Ramaphosa banks on new state-owned company and new laws for South Africa

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"Parts of our country are experiencing worsening water shortages and deteriorating water quality. In some places, ageing water infrastructure has collapsed,” the president said.

According to Ramaphosa, resolving South Africa’s various water crises is a key priority, and one that has been touted since the State of the Nation Address earlier in the year.

He said the government has launched several initiatives to drive this, including:

  • Launching the National Water Access Acceleration Programme
  • Establishing the National Water Crisis Committee
  • Establishing the National Water Action Plan
  • Establishing a new SOE in the National Water Resources Infrastructure Agency
  • Drafting new laws in the Water Services Amendment Bill

Ramaphosa said that the National Water Crisis Committee is focused on strengthening municipal water and sanitation services, increasing water infrastructure investment, reforming water sector institutions, improving the legal and regulatory framework, and addressing corruption and criminality in the sector.

The National Water Action Plan, meanwhile, brings together national, provincial and local government, water boards, regulators and water service authorities around a single programme of action, with clear responsibilities and timelines.

“A number of immediate interventions are already being implemented, including rolling out emergency infrastructure projects such as the boreholes,” he said.

“These will continue to be expanded to reach more communities.”

New state-owned entity coming​


However, underpinning the government’s plans is the launch of a new state-owned entity—the National Water Resources Infrastructure Agency—to coordinate investment in bulk water infrastructure.

This is part of continued legislative and regulatory reform, the president said.

Ramaphosa said that households and businesses experiencing water shortages and outages “have had enough” and are justifiably angry and tired of waiting for the government services.

He added that an important facet of the reforms is also holding officials accountable for failures and collapse.

“We must acknowledge that in too many municipalities, government has not succeeded with the maintenance of infrastructure, manage water services properly, and respond with sufficient urgency,” he said.

In this vein, public hearings will soon begin on the Water Services Amendment Bill, which Ramaphosa said will strengthen enforcement.
 
Dare we trust them a bit just this once? It's a surprisingly elaborate plan, more than just votas behind this methinks.... yes?


(That's the hope anyway)
 
These idiots..

There is always some new law and some or other pie in the sky plan to combat something that they could already be dealing with but simply choose not to....

Still, I dont really blame then. The problem is with the dumbass, empty skulled ANC voter that keeps them going.
 
Who should they vote for?

It's like all the "decent" politicians were bought off or something, anything of some value seems to have vanished now :-/

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konfab said:
Funny how the DA run municipalities manage to get all their infrastructure maintenance and upgrades done currently without that SOE.
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Fair enough, they can be relied on with munies still. At this stage.
 
A new SOE makes zero sense to me. Bulk water supply and national water security plans are already the responsibility of the Department of Water and Sanitation.

The water problems are generally happening at a municipal level. How is some SOE going to fix this?

Deal with it at the municipal level. Don't use my tax money to clean up the water supply mess created by mismanaged municipalities on the other end of the country.
 
In this vein, public hearings will soon begin on the Water Services Amendment Bill, which Ramaphosa said will strengthen enforcement.

This will “enable municipal managers who fail to manage water infrastructure to be held personally liable,” he said.

“Where municipalities or officials fail to comply with environmental and water-services legislation, the government will use the enforcement mechanisms available to it, including directives, criminal proceedings and, where the law permits, personal liability.”
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Politicians are the ones who appoint municipal managers. So why not hold them criminally liable?
 
konfab said:
Politicians are the ones who appoint municipal managers. So why not hold them criminally liable?
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We can look at how China solves corruption and perhaps take a lesson from them. You line up the managers and the politicians and tell the firing squad to start loading their weapons.

I'm willing to bet most of our municipalities will get amazing audit results right after the first demonstration.

Why should millions suffer due to the greed of a handful of people?
 
Sopbeen said:
We can look at how China solves corruption and perhaps take a lesson from them. You line up the managers and the politicians and tell the firing squad to start loading their weapons.

I'm willing to bet most of our municipalities will get amazing audit results right after the first demonstration.

Why should millions suffer due to the greed of a handful of people?
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The "millions" are the ones who go to the voting station and tell the world they want the ANC to run the show.
 
its our time to eat, I'm actually surprised the ANC hasn't tried anything other than grand plans, blaming apartheid/Whites and stealing everything that isn't nailed down.
 
cANCer Must plan and dream , don't think they going to be around much longer.

B-17 Flying Fortress shot down by anti-aircraft fire over Serbia, 1944
 
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