1.0South Africa Tribunehttps://southafricatribune.comweb deskhttps://southafricatribune.com/author/webdesk/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="kM3gpEkFt3"><a href="https://southafricatribune.com/continued-underspending-impacts-drive-to-increase-access-to-water/">Continued underspending impacts drive to increase access to water</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://southafricatribune.com/continued-underspending-impacts-drive-to-increase-access-to-water/embed/#?secret=kM3gpEkFt3" width="600" height="338" title="“Continued underspending impacts drive to increase access to water” — South Africa Tribune" data-secret="kM3gpEkFt3" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> While commending improvement and progress in the audit outcome of Water and Sanitation Department (DWS), the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation says the underspending of over R2 billion across the department’s programmes negates the good governance being achieved. The committee raised its concerns about the department’s continuous high underspending following a briefing on the ... Read more