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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 ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Basic Education on education and gender
21 Feb 2017
The Department of basic Education presented its report on its strategies towards improving the quality of education for all South African children, especially for the girl learners. Females (girls and women) are highly prioritised in the Department.
Activities of the Department are structured into five programmes; Administration, Curriculum policy, support ...
Water and Sanitation
Magalies & Sedibeng Water Boards bulk water tariffs & 2015/16 Annual Report; Kgetlengrivier Municipality water supply: progress report
17 Feb 2017
The Magalies Water Board briefed the Committee on its financial performance for the 2015/16 financial year. The Board’s revenue had increased by 10%. Employee benefits increased by 15%, operating expenditure by 11% and depreciation and ammortisation reduced by 12%. The net effect on the surplus had decreased ...
Water and Sanitation
Water economy and SONA implications and drought update: Department Water Affairs and Water Research Commission briefings, in presence of Deputy Minister
15 Feb 2017
The Department of Water Affairs and Sanitation briefed the Committee on its approach to economic transformation and its response to matters discussed in the State of the Nation Address. The 30% public procurement set as a target in the Department’s Annual Performance Plan was met. To improve the current situation ...
Finance Standing Committee
Money Bills Amendment Procedure Act review: joint workshop
8 Feb 2017
Parliament’s Constitutional and Legal Services Office (CLSO) presented at the joint workshop to the Finance and Appropriations Standing and Select Committees. It noted that the National Assembly had passed a resolution in May 2016 that the Finance Standing Committee should review the Money Bills Act with a view to introduce ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Committee Strategic Plan and Annual Performance Plan for 2016/17; First Term Programme
31 Jan 2017
The Committee considered and adopted all outstanding minutes from 2016.
The Committee also also discussed and approved its first term programme. There was consensus in holding departments and such officials more accountable in 2017. It was agreed that this should be done through more active and vigorous engagement with various ...
Water and Sanitation
Blue Drop Green Drop Report: Department of Water and Sanitation briefing
25 Jan 2017
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) briefed the Committee on the Blue Drop Green Drop progress Report.
The first Blue Drop Report in 2009 indicated that the national microbiological compliance for South African tap water was measured at 93.3% against the National Standard (SANS 241). There has been a ...
Water and Sanitation
Water & Sanitation: Statistics SA analysis; Water & Sanitation Infrastructure: Auditor-General performance audit
24 Jan 2017
Auditor-General Report: Performance Audit on Water Infrastructure
The Auditor-General briefed the Committee on the performance audit report on water infrastructure which evaluated fifteen projects. The report highlights the issues which the Committee should oversee on an ongoing basis. The following key recommendations were made to the Department of Water and ...
Water and Sanitation
Madibeng & Swartruggens water supply: DWS & Magalies Water Board progress report
7 Dec 2016
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) briefed the Committee on water resource pollution in Madibeng municipality, on how water supply interventions in Swartruggens were being addressed and on the fostering of a partnership between the mines and municipalities in addressing water challenges in the North West following repeated oversight ...
Water and Sanitation
Madibeng and Swartruggens: Magalies Water Board progress report
30 Nov 2016
The Committee unanimously resolved to cancel the meeting with the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) for not submitting a report that was supposed to have been submitted on 28 October 2016. It had been agreed at a meeting in the North West Province from 20 to 22 September 2016, ...