137 mother-to-child transmission. Government has reduced transmission of HIV from mother to child from 8% in 2008 to 3,5% in 2011 or even to 2,5% in the case of KZN province; a reduction of over 50% which saw 30 000 babies being saved from contracting HIV from their mothers Objective 4: Ensuring affordable access to water, sanitation, finance(including microfinance) markets, ICT, shelter and land to all citizens especially the poor Without universal access to basic rights and services citizens cannot participate in and benefit from socio-economic development Monitoring of current commitments with respect to: Clean drinking water, electricity and sanitation Continuous A total of 62,945,297 cubic meters of water was saved against the planned three million cubic meters. Eight hundred and ten (810) municipal waste water treatment and 914 water treatment facilities were assessed during the 2010/2011 financial year, in order to ensure that they meet the required standards 137 Private sector and government have also improved their partnership by establishing partnership platforms which address water access challenges in communities. In order to enhance environmental sustainability, in 2011, the government formed a partnership with the private sector in an attempt to close the water volume gap by 2030. This platform, called the Strategic Water Partners Network (SWPN), is an informal public and private sector collaboration mechanism that is