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Parly meeting into corruption, wrongdoing at Water Dept goes behind closed doors
The committee is to hear from the Special Investigating Unit and the Hawks about their probes, as well as from the National Prosecuting Authority on criminal proceedings.
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DWS paid out R31.5m in bonuses in spite of shaky finances, MPs hear
The decision has been questioned in Parliament, where the office of the Auditor-General has been briefing the water and sanitation oversight committee.
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DWS says failure to pay construction firm nothing to do with financial woes
Eyewitness News understands that nearly 500 workers were recently retrenched by engineering company Khato Civils due to government’s non-payment.
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Water & Sanitation Dept gets another qualified audit
The department's annual report reflects a continuing inability to curb unauthorised and irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure and a failure to act against the officials responsible.
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Gugile Nkwinti welcomes inquiry into Water & Sanitation Dept
The new Water and Sanitation minister has inherited a department that is in a financial and administrative shamble.
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[EXCLUSIVE] Dididi community dealing with day zero despite overflowing dam
Eyewitness News visited the Dididi Village outside Thohoyandou where residents say they have been without potable water for at least four months now, even though levels at the nearby Nandoni Dam currently stand at 104%.
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Water & Sanitation Dept says doing everything to help with WC drought
Department of Water and Sanitation spokesperson Sputnik Ratau says the department has started drilling for water from the Table Mountain Group Aquifer.
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Water Dept: Day Zero not a concept we base interventions on
Minister Nomvula Mokonyane has said merely pumping money into water projects will not solve the problem.
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City of CT consulting national govt to increase authority over borehole use
If you have a borehole, the city can't tell you what to do with the water it pumps, but the national Water and Sanitation Department can.
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Top 3 defaulting municipalities make payment arrangements
Matjhabeng Local Municipality in the Free State is on top of the list with R1.8 billion.
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Defaulting municipalities given 2 months to pay bills or face water cuts
The Water and Sanitation Department says its owed R10.7 billion by the defaulting municipalities.
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Gauteng residents urged to use water sparingly
Forecasters say there will be some rain during the spring and summer seasons but that sufficient rain will only start falling from the end of next January.
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Slight improvement in WC dam levels 'not enough’
The Western Cape has been the hardest hit by the drought.
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Treasury: Water Dept has unpaid bills of more than R1bn
Treasury official Ulrike Britton also highlighted discrepancies between budgets and planning.
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Sinking it! Mokonyane's department owes contractors over R1.5 billion
Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane has been summoned to an urgent Parliamentary committee meeting.
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The water flows: Dam levels up in 7 provinces, down in W. Cape, North West
The Water & Sanitation Ministry says average dam levels have increased slightly week-on-week and are up by 0.5%to 73.5%. Last year levels were at 54.9% over the same period.
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Flooding alert: Residents surrounding Vaal & Bloemhof dams urged to vacate homes
The Water & Sanitation Department says due to the heavy rains in both areas they are expecting both dams to be full by Sunday.
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Dam levels in Gauteng decrease by 0.4%
Officials say in the past week, average dam levels in Gauteng have seen a decrease of 0.4% to 86.3%.
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WC govt urged to do more to protect Philippi Horticulture Area
Activists want authorities to consider harvesting water from the Cape Flats Aquifer an integrated water system.
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DWS to review free water provision policy
The Department of Water and Sanitation says the review aims to provide government with a better understanding of the policy.
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Makwetu: Late payment to contractors cost DWS more
A report by Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu shows late payments to contractors tasked with providing water infrastructure has resulted in increased costs.
