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Water and Sanitation
Department of Water and Sanitation challenges: SIU, AGSA & National Treasury input
27 Mar 2018
A joint meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation and the Standing Committee on Public Accounts met to be briefed by the Auditor-General of SA (AGSA) and National Treasury on challenges facing the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS). The AGSA briefed the Committees on irregular payments and ...
Water and Sanitation
Department of Water and Sanitation briefing; Amatola Water Board & Bloem Water Board 2016/17 Annual Report; Minister and Deputy Minister in Attendance
6 Mar 2018
The Amatola and Bloem Water Boards briefed the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation on their annual reports for the 2016/17 financial year. The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) was also represented at the meeting with the Minister and Deputy Minister in attendance.
Amatola addressed the reduced rate of ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Department of Water and Sanitation irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure: hearing
27 Feb 2018
This was quite a tough and uncompromising meeting, during which the Standing Committee on Public Accounts tried to elicit detailed answers from the Department of Water and Sanitation on irregular, wasteful and fruitless expenditure which had previously been identified in briefings to the Committee. Particular attention was focused on borehole ...
Water and Sanitation
DWS audit action plan & outcome of contestation of audit findings; response to Limpopo oversight visit committee report
21 Feb 2018
The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the responses to the findings of the Auditor-General and the contestations thereof by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS); outstanding issues from the last meeting between the Committee and the Department; and issues arising from the oversight visit to Limpopo.
The ...
Water and Sanitation
Department of Water and Sanitation challenges; with Deputy Minister
14 Feb 2018
Documents handed out: Auditor-General letter; Organogram [not available for public]
The Portfolio Committee met with the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) to be updated on a wide range of outstanding items from the Department.
The Chairperson requested that the Department’s organogram be explained before starting the presentation, in order ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Women in the Presidency Quarter 2 performance
13 Feb 2018
The Department of Women in the Presidency presented its Quarter 2 performance to the Portfolio Committee on Women in the Presidency.
Out of the 27 planned targets, 11 were achieved and 16 were not achieved. The 2nd quarter’s performance was the same as the 1st quarter despite there being more ...
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 ...
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 ...