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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 ...
Water and Sanitation
Water Tariffs: Department of Water and Sanitation & Water Boards briefing
15 Mar 2017
Submissions from all the water boards, with an exception of the Overberg and Lepelle Northern water boards, regarding the 2017/2018 water tariffs had been finalised and were presented to the Portfolio Committee. All the water boards except Mhlatuze were represented at the meeting.
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) ...
Water and Sanitation
Bloem Water Board on its 2015/16 Annual Report
10 Mar 2017
Annual Reports 2015/16
Bloem Water, one of the Water Boards established in terms of the Water Services Act to provide water services to other water service institutions within its areas of operations, presented its 2015/16 Annual Report. Bloem Water covers the Mangaung Metro, including the former Naledi, Kopanong Local and ...
Water and Sanitation
Umgeni Water & Mhlatuze Water 2015/16 Annual Report; suspended CEO
8 Mar 2017
The meeting commenced after it was announced that the Minister Mokonyane would not be present as she was attending a cabinet meeting. Her absence was felt as no substantial report could be given at the meeting about the progress and the road map for the amalgamation of ...
Water and Sanitation
Minister on Media Reports on DWS bankruptcy / Kgetleng
3 Mar 2017
Documents handed out:
Media Reports: Parliament Research [awaited]
The Portfolio Committee met with the Minister and the Chief Financial Officers of the Department of Water and Sanitation and the Water Trading Entity to discuss the interventions in Kgetlengrivier Local Municipality as well as shed light on the media allegations about ...
Water and Sanitation
Drought relief interventions: COGTA, DWA & Treasury updates
1 Mar 2017
Delegations from the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA), the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS), the National Treasury Department, the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR), and the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) presented their briefings on drought interventions and drought relief funding. ...
Water and Sanitation
Lepelle Northern Water Board Annual Report for 2015/16: meeting postponed
24 Feb 2017
The Committee was scheduled to be briefedby the Lepelle Northern Water Board on its Annual Report 2015/16. However, Members decided that the meeting should be cut short becauseonly the Chairperson of the Board was present in the meeting, despite the Committee clearly emphasising the need for the ...
Water and Sanitation
Water Board 2015/16 Annual Reports: Rand Water, Amatola Water plus interventions of Amatola in local municipalities
22 Feb 2017
The Rand Water Board and Amatola Water Boards briefed the committee on their 2015/16 Annual Reports. The Amatola Water board also briefed the Committee on its interventions into the Makana and Ndambe Local Municipalities .
The Rand Water Board highlighted that operationally, financially and from a performance ...