The newly appointed Minister of Water and Sanitation, Gugile Nkwinti, admitted that the department is in a mess.
The parliament’s water and sanitation portfolio committee described the department as a “collapsed” department.
Nkwinti promised that he will try to clear the “floor” of all the mess within the next 12 months.
The major problem lies at the door of entities such as Sasol, Eskom and mining companies, which owe approximately R2.5 billion to the department while municipalities are R4.2 billion in arrears and water works R3.6 billion.
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