Rainey Thamie Hugo

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Rainey Thamie Hugo

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Committee Meetings Attended

  • Water and Sanitation Lepelle Northern & Overberg Water Boards financial reports; with the Minister
    12 Mar 2019

    Annual Reports 2017/18

    The Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation met for a briefing from the Lepelle Northern Water Board on its annual report for 2017/18 financial year, and a briefing by the Overberg Water Board on its report for the 2015/16 financial year.

    The Minister introduced the acting chairperson ...

  • Water and Sanitation Mhlatuze Water Board & Umgeni Water Board 2017/18 Annual Reports; with the Minister and Deputy Minister
    6 Mar 2019

    The Committee met to discuss the annual reports of Umgeni and Mhlathuze Water Groups. The two entities played vital roles in the achievement of the sustainable development goals of the Republic, and provided important resilience against the effects of climate change. The two entities were among the nine water boards under ...

  • Water and Sanitation Water Boards audit outcomes: AGSA briefing; with Minister
    5 Mar 2019

    The Portfolio Committee and the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) were briefed by the office of the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) on the current state of water boards.
    They were informed that irregular expenditure had increased from R294 million in 2016/17 to R341 million in the 2017/18 ...

  • Water and Sanitation Unfinished Water and Sanitation infrastructure projects
    27 Feb 2019

    The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) and the Lepelle Northern Water Board met to discuss its unfinished water and sanitation infrastructure projects in the Limpopo, Gauteng, North West, Free State and Northern Cape provinces. The aim was to show and bring to the table the reasons for the delays ...

  • Water and Sanitation Bucket Eradication & War on Leaks: DWS & Rand Water inputs; with the Minister
    13 Feb 2019

    The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) and Rand Water presented a status update on the ‘War on Leaks’ programme and the Department also provided a staus report on the Bucket Eradication programme (BEP).

    According to the Department the objective of the project was to train and develop 15 000 unemployed ...

  • Water and Sanitation Bucket Eradication Programme (BEP): DWS progress report; with Deputy Minister
    27 Nov 2018

    The Committee received a follow-up briefing by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) on the progress in implementing the Bucket Eradication Programme (BEP). The National Treasury’s project goals included completing the BEP by March 2019.  The 2018/19 budget allocation was R608m to the Water Services Infrastructure Grant (WSIG) to ...

  • Water and Sanitation Committee Minutes
    21 Nov 2018

    The Portfolio Committee reviewed the minutes of its meetings from 12 September until November 14, and made comments or proposals on action that still needed to be taken. The Members emphasised the importance of knowing the current performance of underperforming water boards, and said the Minister had to decide on ...

  • Water and Sanitation Municipal water debt: Department; COGTA; Treasury; SALGA update with Minister
    14 Nov 2018

    The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) provided details of the municipal debt to water boards, and said an Inter-Ministerial Task Team (IMTT) had been established to devise a plan to resolve the outstanding debt in more structured way. The Committee was told that the municipalities owed a total of ...

  • Water and Sanitation Sanitation backlogs in schools: DBE briefing; Sanitation Technologies and Innovations: Water Research Commission briefing
    7 Nov 2018

    The Department of Basic Education presented the implementation plan to address sanitation backlogs at schools to the joint Portfolio Committees. It highlighted that of the country’s 23 334 active schools, 3 898 still had pit latrines as the only form of sanitation. The provinces with the highest number of pit ...

  • Water and Sanitation MTBPS implications on water and sanitation; with Minister present
    31 Oct 2018

    The Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation received a commentary from a University of Johannesburg water economist, whose presentation was to help the Portfolio Committee with its responsibilities of monitoring and overseeing the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS). The presentation focused on the implementation of laws; working within the ...