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Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Water crisis: Ugu District Municpality; State of municipality: Dr JS Moroka Local Municipality briefing
13 Mar 2020
The Member of the Executive Committee (MEC) for COGTA in Mpumalanga should write a movie titled Who's In Charge about what was happening in the Dr JS Moroka Local Municipality, because the incidents that were happening in this municipality happened only in movies.
This was the view of the Portfolio ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Indaba on harmful religious practices: Day 2
11 Mar 2020
The second day of the Indaba on harmful religious practices dealt mainly with responses to the questions that had been asked by Members of the Committee the previous day.
Questions were answered by the South African Institute for Professional Pastors, Reverends and Ministers (SAiPPREM), which also provided resolutions and recommendations ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Local Government: Municipal Systems Amendment Bill: stakeholder engagement; Indaba on harmful religious practices
10 Mar 2020
The Portfolio Committee convened an Indaba to address harmful religious practices. It also heard a verbal submission from a trade union regarding the effect on labour of the Municipal Systems Amendment Bill.
The SA Municipal Workers Union said the amendment as it stood had two areas of concerns -- the ...
Powers and Privileges of Parliament
Members’ orientation on the work of the Committee and changes in legislation
4 Mar 2020
Hansard: 13 February 2020
Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliaments and Provincial Legislatures Act 4 of 2004
Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliament and Provincial Legislatures Amendment Act 9 of 2019
The Committee received briefings from the National Assembly Procedural Advisor and the Senior Parliamentary Legal Advisor on the ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Local Government: Municipal Systems Amendment Bill: deliberations
4 Mar 2020
The Committee met to deliberate on the Local Government Municipal Systems Amendment Bill, and received a number of proposals from the Western Cape government.
The province proposed that the acting period for municipal officials should be extended for a period of up to nine months, compared to the current three ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Outcomes of forensic investigations in local government by: input from SIU, NPA, Hawks & DCoG; with Deputy Minister
3 Mar 2020
The Department of Cooperative Governance (DCoG), the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) and the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) provided the Committee with detailed reports on the status of their campaigns against corruption at municipalities throughout South Africa.
The DCoG gave an assurance that it ...
Powers and Privileges of Parliament
Election of Chairperson; Matters referred to the Committee
25 Feb 2020
The Powers and Privileges Committee convened to elect its Chairperson and discuss the matters before the Committee. Mr P Mapulane (ANC) was nominated. There we no objections or further nominations.
Mr Mapulane accepted his nomination as Chairperson of the Powers and Privileges Committee.
The Chairperson briefly spoke to matters before ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Department of Cooperative Governance 2018/19 Annual Report; with Minister and Deputy Minister
25 Feb 2020
The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs reported that overall, 15 of its 18 targets had been achieved in the 2018/19 financial year. Compared to the performance targets from previous financial years, this was a slight improvement. However, the Department had received a disclaimer audit opinion. ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Meeting with City of Ekuruhleni Metro & Lekwa Local Municipality
3 Dec 2019
The Committee was told that the collapse in governance at Lekwa Municipality was giving the national Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs sleepless nights. They heard that the problems facing the municipality had started around 2016/17 financial year, when service providers wanted the municipality to be put under section ...
Home Affairs
Impact of illegal migration on cities: input from Joburg & Ekurhuleni Mayors, SALGA & Minister
22 Oct 2019
Video: Home Affairs and CoGTA committees meet in Parliament
The South African Local Government Association (SALGA), the Mayors of Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni, and the Department of Home Affairs, briefed the joint Committees on the impact of illegal migration on the country’s cities.
SALGA said there was a perception that foreign ...