Water and Sanitation's call for professionalism is 'too late'
An expert says government is the top polluter of SA's river systems and corrective action was needed to stop it polluting the environment.
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An expert says government is the top polluter of SA's river systems and corrective action was needed to stop it polluting the environment.
‘Under the Water Services Amendment Bill of 2023 (the Services Bill),’ notes the IRR, ‘the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) plans to appoint hundreds of new water cadres to license, monitor, and direct its existing water cadres – many of whom are clearly incompetent and unaccountable.’
Bill will make existing problems worse by wasting scarce revenue on cadres, while further entrenching incompetence
Bill will make existing problems worse by wasting scarce revenue on cadres, while further entrenching incompetence
Department of Water and Sanitation cannot directly intervene when municipalities fail to supply drinking water up to standard – yet.