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Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Department of Water Affairs: hearing 2
31 May 2017
SCOPA had arranged the hearing with Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) as a follow-up to an unsatisfactory hearing in November 2016. In addition to irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure, the DWS accruals and commitments were added to the agenda. As it turned out, Committee came close to declaring the ...
Water and Sanitation
Lepelle Northern Water Board on its 2015/16 Annual Report
30 May 2017
Lepelle Northern Water Board was established in terms of the Water Services Act 108 0f 1997 to provide water services to other water service institutions within its areas of operations. The Board presented its 2015/16 Annual Report.
It was highlighted that part of the new rules of ...
Water and Sanitation
Minister of Water and Sanitation briefing; Committee report on Water and Sanitation Budget
25 May 2017
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) told the Portfolio Committee that the National Treasury’s regulations gave the Department’s accounting officer the power to shift funds for the 2017/18 financial year. The Department did not plan to revise the budget allocations, as its projects were not implemented annually and often ...
Water and Sanitation
Committee Report on Water and Sanitation Budget
24 May 2017
The Committee met with officials from the Department of Water and Sanitation, to consider and adopt its report on the 2017/18 Annual Performance Plan (APP) and Budget of the Department and entities supporting the work of the Department. During consideration of the report, the Committee was concerned it was adopting ...
Water and Sanitation
DWS on its Budget; Construction Unit; Water Trading Entity & Bucket Eradication Programme, with Deputy Minister
23 May 2017
The Department of Water and Sanitation owed its contractors a whopping R1.5 billion. The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) revealed this when it was briefing the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation on issues related to its budget, the Bucket Eradication Programme (BEP), and the Water Trading Entity (WTE). ...
Water and Sanitation
Department of Water and Sanitation 2017/18 Annual Performance Plan, AGSA input; Committee Report on Water and Sanitation Budget
17 May 2017
The Office of the Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) presented a report on the review of the 2017/18 Annual Performance Plan (APP) of the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS). The report focused mainly on the significant programmes of the Department, and excluded the water boards and Section 4(3) audits. ...
Water and Sanitation
Water and Sanitation Draft Policy: Department briefing
10 May 2017
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) on upcoming legislation. The thrust of the presentation was that the Department wanted to merge the National Water Act and Water Services Act into one piece of legislation. The presentation the covered the key drivers of this legislative ...
Water and Sanitation
Department of Water and Sanitation on its Annual Performance Plan with Minister & Deputy Minister
9 May 2017
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) presented an overview of its annual performance plan (APP) for the period 2017/18 to 2019/20 to the Portfolio Committee. It listed its goals as
enhancing and protecting water as a resource across the value chain, equitable access to reliable, sustainable and acceptable water ...
Water and Sanitation
Water Research Commission & Inkomati Usuthu Catchment Management Agency on their Annual Performance Plan
4 May 2017
The Water Research Commission (WRC), focused his presentation on the six goals that the WRC aimed. These goals are to inform policy and decision-making, develop new products and services for economic development, enhance human capital development (HCD), empower communities, promote transformation and redress, and drive sustainable development solutions.
The 5-year ...
Water and Sanitation
Trans Caledon Tunnel Authority & Breede-Gouritz Catchment Management Authority Performance Plans, with Deputy Minister
3 May 2017
The practice of members of water boards being paid monthly salaries whether they attended board meetings or not -- and especially after it had been agreed that such payments should stop – completely dominated the second half the meeting between the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation and two entities ...