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Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
COGTA response to Oversight Questions; CRL Rights Commission & Municipal Demarcation Board 2016 Annual Performance Plan
15 Mar 2016
The Department answered written questions posed by the Committee in a follow up to previous meetings on its Annual Performance Plan.
Members asked what bucket eradication programme was being referred to when COGTA noted that R350m was added to the bucket toilet eradication programme. The increase in the Municipal Demarcation ...
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National Khoi-San Council briefing; Traditional Authorities in Ghana; COGTA Annual Performance Plan discussion
2 Mar 2016
The Committee heard from the Centre for Indigenous Knowledge and Organisational Development (CIKOD) on strengthening endogenous development in Ghana by looking at the role of traditional authorities in Ghana’s contemporary development and from the National Khoi and San Council (NKSC) before continuing discussions, held over from the previous day, on ...
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Department of Cooperative Governance on 2015/16 3rd & 4th Quarter performance; Budget Vote 3 & Annual Performance Plan: briefing, with Minister present
1 Mar 2016
The Minister and officials from the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) presented the Department’s performance report for the 2014/15 financial year and its annual performance plan for 2016/17.
The Department achieved a considerable percentage of its targets (70%), with a substantial portion still in progress (27%). Some ...
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Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Budget Review and Recommendations Report
20 Oct 2015
BRRR Archive: BRRR 2015-2010: Budgetary Review & Recommendations Reports
The Committee deliberated on its draft Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR).
The deliberations revolved around the following issues. The Committee had not received a response from the previous year’s BRRR, money budgeted for by the Municipal Demarcation Board for 28 ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Municipal Demarcation Board; CRL Commission on their 2014/15 Annual Reports
15 Oct 2015
The Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) presented the MDB’s annual report for 2014/15. It had previously advised of an expected shortfall and had identified issues around incompatability between its resources, mandate and strategy, negative public perception; and lack of a provincial footprint that created disconnection with the public. The programmes and ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
COGTA; SALGA & Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent (MISA) on their 2014/15 Annual Reports, with Minister present
14 Oct 2015
The Committee heard briefings from the Department of Cooperative Governance and the Department of Traditional Affairs as well as an overview and progress report from the Municipal Infrastructure Support Agents (MISA), as well as a presentation from SALGA on its Annual Report.
Minister Pravin Gordhan said the 2014/15 year had ...
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Departments of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs 2014/15 audit outcomes by Auditor-General
13 Oct 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs was briefed by the Office of the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) on the audit outcomes of the Department and the entities reporting to it.
AGSA said that there had been overall stagnation in audit outcomes in the past three years. ...
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Traditional Leaders Audit; Initiations Winter 2015 Report: Deputy Minister briefing
8 Sep 2015
The Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs and the Department of Traditional Affairs briefed the Committee on the audit of traditional leaders which looked at the allocation of resources; the number of recognised traditional leaders per province and leadership positions as well as finalised and outstanding disputes and ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG) review rationale; Back to Basics programme & Bulk infrastructure and access to basic services: COGTA progress reports
18 Aug 2015
The Department of Cooperative Governance briefed the Committee about the Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG) programme, which was responsible for the largest funding of local government infrastructure development in South Africa, with R104 billion allocated over 12 years. Changes in priorities and delivery approaches over this period had necessitated a review ...
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State of Limpopo Municipalities& Detail report on Mogalakwena: MEC for COGHSTA briefing
11 Aug 2015
The provincial Department of Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs
(COGHSTA) briefed the Committee on municipal transformation and institutional development. The presentation covered basic services provision and infrastructure development, the financial viability and management of municipalities, local economic development and good governance and public participation. The presentation then covered ...