allows the minister of water and sanitation, in consultation with other departments, to temporarily take over failing water and sanitation services. Why don't we see more of this?"If you read Section 63 of the Water Services Act, it says that if a municipality is failing to deliver water and sanitation services properly, the minister can issue them with directives, which we do.
It's not actually feasible for the Minister of Water and Sanitation to just take over a water sanitation department in the municipality. To actually improve the function you would have to have control over other decisions like finance, human resources and procurement, which are under the municipal manager and the chief financial officer.
Makhanda is a good example. There's been water problems there for a very long time and a succession of these 139 interventions there. For example, there was a former director general of this department who was appointed as the six-month administrator in terms of a 139 intervention in Makhanda some years back and things improved while she was the administrator.
If they consistently don't act on the directives, then we go further and we take them to court and — sometimes — we even lay criminal charges against the municipality or the municipal manager." A deep dive into the big business story of the week, as well as expert analysis of markets and trends.
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