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Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Department of Cooperative Governance on 2015/16 3rd & 4th Quarter performance; Budget Vote 3 & Annual Performance Plan: briefing, with Minister present
1 Mar 2016
The Minister and officials from the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) presented the Department’s performance report for the 2014/15 financial year and its annual performance plan for 2016/17.
The Department achieved a considerable percentage of its targets (70%), with a substantial portion still in progress (27%). Some ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
uMkhanyakude District Municipality Intervention: briefing by MEC
16 Feb 2016
The KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs spoke about the Intervention of uMkhanyakude District Municipality in terms of Section 139(1)(b) of the Constitution. The Administrator in charge of the intervention in the municipality provided a progress report.
The presentation focused on the background and basis for invoking ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Department of Cooperative Governance on impact of SoNA on local government (focusing on progress report per province on Back to Basic programme)
16 Feb 2016
The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) briefed the Committee on the implications of the recent State of the Nation Address (SONA) for the Department. A brief summary of the main points of the address were given. It was noted that the country is affected by global constraints ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill [B23-2015]: public hearings Day 2
3 Feb 2016
The Committee continued with the second day of its public hearings on the Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill. The Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL) commented that the levels of recognition were contradictory since clause 3 spoke to the President ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Traditional and Khoi San Leadership Bill [B23-15]: public hearings Day 1
2 Feb 2016
The Committee heard submissions from Natural Justice, Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), Land and Accountability Research Centre (LARC), Legal Resources Centre (LRC) and the Finance and Fiscal Commission (FFC). There were also oral inputs from the Commission for Gender Equality, Western Cape Legislative Khoisan Council, a representative ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Review of National Assembly Rules: consideration of Subcommittee Report
20 Nov 2015
The Rules Committee met to consider the Subcommittee Report on the Review of the National Assembly Rules. The ANC supported the proposed new criteria for the processing of motions without notice. The criteria were now that at least five parties including the majority party and the largest minority party should ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Disaster Management Amendment Bill [B10C-15]: NCOP amendments; Planned public hearings on the Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill
17 Nov 2015
The Committee met briefly to adopt the amendments to the Disaster Management Amendment Bill. The only amendments to be made are on page four where Section 31 will change to Section 45A. The amendments were adopted.
The National Council of Provinces asked to be part of the public hearings, and ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Version 7 of the Draft Rules: finalisation
30 Oct 2015
The Sub-Committee on Review of National Assembly Rules met to consider and take political parties' comments on Draft 7 of the Rules. The Chairperson clarified that where the majority of the Committee had agreed upon a principle or wording, it was contained in this Draft as a proposal but where ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Withholding/late transfer of equitable share; Department of Cooperative Governance BRRR; Demarcation Transitional Grant; Report on municipal forensic reports; MISA Post Audit Action Plan, in presence of Deputy Minister
28 Oct 2015
The Department of Cooperative Governance (the Department) in the presence of the Deputy Minister, gave a presentation and tabled reports to the Committee on the progress made on various recommendations from the Committee. The Department firstly outlined the progress in addressing the recommendations of the Committee in the 2014 Budgetary ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Traditional and Khoi San Leadership Bill [B23-2015]: briefing, with Deputy Minister
27 Oct 2015
The Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional said Chapter 12 of the Constitution recognised the role of traditional leaders. Parliament would, from time to time, give guidance and define the role of traditional leaders, in particular, aligning certain matters within the structures from the Traditional Affairs Framework Act into ...