NATIONAL WATER WEEK CELEBRATIONS 15 MARCH 2017 PRESENTATION TITLE Presented by: Mike Mokgwabone Control Environmental Officer (Gr. B) Vaal River Proto-CMA (Directorate: Institutional Establishment – Gauteng Provincial Office) 15 March 2017 PRESENTATION TITLE Presented by: Name Surname Directorate Date

BACKGROUND Chapter 7 of the National Water Act (Act No. 36 of 1998) requires the Minister to establish Catchment Management Agencies (CMAs) to perform water resources management (WRM) functions at a catchment level, largely through the delegation of water resource management to the catchment level to involve local communities in the decision-making processes. Catchment Management Agencies are Statutory bodies and are listed as schedule 3a entity under the PFMA-service delivery Public entity The intention is for water resource management to: meet the basic human needs of present and future generations; promote equitable access to water; redress the results of past racial and gender discrimination and; facilitate social and economic development

BACKGROUND Chapter 7 of the National Water Act (Act No. 36 of 1998) requires the Minister to establish Catchment Management Agencies (CMAs) to perform water resources management (WRM) functions at a catchment level, largely through the delegation of water resource management to the catchment level to involve local communities in the decision-making processes. Catchment Management Agencies are Statutory bodies and are listed as schedule 3a entity under the PFMA-service delivery Public entity The intention is for water resource management to: meet the basic human needs of present and future generations; promote equitable access to water; redress the results of past racial and gender discrimination and; facilitate social and economic development

THE ROLE OF CMAs Manage water resources in a defined Water Management Area (WMA). A (WMA) is an area established as a management unit in the national water resource strategy within which a catchment management agency will conduct the protection, use development conservation, management and control of water resources Co-ordinate the functions of other institutions involved in water related matters Involve local communities in water resource management

Water Management Areas Vaal now covers Upper, Middle & Lower Vaal (Gauteng, Free State & Northern Cape) Limpopo Olifants Inkomati- Usuthu Vaal Orange Pongola-Mzimkulu Berg-Olifants Mzimvubu-Tsitsikamma Breede-Gouritz

CMA Functional Analysis Catchment management strategy Audit within WMA RDM* Business plan Physical implementation Water use regulation WCDM projects Registration Authorize water use* Dam safety* Flood & drought management WR rehabilitation Billing & collection Enforce compliance Institutional support Provide technical support Coordinate activities Participatory bodies Intervene Build capacity Information management Information generation & dissemination Data storage and management Data acquisition Support for knowledge products Assessment & evaluation

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS TO CMA Phase 1: Developing relationships and legitimacy developing administrative systems, developing a catchment management strategy, building relationships and building its profile amongst stakeholders Phase 2: Build capacity and consolidate after the CMS has been developed increase in capacity within the CMA and the undertaking of WRM Phase 3: Fully functional and responsible authority  

CMA GORVERNANCE STRUCTURE Status of recommendations: Accepted by Minister DWS retains water resources regulation functions of national strategic significance and devolves all other water resources regulatory functions to CMAs CMAs are regional water resource regulators CMA 2 CMA 3 CMA 8 CMA 9 … CMAs will be governed by expertise-based boards and operate in a way to enroll stakeholder participation. The benefits of this model are greater accountability and responsiveness to users at a local level, and improved regulation to achieve equity outcomes in line with government’s policy goals. The boards are appointed by the Minister, who exercises institutional oversight and ensures the government’s equity objectives are met in the water allocations process.

RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN INSTITUTIONS (Institutional oversight) Oversee institutional establishment; Oversee governance (manage board appointment processes, training etc.); Oversee shareholder compact; Oversee business plans, quarterly performance reports and financial statements etc. Parliament Minister DWA Institutional oversight Portfolio Committee reviews reports and plans (hearings, visits) Minister appoints boards; approves shareholder compact Public institutions report to the public and Parliament through Annual Reports and Annual Financial Statements and to the Department with quarterly performance reports Elaborate on this, add government water schemes TCTA NWRI CMA 1 CMA 2 CMA 9 Water board 1 WB 2 WB 9 WRC

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