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Water and Sanitation
Lesotho Highlands Water Project Phase 2: progress report, with the Minister
26 Oct 2016
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) provided the Committee with an update on progress with the Lesotho Highlands Development Project (LHWP) Phase I and II, in the presence of the Minister.
The LHWP was the bi-national inter-basin water transfer that was aimed at the ultimate delivery of water at ...
Water and Sanitation
Water and Sanitation Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
25 Oct 2016
Report of the meeting to follow.
Water and Sanitation
Department of Water and Sanitation on its 2015/16 Annual Report, with Minister present
20 Oct 2016
Documents handed out:
Department of Water and Sanitation 2015/16 Annual Report presentation [awaited]
The Minister of Water and Sanitation gave the Committee presented a summary of the Department’s 2014/15 Annual Report.
The Minister highlighted that the water sector across the value chain was affected negatively by a ...
Water and Sanitation
Department of Water and Sanitation on its 2015/16 Annual Report with Auditor-General input
18 Oct 2016
The Committee was scheduled to be briefed by the Department of Water and Sanitation on its 2015/16 Annual Report. This briefing was scheduled to take place after the Committee received a presentation on the Department’s audit outcomes from the Office of the Auditor-General. The Committee decided to ...
Water and Sanitation
Climate change impact on water and sanitation; MDGs attainment & SDGs incorporation into Department of Water and Sanitation's work
7 Sep 2016
Members of the Committee expressed some surprise when they were told who controlled water in South Africa, during discussion on the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and incorporation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the work of the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS). They were told ...
Health
Department of Health on its 4th quarter 2015/16 report, in presence of Minister
31 Aug 2016
The Committee was briefed on the 2015/16 fourth quarter report and the Conditional Grants expenditure in the Department of Health (NDOH), in the presence of the Minister, who also gave input and answered some questions from the Committee. Programme 1 dealt with the administration of the Department of Health. Performance ...
Water and Sanitation
Vision for Water by 2030: National Planning Commission briefing
31 Aug 2016
The National Planning Commission (NPC), in the presence also of the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS), presented the Water Security Plan for the country. The new approach was radical, integrated and mass balanced in nature and recognised that there was a need to consider all competing water requirements from ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Department of Human Settlements on its 4 Quarter 15/16 & 1 Quarter 16/17 performance
23 Aug 2016
The Department of Human Settlements (DHS) briefed the Committee on its two quarterly performance reports covering the first six months of 2016.
The fourth quarter report, covering the period from January to March, focussed on the review and development of policies and programmes involved in the consolidation of the Development ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Committee Report Regulations tabled in terms of Community Schemes Ombud Service Act, 2011 & Sectional Titles Schemes Management Act, 2011
5 May 2016
The Committee met to adopt the Community Schemes Ombud Service Act regulations. A parliamentary legal adviser took Members through the regulations as they currently stood. Members did not find any areas of concern to hamper adoption. Opposition Members however still needed to discuss the matter with respective caucuses - it ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Regulations tabled in terms of Community Schemes Ombud Service Act, 2011 & Sectional Titles Schemes Management Act, 2011: Department of Human Settlements briefing
19 Apr 2016
The Department of Human Settlements (DHS) briefed the Committee on the Regulations tabled in terms of the Community Schemes Ombud Service Act (CSOSA) and the Sectional Titles Schemes Management Act (STSMA). The DHA went through these regulations one by one, and stated that their approval would give effect to operationalisation ...