Whether her department will provide a progress report on the Lake Gariep initiative since its inception; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
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MRS B E E MOLEWA, MP
MINISTER OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
DATE:
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES
(For written reply)
QUESTION NO. 457 {CW667E)
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 36 OF 2013
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 22 November 2013
Mr K A Sinclair (COPE-NC) to ask the Minister of Water and Environmental
Affairs:
Whether her department will provide a progress report on the Lake Gariep ...
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In light of the lack of personnel with technical expertise and the competition for such expertise between her department, local government and the private sector, what is her departments doing to (a) retain and (b) recruit personnel with the expertise to (i) complete projects like the Nandoni Dam and (ii) provide access to water for the majority of the people?
(1) What quantity of (a) Panthera leo, (b) Panthera pardus, (c) Panthera tigris, (d) Panthera tigris altaica and (e) Panthera tigris tigris was exported in (i) 2011, (ii) 2012 and (iii) 2013 under the provisions of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites) in the categories (aa) live, (bb) skins, (cc) bones, (dd) trophies, (ee) specimens, (ff) bodies, (gg) skulls and (hh) skeletons in each case; (2) were these consignments exported to (a) China, (b) the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and/or (c) Vietnam; if so, in each case, what was the (i) quantity of each of these consignments, (ii) name of the exporters and (iii) name of the recipients who received the goods?
APPROVED/AMENDED
MRS B E E MOLEWA, MP
MINISTER OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
DATE:
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
(For written reply)
QUESTION NO. 3207
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 38 of 2013 NW3767E
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 15 November 2013
Mr N J J van R Koornhof (Cope) to ask the Minister of Water and
Environmental Affairs:
1) What quantity of (a) Panthera leo, (b) Panthera pardus, (c) ...
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(1) Whether her departments received any funds for the Expanded Public Works Programme in the (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13 financial years; (2) whether any of these funds were earmarked for (a) capital or (b) infrastructure-related projects; if so, (i) what are the names of these projects, (ii) where are these projects situated, (iii) what is the value of each project and (iv) how many jobs have been created by each project (3) in each case, what process was followed to appoint project (a) implementers and (b) consultants; (4) in each case, were funds transferred to project implementers (a) in a lump sum or (b) through progress payment; (5) whether any projects have been impeded due to maladministration or corruption; if so, (a) which projects have been affected and (b) what action has been taken in each case?
APPROVED/AMENDED
MRS B E E MOLEWA, MP
MINISTER OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
DATE:
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
(For written reply)
QUESTION NO. 3134 {NW3692E}
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 38 OF 2013
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 15 November 2013
Mrs M Wenger (DA) to ask the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs:
(1) Whether her departments received any funds for the Expanded Public
Works Programme in the ...
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(a) When last were toxicity levels of the (i) Olifants and (ii) Sabie rivers inside the Kruger National Park tested by the SA National Parks (SANParks) and (b) what were the results in each case?
(1) How many households in each ward in uMzimkhulu, KwaZulu-Natal, have access to potable water; (2) (a) in which wards in uMzimkhulu are water reticulation projects currently being undertaken, (b) how many households are expected to benefit from these projects and (c) what is the time frame for each of these projects?
Whether she has established any entities to continue with the work of the (a) irrigation boards and (b) water user associations; if not, why not; if so, what are the (i) names of those entities, (ii) costs involved and (iii) further relevant details?
(1) Whether her department has been informed that no water is reaching Middelburg from the Klein Olifants River, the town’s main water supply; (2) whether her department has investigated the situation; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) whether her department has investigated the concerns of the local people who suspect that mining activities and farmers are blocking the water supply upstream in the Klein Olifants River; if not, (4) whether her department will investigate the claim?
With reference to her reply to question 1748 on 19 August 2013, (a) on what pages of the annual financial report do the answers to the question appear, (b) what are the answers to question 1748 in the case where the relevant details are not in the said report and (c) why did she indicate that the answer would be found in the annual report?
(a) How many water licence applications are currently being considered in each province, (b) when was each application submitted and (c) what is the average turnaround time for a water licence application?
