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Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Seven Angel Ministries in Engcobo: CRL Rights Commission briefing, with Minister
20 Mar 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA or “the committee”) met the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL) to discuss the “Seven Angels” church and the events surrounding it.
The Chairperson of the Commission explained how the ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Traditional Courts Bill: public hearings day 1
13 Mar 2018
Relevant Document:
Traditional Courts Bill presentation – Department of Justice and Constitutional Development
The Chairperson of the Portfolio announced that the first day of the public hearings on the Traditional Courts Bill would be a short day as the intention was to draw back the curtains and to get some ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Departments of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs and entities Audit Outcomes: AGSA briefing
13 Mar 2018
The Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) made a presentation on the audit outcomes of the departments and entities under the oversight of the Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. The meeting was intended to provide a clearer understanding of the challenges and strengths of the departments and ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Municipal forensic investigations: COGTA report; Constitutional Court judgement on Municipal Systems Amendment Bill; with Minister & Deputy Minister
6 Mar 2018
The Committee met with the Minister, Deputy Minister, and the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs to discuss the progress on forensic investigations in local government and the Constitutional Court requirements for the Municipal Systems Amendment Bill 2011.
In his remarks, the Minister expressed his commitment to working closely ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Committee Report on CRL Rights Commission Report on regulation of religion and abuse of people’s beliefs
14 Feb 2018
The committee met for the consideration and adoption of the Cultural, Religious and Linguistic (CRL) Rights Commission’s report on the regulation of religion and abuse of people’s beliefs page by page. There was little discussion, and the report was approved with amendments.
The Chairperson said that on the Committee’s China ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Committee Programme
13 Feb 2018
Report of the meeting to follow.
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 ...