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Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
COGTA Minister on drought, Back to Basics, State Capture media allegations
6 Feb 2018
The Committee invited the Minister to speak on the state of the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. The Minister addressed the drought, Phase 2 of the Back to Basics programme and media allegations about his relationship with Mohamed Bobat, Trillian and Regiments Capital and a one-day trip to ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Committee Report on CRL Rights Commission Report on Regulation of religion and abuse of people’s beliefs
30 Jan 2018
The Committee met to discuss its own report based on the CRL Rights Commission Report on the regulation of religion and abuse of people’s beliefs.
It noted that there would always be those against the regulation of religion which was an ideological debate; however it was important that Government intervene ...
Water and Sanitation
Outstanding water debt by municipalities, with DWS Minister + Deputy & COGTA Deputy Minister
29 Nov 2017
The Departments of Water and Sanitation, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs and National Treasury, as well as the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) addressed the issues surrounding the huge amount of outstanding debt owed by municipalities for the supply of water to areas under their authority. The Finance Committee ...
Energy
Electricity distribution industry sector and rehabilitation of infrastructure: Inter-Ministerial Task Team update; with Deputy Minister
28 Nov 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Energy and the Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs met to receive a presentation from an Inter-Ministerial Task Team (IMTT). The presentation dealt with constitutional challenges relating to electricity reticulation. Concerns were raised early on about the absence of many key members of the ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
National Disaster Management Centre Annual Report 2016/17
15 Nov 2017
Annual Reports 2016/17
The DA expressed anger at the Minister’s absence and said that the date of the meeting had been changed twice to accommodate the Minister. The Chairperson said that the Minister needed to be present at a Cabinet meeting as he needed to brief the Cabinet, but that ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Innovations for Improving Local Government Service Delivery: Armscor, CSIR, SALGA, MISA briefing
8 Nov 2017
The Committee met with ARMSCOR, CSIR, SALGA, MISA and the Department of Science and Technology (DST) to receive a briefing on innovations from the institutions and its opinion on how the innovations could assist with improving service delivery in local government. Presentations were received from ARMSCOR, CSIR, and DST, while ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Committee minutes
7 Nov 2017
The committee met to consider and approval several outstanding minutes.
Most of the changes were minor in nature and related to grammar, spelling mistakes and correcting attendance.
There was a general view that dealing with minutes long after the meeting resulted in flaws with recollection and disputes about attendance of ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Municipal Finance Recovery Service: National Treasury & COGTA briefing
1 Nov 2017
The Committee met to be briefed by National Treasury and Department of Cooperative Governance on the Municipal Finance Recovery Service. Collectively, Government was found wanting where the Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA) placed obligation on national and provincial governments to assist in resolving financial problems at municipalities. Often the step ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill: adoption; Proposed Legislation: COGTA Update
24 Oct 2017
The Committee was presented with the Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Amendment Bill B23 [B-version] - which was the revised version of the bill and included all the agreed amendments. Only two issues were flagged and immediately resolved. The first was around clause 19, where a paragraph would be omitted and substituted ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Risks Facing Local Government and the Importance of Accountability: Municipal IQ briefing
19 Oct 2017
Protests are fine, but they frustrate economists.
This came out during the discussion when the Municipal IQ briefed the Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs on the risks facing local government and the importance of accountability.
The Committee stated it wants people to protest. But the violent nature of ...