The chairperson of parliament's committee on water and sanitation said they wanted a seamless working relationship between all departments and municipalities to ensure the provision of services.
Cape Town - The parliamentary committee on human settlements, water and sanitation on Wednesday expressed its concern about the lack of monitoring by the Department of Water and Sanitation on municipalities’ spending of the water services infrastructure grant.
“It is also undesirable that unspent money is returned to the National Treasury at the expense of a project that would have improved the lives of the people,” committee chairperson Machwene Semenya said. Semenya also said the committee wants the Department of Water Affairs and sister departments to improve their monitoring to ensure that grants were efficiently utilised to deliver quality services to the people.
“This delayed trend is evident among many projects in the province, which has a direct implication on the funding required, especially because infrastructure projects require further additional funds for any delays.”
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