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Collected on 27 July 2026
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Government intervention where municipalities are failing, unwilling or unable to provide acceptable water services
Where a municipality is failing, unwilling or unable to provide an acceptable service, government will intervene in accordance with the Constitution and the law to provide the required services to people.
“Where a municipality is failing, unwilling or unable to provide an acceptable service, government will intervene in accordance with the Constitution and the law to provide the required services to our people,” the President explained.
Places
Mpumalanga, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape
Reference
GOVNEWS-83107 at https://www.sanews.gov.za
Amounts
R 24 000 000 000, R 1 300 000 000, R 2 000 000 000
Parties
Water Services Amendment Bill before Parliament to separate municipality
Opening Date
27 July 2026
Ring-fencing water revenues via the Metropolitan Trading Services Reform Programme (Metro Trading)
The plan includes mechanisms to ring-fence water revenues through the Metropolitan Trading Services Reform Programme so that money collected for water and sanitation remains within the water utility and is reinvested in infrastructure, maintenance and improved operations, with additional funding and result-based contractor payments.
Through the Metro Trading programme, South Africa’s metropolitan municipalities are supported and incentivised to ringfence revenue derived from the provision of water services.
National Water Action Plan implementation (running water delivery focus)
Government says it is implementing the National Water Action Plan to restore water supply reliability and ensure delivery of running water for all South Africans, regardless of location, by targeting municipal root causes and reforms.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has assured citizens that government is focused on the implementation of the National Water Action Plan to ensure the delivery of running water for all South Africans, regardless of their location.
