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Water and Sanitation
Department of Water and Sanitation 2016/17 Annual Report, with Auditor General + National Treasury input, with the Minister
4 Oct 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation was briefed by the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) on the audit outcomes for the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) for the 2016/17 financial year and by DWS on its 2016/17 Annual Report.
The AGSA noted that DWS ...
Arts and Culture
DAC, National Arts Council, National Film and Video Foundation, SAHRA 2016/17 Annual Report, with Auditor-General input
3 Oct 2017
The Committee met with the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA), Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) and its entities to discuss 2016/17 Annual Reports – entities present included the National Arts Council, National Film and Video Foundation and South African Heritage Resources Agency. The AGSA presented ...
Water and Sanitation
Committee Programme
6 Sep 2017
The Chairperson briefed the Committee on the meeting held on 5 September where quarter 3 and 4 reports as well as the North-West oversight were discussed.
Members raised the issue that there were instances where the Committee had to play the role of local government in dealing with the bucket ...
Water and Sanitation
Department of Water and Sanitation on Quarter 1 performance; with Minister
23 Aug 2017
The Department of Water and Sanitation briefed the Portfolio Committee on Water and sanitation on its first quarter report for 2017/18. Before the briefing, the Committee discussed the recently concluded oversight visit where a situation between a Department official, Ms Zandile Mathe and the Committee Whip, Mr H Chauke (ANC) ...
Arts and Culture
Department of Arts and Culture on its Quarter 1 performance: meeting postponed
22 Aug 2017
The Committee was supposed to receive a briefing from the Department of Arts and Culture on its Quarter 1 performance. However, the Committee postponed the briefing due to the absence of the Director-General and Deputy Minister. Members complained that the Department was not taking the Committee seriously and agreed to ...
Water and Sanitation
Overberg & Mhlatuze Water Board briefing on governance challenges, with Deputy Minister
14 Jun 2017
The meeting was called to discuss management and governance challenges at the Overberg and Mhlathuze Water Boards, but was coupled with the Director General (DG) of the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) having to explain his failure to appear before the Committee at the previous meeting. In the event, ...
Water and Sanitation
Overberg & Mhlathuze Water Board management and governance challenges postponed, with Deputy Minister
7 Jun 2017
The meeting to discuss the management and governance challenges at the Overberg and Mhlathuze Water Boards had to be abandoned after Members insisted it could not continue in the absence of the Director General (DG), who was the accounting officer and should have been present to deal with the serious ...
Water and Sanitation
Lepelle Northern Water Board on its 2015/16 Annual Report
30 May 2017
Lepelle Northern Water Board was established in terms of the Water Services Act 108 0f 1997 to provide water services to other water service institutions within its areas of operations. The Board presented its 2015/16 Annual Report.
It was highlighted that part of the new rules of ...
Water and Sanitation
Minister of Water and Sanitation briefing; Committee report on Water and Sanitation Budget
25 May 2017
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) told the Portfolio Committee that the National Treasury’s regulations gave the Department’s accounting officer the power to shift funds for the 2017/18 financial year. The Department did not plan to revise the budget allocations, as its projects were not implemented annually and often ...
Water and Sanitation
DWS on its Budget; Construction Unit; Water Trading Entity & Bucket Eradication Programme, with Deputy Minister
23 May 2017
The Department of Water and Sanitation owed its contractors a whopping R1.5 billion. The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) revealed this when it was briefing the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation on issues related to its budget, the Bucket Eradication Programme (BEP), and the Water Trading Entity (WTE). ...