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
Engineer & Scientist vacancy reduction: interventions by Department of Water & Sanitation, Engineering Council of South Africa, Water Research Commission, Energy & Water SETA, Rand Water Academy
12 Aug 2015
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) together with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) and Rand Water briefed the Committee on their interventions to reduce the vacancy rate of engineers and scientists in the Water Sector. The South African Youth Council was also in attendance.
Apologies were received ...
Water and Sanitation
Department of Water and Sanitation 4th quarter 2014 progress report
10 Jun 2015
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) had been scheduled to present its Fourth Quarter 2014/15 progress report, but from the outset several Members expressed their concern that once again, the Department had failed to provide copies of the presentation in sufficient time to enable the Committee to study it. ...
Water and Sanitation
Infrastructure Master Plan: Department of Water and Sanitation briefing, with Deputy Minister in attendance
3 Jun 2015
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) briefed the Committee on the Water and Sanitation Investment Framework. It said the challenges the DWS faced were because there was no integrated water and sanitation policy. The sanitation function had come to the DWS last September and the need for an infrastructure ...
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
Water Catchment Management Agencies and Water Boards on their Strategic Plans & Budget
30 Apr 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation carried on with a discussion that had begun the previous day, by engaging with officials of the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) and delegations from catchment management agencies and water boards on their budgets and business plans for the 2014/15 to 2016/17 ...
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, ...
Water and Sanitation
Department of Water and Sanitation on its Strategic Plan and Annual Performance Plan 2015/16
18 Mar 2015
The Minister was unable to brief the Committee due to a matter he had to attend to at short notice.
The Committee was briefed by Ms Matlakala Motloung, Acting Director General of the Department of Water and Sanitation, as well as by the Mr T Shabangu and Mr S ...