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Umgeni, Overberg & Magalies Water Boards on their 2014/15 Annual Reports
11 Mar 2016
Documents handed out
Umgeni Water Annual Report for the 2014/15 financial year
Overberg Water Annual Report for the 2014/15 financial year
Magalies Water Annual Report for the 2014/15 financial year [email info@pmg.org.za]
Umgeni Water (UW) said that the water board’s expenditure from 2011 had been sitting at approximately R300 million. ...
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Department of Water and Sanitation on 3rd Quarter 2015/16 performance
9 Mar 2016
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) briefed the Committee on its 3rd quarter of 2015 performance. A detailed analysis of its programmes on Administration, Water Sector Management, Water Infrastructure Management Water, Sanitation Services and Water Sector Regulation was given, outlining the main challenges and the extent to which targets had ...
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Sedibeng and Bloem Water Boards on their 2014/15 Annual Reports
2 Mar 2016
Sedibeng Water Board briefed the Committee on its Annual Report for 2014/15. The presentation was based on its area of operation, ministerial directives, achievements, audit report, DIFR performance and financial performance. A detailed analysis of its achievements with respect to the ministerial directives, and a description of what they entailed, ...
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Rand Water, Mhlatuze Water Boards on 2014/15 Annual Report; Deputy Minister present
24 Feb 2016
Rand Water and Mhlathuze Water, with the Deputy Minister also present for the first part of the meeting, briefed the Committee on their Annual Reports for 2014/15. Both Boards received a clean audit. Rand Water informed the Committee that an increase of tariffs may be crucial as it has to ...
Water and Sanitation
Amatola, Mhlatuze, Magalies, and Lepelle Water Boards on their 1st Quarter 2015/16 performance
18 Nov 2015
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) gave a brief introduction, and also assisted in answering questions related to the briefings which were given by the Amatola, Mhlatuze, Magalies and Lepelle Water Boards on their first quarter 2015/16 performance. It was noted that the Boards' financial year commenced in July, ...
Water and Sanitation
Sedibeng, Umgeni, Lepelle North Water Boards, Rand, Bloem and Overberg Water Boards on their 1st Quarter 2015/16 performance: postponement of meeting
13 Nov 2015
Members of the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation went to a meeting unprepared and the Chairperson did not arrive, only to inform Members of his unavailability at the time the meeting was due to begin.
Members could not engage with the six Water Boards that were supposed to brief ...
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Drought status in South Africa: briefing by Department of Water and Sanitation
11 Nov 2015
The Committee received a briefing on the status of drought in the country from the Department of Water and Sanitation that gave a broad overview of the current water supply situation in the country. Six provinces were now under observation with four (Kwazulu-Natal, Limpopo, Free State and North West Province) ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...