1. No. The department does not determine to councilors and/or municipalities where they should hold their meetings.
The response below was provided by Matatiele Local Municipality:
2. Yes
a) Garden Court Umhlanga
b) R1, 177, 895. 20
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In terms of the Constitution (Section 139 and its subsections) the prerogative to intervene in municipalities is bestowed upon the Provincial Government, having assessed the municipal deficiencies in fulfilling its Executive Obligations. Such an assessment ought to establish ‘clearly’, amongst others, political interference as a factor.
To the extent that two interventions were invoked in Emfuleni local municipality, with another recently terminated, a close-out ...
I have no power to take steps to ensure that the Independent Electoral Commission obtains a seat on the Municipal Demarcation Board. The Board consists of no fewer than seven and no more than 10 members appointed by the President in accordance with section 8 of the Local Government: Municipal Demarcation Act No. 27 of 1998 (“the Act”). The Act also requires the selection ...
The department through the National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC) is coordinating and collaborating with relevant stakeholders focusing on emergency preparedness to enable a state of readiness by relevant organs of state in anticipation of disasters. In case of the floods, the following key intervention measures were taken by my department:
Yes, the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs supported Ditsobotla Local Municipality (DLM) in accordance with section 154 of the Constitution by deploying, through the Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent (MISA), four professionally registered built environment practitioners that include two Civil Engineers to support DLM, together with other municipalities within Ngaka Modiri District Municipality (NMDM), in accordance with the District Development Model (DDM). These ...
The total number of George Local Municipality workers who have gone through disciplinary proceedings, quit their jobs, or been fired since Dr. Michelle Gratz's appointment is not known to the department.
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1. Yes, the South African government participates annually in the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) through representation by the Departments of Traditional Affairs and International Relations and Cooperation respectively. The implementation of the United Nations Declaration on Indigenous Peoples is a standing agenda item at the UN Permanent Forum which takes place every year. South Africa played a central role in ...
The coronation of a King or Queen is the competence of the Royal Family concerned and government participates based on the invitation from the relevant Royal Family. At this point, the Department has not been informed of the coronation that the Honourable Member is referring to nor do we have any further details to that effect.
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Following the adoption of the District Development Model (DDM), the Department of Traditional Affairs developed a guideline on the participation of Local Houses of Traditional and Khoi-San Leaders in the DDM. The Department continues to use the guideline to support and promote the role of traditional leaders in the DDM. Secondly, the Department of Traditional Affairs and the National House of Traditional and Khoi-San ...
The Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs convened a meeting with the City of Ekurhuleni on the 2nd September 2022, to engage the Executive and Senior management on petitions, amongst which the matter of refuse removal was discussed. The Metro indicated their constraints (financial and tools of trade) towards sufficiently servicing communities on refuse removal, amongst other services. In response, a medium ...