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Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Customary Initiation Bill [B7-2018]: public hearings
19 Sep 2018
In essence, the Customary Initiation Bill is not about circumcision, but about initiation; to mould and develop a very young person to become a refined, responsible citizen.
This was the central focus when the Portfolio Committee on Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs held public hearings on the Customary Initiation Bill. ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Customary Initiation Bill: stakeholder engagement
12 Sep 2018
The Committee met to receive submissions from stakeholders on the Customary Initiation Bill (CIB) [B7-2018]
It heard that SAPS fully supported the development of the CIB with its concerns flagged. Those included the fact that:
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
Customary Initiation Bill [B7-2018]: stakeholder engagement, with Deputy Minister
4 Sep 2018
The Committee heard submissions from traditional leaders; the Department of Basic Education; and the Department of Arts and Culture as part of public hearings on the Customary Initiation Bill.
Amongst other provisions, the Bill provided for the effective regulation of customary initiation school practices, the establishment of a National Initiation ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Section 89: Removal of President – finalisation of revised rules
28 Aug 2018
The National Assembly Rules committee met to consider the following; the draft agenda for the meeting, two outstanding minutes, the legal opinion on the proposals for the removal of the president from office in terms of section 89 of the Constitution as well as the proposal on draft rules to ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Procedures related to Section 89 of Constitution (Impeachment)
24 Aug 2018
The Subcommittee met to discuss the matter of Section 89 of the Constitution, which was the rule dealing with impeachment. A Senior Parliamentary Legal Advisor presented an opinion by Senior Counsel on the amendment to the Rules of Parliament to provide for impeachment.
The first point highlighted was the definitions. ...
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 ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Customary Initiation Bill: briefing by Department of Traditional Affairs
5 Jun 2018
The Department of Traditional Affairs briefed the Committee on the Customary Initiation Bill [B7-2018].
The Department said that while concerns had been raised about the customary practice of initiations, it was a legitimate practice. However, there was abuse like abductions, injuries and death of initiates. The issue then was to ...
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 ...