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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
Municipal forensic investigations: COGTA report; Constitutional Court judgement on Municipal Systems Amendment Bill; with Minister & Deputy Minister
6 Mar 2018
The Committee met with the Minister, Deputy Minister, and the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs to discuss the progress on forensic investigations in local government and the Constitutional Court requirements for the Municipal Systems Amendment Bill 2011.
In his remarks, the Minister expressed his commitment to working closely ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Employment Equity Hearing on gender transformation in the workplace: Commission for Gender Equality briefing
27 Feb 2018
The Commission on Gender Equality made presentations on the Employment Equity Report for 2015/2016, and the 2015 research report assessing gender mainstreaming in the public service.
The first report was based upon the employment equity hearings conducted by the Commission. The intention of the study was to assess the impact ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Committee Programme
13 Feb 2018
Report of the meeting to follow.
Small Business Development
Cooperative Bank Development Agency: Treasury progress report; Department reviewed funding models & Market Access Unit
31 Jan 2018
It was agreed to postpone next week’s meeting due to possible unavailability of the DA Members as the party and its Members would be preparing for the State of the Nation debate.
The Committee also agreed that both Vodacom and Ericson had shown gross disregard for Parliament and compromised the ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Committee Report on CRL Rights Commission Report on Regulation of religion and abuse of people’s beliefs
30 Jan 2018
The Committee met to discuss its own report based on the CRL Rights Commission Report on the regulation of religion and abuse of people’s beliefs.
It noted that there would always be those against the regulation of religion which was an ideological debate; however it was important that Government intervene ...
Energy
Electricity distribution industry sector and rehabilitation of infrastructure: Inter-Ministerial Task Team update; with Deputy Minister
28 Nov 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Energy and the Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs met to receive a presentation from an Inter-Ministerial Task Team (IMTT). The presentation dealt with constitutional challenges relating to electricity reticulation. Concerns were raised early on about the absence of many key members of the ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Committee minutes
7 Nov 2017
The committee met to consider and approval several outstanding minutes.
Most of the changes were minor in nature and related to grammar, spelling mistakes and correcting attendance.
There was a general view that dealing with minutes long after the meeting resulted in flaws with recollection and disputes about attendance of ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill: adoption; Proposed Legislation: COGTA Update
24 Oct 2017
The Committee was presented with the Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Amendment Bill B23 [B-version] - which was the revised version of the bill and included all the agreed amendments. Only two issues were flagged and immediately resolved. The first was around clause 19, where a paragraph would be omitted and substituted ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Risks Facing Local Government and the Importance of Accountability: Municipal IQ briefing
19 Oct 2017
Protests are fine, but they frustrate economists.
This came out during the discussion when the Municipal IQ briefed the Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs on the risks facing local government and the importance of accountability.
The Committee stated it wants people to protest. But the violent nature of ...