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Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Minister & Deputy on Disaster Management Regulations and their amendments
21 Apr 2020
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COVID-19: Regulations and Guidelines
Disaster Management Act 57 of 2002
The Portfolio Committee held a virtual meeting for a briefing by the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, on the unintended consequences of the Disaster Management Regulations. Accompanied by both Deputy Ministers, the Minister spoke on ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Water crisis: Ugu District Municpality; State of municipality: Dr JS Moroka Local Municipality briefing
13 Mar 2020
The Member of the Executive Committee (MEC) for COGTA in Mpumalanga should write a movie titled Who's In Charge about what was happening in the Dr JS Moroka Local Municipality, because the incidents that were happening in this municipality happened only in movies.
This was the view of the Portfolio ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Local Government: Municipal Systems Amendment Bill: stakeholder engagement; Indaba on harmful religious practices
10 Mar 2020
The Portfolio Committee convened an Indaba to address harmful religious practices. It also heard a verbal submission from a trade union regarding the effect on labour of the Municipal Systems Amendment Bill.
The SA Municipal Workers Union said the amendment as it stood had two areas of concerns -- the ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Local Government: Municipal Systems Amendment Bill: deliberations
4 Mar 2020
The Committee met to deliberate on the Local Government Municipal Systems Amendment Bill, and received a number of proposals from the Western Cape government.
The province proposed that the acting period for municipal officials should be extended for a period of up to nine months, compared to the current three ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Outcomes of forensic investigations in local government by: input from SIU, NPA, Hawks & DCoG; with Deputy Minister
3 Mar 2020
The Department of Cooperative Governance (DCoG), the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) and the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) provided the Committee with detailed reports on the status of their campaigns against corruption at municipalities throughout South Africa.
The DCoG gave an assurance that it ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Mogalakwena Local Municipality intervention
28 Feb 2020
Documents handed out:
Letter from State Security Agency: Candidates’ Employment Suitability Checks (for position of Municipal Manager: Mogalakwena) (for Committee members only – confidential)
Terms of Reference for the Intervention (for Committee members only – confidential)
Senior officials from the Mogalakwena Local Municipality appeared before the Portfolio Committee to brief it ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Municipal Systems Amendment Bill 2019: Eastern Cape & SALGA submissions; with Deputy Minister
26 Feb 2020
The Eastern Cape Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) and the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) made recommendations about the 2019 Municipal Systems Amendment Bill based on their practical experience of local government.
Eastern Cape COGTA noted the need to address critical skills in rural municipalities; senior ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Department of Cooperative Governance 2018/19 Annual Report; with Minister and Deputy Minister
25 Feb 2020
The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs reported that overall, 15 of its 18 targets had been achieved in the 2018/19 financial year. Compared to the performance targets from previous financial years, this was a slight improvement. However, the Department had received a disclaimer audit opinion. ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Department of Cooperative Governances Annual Report audit outcome & 2018/19 Local Government audit outcomes: AGSA briefing, with Deputy Minister
19 Feb 2020
The Department of Cooperative Governance admitted it was facing challenges in managing the Community Work Programme (CPW) because money was being paid to deceased people, government employees, and inappropriate entities.
The AG made it clear the problems that besieged the programme were broader than the audit findings even though it ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
VBS Bank investment impact on Merafong City Local Municipality
4 Dec 2019
The Portfolio Committee did not get the logic behind the officials implicated in the R50m investment made to VBS Mutual Bank by the Merafong City Local Municipality only getting written warnings. They had failed in their fiduciary duties as required by the Municipal Financial Management Act to act in the ...