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Water and Sanitation
Western and Eastern Cape drought crisis
7 Feb 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation held a lively meeting on the current drought in the country to discuss the current status and challenges. The Committee was joined by Members from several Portfolio Committees who had been invited to attend the presentations.
The intention of the meeting was for ...
Water and Sanitation
Outstanding water debt by municipalities, with DWS Minister + Deputy & COGTA Deputy Minister
29 Nov 2017
The Departments of Water and Sanitation, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs and National Treasury, as well as the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) addressed the issues surrounding the huge amount of outstanding debt owed by municipalities for the supply of water to areas under their authority. The Finance Committee ...
Basic Education
Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Draft Bill: DBE briefing
28 Nov 2017
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) presented the amendments to the draft Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill to the Committee, highlighting that the most controversial amendments referred to the power granted to the Heads of Departments (HODs). It said that some of the changes were intended to bring about ...
Water and Sanitation
Committee Reports; First Term Committee Programme
22 Nov 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation adopted three reports: Report on the oversight visit to Limpopo, Report on World Water Day Summit and Expo, and Draft Committee Programme.
Water and Sanitation
Department of Water and Sanitation on Quarter 2 performance
15 Nov 2017
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) told the Committee it planned to have a discussion with the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) on strategies on how to recover the money owed to it by the municipalities, because if it was not recovered, it would have an ...
Water and Sanitation
Water Master Plan; Water and Sanitation Bill; Economic Regulator for Water: DWS progress report; with Minister
8 Nov 2017
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) reported that the new Water Master Plan would assist it in providing water and sanitation services and to establish a consolidated plan for water and sanitation management to meet future needs. In order to achieve this goal, the DWS would be working with ...
Water and Sanitation
MTBPS implications on water sector: Department; Water Economist; Black Business Council responses
7 Nov 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation received briefings on the medium term budget policy statement (MTBPS) for the water sector from a water economist, the Black Business Council, and the National Planning Commission.
The water economist said South Africa’s water infrastructure was in some trouble. The water that South ...
Water and Sanitation
Contested audit findings 2016/17 by DWS: Auditor General briefing; BRRR
2 Nov 2017
Fruitless and wasteful expenditure in the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) had doubled by R64m. This was reported by the Auditor-General of SA (AGSA) while providing clarity to the Portfolio Committee on the contestation DWS of the irregular expenditure identified in its 2016/17 audit outcomes. The AG said that ...
Water and Sanitation
Special Investigating Unit investigations of Water & Sanitation Department 2014-2017; National Treasury on DWS Debt Management; BRRR
1 Nov 2017
Documents handed out: National Treasury: Progress on the Overdraft of the WTE [awaited]; Special Investigating Unit: Presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation[not available to public]
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) did not seem to have the venom of the cobra which was portrayed in its logo. This was the ...
Water and Sanitation
Western Cape drought crisis: DWS; City of Cape Town; COGTA; National Disaster Management Centre & DAFF, with DWS + COGTA Ministers
25 Oct 2017
The Portfolio Committees on Water and Sanitation and on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs were briefed on the Western Cape drought crisis by the Departments of Water and Sanitation; Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs; the Department of Agriculture, Western Cape; the National Disaster Management Centre, the Western Cape Government, and ...