Resources

Below is a small collection of government reports, Ministerial replies in Parliament, published and unpublished articles and links to scientific reports and projects relating to water governance, regulation and law in South Africa. If you come across this page and have useful documents and resources to share, please email us at info@cer.org.za.

Government reports

• National Water Resources Strategy, 2005
• Extract from National Planning Commission 2011: Material Conditions Diagnostic
• Extracts from COGTA 2009. “State of Local Government in South Africa – Overview Report”
• Department of Water Affairs 2011. “Enhanced Local Government Support Approach – Concept Paper”

Parliamentary Questions and Answers

• Parliamentary Reply from Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs no. 1408, 27 May 2011 on progress of Project Letsema
• Parliamentary Reply from Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs no. 2064, 12 August 2011 on compliance monitoring and enforcement in the Department of Water Affairs
• All Parliamentary Q&A on water issues from 2009 to 2011

Articles

• Malau, G. 2002. Enhancing the Legal Status of CBOs as Water Service Providers. Mvula Trust
• Kidd, M. 2011. “Poisoning the right to water in South Africa: what can the law do?”
• Pejan, R, Du Toit, D and Pollard, S. “Using progressive realization and reasonableness to evaluate implementation lags in the South African water sector”, Water Research Commission
• Schreiner, B., Pegram, G. and Von der Heyden, C. 2009. “Reality check on water resources management: Are we doing the right things in the best possible way?” DBSA Development Planning Division Working Paper Series No. 11
• Pollard, S. et al. 2011. “Towards improving the assessment and implementation of the Reserve: Real-time assessment and implementation of the Ecological Reserve”. WRC project K8/881/2.
• Extract from Cartwright, A. 2010. “Inertia, Inertia, Equity and Ingenuity: Mapping Opportunities in South Africa’s Green Economy”. Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies Working Paper 2-2010
• Pollard, S. and Du Toit, D. 2011. “Towards Adaptive Integrated Water Resources Management in Southern Africa: The Role
  of Self-organisation and Multi-scale Feedbacks for Learning and Responsiveness in the Letaba and Crocodile Catchments”, Water Resources Management
• Pejan, R. and Cogger, J. 2011. “Understanding the Legal Distinctions between Delegation and Assignment in the National Water Act”. Association for Water and Rural Development (draft)
• Munnik, V. and others. 2011. “Consolidated Report: The Potential of Civil Society Organisations in monitoring and improving water quality”
• Pejan, R. 2011. “A review of Water Tribunal decisions” Water Research Commission
• Fourie, M. 2009. “How civil and administrative penalties can change the face of environmental compliance in South Africa”. SAJELP 2009
• Algotsson, E. and Murombo, T. 2009. “Water Supply and Sanitation in South Africa: Environmental Rights and Municipal Accountability”, LHR Publication Series (1/2009), funded by DBSA

Links to key scientific reports and resources

• National Freshwater Ecosystem Priority Areas 2011
• National Wetlands Inventory Version III
• National Estuaries Map (open water and 5m contour)
• South African River Health Programme State of Rivers Reports
• WWF South Africa 2011. “Coal and Water Futures in South Africa: the case for conserving headwaters in the Enkangala grasslands“

Key media articles

• Mail & Guardian’s Special Report: South Africa’s Water Crisis