1. War on Leaks Report PRESENTATION TITLE
PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON WATER AND SANITATION
28th March, 2018
PRESENTATION TITLE
Presented by:
Name Surname
Directorate
Date

2. Conceptualization
The Water Research Commission published the state of non-revenue water in South Africa, in 2012.
The data was gathered from 132 of the 237 municipalities
The average non-revenue water for South Africa was 36.8% and 25.4% were losses due to physical losses.
The 1,580 million m3 water lost per annum (36.8%) translated to R7, 2 billion.

3. % NRW Distribution per Municipal Category

4. STRATEGIC FOCUS OF THE MEMORANDUM

5. Priority Municipalities Per Province

6. SONA 2015
In his state of the Nation address in 2015, The former President Zuma said, “Let me Honourable Speaker and Chairperson urge all in the country to conserve water. Every drop counts. The country loses seven billion rand a year to water losses. To mitigate this challenge, Government through the Department of Water and Sanitation will train fifteen thousand artisans or plumbers who will fix leaking taps in their local communities.” 6

7. President Zuma Launches WoL Programme
President Jacob Zuma launched War on Leaks (WoL) Programme that will see training of youth across the country on artisan skills. The President said water is the catalyst of life and nothing can survive without it.
The launch took place at the Dan Qeqe Stadium, Port Elizabeth in the Eastern
Cape (EC), on Friday, 28 August 2015.

8. High Level Project Objectives
To contribute to the improvement of water conservation at community level, in terms of the reduction of water losses.
To train & develop unemployed youth citizens, comprising of Water Agents, Artisans and Plumbers.
To embed a water conservation culture and advocacy across all municipalities, communities and households through stakeholder & communication campaigns.
To contribute towards the target of the Decade of the artisan skills development initiative as outlined in the National Development plan.

9. Recruitment Process
2 Implementing agents: Rand Water and the EWSETA were appointed.
A tripartite agreement between DWS and the implementation agents was signed
An advert was sent out in to recruit the 3000 learners for the phase 1 intake of the project.
In 2016, letters were written to all Premiers inviting them to be partners in the project.

10. Institutional Arrangements
DWS
Rand Water
EWSETA
Implementation Agents
Roles and Responsibilities
Stakeholder engagement
Trainee recruitment and selection
Trainee Payroll
Programme monitoring and evaluation
Placement and employment for sustainability
Roles and Responsibilities
Training and accreditation
Workplace training placement (artisans)
Training Monitoring and evaluation
Stakeholder engagement
Training venues and facilities

11. (Initiate various initiatives nationally)
NATIONWIDE FOOTPRINT
STEP 2
(Initiate various initiatives nationally)
STEP 3
(Rollout and deploy national)
STEP 1
(Recruitment and project
Infrastructure setup).
Area of Supply
South Africa
15000
UNEMPLOYED
YOUTH
EVALUATION
PLUMBERS
LEAKAGE WATER
CONTROL BALANCE
UNLAWFUL MAINTENANCE
CONNECTIONS
WAR
ON LEAKS
INITIATIVES
RECRUITMENT
TRAINING
PLACEMENTS
INTERVENTION
ARTISANS
IDENTIFICATION

12. High Level 5 year planning (2015 – 2020)
The WOL Project is in line with the planning phases as per the project overview below: Phase1 – 3000 learners intake 2015 to 2018 Phase2 – 7000 learners from local priority municipalities 2016 to 2019 Phase3 – 5000 learner intake is delayed

13. Roles, Criteria And Outputs
Roles and Outputs
Water Agents
Water Conservation
Pollution reduction
Community and school advocacy
Water wise household and gardening
Advocacy and communication
Basic Leak detection
Artisans
/Plumbers
Municipalities / Communities
General repairs and maintenance
Fixing leaks- household and municipalities
Water losses reduction
Savings from reduction of physical losses
Inspect facilities, systems and their components to ensure safety, identify necessary repairs and provide an ongoing programme of preventive maintenance

14. PRESENTATIONS BY THE IMPLEMENTING AGENTS

15. Programme 1 Strategic Objective 4.4
War on Leaks was initiated in 2015 as an intervention sub-programme and funded via the Water Trading Account.
At the beginning of 2017/18 the sub-progamme was transferred to the Main account
There was no funding allocated for 2017/18
The Minister of Water and Sanitation approved an addendum to the 2017/18 APP to include the sub-programme.
The project is currently under Programme 1 under the strategic objective 4.4 “Coordinated development of the skills pool across the sector”.

16. Rand Water budget Description Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
OVERALL TOTAL
2015/2016
2016/2017
2017/2018
2018/2019
2019/2020
Project Start UP
Graduate Learner (Stipends)
Overheads
Contingency
PM Fee RW
Resources
Total

17. EWSETA budget Description OVERALL TOTAL 2015/2016 2016/2017 2017/2018
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
OVERALL TOTAL
2015/2016
2016/2017
2017/2018
2018/2019
2019/2020
R'000
Artisans
Entrepreneurship program
28 000
65 333
46 667
Water presentation & waste management
18 400
73 600
92 000
Apprenticeship
66 150
23 833
Plumbers
42 933
30 667
Plumbing
12 975
51 544
72 000
57 092
22 389
Water Agents
Other
54 600
91 000
Total
46 222

18. Expenditure to Date WoL
Implementing Agent
Expenditure
R’000
Expenditure
Expenditure
Expenditure
Expenditure
TOTAL
Actual expenditure
623, 600
Estimated Budget
Variance
Unpaid invoices

19. Contribution of War on Leaks
The former and current President have made commitments on training learners through the implementation of the WoL as part of the government youth development programmes
Water Security is a core mandate of the DWS and the improvement in water losses contributes to this mandate.
The Minister has to account on his performance in decreasing water losses as outlined in outcome 10

20. Funding status for the Project
Although the project is in the 2018/19 APP, there is no budget allocation.
Should it be terminated:
About learners would have not received their qualification and would have wasted +/- 2 years
An amount of about R3 billion would be considered as wasteful expenditure.
DWS would have to work on a termination strategy
The water security of the country would be threatened as the water losses would continue to escalate.
The skills shortages especially for the 27 priority District Municipalities will remain as a challenge.

21. Taking War on Leaks forward
In order to take the project forward DWS has considered the following 2 options:
Request for funding
Consider finalizing the current 2 phases and save the integrity of the project.
In the interest for water security
In addressing the skills shortages especially in the 27 DMs
Minimize the number of unskilled youth thus contributing to poverty alleviation
Transfer of the project
COGTA – the performance of the municipalities is improved and they benefit
DHET- they are responsible for TVET training

22. It is recommended that the committee:
Takes note of the progress made in the implementation of the War on Leaks Project.
Support DWS in the request for funds for the project
The workplace training required by the artisans and plumbers is promoted within the different government structures.

23. THANK YOU