Water crisis committee still being finalised, says Ramaphosa

Simon Nare

President Cyril Ramaphosa told Parliament on Thursday that work was continuing to finalise the National Water Crisis Committee, and that those responsible for failures in water delivery would be held accountable.

Replying to oral questions in the National Assembly, Ramaphosa said the committee had not yet met formally but that preparatory meetings had already been held to address water challenges ahead of its first sitting. He appealed for patience.

“We will, from meetings that have been held, consolidate the views that will be coming from all key stakeholders and we will then be able to take this matter forward,” said Ramaphosa.

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Ramaphosa said he would meet Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana later on Thursday to discuss final issues that needed to be scaled up.

He reminded MPs that Godongwana had used his budget speech in February to criticise