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Water and Sanitation
Department of Water and Sanitation Third Quarter Expenditure and Performance Report, 2022/2023 financial year; with Deputy Ministers
28 Feb 2023
The Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation convened in Parliament to receive a briefing from the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) on its Third Quarter Expenditure and Performance Report for the 2022/23 financial year.
The DWS said it continued implementing measures to accelerate key service delivery programmes. The Department ...
Water and Sanitation
Overview and assessment of the work of water boards; Deputy Minister present
24 Feb 2023
The Department of Water and Sanitation and three water boards briefed the Committee on the work of the water boards.
The Department said loadshedding and the destruction of infrastructure caused by flooding were challenges. The Department had met five of its eight Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 6 targets. Three ...
Water and Sanitation
Impact of SONA on Water & Sanitation Sector, with Deputy Minister
21 Feb 2023
President Cyril Ramaphosa: 2023 State of the Nation Address (SONA)
The Portfolio Committee was briefed on a virtual platform on the 2023 State of the Nation Address implications for the Department of Water and Sanitation as well as the current status of its infrastructure programme.
Committee members commented about ...
Water and Sanitation
Engagement with DWS on Committee resolutions & recommendations; with Minister and Deputy Ministers present
31 Jan 2023
The Portfolio Committee convened in a virtual meeting to engage with the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) on resolutions regarding the Committee's recommendations on the 2022/23 annual performance plans of the Department and its entities, water and sanitation sector issues, and the oversight visit to the Eastern Cape. ...
Water and Sanitation
Committee Reports on DWS Quarterly Performance
2 Dec 2022
The Portfolio Committee considered and adopted the Report of the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation: Overview of the Fourth Quarter Expenditure Report (1 January 2022 to 31 March 2022) of the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) for the 2021/22 financial year. The Committee also ...
Water and Sanitation
DWS Quarter 2 2022/23 performance; with Minister
29 Nov 2022
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) overall achievement for Quarter 2 of 2022/23 was 74%. The Director General said that there is a lot of room for improvement, as a result there are strategies and plans underway to ensure the performance meets the set targets.
DWS was noted as ...
Water and Sanitation
AGSA consolidated report on work of water boards
8 Nov 2022
The Portfolio Committee met virtually for a briefing from the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA), which reported on the nine water boards' compliance with water quality standards; management of avoidable water losses; reliability of supply; increased access to services; and asset management. The overall financial health of the water ...
Water and Sanitation
Dams’ safety and status of tailings dam across the country: DWS briefing; with Minister and Deputy Minister
1 Nov 2022
The Committee convened in a virtual meeting to hear from the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) about dam safety. The DWS outlined the ways in which dams were categorised in South Africa according to their hazard potential. The presentation revealed the number of dams registered as having a ...
Water and Sanitation
Turnaround plans to address Water Trading Entity challenges and audit outcomes; with Minister and Deputy Minister
25 Oct 2022
The Department of Water and Sanitation's (DWS's) informed the Portfolio Committee of its progress in implementing financial and institutional turnaround plans to address challenges related to the Water Trading Entity, and the strategies to address the audit outcomes highlighted by the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) for the 2021/22 ...
Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Flood Disaster Relief and Recovery
Committee Flood Disaster Relief and Recovery Report: discussion
19 Oct 2022
The Ad-Hoc Joint Committee sat to discuss its draft report on the flood disaster relief and recovery in the Eastern Cape (EC), North West (NW) and KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). Members were united in their disappointment with the government’s response to the flood disasters.
Members made several recommendations, ...