Treasury paints bleak picture of water dept's finances
28 June 2017
Cape Town - There is a misalignment between how the department of water and sanitation plans its budget and how it spends it, MPs have heard.
National Treasury presented before the portfolio committee on water and sanitation on Wednesday on the department's performance under the Public Finance Management Act.
The department had the right to move money around within its own budget, but the magnitude of some of the transfers showed a lack of planning, MPs heard.
Most notably, the Giyani water project had begun with an initial 2016/17 budget of around R140m, but the current budget stood at R912m.