Article by Angus Begg “Corruption and fraud in the Department of Water and Sanitation, and the collapse of local governance mean taps in many towns and villages have either run dry or have undrinkable water. A month ago we found a frog in the water truck sent to supply us with water,” says Graaff-Reinet farmer Sias Smith, […]
Interview with FSE on State of South Africa’s Water on World Water Day (22nd March 2022) – Newzroom Africa
National Water and Sanitation commissions presentations
The FSE participated in the National Water & Sanitation Summit and the Commissions on the 18thand 19th of February 2022. The various Commissions addressed Water Resource Management and Climate Change (Commission 1); Financial Sustainability of the Water and Sanitation Sector (Commission 2); Water Shortages – Delivery Mechanisms by Municipalities and Water Boards (Commission 3);Integrated Sanitation Plan […]
WSSLG SDG 6 Task Team Meeting
The following related documents are attached for download: FSE’s Meeting Issues Progress Report Presentation Clean Water & Sanitation Presentation
National W&S Summit – FSE’s comments relating to Commission 2: Financial Sustainability of the Water and Sanitation Sector.
The FSE’s comments raised on the summit can be found below.
Department of Water and Sanitation – National Water and Sanitation Summit 18 & 19 February 2022 – programme and contact details
The FSE was a delegate in the National Water and Sanitation Summit and participated in the discussions on Commission 2: Financial Sustainability of the Water & Sanitation Sector and Commission 6: Managing Pollution and Water Quality. Summit programme available below.
2022 Summary of questions asked by FSE at recent meetings with Minister and Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation
See below for the FSE’s comments.
Rand Water’s progress reports in addressing the sewage pollution of the Vaal and the FSE’s comments
FSE’S COMMENTS ON THE VAAL INTERVENTION PLAN The FSE is a member of the Vaal Intervention Steering Committee. The first attached Report was presented during a meeting with the Deputy Minister (DM) of Water and Sanitation, DM Mahlobo to the Vaal Intervention Steering Committee on the 4th of February 2022 during the Section 63 Stakeholder Engagement […]
Interview with the FSE on water- and mining-related issues | Loving Life TV
Declare South Africa’s wastewater treatment a national disaster, urges SAHRC | Daily Maverick
“The Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has had its eye on Tshwane for a while. In 2019, the water in Hammanskraal — long a stretch of township serviced by Snyman’s Rooiwal plant — was declared unfit for human consumption by the Commission, based on findings by the CSIR.” – Angus Begg (Daily Maverick). Read the full […]