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Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Budget Review and Recommendations Report
20 Oct 2015
BRRR Archive: BRRR 2015-2010: Budgetary Review & Recommendations Reports
The Committee deliberated on its draft Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR).
The deliberations revolved around the following issues. The Committee had not received a response from the previous year’s BRRR, money budgeted for by the Municipal Demarcation Board for 28 ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Municipal Demarcation Board; CRL Commission on their 2014/15 Annual Reports
15 Oct 2015
The Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) presented the MDB’s annual report for 2014/15. It had previously advised of an expected shortfall and had identified issues around incompatability between its resources, mandate and strategy, negative public perception; and lack of a provincial footprint that created disconnection with the public. The programmes and ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
COGTA; SALGA & Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent (MISA) on their 2014/15 Annual Reports, with Minister present
14 Oct 2015
The Committee heard briefings from the Department of Cooperative Governance and the Department of Traditional Affairs as well as an overview and progress report from the Municipal Infrastructure Support Agents (MISA), as well as a presentation from SALGA on its Annual Report.
Minister Pravin Gordhan said the 2014/15 year had ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Departments of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs 2014/15 audit outcomes by Auditor-General
13 Oct 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs was briefed by the Office of the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) on the audit outcomes of the Department and the entities reporting to it.
AGSA said that there had been overall stagnation in audit outcomes in the past three years. ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Traditional Leaders Audit; Initiations Winter 2015 Report: Deputy Minister briefing
8 Sep 2015
The Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs and the Department of Traditional Affairs briefed the Committee on the audit of traditional leaders which looked at the allocation of resources; the number of recognised traditional leaders per province and leadership positions as well as finalised and outstanding disputes and ...
Ethics and Members' Interest
Ethical standards for elected public representatives and implementation: workshop
25 Aug 2015
The workshop on ethical standards for elected public representatives and their implementation, was the first in a series of three workshops for all provincial legislatures, metropolitan municipalities, district councils and local municipalities. It was indicated that South Africa had an elaborative integrity framework which included codes of conduct to guide ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG) review rationale; Back to Basics programme & Bulk infrastructure and access to basic services: COGTA progress reports
18 Aug 2015
The Department of Cooperative Governance briefed the Committee about the Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG) programme, which was responsible for the largest funding of local government infrastructure development in South Africa, with R104 billion allocated over 12 years. Changes in priorities and delivery approaches over this period had necessitated a review ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
State of Limpopo Municipalities& Detail report on Mogalakwena: MEC for COGHSTA briefing
11 Aug 2015
The provincial Department of Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs
(COGHSTA) briefed the Committee on municipal transformation and institutional development. The presentation covered basic services provision and infrastructure development, the financial viability and management of municipalities, local economic development and good governance and public participation. The presentation then covered ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Madibeng Municipality: report by North West Provincial Government & Madibeng municipal manager
24 Jun 2015
Two disputes among members of the Committee prevented the presentations from being submitted for almost three hours. The first dispute arose after a vote to elect an acting Chairperson ended in a tie, necessitating a 25 minute recess, after which Mr Hlengwa declined his nomination in order to allow the ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Commission for Promotion & Protection of Rights of Cultural, Religious & Linguistic Communities (CRL) briefing
17 Jun 2015
The CRL Rights Commission (CRLRC) contextualised their growth and development, as well as emphasised the need for adequate resources. They discussed their four programme, outlining their proposals for the forthcoming year.
Programme 1 Public Engagement and Education included alternative dispute resolution methods. Programme 2 Research and Policy Development included the ...