Mr Andries Nel

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Andries Nel

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Committee Meetings Attended

  • NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements COGTA 2018/2019 Annual performance Plan; with Deputy Ministers
    22 May 2018

    The meeting was attended by both Deputy Ministers in the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Mr Andries Nel who is responsible for provincial and local government and Mr Obed Bapela who is responsible for traditional affairs. The Committee was briefed on the 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan and Budget ...

  • Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Departments of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan; with Deputy Minister
    27 Mar 2018

    The Department of Cooperative Governance briefed the Committee on progress in respect of recommendations by the Committee on the 2017/18 APP, progress on audit findings by the Auditor-General, the alignment of the APP to the 2014 - 2019 MTSF, and the Department’s 2018/19 Annual Performance Plans.  

    Mr Andries Nel, ...

  • 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 ...

  • Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Municipal Structures Amendment Bill: briefing; SONA impact on local government
    28 Feb 2018

    The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs met with the Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance to discuss the impact of the State of the Nation Address (SONA) on local government and to brief the Committee on the Municipal Structures Amendment (MSA) Bill.

    The Department said although the SONA did ...

  • Water and Sanitation Outstanding water debt by municipalities, with DWS Minister + Deputy & COGTA Deputy Minister
    29 Nov 2017

    The Departments of Water and Sanitation, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs and National Treasury, as well as the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) addressed the issues surrounding the huge amount of outstanding debt owed by municipalities for the supply of water to areas under their authority. The Finance Committee ...

  • Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Integrated Urban Development Framework: COGTA deputy minister briefing to Social Services cluster
    11 Oct 2017

    The Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) briefed the Social Services Cluster of Portfolio Committees on the Integrated Urban Development Framework (IUDF), accompanied by the Deputy Ministers of Economic Development and Transport.

    The briefing touched on the following aspects: urbanisation and immigration in South Africa; legacy of ...

  • Economic Development Minister of Economic Development on Presidential Infrastructure Coordination Commission
    10 Oct 2017

    The Minister of Economic Development reported on the work by the Presidential Infrastructure Coordination Commission (PICC). He pointed out that PICC is the executive’s tool for monitoring the implementation and impact of infrastructural development on the economy. It is a planning and coordinating body. It is neither a funding structure; ...

  • Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs COGTA on its 2016/17 Annual Report, with Deputy Minister
    4 Oct 2017

    Annual Reports 2016/17

    The COGTA Deputy Minister, in his opening comments, said the Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent has established a Regional Management Support Contract, which is a five year programme targeted at the 27 priority rural district municipalities and aimed at the eradication of service backlogs. It has been piloted ...

  • Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs COGTA on 2017/18 Annual Performance Plan, with Minister & Deputy present
    14 Mar 2017

    The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs briefed the Committee on its revised 2015-2020 Strategic Plans, its 2017/18 Annual Performance Plans and its 2017 MTEF Budget Allocations.  It also reported back to the Committee on the progress made on the BRRR recommendations of the Portfolio Committee Municipal Infrastructure Support ...

  • Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Community Works Programme, with Deputy Minister present
    7 Mar 2017

    Deputy Minister Andries Nel said the Community Works Programme was one of government’s programmes seeking to address inequality, poverty and unemployment, and was part of a social safety net for the very poor. The Programme had created 238 000 work opportunities and had been rolled out to 234 municipalities, with 84% ...

  • Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs on its 2015/16 Annual Report, with Minister and Deputy Minister in attendance
    12 Oct 2016

    The Departments of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs presented their 2015/16 annual reports to the Committee, which also heard progress reports on the implementation of the Integrated Urban Development Framework and the finalisation of transitional measures in newly-established municipalities. A status report on the application of Section 139 of the ...