Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs Budget Review & Recommendations Report
28 Oct 2014
The Committee considered its Draft Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR).
The Chairperson urged members to make comments, amendments or additions where needed. The Report spoke to the mandate of the Committee and the core functions of the Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs. The Report referred to the ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Workshop on the non-financial census of municipalities
22 Oct 2014
The meeting focused on the non-financial census of the municipalities. The initial agenda was slightly expanded to reflect Statistics South Africa’s (Stats SA’s) responsibility of collecting data for the purpose of use when it interacts with the various sets of data, rather than presenting only on its functions, which revolved ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Minister on Back to Basics plan for Local Government; COGTA 2013/14 Annual Report
21 Oct 2014
The Department of Cooperative Governance, in its effort of building a capable local government, it conducted a desk-top assessment of municipalities in all nine provinces with the purpose of looking at functional areas like political stability, governance, service delivery, financial management, institutional management and community satisfaction. As a result, it ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Debt owed to municipalities: Department briefing; Municipal Infrastructure Grant: Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent & Department briefing
9 Sep 2014
The Department of Cooperative Governance (DCoG) briefed the Committee on the Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG). The MIG was the largest local government infrastructure development funding in South Africa. The programme subsidised the capital costs of providing basic services to poor households. Developmental capacity of municipalities was enhanced. Over a 10 ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Local Government Audit Outcomes: Office of the Auditor-General and Department of Cooperative Governance briefings
1 Sep 2014
The Office of the Auditor-General, Department of Cooperative Governance, briefed the Committee on audit outcomes of local government. Root causes of qualification were slow responses from political leadership and lack of consequences for poor performance. There had been slight improvement since 2008/09, with progress made in KZN, Gauteng and the ...
Arts and Culture
Pan South African Language Board & Commission for Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities on their roles, mandates and issues requiring immediate attention
26 Aug 2014
The Joint meeting focused on two presentations from two Schedule one institutions of the Constitution established to advance democracy in South Africa. These were the Pan South African Language Board and the Commission for the Promotion & Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious & Linguistic Communities.
The Committees firstly ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Follow-up meeting with South African Local Government Association
19 Aug 2014
The South African Local Government Association (SALGA) provided responses to questions posed by the Portfolio Committee, arising from a meeting held on 29 July 2014.
SALGA defined its core business as being a hub for research and human resource development to capacitate municipalities. Public participation and partnership with civil society ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
South Africa Local Government Association on its 2014 Strategic Plan
29 Jul 2014
SALGA presented its 2014/25 Annual Performance Plan, and listed its seven strategic priorities as accessible and equitable sustainable services; safe and healthy environment and communities; coherent local planning and economic development; effective, responsive and accountable local government; human capital development in local government; financially and organisationally capacitated municipalities; and effective ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Minister and Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs on its 2014 Strategic Plan
7 Jul 2014
The Minister and the Director General of the Department of Cooperative Governance and the Director General of the Department of Traditional Affairs made presentations to the committee on the past and present Annual Performance Plans for the Department. They highlighted the various projects and programmes run by the Department and ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Election of Chairperson
24 Jun 2014
Mr Mzameni Richard Mdakane (ANC) was elected as Chairperson. There were no other nominations. The newly elected Chairperson urged Members to study the National Assembly Rules.