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Social Development
SASSA Progress Report: briefing postponed; Social Development BRRR
18 Oct 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Social Development met to first adopt its Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report. The Report was adopted by the Committee with no further amendments.
The Committee was then due to receive a progress report by the SA Social Security Agency (SASSA) and the Department of Social Development ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
CRL Rights Commission Report: Commercialisation of Religion & Abuse of People's Belief Systems: hearings Day 1
17 Oct 2017
Submissions were made by 18 religious organisations and churches on the recommendations and proposals of the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRLC) report Commercialisation of Religion & Abuse of People's Belief Systems. Most of the organisations objected to the CRLC ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
11 Oct 2017
The Committee met briefly to consider and make changes to the draft budgetary review and recommendations report of the Department of Cooperative and Traditional Affairs (COGTA). Members took a snap survey of all the sections in the document, including, among others, Committee mandate to see if the Department (COGTA) is ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Outstanding Eskom debt by municipalities: COGTA, SALGA, National Treasury & Eskom briefing
10 Oct 2017
The Department of Cooperative Governance provided an update on the Inter-Ministerial Task Team (IMTT) efforts on the constitutional, structural and systemic challenges in electricity reticulation.
The South African Local Government Association (SALGA) as the representative of municipalities spoke to electricity distribution industry challenges. The reticulation of electricity in SA was ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
SALGA; Municipal Demarcation Board; CRL Rights Commission 2016/17 Annual Report
5 Oct 2017
The South African Local Government Association (SALGA) received a clean audit from the Attorney General for the fifth year in a row. The organisation had had a surplus of R50 million as National Treasury had requested institutions to make savings where possible. SALGA reported successful interventions on ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Traditional Leaders and Khoi-San Amendment Bill: Clause 70-73 and Schedules
13 Sep 2017
Traditional Leaders and Khoi-San Amendment Bill working document: contact info@pmg.org.za
The Committee considered the last three clauses of the Bill that dealt with transitional arrangements and implementation. Members said that when councils do not meet the timeframes as prescribed in the Bill, there must be consequences; it is not enough ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Debt Relief Framework for Committee Bill: legal principles
13 Sep 2017
The Committee received a briefing from the Parliamentary Legal Advisor on the legal principles that needed to accompany the National Credit Amendment Bill on debt relief. There were contestations as to whether debt constituted property or not of a creditor. The Constitution was not clear on its definition of property ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill: Clauses 38 to 70, with Deputy Minister
12 Sep 2017
The Committee continued with deliberations on the Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill from Clause 38: Responsibilities of the National House of Traditional Leaders until the end of the Bill.
Members felt Clause 39(1)(a) was overly broad and every Bill of Parliament would have to be referred to the National House ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill: Clauses 25 to 37 deliberations
6 Sep 2017
The Committee deliberated on Clauses 25 to 37 of the Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill working draft inclusive of proposed amendments. Members proposed further amendments to certain clauses. Some of the clauses that Members had concerns about were Clauses 25, 28, 33(1)(b) and 34(1).
In Clause 25, departments were responsible ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill: deliberations
5 Sep 2017
The Committee continued deliberations on the working draft of the Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill, covering clauses 16 to 24. Lengthy discussion ensued over clause 16 which dealt with the establishment of kingship or queenship council, principal traditional council or traditional council. The DA said that the clause 15(1) was ...