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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 ...
International Relations
Foreign Service Bill: motion of desirability & report on stakeholders consulted
23 May 2018
The Committee met to consider and adopt the Motion of Desirability of the Foreign Service Bill; the Report of the Stakeholders Consulted on the Foreign Service Bill, and the draft Committee Programme for the rest of the term.
Motion of Desirability of The Bill
DA Members expressed concern at adopting ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Parliament 2017/18 Quarter 4 performance
16 May 2018
The 2017/18 Quarter 4 report showed great progress towards the achievement of the six Strategic Outcome Oriented goals envisaged by the 2014-2019 Strategic Plan of the Fifth Parliament. Of a total of 19 performance indicators, only five have not met the targets. One of these indicators is for the timely ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Annual Performance Report 2018/9; Secretary to Parliament disciplinary matter
10 May 2018
Annual Performance Report 2018/9 presentation awaited
The funding for political parties is the only thing that has not been affected by budgetary cuts while the core business of Parliament has been allocated less.
The Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament was left wondering why the budget for ...
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 ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Municipal Demarcation Board Annual Performance Plan
18 Apr 2018
The Committee heard a briefing from the Municipal Demarcation Board on its performance against predetermined objectives for the 2017/18 financial year, its strategic plan for 2017 - 2021, and its 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan and budget.
The Municipal Demarcation Board spoke to concerns raised during its previous briefing to the ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
SALGA & CRL Rights Commission 2016/17 Annual Report & 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan
17 Apr 2018
The meeting consisted of two presentations before the Committee: the first from the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) and the second from the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL) on their 2017/18 annual performance plans.
SALGA had identified four ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Department of Traditional Affairs & Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent Annual Performance Plans
28 Mar 2018
The Department of Traditional Affairs and the Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent briefed the Committee on its Strategic Plans and 2018/19 Annual Performance Plans.
The Department of Traditional Affairs spoke to its goal statements and Programmes, that of Administration; Research, Policy and Legislation; Institutional Support and Coordination; the National House ...
Joint Rules
Consideration of establishment of a Subcommittee on Report of the High Level Panel on the Assessment of Legislation and the Acceleration of Fundamental Change (HLP)
28 Mar 2018