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NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Amendment Bill: briefing / submissions received
17 Oct 2017
The Committee was briefed about the legal uncertainty surrounding the status of tribal authorities that were supposed to have been reconstituted as Traditional Councils. The challenge that had arisen in this particular year was that all structures had to be aligned, and their terms of office had to be aligned ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Nobuntu Fuzane, Love Knysna & Mantsopa Petitions
13 Sep 2017
The Committee met to consider and adopt the Nobuntu Fuzane Petition Report, the Love Knysna Petition Report, outstanding minutes from previous meetings, and to table Executive Undertakings for future consideration.
Disagreement over the Committee’s right to pursue some of the recommendations in its Nobuntu Fuzane petition report, led to a ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Traditional Leadership Governance Framework: Department of COGTA briefing; with Deputy Minister
12 Sep 2017
The Committee met briefly to discuss the Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Amendment Bill.
The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) reported that an extension of the Amendment Bill was needed in order to reconstitute the traditional councils, and to standardise the timeframes between the terms of office ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Judicial Matters Amendment Bill, Courts of Law Amendment Bill: briefing; Criminal Procedure Amendment Bill: adoption
14 Jun 2017
The Department of Justice briefed members on the Courts of Law Amendment Bill and the Judicial Matters Amendment Bill. While the Judicial Bill seeks to amend several laws that hamper the smooth administration of justice, the Courts Bill addresses alleged abuses in the civil debt recovery system, following the Constitutional ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Second Term Programme; Committee Reports on Oversight visits
14 Mar 2017
The Select Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs met to discuss its second and third quarter programmes.
During the discussion on the second term programme, Members made the following input:
- The Committee only heard about the issues of Local Government over the radio as well as the ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Committee Report on Northern Cape oversight; Election of the Acting Chairperson
8 Mar 2017
The Select Committee on Petitions and Executive Undertakings met for the consideration and adoption of the Draft Report on the Oversight Visit to the Northern Cape, the consideration and adoption of outstanding minutes and the consideration of the Annual Performance Plan.
The Committee considered and adopted the Draft Report with ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Protected Disclosures Amendment Bill [B40B-2015]: deliberations; Salaries, Judges allowances & benefits
23 Feb 2017
The Select Committee met with the Office of the Chief Justice who briefed the Select Committee on the President of the Republic of South Africa’s (the President) determination of remuneration increase for Constitutional Court Judges and Other Judges annually. The President, after consultation with the Independent Commission for the Remuneration ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Protected Disclosures Amendment Bill: public hearings & Department response
15 Feb 2017
The Open Democracy Advice Centre (ODAC) and Corruption Watch (Corruption Watch) made submissions on contentious provisions in the Bill and the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ) responded to these submissions.
The Open Democracy Advice Centre (ODAC) commended the Bill. However it is concerned about Section 9B of the ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Nquthu & Emadlangeni interventions; Indaka, Ingwe, Mbabazane: termination of interventions
14 Feb 2017
The Member of Executive Council for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs in KwaZulu-Natal briefed the Committee on the Intervention in terms of section 139 (1) (c) of the Constitution in Nquthu Local Municipality; and on termination of interventions in Local Municipalities in KwaZulu-Natal (Indaka, Ingwe, Mbabazane). There was also a ...
National Youth Development Agency appointments
Recommendation of NYDA Board Members
7 Feb 2017
The Committee met to deliberate and recommend names to serve on the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA). The Committee nominated seven Members to serve in the Board with four males and three females from across the country.
During deliberations, Members commented that the geographical spread of the candidates was fairly ...