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NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Water and Sanitation 2016/17 Annual Report, with Deputy Minister
31 Oct 2017
It was agreed by the Select Committee on Social Services that, even though the annual report of the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) was not received timeously, due to time constraints it was advisable for the meeting to proceed.
The DWS said that during the ...
Water and Sanitation
Water Infrastructure Development, Internal Audit, Debt Collection, War on Leaks and Drop a Block: Department briefing, with Deputy Minister
18 Oct 2017
The Department briefed the Committee on the Overview of Water Infrastructure Development. The Deputy Minister Ms Pamela Tshwete was present. The Department wanted to respond to the issue of what was done with the R12 million reported in the Annual Report if it only achieved 33%. It stated that the ...
Water and Sanitation
Department of Water and Sanitation on Quarter 1 performance, with Minister and Deputy Minister
13 Sep 2017
The first part of the meeting was devoted to the Minister of Water and Sanitation answering a wide range of questions from Members. These were centred on the apparent confusion over senior figures within the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) being suspended, moved around and returning to old posts. ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Department of Water and Sanitation Quarter 4: Performance Hearing; with Deputy Minister
6 Sep 2017
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Water and Sanitation (including the Water Trading Entity) on its Fourth Quarter Expenditure Patterns for the 2016/17 financial year.
In 2015 the Department had declared eight provinces as disaster stricken due to the drought and in 2017 had declared the Western Cape ...
Water and Sanitation
Irrigation Boards and Water Master Plan: Department of Water and Sanitation briefing, with Deputy Minister
20 Jun 2017
The Committee met to be briefed by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) on progress with the transformation of the country’s irrigation boards and the development of a national water and sanitation master plan.
Before the start of the meeting, there was major concern over the late arrival of ...
Water and Sanitation
Overberg & Mhlatuze Water Board briefing on governance challenges, with Deputy Minister
14 Jun 2017
The meeting was called to discuss management and governance challenges at the Overberg and Mhlathuze Water Boards, but was coupled with the Director General (DG) of the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) having to explain his failure to appear before the Committee at the previous meeting. In the event, ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Water and Sanitation Annual Performance Plan, with Deputy Minister
13 Jun 2017
In her opening remarks, the Chairperson said the Committee is hearing from the media that the Department of Water and Sanitation is bankrupt and this needs to be clarified. DWS also needs to inform the Committee on what it is doing to aid the provinces affected by the drought. ...
Water and Sanitation
Overberg & Mhlathuze Water Board management and governance challenges postponed, with Deputy Minister
7 Jun 2017
The meeting to discuss the management and governance challenges at the Overberg and Mhlathuze Water Boards had to be abandoned after Members insisted it could not continue in the absence of the Director General (DG), who was the accounting officer and should have been present to deal with the serious ...
Water and Sanitation
DWS on its Budget; Construction Unit; Water Trading Entity & Bucket Eradication Programme, with Deputy Minister
23 May 2017
The Department of Water and Sanitation owed its contractors a whopping R1.5 billion. The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) revealed this when it was briefing the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation on issues related to its budget, the Bucket Eradication Programme (BEP), and the Water Trading Entity (WTE). ...
Water and Sanitation
Department of Water and Sanitation on its Annual Performance Plan with Minister & Deputy Minister
9 May 2017
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) presented an overview of its annual performance plan (APP) for the period 2017/18 to 2019/20 to the Portfolio Committee. It listed its goals as
enhancing and protecting water as a resource across the value chain, equitable access to reliable, sustainable and acceptable water ...