The department of water and sanitation has appointed the universities of Pretoria and Witwatersrand to investigate the causes of the failure of the Jagersfontein tailing storage facility last year.
The Water and Sanitation Department says the process of merging Umgeni Water Board and Mhlathuze Water Board is on track to be completed around mid-year.
FF Plus spokesperson and member of parliament, Michal Groenewald, said the need for the party to constantly ask parliamentary questions about compliance with the legal prescripts for the treatment of sewage water makes it clear that municipalities are simply ignoring them.