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SA: Bantu Holomisa: Address by United Democratic Movement MP in the Water Affairs Committee, during the Department of Water Budget Vote Debate, Parliament, Cape Town (21/05/2013)

SPEECH

Significant progress in providing water to many communities around the country has admittedly been made since 1994, but there are still many small towns and rural communities that have no access to...

SA: Rejoice Mabudafhasi: Address by the Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, during the Department of Water Affairs Budget Vote, Parliament, Cape Town (21/05/2013)

Topics

We remain committed and focused on ensuring that water availability is not constraint to economic development that our country desperately needs. The National Development Plan reiterates the...

Water resources management is everyone’s business: Fostering greater stakeholder cooperation

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2013 the International Year of Water Co-operation. In Sub-Saharan Africa, where an estimated 330 million people do not have access to safe drinking...

SA: Collins Chabane: Address by the Minister in The Presidency for Performance Monitoring and Evaluation, on the occasion of the Government Communication and Information System Budget Vote, National Assembly, Cape Town (09/05/2013)

SPEECH

The Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) mandate was, since its establishment, to serve as the central communications agency of a relatively new democratic government leading the...

DA: Statement by Marti Wenger, DA Shadow Minister of Environmental and Water Affairs, DA calls for parliamentary inquiry into water infrastructure backlog (22/03/2013)

STATEMENT

Revelations by the Water Research Commission (WRC) that almost 40% of total municipal water in SA is lost before it reaches municipal customers points to a major crisis with water infrastructure in...

Komati water scheme launched

WATER INFRASTRUCTURE

Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has marked National Water Week by unveiling the Komati Water Scheme Augmentation Project (KWSAP), which has been designed to resolve the water...

DA: Statement by Marti Wenger, DA Shadow Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, requests Minister Molewa to appoint task team to address water infrastructure backlog (06/03/2013)

STATEMENT

I will today write to Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa requesting her to set up an intergovernmental task team to address the increasing water shortages being experienced in a...

R6.5bn extra for Water Affairs

BUDGET

An additional R6.5 billion is set to flow into water affairs' coffers over the next three years, according to the 2013 Budget tabled by Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan on Wednesday. It shows the...

DA: Statement by Lindiwe Mazibuko, Democratic Alliance Parliamentary Leader, on Zuma’s SONA record (13/02/2013)

STATEMENT

The State of the Nation Address is an opportunity for President Zuma to put forward a clear, detailed and implementable plan to tackle the key problems we face: unemployment, violent crime and...

AfDB: Statement by the African Development Bank, regional multilateral development bank, on the Government of Sudan and the African Development Bank's jointly launched first peace-building water project in Darfur (05/12/2012)

STATEMENT

The AWF grant will finance the preparation of bankable investment plans to leverage the US $100 million in financing required to meet the medium and longer term water and sanitation needs of the...

SA: Statement by Rob Davies, Minister of Trade and Industry, asserts that South Africa stands to benefit from credit lines it advances to Cuba (07/11/2012)

STATEMENT

The Minister of Trade and Industry Dr Rob Davies, met with the Vice-President of the Cuban National Institute of Water Resources, Aymee Aguirre Hernanddez, in Cuba to discuss implantation of the...

Water wars: From treaties to privatisation, a danger looming over Africa?

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

With the recent publication of a United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) report on climate-induced migration and its linkages to environmental and human security, the narrative around...

Sacci to approach National Treasury with its PPP concerns

ORGANISED BUSINESS

The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) plans to make direct representations to the National Treasury on the role that public–private partnerships (PPPs) can play in the...

SA: Ben Martins: Minister of Transport, at the New-Age breakfast briefing, Convetion Centre, Cape Town (16/08/2012)

SPEECH

Deputy Minister of Transport, Honourable Sindisiwe Chikunga Chairperson and Members of the Portfolio Committee on Transport Chairperson and CEO of The New Age Director General of the Department of...

Infrastructure, women and economic growth: How infrastructure has the power to empower

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

It has been noted that ample infrastructure is a key component of productivity and economic growth,(2) particularly for developing countries. The implementation of adequate infrastructure would...

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