Business Case forthe Pongola-Umzimkulu Catchment Management ...

Business Case for the Pongola-Umzimkulu Catchment Management Agency
1 Introduction
The report is structured as follows:
• Section 2 provides a description of the new water management area and the key
water resource management challenges in the WMA;
• Section 3 deals with the strategic motivation for the establishment of CMAs, while
section 4 deals with the appropriate corporate form for CMAs;
• Section 5 deals with the legal process to be followed to achieve the necessary
changes;
• Section 6 deals with the functions to be performed by the CMA while section 7
addresses the organisational requirements to perform these functions;
• Section 7 and 8 deals with the organisational structure for the CMA
• Section 9 deals with the financial issues of viability and cost comparison;
• Section 10 deals with institutional and governance issues;
• Section 11 deals with risk and
• Section 12 deals with implementation considerations and actions.
2 Description of the Pongola-UmzimzuluWater
Management Area
2.1 Location
The Pongola-UmzimkuluWMA is located in Kwa-Zulu Natal and is one of the larger WMAs, as
it is the result of the amalgamation of the Thukela, Mvoti-Mzimkulul and Mhlatze-half of the
Usutu as indicated in Figure 1. The amalgamated WMA – Pongola-Umzimkulu is indicated in
Figure 2 and is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the east, Mozambique, Swaziland and the
Inkomati-UsuthuWMA to the north, Lesotho and the Vaal WMA to the west and the
Mzimvubu-TsitsikammaWMA to the south.
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