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Water and Sanitation
Progress report on meeting December 2015 deadline in respect of bucket eradication: Department of Water and Sanitation, with the Minister
28 Oct 2015
Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) briefed the Committee on their Bucket Eradication Programme (BEP) progress report. The Programme was focused on bucket toilets in formal areas which had been established before 1994. The verified bucket eradication target as at 20 October 2015 was 57 329, of which 15 544 bucket toilets ...
Water and Sanitation
Water Research Commission; Trans Caledon Tunnel Authority; Breede-Gouritz Catchment Management Agency & Inkomti-Usuthu Catchment Management Agency on their 2014/15 Annual Report
15 Oct 2015
The entities presented their annual reports to the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation.
The Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority (TCTA) said it had been able to raise funds in order to finance its projects and they had been delivered accordingly. One of the biggest highlights was the pipeline that supported the ...
Water and Sanitation
Minister and Department of Water and Sanitation on its 2014/15 Annual Report; Audit outcomes by Auditor-General
14 Oct 2015
The Minister of Water and Sanitation was present at the meeting and gave a brief introduction in which it was acknowledged that the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) had underspent, but she said that there were signs of improvement, and that it was important to look at the entire ...
Water and Sanitation
Department of Justice and Correctional Services & National Prosecutors Authority: briefing (closed meeting)
2 Sep 2015
PMG was not present at the meeting. It was a closed session.
Water and Sanitation
Prosecution of polluters and vandals of infrastructure: Department of Water & Sanitation & SAPS briefing, with Deputy Minister present
1 Sep 2015
The Committee was briefed on the approach being adopted by the South African Police Service (SAPS) and the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) to deal with polluters and vandals of the country’s water infrastructure.
The SAPS had investigated 53 cases of vandalism, and 53 suspects had been arrested and ...
Water and Sanitation
Committee reports
18 Aug 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation met to consider and adopt minutes of meetings and Committee reports. At the outset, the Chairperson suggested the Committee needed a systematic process to follow up on outstanding issues arising from engagements with the Department, and was advised that a tracking tool could ...
Water and Sanitation
Water and Sanitation Portfolio Committee Reports
17 Jun 2015
The Committee met briefly to consider and adopt several minutes dating back as far as mid-March to June 2015. All of them were approved with minor amendments.
At the time of matters arising from the minutes, Members voiced concern that not all the areas that had sanitation challenges were captured ...
Water and Sanitation
Department of Water and Sanitation on the “polluter pays” principle & Nandoni Dam Resettlement Report
27 May 2015
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) stated that only 14 villages had been affected by the Nandoni Dam project, and all the issues of the other 18 villages had been addressed. The main communities that had been affected were Vhembe and Mopane, and the Department was working very closely ...
Water and Sanitation
Department of Water & Sanitation, Water Research Commission, Trans Caledon Tunnel Authority on their 2015 Strategic and Annual Performance Plans
29 Apr 2015
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) and two water entities, the Water Research Commission (WRC) and Trans Caledon Tunnel Authority (TCTA) gave presentations on their strategic and annual performance plans to the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation. The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) described its five programmes, ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
CRL Rights Commission on its Annual Performance Plan 2015/16
17 Mar 2015
The Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL Rights Commission) briefed the Committee on its Annual Performance Plan. The Commission was dealing with issues of diminished heritage. The Commission had tackled the issue of initiation schools and the nation had taken ...