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Rules of the National Assembly
National Assembly Rules review: Subcommittee deliberations
20 Jan 2015
The Committee met briefly to review the new draft of the National Assembly Rules. The Chairperson outlined the procedure and made it clear, several times, that it was not this sub-Committee who would be making the final decision on the Rules of the NA; instead, individual members of this sub-committee ...
Rules of the National Assembly
National Assembly Rules: Review, continuation of deliberations from Chapter 5
19 Jan 2015
The Sub-committee of the Rules Committee, sitting to do a preliminary investigation and comment into the revision of the National Assembly Rules (the Rules) continued with discussions, from Chapter 5, reviewing both the draft of the Task Team and the proposals of the ANC. It was stressed by the Chairperson ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Review of National Assembly Rules: Chapters 1-4
19 Jan 2015
The Chairperson outlined the purpose and scope of the meeting, noting that this was a meeting of the sub-Committee to debate the revision of the National Assembly rules. It was stressed that this was not informed by the current political representation in the National Assembly, but the process was started ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Integrated Urban Development Framework (IUDF): COGTA briefing with Minister
18 Nov 2014
The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) briefed the Committee on the Integrated Urban Development Framework (IUDF). In response to the National Development Plan (NDP), and to the UN Habitat recommendation for countries to develop national urban policies, COGTA started developing the IUDF in November 2012. The IUDF ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Municipal Infrastructure Support Agency on operations and implementation of programmes
11 Nov 2014
The Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent (MISA) presented its report and stated that it was created to support and build technical capacity in local government for the improvement of municipal infrastructure provisioning, refurbishment and maintenance in accordance with section 7 (5) of the Public Service Act. Its mandate is to render ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Roles and functions of traditional leaders: Department of Traditional Affairs briefing
4 Nov 2014
The Department of Traditional Affairs briefed the Committee on the roles and functions of traditional leaders. The institution of traditional leadership was recognised in section 212 of the Constitution. The White Paper on Traditional Leadership and Governance and the Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Act of 2003 aimed to transform ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs Budget Review & Recommendations Report
28 Oct 2014
The Committee considered its Draft Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR).
The Chairperson urged members to make comments, amendments or additions where needed. The Report spoke to the mandate of the Committee and the core functions of the Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs. The Report referred to the ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Workshop on the non-financial census of municipalities
22 Oct 2014
The meeting focused on the non-financial census of the municipalities. The initial agenda was slightly expanded to reflect Statistics South Africa’s (Stats SA’s) responsibility of collecting data for the purpose of use when it interacts with the various sets of data, rather than presenting only on its functions, which revolved ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Minister on Back to Basics plan for Local Government; COGTA 2013/14 Annual Report
21 Oct 2014
The Department of Cooperative Governance, in its effort of building a capable local government, it conducted a desk-top assessment of municipalities in all nine provinces with the purpose of looking at functional areas like political stability, governance, service delivery, financial management, institutional management and community satisfaction. As a result, it ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
PC Coop: Third Term Committee Programme & Other Matters
16 Sep 2014
The Committee considered and adopted its Third Term Programme. The Committee’s planned activities included a workshop with the Office of the Auditor-General on its role as well as engagement with the Budgetary Review and Recommendations process. Other notable agenda items included discussions on the linkage between service delivery and protest; ...