Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Indaba on harmful religious practices: Day 2
11 Mar 2020
The second day of the Indaba on harmful religious practices dealt mainly with responses to the questions that had been asked by Members of the Committee the previous day.
Questions were answered by the South African Institute for Professional Pastors, Reverends and Ministers (SAiPPREM), which also provided resolutions and recommendations ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Local Government: Municipal Systems Amendment Bill: stakeholder engagement; Indaba on harmful religious practices
10 Mar 2020
The Portfolio Committee convened an Indaba to address harmful religious practices. It also heard a verbal submission from a trade union regarding the effect on labour of the Municipal Systems Amendment Bill.
The SA Municipal Workers Union said the amendment as it stood had two areas of concerns -- the ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Outcomes of forensic investigations in local government by: input from SIU, NPA, Hawks & DCoG; with Deputy Minister
3 Mar 2020
The Department of Cooperative Governance (DCoG), the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) and the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) provided the Committee with detailed reports on the status of their campaigns against corruption at municipalities throughout South Africa.
The DCoG gave an assurance that it ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Mogalakwena Local Municipality intervention
28 Feb 2020
Documents handed out:
Letter from State Security Agency: Candidates’ Employment Suitability Checks (for position of Municipal Manager: Mogalakwena) (for Committee members only – confidential)
Terms of Reference for the Intervention (for Committee members only – confidential)
Senior officials from the Mogalakwena Local Municipality appeared before the Portfolio Committee to brief it ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Municipal Systems Amendment Bill 2019: Eastern Cape & SALGA submissions; with Deputy Minister
26 Feb 2020
The Eastern Cape Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) and the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) made recommendations about the 2019 Municipal Systems Amendment Bill based on their practical experience of local government.
Eastern Cape COGTA noted the need to address critical skills in rural municipalities; senior ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Department of Cooperative Governance 2018/19 Annual Report; with Minister and Deputy Minister
25 Feb 2020
The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs reported that overall, 15 of its 18 targets had been achieved in the 2018/19 financial year. Compared to the performance targets from previous financial years, this was a slight improvement. However, the Department had received a disclaimer audit opinion. ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Department of Cooperative Governances Annual Report audit outcome & 2018/19 Local Government audit outcomes: AGSA briefing, with Deputy Minister
19 Feb 2020
The Department of Cooperative Governance admitted it was facing challenges in managing the Community Work Programme (CPW) because money was being paid to deceased people, government employees, and inappropriate entities.
The AG made it clear the problems that besieged the programme were broader than the audit findings even though it ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Freedom of Religion SA on CRL Rights Commission recommendations
18 Feb 2020
The Committee had its first meeting of 2020 and adopted its Committee programme. The Committee agreed to conduct oversight in all provinces through monthly visits, from Thursday to Saturday once a month. Members compiled a list of dysfunctional municipalities in each province and agreed to prioritise these distressed areas in ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Meeting with Mogalakwena; Collins Chabane & Tzaneen Local Municipalities
6 Dec 2019
Mogalakwena Local Municipality response to Committee questions (awaited)
Three Limpopo local municipalities were called to appear before the Committee as a follow up to the Committee's oversight visit in October 2019 to Mogalakwena Local Municipality and Collins Chabane Local Municipality and to obtain a status report from Greater Tzaneen Local ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Municipal Systems Amendment Bill; CRL Rights Commission on commercialisation of religion; Vietnamese Parliament delegation
5 Dec 2019
ATC180214: Report Of The Pc on Cogta on the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL Rights Commission) on the Commercialisation of Religion and Abuse of Peoples Beliefs dated 14 February 2018
Local Government: Municipal Systems Amendment Act
South African Municipal ...