Former Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) Project Preparation Unit disruption specialist Johann Lubbe has been appointed as the head of South Africa’s first Water Partnership Office (WPO), effective August 1. Established by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) as a ringfenced national water and sanitation implementing office, the WPO, with the DBSA as the mandated implementing partner, aims to accelerate water and sanitation infrastructure delivery across South Africa in line with the National Water Programme (NWP).
