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Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Parliament 2018/19 draft budget and plans
14 Jun 2017
Developments at Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Committee Puts Record Straight on Purpose of Its Meeting
The Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament gave the senior managers of the institution a torrid tough time and sent them packing to re-do the financial ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Amendment Bill: discussion
14 Jun 2017
The National House of Traditional Leaders submitted two amendments to the Committee. The first amendment was a change from a one year to a two year time frame for the reconstitution of the traditional councils, and removing “community” and replacing it with “council”. The second amendment was related to Section ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Preparatory meeting: adoption of minutes
14 Jun 2017
The Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament adopted two sets of minutes and discussed matters that arose from the sets of minutes. Issues on the table were around policy documents and feedback that has not been received from the executive authority regarding concerns from previous meetings the ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Amendment Bill [B8-2017]: briefing
13 Jun 2017
The National House of Traditional Leaders said they were requesting an extension of the enactment of the Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Amendment (TLGFA) Bill, in order to extend the time frames for the reconstitution of the Traditional Councils and those to be elected and appointed to the Kingships and ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill: Department response to submissions
7 Jun 2017
The Department of Traditional Affairs met with the Committee to provide its response on the public comments made on the Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill. The public feedback ranged from complaints of inadequate consultation to whether the Bill should be separated: one dealing with Khoi-San leadership and another with traditional ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Committee Minutes: adoption
30 May 2017
Documents handed out:
Draft Committee Minutes dated 14 February 2017
Draft Committee Minutes dated 21 February 2017
Draft Committee Minutes dated 28 February 2017
Draft Committee Minutes dated 7 March 2017
Draft Committee Minutes dated 24 March 2017
Draft Committee Minutes dated 3 May 2017
The Committee reviewed minutes from ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Bulk infrastructure: Department of Cooperative Governance briefing
16 May 2017
The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) presented a report on the state of bulk infrastructure in municipalities to the Portfolio Committee. The main findings highlighted serious challenges in the state of the country’s infrastructure for the provision of housing, water, sanitation and electricity. The key issues identified ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Committee Strategic Planning Workshop
12 May 2017
The Parliament of South Africa is not doing oversight, but merely compliance. This comment by the Chairperson emerged during the discussion by the Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament in its first strategic planning workshop.
Since 1994, Parliament has never changed the way it works. The number ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Secretary to Parliament response to oversight questions
11 May 2017
Document awaited
The Secretary to Parliament appeared before the Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament to provide explanations on matters the Committee had raised during previous meetings between November 2016 and February 2017.
Answers from the Secretary dealt with filling of vacancies; performance management system; centralization ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Traditional and Khoi San Leadership Bill [B23-2015]: deliberations on public hearings report
10 May 2017
Documents handed out:
Committee Report on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Budget
[available once published Tabled Committee Reports]
The Chairperson opened the meeting on the Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill by referring to the observations and recommendations made in the Portfolio Committee’s report. After a consensus was reached that ...