Strategic Water Partners Network (SWPN)

We have implemented a number of strategic interventions to enhance the delivery of water services in municipalities and support them to address their water and sanitation challenges.   One such intervention where we are seeing sustained progress is with the eThekwini Presidential Working Group in KwaZulu-Natal.   The ongoing oversight work of the Presidential Water Task Team will augment these efforts, and I am pleased that some of its members are here today.

This Indaba must not become an exercise of problem-diagnosing: the challenges are well-known.   What is needed is course correction - and comprehensive plan that will expand access to water and sanitation services, improve the quality of water and sanitation infrastructure, and bring stability and good governance to all the entities involved in South Africa’s water stewardship.