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Energy
SA Nuclear Energy Corporation (NECSA) on its 2017/18 Annual Report
5 Mar 2019
Cabinet approved the appointment of a new NECSA board in December 2018 after the Minister dissolved the previous board. The 2017/18 Annual Report revealed the glaring challenges faced by NECSA. There was a commitment from the board to steer the ship on the right track. The NECSA subsidiary, NTP Radioisotopes, ...
Energy
Minister and Department of Energy briefing on 2017/18 Annual Report
26 Feb 2019
The Minister of Energy stated that petroleum export countries under OPEC were impacting liquid fuel prices. Substantial amounts of crude oil were removed from the market, which could lead to petrol and diesel price increases. The bout of load shedding was sending a bad signal to investors and government was ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Amendment Bill [B8D-2017]: adoption; Municipal Structures Amendment Bill: deliberations
5 Dec 2018
The Department of Traditional Affairs presented the changes to the Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Amendment bill. Only three changes had been proposed by the National Council of Provinces (NCOP). One substantial addition was a provision for the establishment of a queenship council. The Committee accepted the amendments that had ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Municipal Structures Amendment Bill: deliberations
4 Dec 2018
The Department of Cooperative Governance (DCG) and the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) briefed the Portfolio Committee on the comments that had been made on the Municipal Structures Amendment Bill.
The Northern Cape had proposed a definition for the Municipal Public Accounts Committee (MPAC), and wanted it to be ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Local Government: Municipal Structures Amendment Bill: deliberations
20 Nov 2018
The Committee met with the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, (COGTA), the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and the Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) to deliberate on the proposals made by different stakeholders concerning the Municipal Structures Amendment Bill. It was also briefed by a state law adviser on the ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Municipal Structures Amendment Bill: stakeholder engagement & tagging: Customary Initiation Bill: adoption
14 Nov 2018
Northern Cape Province proposed that the minimum number for councillors in a municipality should be 15. It wanted the geographical size of a municipality to be a criterion when determining the number of councillors. This would mean there would be a minimum of 8 wards in a municipality. It proposed ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Customary Initiation Bill: deliberations on public comments
30 Oct 2018
The Committee deliberated on the public comments on the Bill which had been distilled into a 10 page document. Debate centred on abduction, circumcision, medical practitioners and the thorny matter of the minimum age for initiation.
The conundrum facing the Committee was that despite wide support from stakeholders and ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Minister on municipalities affected by VBS Bank collapse
23 Oct 2018
The COGTA Minister gave a highly anticipated briefing on reports that municipalities in Limpopo, Gauteng and the North West province had lost huge sums of money invested in the now infamous VBS Mutual Bank.
The briefing detailed steps taken by the Department in the wake of the collapse and curatorship ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs BRRR
17 Oct 2018
BRRR available here once published: 2018 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
The Committee met to consider its draft Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs BRR Report following engagements with the Department of Cooperative Government and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) and its various entities, as well as the Office of the ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Customary Initiation Bill [B7-2018]: public hearings report; Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs BRRR
16 Oct 2018
Committee Report available once published 2018 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
The Committee met to consider two draft reports. The first one was the Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) regarding the annual performance of the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) and its various entities. ...