Auditor-General lays bare slew of problems plaguing water projects

The Department of Water and Sanitation‚ the custodian of the country's water resources‚ is grappling with a slew of problems‚ including shortage of critical skills‚ ageing workforce‚ lack of proper planning and infrastructure maintenance. The last time the department conducted a skills audit was 15 years ago‚ its engineering candidates are leaving because they were unable to attain the required competencies to register with industry statutory bodies (Engineering Council of SA) and the use of un...