Whether his department played any role with regard to the water crisis in Gauteng since it emerged in various parts of the country to determine whether this was a systemic or self-caused problem stemming from the appointment of unsuitable and inadequately qualified personnel to key engineering and financial posts within municipalities; if not, why not; if so, what steps has his department taken to resolve the crisis expeditiously and systemically in order to help contain the hardship and losses this breakdown in supply of water has caused communities and businesses?