Rand Water | Integrated Annual Report 2025

INTEGRATED ANNUAL REPO

SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT The Rand Water Foundation implements developmental projects aimed at progressively addressing key societal challenges, including water and sanitation access, skills shortages, poverty, unemployment, and entrepreneurship. These initiatives contribute to sustainable livelihoods by empowering communities to participate in economic activities and fostering self sufficiency. The projects are socio-economic in nature, driving community development through improved access to water and sanitation, job creation, promotion of hygienic living conditions, and skills transfer through on-the-job training. They also support efforts to alleviate hunger and reduce household poverty. During the 2024/25 financial year, the Foundation partnered with 33 small businesses for service delivery, incubated 35 SMMEs for WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) service delivery, and collaborated with 18 NGOs, 15 focused on WASH and three (3) on education support. These partnerships were instrumental in enhancing project execution and maximising impact. Through its Socio-Economic Development (SED) initiatives, Rand Water empowers communities to progressively participate in formal economic activities, thereby contributing to broader economic transformation. In the 2024/25 financial year, a total of 2,082 jobs were created for local communities through projects execution. These are decent, temporary employment opportunities that provide valuable work experience, facilitate on-the-job and business skills transfer, and play a critical role in alleviating household poverty. SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS The table below outlines the socio-economic development infrastructure projects, where local enterprises were actively engaged. These initiatives are designed to provide meaningful opportunities for small businesses to participate in major infrastructure developments, with the dual objective of stimulating economic growth and creating employment within local communities.

Table 14: Socio-Economic Development Infrastructure Projects Project Name/ Description

Name of Local Enterprise

Value Benefitted

Construction of Engine Room 3 Construction of Mapleton Station A Construction of Engine Room 3 Construction of Engine Room 3 Construction of Mapleton Station A Construction of Mapleton Station A O6 Pipeline - Work Package 3 O6 Pipeline - Work Package 3 O6 Pipeline - Work Package 3 O6 Pipeline - Work Package 3 O6 Pipeline - Work Package 3 O6 Pipeline - Work Package 3 O6 Pipeline - Work Package 3 O6 Pipeline - Work Package 3 Engine Room 3B - Work Package2 O6 Pipeline - Work Package 3 O6 Pipeline - Work Package 3 O6 Pipeline - Work Package 3 Engine Room 3B - Work Package2 Engine Room 3B - Work Package2

Crobo Group (Pty) Ltd Grobo Group (Pty) Ltd

R 247 612,08 R 252 338,49 R 71 999,77 R 508 300,00 R 207 840,00 R 379 805,65 R 713 145,00 R 58 300,00 R 41 600,00 R 398 363,64 R 3 054,00 R 35 200,00 R 366 362,03 R 295 535,10 R 269 638,92 R 11 960,00 R 40 200,00 R 63 630,00 R 42 504,86 R 44 412,50

Mawelase Amahle Projects (Pty) Ltd Gokemo Projects (Pty) Ltd

Ward 45 Consortium

Amigas

Mozansi Holdings (Pty)Ltd

Ezelembe Security

Gaynors Housekeeping Services

HMJ Construction Ledix Construction

Lungayanga Investement Holdings

Motlokwa Enterprise Royal CM Projects

Sgananda MX Security (Pty) Ltd Sgananda MX Security (Pty) Ltd

Skor Projects

Thandi Dasayi Trading

Town To Town Removal (Pty) Ltd

Apexorcas Energy

LM Top Garment (Pty) Ltd

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Rand Water | Integrated Annual Report 2025