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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, ...
Water and Sanitation
Overberg & Mhlathuze Water Board management and governance challenges postponed, with Deputy Minister
7 Jun 2017
The meeting to discuss the management and governance challenges at the Overberg and Mhlathuze Water Boards had to be abandoned after Members insisted it could not continue in the absence of the Director General (DG), who was the accounting officer and should have been present to deal with the serious ...
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 ...