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Water and Sanitation
Trans Caledon Tunnel Authority & Breede-Gouritz Catchment Management Authority Performance Plans, with Deputy Minister
3 May 2017
The practice of members of water boards being paid monthly salaries whether they attended board meetings or not -- and especially after it had been agreed that such payments should stop – completely dominated the second half the meeting between the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation and two entities ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
NHBRC, EAAB, CSOS, SHRA on their 2017/18 Annual Performance Plan
28 Mar 2017
The Social Housing Regulatory Authority’s oriented goals were to establish a well-skilled, resourced and ably led organisation, to support policy and sectoral leadership within the social housing sector, and to establish a functioning organisation for agents and entities delivering units that met a landlord’s responsibilities to the tenant.
The entity’s ...
Water and Sanitation
Water Tariffs: Department of Water and Sanitation & Water Boards briefing
15 Mar 2017
Submissions from all the water boards, with an exception of the Overberg and Lepelle Northern water boards, regarding the 2017/2018 water tariffs had been finalised and were presented to the Portfolio Committee. All the water boards except Mhlatuze were represented at the meeting.
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Department of Human Settlements on 2017/18 Annual Performance Plan; DHS issues raised in SONA; with Deputy Minister in attendance
14 Mar 2017
The Department of Human Settlements’ 2050 vision was to coordinate spatial planning systems to transform human settlements in South Africa. All of the Department’s Annual Performance Plans (APPs) are developed in line with provincial performance plans and the performance plans of entities. The Department planned to upgrade 2 200 informal ...
Water and Sanitation
Umgeni Water & Mhlatuze Water 2015/16 Annual Report; suspended CEO
8 Mar 2017
The meeting commenced after it was announced that the Minister Mokonyane would not be present as she was attending a cabinet meeting. Her absence was felt as no substantial report could be given at the meeting about the progress and the road map for the amalgamation of ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Petitions about Human Settlements
7 Mar 2017
The Portfolio Committee met with the Gauteng Department of Human Settlements and petitioners to discuss petitions referred to the Committee by the Speaker of National Assembly. The aim of the meeting was to provide responses and government plans on the petitions sent to the Committee from various communities in Ekurhuleni ...
Water and Sanitation
Minister on Media Reports on DWS bankruptcy / Kgetleng
3 Mar 2017
Documents handed out:
Media Reports: Parliament Research [awaited]
The Portfolio Committee met with the Minister and the Chief Financial Officers of the Department of Water and Sanitation and the Water Trading Entity to discuss the interventions in Kgetlengrivier Local Municipality as well as shed light on the media allegations about ...
Water and Sanitation
Drought relief interventions: COGTA, DWA & Treasury updates
1 Mar 2017
Delegations from the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA), the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS), the National Treasury Department, the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR), and the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) presented their briefings on drought interventions and drought relief funding. ...
Water and Sanitation
Lepelle Northern Water Board Annual Report for 2015/16: meeting postponed
24 Feb 2017
The Committee was scheduled to be briefedby the Lepelle Northern Water Board on its Annual Report 2015/16. However, Members decided that the meeting should be cut short becauseonly the Chairperson of the Board was present in the meeting, despite the Committee clearly emphasising the need for the ...
Water and Sanitation
Water Board 2015/16 Annual Reports: Rand Water, Amatola Water plus interventions of Amatola in local municipalities
22 Feb 2017
The Rand Water Board and Amatola Water Boards briefed the committee on their 2015/16 Annual Reports. The Amatola Water board also briefed the Committee on its interventions into the Makana and Ndambe Local Municipalities .
The Rand Water Board highlighted that operationally, financially and from a performance ...