Business Case forthe Pongola-Umzimkulu Catchment Management ...

Business Case for the Pongola-Umzimkulu Catchment Management Agency
(b) Achieve sufficient gender representation;
(c) Achieve sufficient demographic representation;
(d) Achieve representation of the Department;
(e) Achieve representation of disadvantaged persons or communities which have been
prejudiced by past racial and gender discrimination in relation to access to water; and
(f) Obtain the expertise necessary for the efficient exercise of the board's, powers and
performance of its duties.
Under the provisions of the National Water Act, it is therefore recommended that:
• The Minister appoint one national Advisory Committee to advise on the Board
membership of all nine CMAs to be established.
10.5 Governance Committee Structures
As a new institution the Pongola-Umzimkulu CMA will have a number of institutional
development tasks that may require professional support to the board. It is proposed that
the CMA board establish the necessary committees to support its effective functioning, in
line with corporate good practice. The committees will not have powers to make decisions
but to make recommendations to the board for decision making, unless they have been
granted powers to make decisions in writing, by the Board. The following Board committees
are recommended:
10.5.1 Finance and Audit Committee
Sometimes these are separate committees, however since the CMA is in its infant stage it is
recommended that these committee be combined. The Board can decide in due course if it
is appropriate to separate them. This committee will be chaired by a professional to be
appointed to support the Board or by a Board member with the appropriate training and
skills. The role of the audit commit will be to ensure the integrity of financial recording,
management, policies and reporting of the CMA. In performing its functions it will work
closely with internal and external auditors (possibly DWA) on how best to manage auditing
related challenges of the CMA.
The finance committee will be responsible for the overall financial management and
financial performance of the CMA. It will be the role of the committee to provide support
that will ensure CMA is in a sound financial footing. This will be done by ensuring that
financial challenges are identified, measured and rectified, secondly helping in developing
financial strategies that will ensure the CMA’s financial viability.
10.5.2 HR and Remuneration Committee
The Human Resources Committee will provide support on organisational structure issues,
conditions of employment, employment equity and staff transfer from DWA. It will help
develop appropriate policies and procedures that will govern human resource related
issues. Sub committees may be established to look at specific issues, such as staff contracts,
job grading, and remuneration, if necessary.
10.5.3 Technical Committee
The Technical Committee will be tasked with supporting the CMA Board to address technical
issues relating to water resource management. The WMA is made up of a number of subcatchment;
a catchment management (CMC) for each sub-catchment with at least one
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