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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
COGTA on its 2016/17 Annual Report, with Deputy Minister
4 Oct 2017
Annual Reports 2016/17
The COGTA Deputy Minister, in his opening comments, said the Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent has established a Regional Management Support Contract, which is a five year programme targeted at the 27 priority rural district municipalities and aimed at the eradication of service backlogs. It has been piloted ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
COGTA audit: Auditor-General input; Traditional Leaders and Khoi-San Amendment Bill: deliberations
3 Oct 2017
Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) presented its budgetary review and recommendations report for the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) based on its 2016/17 audit.
The COGTA portfolio’s overall outcomes improved as a result of the clean audits of the Department of Traditional Affairs and the Commission for ...
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 [B23-2015]: deliberations
30 Aug 2017
The Committee adopted its Committee Report and continued to deliberate on the Working Draft of the Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill, discussing Clauses 5 to 14.
The Committee discussed the provision which expects Khoi-San leaders to submit a list of the members of their communities and the geographical area in ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Commercialisation of Religion and Abuse of People’s Belief Systems: CRL Rights Commission briefing
27 Jun 2017
The Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Rights Commission (CRLRC) presented its report on the commercialisation of religion and the abuse of people’s belief systems to the Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance, and made recommendations to various departments such as the Department of Home Affairs (DHA), the Department of Social Development (DSD), ...
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 ...
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
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
Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Amendment Bill: briefing; Traditional and KhoiSan Leadership Bill: public hearings report
9 May 2017
The Department of Traditional Affairs said there were a number challenges with the current Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Amendment Bill. These were related mostly to timeframes and the recognition of tribal authorities and kingship/queenships.
The timeframes for the recognition of tribal authorities and appointing members to the National House ...