(1)With reference to Rand Water’s appointment as water service provider to the Bushbuckridge Local Municipality in the 201314 financial year, how many (a) villages had water at the time of the takeover and (b) more villages have received water since the appointment of Rand Water;
(2) what is the status of phase one of the reticulation project;
(3) what are the reasons for the escalation in the cost of implementation of phase one from R121 million to R278 million as per council reports;
(4) what has been the progress of the reticulation project from the 2013-14 to 2014 15 financial years?