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Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Special Audit on Covid-19 expenditure in municipalities: AGSA & SIU briefing
8 Jul 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, 08 July 2021
Auditor-General South Africa said the third Special Audit Report on Covid-19 expenditure focused on municipalities. It would be an empowering tool for the Committee. The focus was on how internal controls should be strengthened to ensure that there ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Discussion of Constituency programme
6 Jul 2021
The Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs convened to discuss the Committee’s scheduled programme for Parliament’s recess period as a result of a complaint from an anonymous Member. Prior to the recess period, it had been agreed by the Committee that two meetings would take place on Tuesday ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
AGRI Letaba Petition; with Minister
6 Jul 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, 06 July 2021
The Portfolio Committee convened in a virtual meeting with representatives from the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA), the South African Local Government Association (SALGA), and the Greater Tzaneen Municipality (GTM) to consider the petition ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
COGTA on Community Work Programme (including reasons for not submitting forensic reports and other documentation requested by the Committee); with Deputy Minister
29 Jun 2021
The Committee convened virtually to be briefed by the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) on Community Work Programme (CWP) and the Agrarian Revolution Programme (ARP).
On the Community Work Programme, the Department reported that following allegations of corruption and fraud in the programme, the Department instituted investigations ...
Standing Committee on Auditor General
2019/20 MFMA audit outcomes & Covid 19 municipal expenditure
22 Jun 2021
Video: Joint Meeting: Standing Committee on Public Accounts and Standing Committee on the Auditor-General
The Auditor-General briefed three Committees on the 2019/20 Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA) audit outcomes and the Covid-19 municipal expenditure. She noted with concern that there was an over-reliance on consultants as municipalities had spent R1 ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Impact of National Disaster Management regulations on religious sector; with Minister and Deputy Minister
17 Jun 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, 17 June 2021
The Committee convened virtually to be briefed by the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs as well as the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL Commission) on ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Impact of National Disaster Management regulations on the religious sector, with Deputy Minister
15 Jun 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, 15 June 2021
The Committee convened virtually to engage with religious leaders on the impact of the Disaster Management Act (DMA) regulations on the religious sector. The religious organisations that made presentations before the Committee included the Gauteng Faith-Based Organisation, the ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Sarah Baartman District Municipality: state of municipalities; with Minister and Deputy Minister
1 Jun 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, 01 June 2021
In a virtual meeting, the Committee convened to hear briefings regarding the state of municipalities in the Sarah Baartman District. The briefings included engagements with the South African Local Government Association (the SALGA), the Eastern Cape Auditor-General of ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Disaster Management Amendment Bill [B2-2021]: briefing
26 May 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, 26 May 2021
The Portfolio Committee met with the National Disaster Management Centre, Parliament Legal Services, the South African Local Government Association, and Member of Parliament Dr P Groenewald to discuss his Private Member’s Bill for the amendment of the Disaster ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Construction of VIP toilets and Siyenza Manje update: briefings by Amathole and O.R. Tambo District Municipalities; Input by MISA; with Deputy Minister
20 May 2021
The Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs met with the delegations from Amathole District Municipality and the O.R. Tambo District Municipality, as well as the Chief Executive of the Municipal Infrastructure Support Agency and representatives from the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) to receive a ...