mar 2022
The Committee received a briefing in a virtual meeting from the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) on its long-term plans for reconciling water supply with the demand in most of the catchment areas in South Africa. The water resource reconciliation strategies were the plans that identified key actions for ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
DWS on legislative, procedural and substantive matters related to directive issued to Mhlathuze Water; with Minister & Deputy Minister
11 Mar 2022
The Select Committee met with the Department of Water and Sanitation, to receive a briefing on the directive that had been given to an implementing agent, Mhlathuze Water, regarding the supply of water in the uMkhanyakude District Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN).
The Minister of the Department of Water and ...