Rand Water | Integrated Annual Report 2025

INTEGRATED ANNUAL REPO

OUR MANDATE Rand Water is a water board that was established and is governed in terms of Chapter 6 of the Water Services Act, No. 108 of 1997. Rand Water is listed as a National Government Business Enterprise in Schedule 3b of the Public Finance Management Act, No.1 of 1999. The Government of the Republic of South Africa, through the Department of Water and Sanitation (“the Executive Authority”), duly represented by the Minister of Water and Sanitation, is the sole Shareholder of Rand Water. Since 1903, Rand Water has been playing an integral role in the development and growth of Gauteng, its cities, and its surrounding regions by providing water to people and industries. Our mandate, as the largest bulk water utility in Africa and one of the largest in the world, is to provide bulk potable water to mainly municipalities who then supply water to more than 18 million people in Gauteng, parts of Mpumalanga, Free State and North West provinces – an area that stretches over 18,000 km². For over 122 years, Rand Water has supplied bulk potable water to Gauteng and its surrounding areas. Rand Water’s success is based on sharing in the pioneering spirit that led to the growth of the City of Johannesburg. It is the same spirit that has driven Rand Water’s growth in terms of infrastructure and water quality, creating a reputation for supplying world-class quality water that is of international standards. During the year under review, Rand Water continued with its mandate of water and sanitation services provision in its area of operations. Most of Rand Water’s core value chain involves purchasing and distributing potable water from the Integrated Vaal River System (IVRS). Rand Water obtains raw water from the DWS. For decades, the DWS has been developing and implementing various water transfer schemes, sourcing raw water from other countries, provinces and catchments with more abundant resources and delivering it into the IVRS. The latest DWS development project is the Lesotho Highlands Phase 2, which should be commissioned by 2028. The customer base served by Rand Water includes metropolitan municipalities, local municipalities, mines, and industries. We have a global reputation for providing water of high quality that ranks among the best in the world. We have consistently met and exceeded national and international standards on water quality Rand Water Area of Supply

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Rand Water | Integrated Annual Report 2025