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Water and Sanitation
Water Infrastructure Development, Internal Audit, Debt Collection, War on Leaks and Drop a Block: Department briefing, with Deputy Minister
18 Oct 2017
The Department briefed the Committee on the Overview of Water Infrastructure Development. The Deputy Minister Ms Pamela Tshwete was present. The Department wanted to respond to the issue of what was done with the R12 million reported in the Annual Report if it only achieved 33%. It stated that the ...
Water and Sanitation
Trans Caledon Tunnel Authority, Water Research Commission, Inkomati Usuthu Catchment Management Agency, Breede Gouritz Catchment Management Agency 2016/17 Annual Report
5 Oct 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation met with the water agencies that fall within the ambit of the Department of Water and Sanitation. Although the entities had clean audits and sound administration, there was apparently too little money for nine Catchment Management Agencies. Based on ...
Water and Sanitation
Department of Water and Sanitation 2016/17 Annual Report, with Auditor General + National Treasury input, with the Minister
4 Oct 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation was briefed by the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) on the audit outcomes for the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) for the 2016/17 financial year and by DWS on its 2016/17 Annual Report.
The AGSA noted that DWS ...
Health
Medical Innovation Bill (Cannabis guidelines): briefing; National Health Laboratory Service Amendment Bill: NEHAWU briefing
13 Sep 2017
The Director General of the Department of Health introduced the Medical Innovation Bill on Cannabis Guidelines. South Africa was a signatory to the 1961 Convention on the Control of Narcotic Substance and cannabis was highly controlled, but the Convention allowed for any country to utilise narcotics should there be a ...
Water and Sanitation
Department of Water and Sanitation on Quarter 1 performance, with Minister and Deputy Minister
13 Sep 2017
The first part of the meeting was devoted to the Minister of Water and Sanitation answering a wide range of questions from Members. These were centred on the apparent confusion over senior figures within the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) being suspended, moved around and returning to old posts. ...
Water and Sanitation
Committee Programme
6 Sep 2017
The Chairperson briefed the Committee on the meeting held on 5 September where quarter 3 and 4 reports as well as the North-West oversight were discussed.
Members raised the issue that there were instances where the Committee had to play the role of local government in dealing with the bucket ...
Water and Sanitation
Department of Water and Sanitation on Quarter 1 performance; with Minister
23 Aug 2017
The Department of Water and Sanitation briefed the Portfolio Committee on Water and sanitation on its first quarter report for 2017/18. Before the briefing, the Committee discussed the recently concluded oversight visit where a situation between a Department official, Ms Zandile Mathe and the Committee Whip, Mr H Chauke (ANC) ...
Water and Sanitation
Construction Unit: Department of Water and Sanitation briefing, with Minister
21 Jun 2017
The Department gave a brief background of the history of the Construction Management Unit (CMU), saying that since the unit’s inception the approach had always been labour intensive until after 1998 when personnel on a contract basis was allowed. The presentation spoke to the staffing of the five CMU regions ...
Water and Sanitation
Irrigation Boards and Water Master Plan: Department of Water and Sanitation briefing, with Deputy Minister
20 Jun 2017
The Committee met to be briefed by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) on progress with the transformation of the country’s irrigation boards and the development of a national water and sanitation master plan.
Before the start of the meeting, there was major concern over the late arrival of ...
Water and Sanitation
Overberg & Mhlatuze Water Board briefing on governance challenges, with Deputy Minister
14 Jun 2017
The meeting was called to discuss management and governance challenges at the Overberg and Mhlathuze Water Boards, but was coupled with the Director General (DG) of the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) having to explain his failure to appear before the Committee at the previous meeting. In the event, ...