Thank you, hon Minister. What the hon Ellis was saying is: "Why are you answering questions so well?" He is so impressed with you. [Interjections.] Oh, did he qualify it? Money owed by municipalities to water boards and impact of recent tariffs on capital expansion plans of boards
35. Mr G R Morgan (DA) asked the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs:
(1) (a) How much money is owed by municipalities to water boards as at the latest specified date for which information is available and (b) what efforts are being made by her department to assist the boards in obtaining payment from the municipalities;
2) whether the most recent tariffs she approved for individual water boards will impact on the capital expansion plans of any board; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant detail