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Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Constitutional Court Judgement on Local Government: Municipal Systems Amendment Act
3 May 2017
The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) briefed the Committee on the Constitutional Court judgement on the Local Government Systems Amendment Act of 2011. In 2011 the Department introduced a Bill which subsequently became law and at that time it was called the Municipal Systems Amendment Bill. The ...
Small Business Development
Red Tape Impact Assessment Bill consideration of submissions; Alignment of Cooperatives Model with support services briefing
23 Mar 2017
Alignment of Cooperatives Model with support services
The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) briefed the Committee on the progress made in terms of the remedial action plan presented to the Committee on 7 December 2016 and to report on aligning support services to the model of developing the Abalimi ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Community Works Programme, with Deputy Minister present
7 Mar 2017
Deputy Minister Andries Nel said the Community Works Programme was one of government’s programmes seeking to address inequality, poverty and unemployment, and was part of a social safety net for the very poor. The Programme had created 238 000 work opportunities and had been rolled out to 234 municipalities, with 84% ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Commission for Gender Equality on its Quarter 3 performance
28 Feb 2017
Key issues across provinces related to the rights of cohabitees with regard to deceased estates; delays with maintenance cases; and the use of child grants to buy liquor. Programmes were dedicated to the 16 Days of Activism against Women and Child Abuse. A strategic objective was to ensure the creation ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Review of legislation: Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs briefing
28 Feb 2017
The Department briefed the Committee on its legislative programme for 2017, which included the Municipal Demarcation Amendment Bill, the Municipal Structures Amendment Bill, the Municipal Systems Amendment Bill, the Customary Initiation Bill, and the Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Bill. The briefing included the timeframes for this legislative programme.
Municipal ...
Small Business Development
Socio-Economic Impact Assesment System: Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation briefing
22 Feb 2017
The Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation informed the Committee that the National Development Plan, Medium Term Strategic Framework and Outcome 4 priorities included a reduction in the burden placed on inclusive growth resulting from unintended consequences of government actions as well as inefficient and/or inappropriate regulations. There was a need ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Eskom debt owed by municipalities; SONA impact on local government, with Minister
21 Feb 2017
Eskom said that they were making good progress with implementing the Promotion of Administrative Justice Amendment Act (PAJA) process initiated in November 2016. The PAJA process has helped Eskom recover debt of R1.3b. The total overdue debt had been growing over the past three years and only started decreasing after ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent on its 2015/16 Annual Report
14 Feb 2017
Documents:
Annual Reports 2015/16
The Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent’s four strategic goals were: refocusing and strengthening the capacity of the Department to deliver on its mandate; to ensure significant improvement in service delivery through sound infrastructure management; building institutional resilience and institute the next phase of institutional building; and provide ...
Small Business Development
Department of Small Business Development on 2nd quarter 2016 performance of Department, Sefa and Seda; KZN Cooperatives implementation plans; iCat briefing on cooperative road models
7 Dec 2016
The Department of Small Business Development presented its Q2 performance report to the Committee and it was highlighted that with regards to overall Q2 performance, Programme 1: Administration and Executive Support functions achieved 64.3% or 9 of its 14 planned quarterly targets, and spent 37.2% of its budget by 30 ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Drought situation in Free State: Water Affairs briefing; State of South African Cities 2016: South African Cities Network briefing
8 Nov 2016
The delegation from the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) presented on the issue of drought in the Free State, describing the issues that faced the province, as well as putting forward the many steps the DWS was taking to combat the impact of the drought.
The delegation noted that ...