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Ad Hoc Committee on North West Intervention
North West intervention: Inter-Ministerial Task Team progress report, with Ministers present
6 Feb 2019
Nine ministers and deputy ministers were present for the Inter-Ministerial Task Team (IMTT) progress report on the intervention in the North West Provincial Government in terms of section 100(1) of the Constitution. Amongst the items reported, the IMTT noted that the 17% and 24% medicine shortage at the hospitals and ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Minister on municipalities affected by VBS Bank collapse
23 Oct 2018
The COGTA Minister gave a highly anticipated briefing on reports that municipalities in Limpopo, Gauteng and the North West province had lost huge sums of money invested in the now infamous VBS Mutual Bank.
The briefing detailed steps taken by the Department in the wake of the collapse and curatorship ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs; DTA & MISA 2017/18 Annual Reports; with Minister and Deputy Minister
11 Oct 2018
The Department of Traditional Affairs (DTA) presented its 2017/18 annual report, and highlighted that it had achieved 87% of its annual targets. It had not fulfilled its objective to determine if 350 traditional councils (TCs) were functional, as there was a need to first conduct an assessment ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Municipalities owing Eskom debt: Inter-Ministerial Task Team report
14 Jun 2018
The briefing presented an update on the work of the Inter-Ministerial Task Team (IMTT) on the constitutional, systemic and structural challenges in electricity reticulation. This meeting stems from a meeting the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) had with Eskom, South African Local Government Association (SALGA) and the Department of ...
NCOP Appropriations
Provincial Disaster Grant performance 2017/18 Quarter 4: hearing; with COGTA Minister
13 Jun 2018
The Committee heard that the disaster relief grant had been introduced during the 2010/11 financial year and was administered by the Department of Cooperative Governance (DCOG), in consultation with the National Treasury. The main objective of the grant was to respond to the immediate needs after a disaster had occurred ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Seven Angel Ministries in Engcobo: CRL Rights Commission briefing, with Minister
20 Mar 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA or “the committee”) met the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL) to discuss the “Seven Angels” church and the events surrounding it.
The Chairperson of the Commission explained how the ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Municipal forensic investigations: COGTA report; Constitutional Court judgement on Municipal Systems Amendment Bill; with Minister & Deputy Minister
6 Mar 2018
The Committee met with the Minister, Deputy Minister, and the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs to discuss the progress on forensic investigations in local government and the Constitutional Court requirements for the Municipal Systems Amendment Bill 2011.
In his remarks, the Minister expressed his commitment to working closely ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Committee Programme
13 Feb 2018
Report of the meeting to follow.