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Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Review of legislation: Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs briefing
28 Feb 2017
The Department briefed the Committee on its legislative programme for 2017, which included the Municipal Demarcation Amendment Bill, the Municipal Structures Amendment Bill, the Municipal Systems Amendment Bill, the Customary Initiation Bill, and the Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Bill. The briefing included the timeframes for this legislative programme.
Municipal ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Eskom debt owed by municipalities; SONA impact on local government, with Minister
21 Feb 2017
Eskom said that they were making good progress with implementing the Promotion of Administrative Justice Amendment Act (PAJA) process initiated in November 2016. The PAJA process has helped Eskom recover debt of R1.3b. The total overdue debt had been growing over the past three years and only started decreasing after ...
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MIG projects in Saldanha Bay Local Municipality: Western Cape Department of Local Government briefing
31 Jan 2017
The briefing by the Western Cape Department of Local Government was in two parts. The first section covered the expenditure performance of the Municipal Infrastructure Grant in the 2016/17; performance record; monitoring of expenditure of rollovers, and mitigation of challenges. Seven municipalities in Western Cape had an underspent balance. Challenges ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Drought situation in Free State: Water Affairs briefing; State of South African Cities 2016: South African Cities Network briefing
8 Nov 2016
The delegation from the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) presented on the issue of drought in the Free State, describing the issues that faced the province, as well as putting forward the many steps the DWS was taking to combat the impact of the drought.
The delegation noted that ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Municipal Demarcation Board, SALGA, Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent, National Disaster Management Centre on their 2015/16 Annual Reports
18 Oct 2016
The Municipality Demarcation Board (MDB) obtained a clean audit. There were however challenges on the usefulness and reliability of performance information. These challenges have been addressed in the new 2016/17 Annual Performance Plan (APP). MDB had irregular expenditure of R66 000 but it was a substantial improvement ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
CRL Rights Commission 2015/16 Annual Report
13 Oct 2016
The Committee met to be briefed on the 2015/16 annual report of the Commission for the promotion and protection of the rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL Rights Commission).
The Commission said it had maintained its status of receiving an unqualified audit opinion from the Auditor General (AG). ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs on its 2015/16 Annual Report, with Minister and Deputy Minister in attendance
12 Oct 2016
The Departments of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs presented their 2015/16 annual reports to the Committee, which also heard progress reports on the implementation of the Integrated Urban Development Framework and the finalisation of transitional measures in newly-established municipalities. A status report on the application of Section 139 of the ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Departments of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs & entities 2015/16 audit outcomes: Auditor-General briefing
11 Oct 2016
The Portfolio Committee received a briefing from the Office of the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) on the audit outcomes of the 2015/16 annual reports of the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA), and entities reporting to it.
In terms of the 2015-16 audit outcomes and key messages, ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Committee programme
20 Sep 2016
The Committee met to consider and adopt the minutes of previous meetings, as well as the fourth term draft programme.
At the outset of considering the adoption of minutes, a Member pointed out that minutes for only six of the possible 21 meetings had been documented. It was agreed that ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Upper Limits of Total Remuneration Packages for Municipal Managers; Councils establishment: Department of Cooperative Governance update
30 Aug 2016
The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) briefed the Committee on the upper limits of total remuneration packages payable to Municipal Managers and managers directly accountable to Municipal Managers. It also updated the Committee on the consolidated database of municipalities.
The Minister published Notice No. 287 in Government ...