Parliament, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 – The Select Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation will tomorrow, Wednesday 16 September, visit Thaba Chweu Local Municipality in Mpumalanga to assess progress and impact of the implementation of Section 139 (1) (b) of the Constitution.
The committee will engage the internal and external municipal stakeholders in order to assess the impact of the implementation of section 139 (1) (b) of the constitution in the municipality, intervention exit report; and municipal audit outcomes and implementation of municipal audit action plan. The committee will solicit opinions on the constitutional, procedural and substantive matters related to the notices of interventions in terms of section 139 (1) (b) of the constitution.
Furthermore, following the release of the Municipal Audit outcomes in April, the committee will as part of ensuring executive accountability and facilitating parliamentary oversight to consider the audit action plans developed by municipalities.
The stakeholders the select committee intends interacting with will include the MEC of the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Mayors, Speakers, Councillors, Ward Committee Members, representative of South African Local Government Association, representative of organized labour, and representatives Forums and members of Provincial legislature.
Details of the visit (Day 1)
Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2020
Time: 10:00
Venue: Thaba Chweu Municipal Chambers
ISSUED BY THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMUNICATION SERVICES ON BEHALF OF THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON COOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE AND TRADITIONAL AFFAIRS, MR CHINA DODOVU
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