Breede-Olifants Catchment Management Agency
Public Entity · Economic Infrastructure and Development · reports to Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS)
The Breede-Olifants Catchment Management Agency manages water resources in the Breede and Olifants water management area in the Western Cape. It operates under the National Water Act, 1998 (Act No. 36 of 1998).
Catchment management agencies are the institutions through which the Act devolves water resource management to catchment level, so that decisions about allocation and protection are taken closer to the users and ecosystems affected.
Its functions include developing and implementing a catchment management strategy, water use authorisation, monitoring water quality and availability, and coordinating the water user associations and stakeholders in its area. Its catchment includes major irrigated agriculture, particularly deciduous fruit and wine.
Audit record, 5 years
Financial highlights, 2024/25
- Total Revenue
- R292m
- Total Expenditure
- −R282m
- Total Assets
- R255m
- Total Liabilities
- R52m
Values in rand. Sparklines run oldest to newest and are scaled to each series, not to zero.
Leadership, 13 listed
- Chairperson
- Mr BE Mnisi
- Deputy Chairperson
- Ms Marli Slabber
- Board Members
- Mr Trevor Abrahams Ms Natasha Davis Prof Jakobus Andries du Plessis Ms Hlobisile Mbali Mngadi Ms Tswarelo Gratitude Mokoena Ms Eurica Scholtz Mr Kobus Nicolas Steenkamp
- Chief Executive Officer
- Mr Jan van Staden
- Chief Financial Officer
- Ms Zanele Mngoma
- Senior Management
- Ms Prudence Mahlaba
- Communications Officers
- Malehlohonolo Mlabateki
Description written for this directory from the entity’s own published sources: www.dws.gov.za, www.gov.za