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Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Traditional Leaders and Khoi-San Amendment Bill: Clause 70-73 and Schedules
13 Sep 2017
Traditional Leaders and Khoi-San Amendment Bill working document: contact info@pmg.org.za
The Committee considered the last three clauses of the Bill that dealt with transitional arrangements and implementation. Members said that when councils do not meet the timeframes as prescribed in the Bill, there must be consequences; it is not enough ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill: Clauses 38 to 70, with Deputy Minister
12 Sep 2017
The Committee continued with deliberations on the Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill from Clause 38: Responsibilities of the National House of Traditional Leaders until the end of the Bill.
Members felt Clause 39(1)(a) was overly broad and every Bill of Parliament would have to be referred to the National House ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill: deliberations
5 Sep 2017
The Committee continued deliberations on the working draft of the Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill, covering clauses 16 to 24. Lengthy discussion ensued over clause 16 which dealt with the establishment of kingship or queenship council, principal traditional council or traditional council. The DA said that the clause 15(1) was ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill [B23-2015]: deliberations
30 Aug 2017
The Committee adopted its Committee Report and continued to deliberate on the Working Draft of the Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill, discussing Clauses 5 to 14.
The Committee discussed the provision which expects Khoi-San leaders to submit a list of the members of their communities and the geographical area in ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Peoples Republic of China Ethics Committee meeting
29 Aug 2017
The Portfolio Committee met with a delegation from the Ethics Committee of the Peoples Republic of China Parliament to discuss various issues, such as governing in the interests of multi-ethnic communities, dealing with corruption in government, meeting the threat of terrorism, promoting gender equality in leadership positions, religious freedom and ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill: response to Auditor-General comments & deliberations
23 Aug 2017
The Parliamentary Law Adviser briefed the Committee on its response to comments made by the Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA) on the Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill. As expected the comments were of a technical legal nature and in some instances called for greater discussion.
The DA on Clause 39(1)(a) asked ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill: Auditor-General submission
22 Aug 2017
Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA) had sent a letter in September 2016 to the Committee outlining its comments on the Bill. The briefing did not to speak directly to that letter but would speak to issues that had arisen. One of the major concerns was how traditional councils would be doing ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Local Government Audit Outcomes 2015/16: Auditor-General SA briefing
28 Jun 2017
Auditor-General South Africa gave a briefing on the Local Government Audit Outcomes. It said that as part of continual improvement it was focusing on improving accountability to improve audit outcomes. This would demand better planning, internal controls, monitoring and consequence management. The overall MFMA outcomes of 263 municipalities were looked ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Commercialisation of Religion and Abuse of People’s Belief Systems: CRL Rights Commission briefing
27 Jun 2017
The Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Rights Commission (CRLRC) presented its report on the commercialisation of religion and the abuse of people’s belief systems to the Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance, and made recommendations to various departments such as the Department of Home Affairs (DHA), the Department of Social Development (DSD), ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Traditional Leadership & Governance Framework Amendment Bill; Western Cape Disaster; Indigenous & Traditional Leaders Indaba, with Deputy Minister
21 Jun 2017
Amendment Bill [B8-2017], to be briefed on the fire disaster situation in the Western Cape, and to receive a report back on the outcome of the Indigenous and Traditional Leadership Indaba.
When the Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Amendment Bill came up for discussion, the DA argued that procedurally the ...