Minister of Water and Sanitation, Ms Nomvula Mokonyane will address the Valuing Water Regional Consultation, a United Nations’ High Level Panel on Water (HLPW) initiative on Tuesday, 30 May 2017 at Birchwood Hotel in Boksburg.

South Africa has been chosen as the first country to host a HLPW Regional Consultation to solicit views from all segments of the water stakeholder community and beyond, including agriculture, energy and other sectors, on how water could be valued.

The High Level Panel on Water (HLPW) is co-convened by United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres and World Bank President Jim Kim and charged with mobilising action to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, many of which depend on managing water more effectively.

This Consultation will be attended by representatives from United Nations, World Bank and Netherlands Government amongst others.

The members of the HLPW are Heads of State from Australia, Bangladesh, Hungary, Jordan, Mauritius, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Senegal, South Africa and Tajikistan.


Members of the Media are invited as follows:
Date:    Tuesday, 30 May 2017
Time:    09:00
Venue: Birchwood Hotel, Boksburg

A media briefing will be held at the venue at 11:00.

For media confirmation, kindly contact Andile Tshona on 073 566 3345 or TshonaA@dws.gov.za.