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Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Customary Initiation Bill [B7-2018]: public hearings
19 Sep 2018
In essence, the Customary Initiation Bill is not about circumcision, but about initiation; to mould and develop a very young person to become a refined, responsible citizen.
This was the central focus when the Portfolio Committee on Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs held public hearings on the Customary Initiation Bill. ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Customary Initiation Bill: stakeholder engagement
12 Sep 2018
The Committee met to receive submissions from stakeholders on the Customary Initiation Bill (CIB) [B7-2018]
It heard that SAPS fully supported the development of the CIB with its concerns flagged. Those included the fact that:
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Meeting with Mozambique delegation
11 Sep 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs met with the Committee on Public Administration and Local Government of the Parliament of the Republic of Mozambique.
The Chairperson stated that it was a friendly meeting of colleagues to share their experiences on work they were doing in the system ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Customary Initiation Bill [B7-2018]: stakeholder engagement, with Deputy Minister
4 Sep 2018
The Committee heard submissions from traditional leaders; the Department of Basic Education; and the Department of Arts and Culture as part of public hearings on the Customary Initiation Bill.
Amongst other provisions, the Bill provided for the effective regulation of customary initiation school practices, the establishment of a National Initiation ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
COGTA Budget: Committee Report
8 May 2018
The Committee added new observations and recommendations to the report. Firstly, the Committee observed the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs’ slow pace of processing legislation to Parliament such as experienced with the Local Government Amendment Bill, ENCA Bill, and Traditional leadership and Khoi- San Bill. It recommended that ...
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
Municipal Demarcation Board Annual Performance Plan
18 Apr 2018
The Committee heard a briefing from the Municipal Demarcation Board on its performance against predetermined objectives for the 2017/18 financial year, its strategic plan for 2017 - 2021, and its 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan and budget.
The Municipal Demarcation Board spoke to concerns raised during its previous briefing to the ...
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, ...
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 ...