Rand Water | Integrated Annual Report 2025

Table 5: Employee Exits in 2024/25 Financial Year Exit Reason

Number of employees

Deceased Dismissed

13

7

Early retirement

20 13 37 13

Ill-health Retirement

Resigned

Retired

Grand Total 103 EMPOWERING OUR PEOPLE THROUGH LEARNING Rand Water recognises the importance of continuous learning and development of its employees and has put in place procedures for internal and external training opportunities for all employees. Opportunities are provided for employees to develop themselves through initiatives aligned with the National Qualification Framework (NQF). Training initiatives are designed to improve business efficiency and productivity. The targeted learning and development initiatives are designed to provide employees with the competencies, behaviours, and capabilities needed to address organisational challenges identified in the corporate risk register, as well as to comply with applicable policies and relevant legislation. Rand Water also has its own training centre, Zwartkopjes Training Centre, situated at Zwartkopjes site. The centre provides a conducive learning environment that yields results and is popular for its outstanding service. The Centre is fully accredited with the Energy and Water Sector Education Training Authority (EWSETA), thus learning programmes are aligned with the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) and built towards a recognised qualification. HUMAN CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT Capacity-Building and Training Training instance actuals increased by 1 513 from the previous year to 7 330 in this financial year; with female participation having the highest rise at 22% year-on-year. Completed training instances aimed at developing mandatory/ legislative and technical/ operational skills for the year are shown below per occupational level.

Table 6: Training per Occupational Level Occupational Levels

Female

Male

Grand Total

Professionally qualified and experienced specialists and mid management

378

218

596

Semi-skilled and discretionary decision-making

944

2 142

3 086

Senior management

27

19

46

Skilled technical and academically qualified workers, junior management, supervisors, foremen, and superintendents

1 392

1 940

3 332

Unskilled and defined decision-making

186

84

270

Grand Total

2 927

4 403

7 330

114

Rand Water | Integrated Annual Report 2025