Mr Nkosiyakhe Amos Masondo

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Nkosiyakhe Amos Masondo

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Committee Meetings Attended

  • Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament Parliament 2017/18 Annual Report; with AGSA & experts input
    31 Oct 2018

    Annual Reports 2017/18

    In the past few years, many professional staff members were reported to have resigned from Parliament. Reasons advanced for this haemorrhage were the five year fixed-term contracts, expensive accommodation in Cape Town, and unpleasant work environment and conditions. The Committee had engaged with Parliament to fix the ...

  • Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs BRRR
    17 Oct 2018

    BRRR available here once published: 2018 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR

    The Committee met to consider its draft Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs BRR Report following engagements with the Department of Cooperative Government and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) and its various entities, as well as the Office of the ...

  • Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Customary Initiation Bill [B7-2018]: public hearings report; Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs BRRR
    16 Oct 2018

    Committee Report available once published 2018 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR

    The Committee met to consider two draft reports. The first one was the Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) regarding the annual performance of the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) and its various entities. ...

  • Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs; DTA & MISA 2017/18 Annual Reports; with Minister and Deputy Minister
    11 Oct 2018

    Annual Reports 2017/18

    The Department of Traditional Affairs (DTA) presented its 2017/18 annual report, and highlighted that it had achieved 87% of its annual targets. It had not fulfilled its objective to determine if 350 traditional councils (TCs) were functional, as there was a need to first conduct an assessment ...

  • Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs SALGA, MDB & CRL Commission 2017/18 Annual Reports
    10 Oct 2018

    Annual Reports 2017/18

    The Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs heard briefings on the Annual Reports by: South African Local Government Association (SALGA), the Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the CRL Rights Commission. The Committee thanked and congratulated all the entities on their reports.

    The briefing started with ...

  • Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Customary Initiation Bill: stakeholder engagement
    12 Sep 2018

    The Committee met to receive submissions from stakeholders on the Customary Initiation Bill (CIB) [B7-2018]

    It heard that SAPS fully supported the development of the CIB with its concerns flagged. Those included the fact that:

    • The definition of “abduction” is removed from the CIB, as the common law and statutory ...
  • Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament Parliament’s Draft 2019/20 Budget & APP: Acting Secretary to Parliament & Treasury briefing
    12 Sep 2018

    The Committee held a briefing with National Treasury and Parliament’s Acting Secretary on Parliament’s 2019/20 budget and annual performance plan. An update on the disciplinary process involving Secretary to Parliament was also received.

    National Treasury indicated that Parliament like other national institutions receive its appropriation through a vote in the ...

  • Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament Election of Co-Chairperson
    4 Sep 2018

    The departure of Mr V Smith meant that there was a vacancy in the Committee leadership. Following a close vote (4 in favour and 3 for another candidate), Dr M Motshekga was elected co-chairperson of the Committee.

    The Committee agreed that its next meeting will take place on Wednesday, 12 ...

  • Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Customary Initiation Bill [B7-2018]: stakeholder engagement, with Deputy Minister
    4 Sep 2018

    The Committee heard submissions from traditional leaders; the Department of Basic Education; and the Department of Arts and Culture as part of public hearings on the Customary Initiation Bill.

     Amongst other provisions, the Bill provided for the effective regulation of customary initiation school practices, the establishment of a National Initiation ...

  • Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Eskom debt payments by municipalities: IMTT progress report; Local Economic Development
    6 Jun 2018

    The Department of Cooperative Governance briefed the Committee on the new sixth pillar of Back to Basics (B2B): Local Economic Development (LED) and gave a progress report from the Inter-Ministerial Task Team (IMTT) on the payment of debt to Eskom by municipalities.

    The Department reported that the 2018 Framework for ...