The National Water Act, 1998 mandates the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs to establish Catchment Management Agencies (CMAs) for the management of water resources at the catchment level. In March 2012, the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs approved the establishment of nine CMAs in nine water management areas and these have been gazetted for public comment. The Breede-Overberg CMA (BOCMA) in the Western Cape and the Inkomati CMA (ICMA) in Mpumalanga are the two operational CMAs in the country. The BOCMA and ICMA have made significant and effective strides in positioning the entities to fulfil the mandate of protecting, using, conserving, managing and controlling water resources in and equitable and sustainable manner while appropriately involving all stakeholders in their WMA. Key strategic challenges of skills and capacity building are being addressed and overall the performance over the reporting period has been satisfactory. Both CMAs received unqualified audits with no matters of emphasis.