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Ethics and Members' Interest
Extension of deadline for disclosure of Members Interests
10 Jun 2015
The Chief Whips Forum had proposed that the date for the disclosure of Members’ Interests be extended from 30 June 2015 to 31 July 2015, in order to avoid a situation where Members would be late in the disclosure due to a busy programme. The Committee agreed that the deadline ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Capacity building in local government: Department, SALGA & SETA briefing; Municipal Managers & Section 56 Managers Appointment: implementation of regulations progress report
9 Jun 2015
Briefing on capacity building in local government
The Department of Cooperative Governance (COGTA) said that in terms of transformation standards there was still a long way to go towards functionality. A lot of resources had been spent on capacity development without yielding an impact in terms of providing the capacity ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
National House of Traditional Leaders briefing, in presence of Deputy Minister
3 Jun 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs received a briefing from the National House of Traditional Leaders (NHTL). The briefing focused on the role of the NHTL in promoting socio-economic development in traditional leaders' areas, capacity of the House to deliver on its mandate in terms of the ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Executive Leadership & Management Programme in Sustainable Human Settlement: University Stellenbosch briefing; SA Local Government Association on draft Backyard Rental Strategy
2 Jun 2015
The University of Stellenbosch briefed the Committee on the Executive Leadership and Management Programme in Sustainable Human Settlement Development, which was a postgraduate Diploma with 12 SAQA credits. Members of the Committee would be starting the course in the last week of recess. Focus areas were sustainable development, public management, ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Disaster Management Amendment Bill: National Disaster Centre Responses to public submissions, deliberations
27 May 2015
The National Disaster Management Centre, legal advisors from the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) and the State Law Advisors took the Committee through a detailed document setting out the latest proposals for the Disaster Management Amendment Bill, and the Department and Centre's responses to inputs from stakeholders ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Integrated Urban Development & effects of migration and climate change on municipalities
26 May 2015
The Committee heard briefings from Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), the SA Cities Network (SACN) and the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) on the integrated urban development framework and the effects of migration and climate change on municipalities.
Statistics South Africa’s presentation revolved around what South Africa’s ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Withholding equitable share from municipalities: input by Department of Cooperative Governance; National Treasury & SALGA
12 May 2015
Department of Cooperative Governance
The Department said that the decision to withhold the equitable share funds was a Treasury decision. Its presentation spoke to the engagements with the affected municipalities, general observations from the engagements, future issues of policy that needed discussion, the progress to date of municipal payments to ...
Ethics and Members' Interest
Annual disclosure of members’ interests 2015: setting of deadline; new declaration form; Committee 2014 Annual Report
6 May 2015
The Registrar of Ethics and Members Interest noted that the Committee had met with the Gauteng Provincial Legislature and Sedibeng Municipality on 20 March 2015. She highlighted some of the observations and findings from that engagement:
●There had been a view that there should be further consultation with other provinces ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Committee Report on Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Budget
5 May 2015
The Committee considered two proposals by the Democratic Alliance for inclusion in the report. That revenue collected by municipalities on electricity sales should be ring-fenced and used for the repayment of debt to Eskom and for maintenance upgrades to electricity infrastructure in the municipality. The second proposal was that the ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Disaster Management Amendment Bill [B10-2015]: public hearings Day 2
22 Apr 2015
The Committee heard submissions from various stakeholders on the Disaster Management Amendment Bill.
The Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction (GNDR) raised key issues such as the fact that fifty percent of disaster losses are not recorded, the importance of devolution and placement of the function at ...