Water and Sanitation Director-General, Dr Sean Phillips will on Friday, 04 November 2022, lead a national public consultation on the National Water Resource Infrastructure Agency (NWRIA) Bill.
The Bill seeks to establish the NWRIA, integrating the current fragmented asset management and revenue collection functions for national water resource infrastructure, own and manage the national water resource infrastructure, as well as raise finance for its further development.
The Agency is to be registered as a state-owned company in terms of the Companies Act, 2008 (Act No. 71 of 2008) and listed as a major public entity in terms of schedule 2 of the PFMA.
The Department is conducting consultations with affected stakeholders to gain input, raising awareness, capacity building, knowledge sharing and feedback. The consultations are focused on the background to the NWRIA Legislation, the draft Bill, and an analysis of its tenets.
Members of the media are invited to a media doorstep as follows:
Date: 4 November 2022
Venue: Birchwood Conference Centre, Boksburg
Time: 9h00 – 13h00
For media confirmations:
Sinethemba Madolo
Cell: 063 501 0223
E-mail: MadoloS@dws.gov.za
Enquiries:
Sputnik Ratau
Cell: 082 874 2942
E-mail: rataus@dws.gov.za
