Regional Water Infrastructure Grant (RBIG) Determining the Expenditure Efficiency of the Regional Bulk Infrastructure Grant – Spending Review Report

Programme reviewed The spending review was undertaken on the Regional Bulk Infrastructure Grant (RBIG), a local government infrastructure grant of the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS). Access to adequate basic services such as water and sanitation is not equitable in South Africa. One of the factors that cause inequities in access to water and sanitation is the lack of basic water and sanitation infrastructure. The perennial underspending of conditional grants such as the RBIG, their poor management and weak contract and project management signal the existence of inefficiencies which lead to insufficient water infrastructure maintenance and investment.