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Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Meeting with Mozambique delegation
11 Sep 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs met with the Committee on Public Administration and Local Government of the Parliament of the Republic of Mozambique.
The Chairperson stated that it was a friendly meeting of colleagues to share their experiences on work they were doing in the system ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Eskom debt payments by municipalities: IMTT progress report; Local Economic Development
6 Jun 2018
The Department of Cooperative Governance briefed the Committee on the new sixth pillar of Back to Basics (B2B): Local Economic Development (LED) and gave a progress report from the Inter-Ministerial Task Team (IMTT) on the payment of debt to Eskom by municipalities.
The Department reported that the 2018 Framework for ...
Water and Sanitation
Department of Water and Sanitation: Auditor-General & Treasury input on audit & financial management; with Minister
16 May 2018
The Portfolio Committee received briefings from the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) and National Treasury (NT) on the budget and financial management of the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS). Treasury had been asked to respond to questions surrounding the approval of an overdraft to the cash-strapped Department, and ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
COGTA Budget: Committee Report
8 May 2018
The Committee added new observations and recommendations to the report. Firstly, the Committee observed the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs’ slow pace of processing legislation to Parliament such as experienced with the Local Government Amendment Bill, ENCA Bill, and Traditional leadership and Khoi- San Bill. It recommended that ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
VBS Bank impact on municipalities' finances; Municipal Councillors Pension Fund
25 Apr 2018
National Treasury said that the investment by municipalities of their grant funding in VBS Mutual Bank represented a breach of regulations. VBS had actively flouted the law, and focused on municipal deposits which comprised almost 75% of all its deposits. National Treasury had sent an email in August 2017 advising ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Municipal Demarcation Board Annual Performance Plan
18 Apr 2018
The Committee heard a briefing from the Municipal Demarcation Board on its performance against predetermined objectives for the 2017/18 financial year, its strategic plan for 2017 - 2021, and its 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan and budget.
The Municipal Demarcation Board spoke to concerns raised during its previous briefing to the ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
SALGA & CRL Rights Commission 2016/17 Annual Report & 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan
17 Apr 2018
The meeting consisted of two presentations before the Committee: the first from the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) and the second from the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL) on their 2017/18 annual performance plans.
SALGA had identified four ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Department of Traditional Affairs & Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent Annual Performance Plans
28 Mar 2018
The Department of Traditional Affairs and the Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent briefed the Committee on its Strategic Plans and 2018/19 Annual Performance Plans.
The Department of Traditional Affairs spoke to its goal statements and Programmes, that of Administration; Research, Policy and Legislation; Institutional Support and Coordination; the National House ...
Water and Sanitation
Department of Water and Sanitation challenges: SIU, AGSA & National Treasury input
27 Mar 2018
A joint meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation and the Standing Committee on Public Accounts met to be briefed by the Auditor-General of SA (AGSA) and National Treasury on challenges facing the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS). The AGSA briefed the Committees on irregular payments and ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Departments of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan; with Deputy Minister
27 Mar 2018
The Department of Cooperative Governance briefed the Committee on progress in respect of recommendations by the Committee on the 2017/18 APP, progress on audit findings by the Auditor-General, the alignment of the APP to the 2014 - 2019 MTSF, and the Department’s 2018/19 Annual Performance Plans.
Mr Andries Nel, ...