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Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
VBS Bank impact on municipalities' finances; Municipal Councillors Pension Fund
25 Apr 2018
National Treasury said that the investment by municipalities of their grant funding in VBS Mutual Bank represented a breach of regulations. VBS had actively flouted the law, and focused on municipal deposits which comprised almost 75% of all its deposits. National Treasury had sent an email in August 2017 advising ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
SALGA & CRL Rights Commission 2016/17 Annual Report & 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan
17 Apr 2018
The meeting consisted of two presentations before the Committee: the first from the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) and the second from the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL) on their 2017/18 annual performance plans.
SALGA had identified four ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Departments of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan; with Deputy Minister
27 Mar 2018
The Department of Cooperative Governance briefed the Committee on progress in respect of recommendations by the Committee on the 2017/18 APP, progress on audit findings by the Auditor-General, the alignment of the APP to the 2014 - 2019 MTSF, and the Department’s 2018/19 Annual Performance Plans.
Mr Andries Nel, ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Traditional Courts Bill: public hearings day 3
20 Mar 2018
The Committee continued with public hearings on the Traditional Courts Bill.
The Chairperson informed the public that Portfolio Committee departed from the premise that it was dealing with traditional courts that had been working since time immemorial and that it wanted to hear from all of the participants in order ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Seven Angel Ministries in Engcobo: CRL Rights Commission briefing, with Minister
20 Mar 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA or “the committee”) met the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL) to discuss the “Seven Angels” church and the events surrounding it.
The Chairperson of the Commission explained how the ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Departments of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs and entities Audit Outcomes: AGSA briefing
13 Mar 2018
The Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) made a presentation on the audit outcomes of the departments and entities under the oversight of the Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. The meeting was intended to provide a clearer understanding of the challenges and strengths of the departments and ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Municipal forensic investigations: COGTA report; Constitutional Court judgement on Municipal Systems Amendment Bill; with Minister & Deputy Minister
6 Mar 2018
The Committee met with the Minister, Deputy Minister, and the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs to discuss the progress on forensic investigations in local government and the Constitutional Court requirements for the Municipal Systems Amendment Bill 2011.
In his remarks, the Minister expressed his commitment to working closely ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Municipal Structures Amendment Bill: briefing; SONA impact on local government
28 Feb 2018
The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs met with the Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance to discuss the impact of the State of the Nation Address (SONA) on local government and to brief the Committee on the Municipal Structures Amendment (MSA) Bill.
The Department said although the SONA did ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Committee Report on CRL Rights Commission Report on regulation of religion and abuse of people’s beliefs
14 Feb 2018
The committee met for the consideration and adoption of the Cultural, Religious and Linguistic (CRL) Rights Commission’s report on the regulation of religion and abuse of people’s beliefs page by page. There was little discussion, and the report was approved with amendments.
The Chairperson said that on the Committee’s China ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Committee Programme
13 Feb 2018
Report of the meeting to follow.