Lindiwe Sisulu Appoints Interim Board for Umgeni Water

SANDILE MOTHA

Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has appointed an interim structure after dissolving the current uMngeni Water Board in KwaZulu Natal.

Inside Metros understands the decision to dissolve the board was taken last week.

The board was appointed by Sisulu’s predecessor, Gugile Nkwinti.

Sisulu dissolved the board on July 31, claiming its members had been appointed irregularly by her predecessor, Gugile Nkwinti, who had extended their term by four years in May last year.

Sisulu said Nkwinti erred in this decision as it did not go through Cabinet, the prerequisite legislative requirement for the appointment of board members in government entities.

uMngeni Water is the second largest water entity in the country after Gauteng’s Rand Water.

Its annual turnover is estimated to be over R2.4 billion.

Last week uMngeni Water, together with eight other water boards, appeared before the parliamentary portfolio committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)