Question NW2089 to the Minister of Water and Sanitation

(a)(aa)(aaa) Names of the specified institutions

(a)(aa)(bbb) Their functions

(a)(bb) From what date

(a)(cc) what amount

The Stellenbosch University (South Africa)

As per mandate of the (AU/NEPAD), Stellenbosch University hosts the secretariat of the AU/NEPAD Southern African Network of Water Centres of Excellence since 2009. The role of the secretariat is to facilitate research and capacity development activities and initiatives in line with the Southern African Development Community Regional Strategic Action Plan (SADC-RSAP) and the AU-African Ministers’ Council for Water (AU-AMCOW).

From 25 November 2015 to 24 November 2018

R1 million rand (One Million Rand) per annum

Entity (b)

(i)

(ii)

(aa)(aaa)

(aa)(bbb)

(bb)

(cc)

Amatola Water

No

No

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Bloem Water

No

No

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Lepelle Water

No

No

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Magalies Water

No

No

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Mhlathuze Water

No

No

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Overberg Water

No

No

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Rand Water is funding Professorial Chairs for research and development program per annum.

Domestically

• Tshwane University of Technology

• University of Pretoria

Tshwane University of Technology funded for three Professorial Chairs viz., Chair in Water Utilisation, Chair in Organic Chemistry and Chair in Electrical Engineering.

University of Pretoria funded for four Professorial Chairs, viz., Chair in Microbiology, Chair in Public health, Chair in Mechanical Engineering and Chair in Civil Engineering.

2013 - 2018

R1.2 million per annum.

Sedibeng Water

No

No

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Umgeni Water

Domestically

No

University of KwaZulu-Natal (Higher Education Institution)

Umgeni Water Chair of Water Resources Management funded at approximately R2.4million/annum; MOU

2011

NA

Durban University of Technology (Higher Education Institution)

Funding of R100 000 provided to date based on requests and approved projects; MOU

2014

Mangosuthu University of Technology (Higher Education Institution)

2014

TCTA

No

No

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

WRC

WRC does fund institutions of research and development to conduct research projects. The WRC funds R&D projects as part of its core mandate as per the Water Research Act. The funding goes to South African research organizations directly. For purposes of simplicity given the large scope of the question the WRC will restrict its answer to cover only the new R&D projects initiated in the 2017/18 financial year.

Yes

The list of organizations and institutions with WRC funding for new projects initiated in the 2017/18 financial year is attached to this memo as Annexure A. There are 41 research organizations that receive WRC R&D funding for new projects categorized broadly as indicated in

Higher Education (Universities): R58.4 Million

R&D SMMEs. R33.7 Million

Science Councils R11.9 Million

Funding is done on a project to project basis. This done via annual calls for proposals. The funding allocated for the 2017/18 year is R104 Million.

The co-contribution to the R&D budget from DWS is R17.6 Million for these new projects.

Refer to Annexure A

Organisation

Number of Projects

Total Budget

North-West University

3

R2 400 000

University of Pretoria

5

R6 980 450

University of KwaZulu-Natal

4

R7 337 272

University of Cape Town

7

R12 667 592

Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University

1

R1 250 000

University of the Witwatersrand

2

R1 766 576

University of Stellenbosch

4

R4 792 233

University of Johannesburg

2

R2 268 000

Rhodes University

1

R2 929 600

Monash University South Africa

1

R3 000 000

University of the Free State

2

R5 618 000

University of Limpopo

1

R2 000 000

University of Venda

2

R1 850 000

Cape Peninsula University of Technology

2

R1 842 000

Vaal University of Technology

1

R1 710 000

Biomimicry SA

1

R1 600 000

Eco-Pulse Environmental Consulting Sciences

1

R1 292 000

Terrasim cc

R1 725 000

The Moss Group

1

R909 378

NuWater South Africa (Pty) Ltd

1

R1 836 400

WRP Consulting Engineers (Pty) Ltd

1

R340 000

Conningarth Economists

1

R570 000

Isidima Design and Development Pty

1

R741 000

CSV Water Consulting Engineers

1

R600 000

Chris Swartz Water Utilisation Engineers

1

R1 000 000

TruSense Consulting Services

1

R1 299 600

VitaOne8 (Pty) Ltd

1

R300 000

Partners in Development (Pty) Ltd

1

R342 000

Freshwater Research Centre

1

R4 000 000

C Jarmain Independent Researcher

1

R3 395 600

Bunker Hills Investment

1

R600 000

Mahlahthini Organics

1

R2 700 000

Nxt2U (Pty) Ltd & UP Consortium

1

R2 000 000

Delta-H (Pty) Ltd

1

R1 000 000

IWR Water Resource (Pty) Ltd

1

R2 500 000

Geowater IQ (Pty) Ltd

1

R250 000

Quantitative Evidence Research Consultancy Services cc

1

R300 000

Eon Consulting

1

R600 000

Golder Associates Africa

3

R3 894 000

ARC

1

R1 200 000

CSIR

6

R10 685 920

Total

26

R104 092 621