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Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Budget Review and Recommendations Report
20 Oct 2015
BRRR Archive: BRRR 2015-2010: Budgetary Review & Recommendations Reports
The Committee deliberated on its draft Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR).
The deliberations revolved around the following issues. The Committee had not received a response from the previous year’s BRRR, money budgeted for by the Municipal Demarcation Board for 28 ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
COGTA; SALGA & Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent (MISA) on their 2014/15 Annual Reports, with Minister present
14 Oct 2015
The Committee heard briefings from the Department of Cooperative Governance and the Department of Traditional Affairs as well as an overview and progress report from the Municipal Infrastructure Support Agents (MISA), as well as a presentation from SALGA on its Annual Report.
Minister Pravin Gordhan said the 2014/15 year had ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Departments of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs 2014/15 audit outcomes by Auditor-General
13 Oct 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs was briefed by the Office of the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) on the audit outcomes of the Department and the entities reporting to it.
AGSA said that there had been overall stagnation in audit outcomes in the past three years. ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Traditional Leaders Audit; Initiations Winter 2015 Report: Deputy Minister briefing
8 Sep 2015
The Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs and the Department of Traditional Affairs briefed the Committee on the audit of traditional leaders which looked at the allocation of resources; the number of recognised traditional leaders per province and leadership positions as well as finalised and outstanding disputes and ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG) review rationale; Back to Basics programme & Bulk infrastructure and access to basic services: COGTA progress reports
18 Aug 2015
The Department of Cooperative Governance briefed the Committee about the Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG) programme, which was responsible for the largest funding of local government infrastructure development in South Africa, with R104 billion allocated over 12 years. Changes in priorities and delivery approaches over this period had necessitated a review ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
State of Limpopo Municipalities& Detail report on Mogalakwena: MEC for COGHSTA briefing
11 Aug 2015
The provincial Department of Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs
(COGHSTA) briefed the Committee on municipal transformation and institutional development. The presentation covered basic services provision and infrastructure development, the financial viability and management of municipalities, local economic development and good governance and public participation. The presentation then covered ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Commission for Promotion & Protection of Rights of Cultural, Religious & Linguistic Communities (CRL) briefing
17 Jun 2015
The CRL Rights Commission (CRLRC) contextualised their growth and development, as well as emphasised the need for adequate resources. They discussed their four programme, outlining their proposals for the forthcoming year.
Programme 1 Public Engagement and Education included alternative dispute resolution methods. Programme 2 Research and Policy Development included the ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Capacity building in local government: Department, SALGA & SETA briefing; Municipal Managers & Section 56 Managers Appointment: implementation of regulations progress report
9 Jun 2015
Briefing on capacity building in local government
The Department of Cooperative Governance (COGTA) said that in terms of transformation standards there was still a long way to go towards functionality. A lot of resources had been spent on capacity development without yielding an impact in terms of providing the capacity ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
National House of Traditional Leaders briefing, in presence of Deputy Minister
3 Jun 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs received a briefing from the National House of Traditional Leaders (NHTL). The briefing focused on the role of the NHTL in promoting socio-economic development in traditional leaders' areas, capacity of the House to deliver on its mandate in terms of the ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Executive Leadership & Management Programme in Sustainable Human Settlement: University Stellenbosch briefing; SA Local Government Association on draft Backyard Rental Strategy
2 Jun 2015
The University of Stellenbosch briefed the Committee on the Executive Leadership and Management Programme in Sustainable Human Settlement Development, which was a postgraduate Diploma with 12 SAQA credits. Members of the Committee would be starting the course in the last week of recess. Focus areas were sustainable development, public management, ...