Have Your Say: National Water Resources Infrastructure Agency Bill [B24B – 2023]

The Select Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Water, Sanitation & Human Settlements) invites stakeholders and interested individuals to submit written comments on the objects of National Water Resources Infrastructure Agency Bill [B24B – 2023]:

The purpose of the Bills is:

  • To provide for the establishment of the South African National Water Resources Infrastructure Agency as a state-owned company and major public entity.
  • To provide for the objects and functions of the Agency; to provide for the governance of the Agency by the appointment of the Board of the Agency.
  • To provide for the appointment of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Agency.
  • To provide for the funds of the Agency, financial reporting, and accountability of the Agency.
  • To provide for the transfer of the national water resources infrastructure; to provide for the transfer of the Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority to the Agency.
  • To provide for the disestablishment of the Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority; to provide for the powers of the Minister in relation to the Agency.
  • To provide for the making of regulations and to provide for matters connected therewith.

Interested individuals and groups wishing to comment are kindly requested to forward written submissions to the Committee by no later than 7 May 2024

Members of the public and stakeholders who wish to obtain copies of the legislation, may contact the nearest Government Printers or the Committee Secretary on the contact numbers indicated below.

All correspondence should be addressed to Mr. TSC Dodovu, Chairperson: SC on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Water, Sanitation & Human Settlements) and marked for the attention of Mr. T M Manele, PO Box 15, Parliament, Cape Town, 8000. Submissions should be forwarded to the following email address: tmmanele@parliament.gov.za Enquiries may be directed to Mr. T M Manele at 083 709 8534.

Issued by TSC Dodovu, MP, Chairperson: SC on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Water, Sanitation & Human Settlements