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Water and Sanitation
Committee Report on Water and Sanitation Budget
4 May 2016
The Committee Report on the Department of Water and Sanitation 2016/17 Budget. Comments were about job creation in infrastructure programmes where skill sharing must take place; tariffs were an important concern and comparative models in other countries should be looked into to see how they are performing
Water and Sanitation
Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation Revised Strategic Plan 2015-2019
20 Apr 2016
Document: Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation Revised Strategic Plan 2015-2019
[All Committee Reports available under Tabled Committee Reports once published on the ATC]
The Revised Committee Strategic Plan for 2015-2019 is seen as an independent programme to overcome water and sanitation challenges. The Committee did not manage to adopt ...
Water and Sanitation
Trans Caledon Tunnel Authority, Water Research Commission, Inkomati Usuthu Catchment Management Agency & Breede Gouritz Catchment Management on their 2016 Budget & Corporate Plan
6 Apr 2016
Awaited Documents:
Inkomati-Usuthu Annual Performance Plan 2016/2017
Breede Gouritz Annual Performance Plan 2016/2017
Trans Caledon Tunnel Authority Annual Performance Plan 2016/2017
Water Research Commission Annual Performance Plan 2016/2017 [info@pmg.org.za]
The Water and Sanitation portfolio committee received presentations from four entities -- the Water Research Committee, Trans Caledon Tunnel ...
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Drought and Climate Change progress report by COGTA, DWS, DEA, DAFF
16 Mar 2016
In a joint committee meeting, four departments presented their collaborative strategy in dealing with the ongoing drought and climate change. The National Disaster Management Centre of the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) spoke about the joint drought committee of all relevant departments that has been set up ...
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Umgeni, Overberg & Magalies Water Boards on their 2014/15 Annual Reports
11 Mar 2016
Documents handed out
Umgeni Water Annual Report for the 2014/15 financial year
Overberg Water Annual Report for the 2014/15 financial year
Magalies Water Annual Report for the 2014/15 financial year [email info@pmg.org.za]
Umgeni Water (UW) said that the water board’s expenditure from 2011 had been sitting at approximately R300 million. ...
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Department of Water and Sanitation on 3rd Quarter 2015/16 performance
9 Mar 2016
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) briefed the Committee on its 3rd quarter of 2015 performance. A detailed analysis of its programmes on Administration, Water Sector Management, Water Infrastructure Management Water, Sanitation Services and Water Sector Regulation was given, outlining the main challenges and the extent to which targets had ...
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Sedibeng and Bloem Water Boards on their 2014/15 Annual Reports
2 Mar 2016
Sedibeng Water Board briefed the Committee on its Annual Report for 2014/15. The presentation was based on its area of operation, ministerial directives, achievements, audit report, DIFR performance and financial performance. A detailed analysis of its achievements with respect to the ministerial directives, and a description of what they entailed, ...
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Lepelle North Water Board & Amatola Water Board on their 2014/15 Annual Report
26 Feb 2016
The Committee heard briefings from the Lepelle North and Amatola Water Boards
The Department of Water and Sanitation said that the Cabinet had approved the new Lepelle North Water Board, which would start its work 1 April. The new Amatola Water Board had commenced duties on the first of February. ...
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Water resource management: CSiR briefing, with Minister & Deputy Minister
17 Feb 2016
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research gave a briefing on the economics of water resource management in South Africa, with a focus on the path to a green economy.
It provided an overview of water resource management in South Africa; spoke about who is using how much, where; efficiency, ...
Water and Sanitation
Workshop on Five Year Strategic Plan of the Portfolio Committee: day 2
3 Feb 2016
Documents considered: Draft Five Year Strategic Plan for the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation (not for public distribution)
The Committee held a workshop,with two facilitators, to refine the Committee's Five Year Strategic Plan, and with input also from the Content Advisor and Parliamentary Researchers, whilst comments were also permitted from ...