Mr Mergan Chetty

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Mergan Chetty

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Committee Meetings Attended

  • NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Amendment Bill: final mandates & proposed amendments
    9 Oct 2018

    The final mandates from the provinces on the Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Amendment Bill were presented to the Select Committee.

    The Western Cape registered an abstention, saying the only reason it was doing this was because the province did not have a traditional leadership house.

    Committee Members had opposing ...

  • Ad Hoc Committee on North West Intervention Rescheduled Oversight Visit to North West Province: update
    9 Oct 2018

    Documents handed out: Content Advisor Document

    The Committee met to receive an update on the rescheduled Oversight Visit to the North West Province and to consider and adopt Draft minutes of 06 September 2018.

    The Committee heard that an investigation had been instituted to find out the events that had ...

  • NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements Traditional Khoisan Leadership Bill: Department response to negotiating mandates
    11 Sep 2018

    The Committee heard written responses from the Department of Traditional Affairs (DTA) on provincial negotiating mandates as part of the ongoing process of guiding the Bill towards final adoption into law. The responses were made following an earlier request by the Committee.

    The DTA rejected the overwhelming number of proposed ...

  • Ad Hoc Committee on North West Intervention Inter-Ministerial Task Team (IMTT) update on North West intervention, with Ministers
    16 Aug 2018

    Ministers Nkosazana Dlamini- Zuma, Senzeni Zokwana, Thulas Nxesi and Michael Masutha were present as the Inter-Ministerial Committee  (IMC) to report on progress. At the conclusion of the analysis into the North West by the Inter-Ministerial Task Team (IMTT), five departments were put under section 100(1a) and five were put under ...

  • NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings Minister Progress Reports: Environmental Affairs & Mineral Resources
    15 Aug 2018

    The Select Committee met for the Consideration and adoption of Progress Reports on Executive Undertakings made by the Minister of Environmental Affairs (during Question and Answer Session of the NCOP on 27 October 2015); Consideration and adoption of Progress Reports on Executive Undertakings made by the Minister of Mineral Resources ...

  • NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements Public Service Commission Amendment Bill; Traditional Leadership & Governance Framework Bill: adoption
    14 Aug 2018

    The Committee considered and adopted proposed amendments to the Public Service Commission Amendment Bill and Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Bill. It was agreed that the final mandates would be considered at a later date – 28 August 2018.

    In respect of the Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Bill, the ...

  • Ad Hoc Committee on North West Intervention Committee Report on North West Province intervention: briefing by Committee Researchers and Content Advisor
    7 Aug 2018

    The Committee met to consider a draft consolidated report of all its work to date regarding the intervention into the provincial Government of North West Province, in terms of section 100 of the Constitution.

    It observed that National Treasury (NT) remained concerned about the province’s under-spending on the Human Settlements ...

  • Ad Hoc Committee on North West Intervention North West, National Treasury, Auditor General on NWPG fiscal position
    27 Jun 2018

    The Ad Hoc Committee on the intervention at the North West provincial government was briefed by the National Treasury, the Auditor General (AG), and the province on its fiscal position, governance and financial management.

    The province had been placed under administration by the Cabinet, and was now being monitored by ...

  • NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements Walter Sisulu Municipality & Maluti A Phofung Municipality: Section 139 interventions
    26 Jun 2018

    The Select Committee considered the reports arising from oversight visits to Walter SIsulu Local Municipality and Maluti-A Phofung Local Municipality, and adopted certain amendments.

    The amendments proposed for the Walter Sisulu Local Municipality report were:

    • Extra pressure was needed to hold the Municipality accountable, and therefore time frames should be ...
  • NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements Public Service Commission & Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Amendment Bills: Department response to negotiating mandates
    19 Jun 2018

    The Committee discussed the negotiating mandates on two bills: Public Service Commission Amendment Bill and Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Amendment Bill.

    Discussing the Public Service Commission Amendment Bill, the Department of Public Services and Administration advised that some provincial comments were still outstanding and that only 6 of the ...