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2010/06/27

S Shiceka on policies to regulate circumcision

Minister for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Sicelo Shiceka, has expressed deep concern and anger over the deaths of young initiates in particularly the Eastern Cape as a result of botched circumcisions.

The minister said this as reports of deaths and amputations of manhood in some young initiates resulting from circumcision rituals that have gone wrong in the Eastern Cape reached him over the past week.

A meeting between the Department of ... [highlighted result]

URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speech/DynamicAction?pageid=461&sid=11201&tid=11345   Size: 3KB   Speaker: S Shiceka   Collection: speeches_cms

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2010/06/22

S Shiceka to visit Makhaza community, 24 Jun

A long-anticipated visit to Makhaza in Khayelitsha by Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister, Sicelo Shiceka, will take place on Thursday, 24 June 2010, while the city and the community remain locked in a stalemate over the future of appropriate toilets for residents. Minister Shiceka will meet with the leadership of Makhaza in Solomon Mahlangu Community Hall for a short briefing, after-which he will proceed to Makhaza Recreation Park for a direct engagement with ... [highlighted result]

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2010/05/14

S Shiceka on performance agreements for mayors

Minister Sicelo Shiceka has outlined the areas which will inform the performance agreement with mayors in all municipalities. The minister shared this information with local government leadership at the National Members Assembly of the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) which is currently underway in Kimberley, in the Northern Cape. The latest development comes after a concerted effort by Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) to ... [highlighted result]

URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speech/DynamicAction?pageid=461&sid=7185&tid=7398   Size: 2KB   Speaker: S Shiceka   Collection: speeches_cms

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2010/05/14

S Shiceka on performance agreements for mayors

Minister Sicelo Shiceka has outlined the areas which will inform the performance agreement with mayors in all municipalities. The minister shared this information with local government leadership at the National Members Assembly of the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) which is currently underway in Kimberley, in the Northern Cape.In his address to over 1000 delegates comprising of councillors; mayors and senior municipal officials, Minister Shiceka revealed that on... [highlighted result]

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2010/04/22

S Shiceka: Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Dept Budget Vote 2010/11

Each minister will then sign agreements with their national government counterparts, provincial governments and all municipalities across the country. Therefore, the department will be establishing a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to deliver on these services, working with provinces and municipalities.The Municipal Systems Act, the Municipal Structures Act, the Demarcation Board Act, the Municipal Finance Management Act and other related legislation impacting on local government are ... [highlighted result]

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2010/03/29

S Shiceka on municipality rates

Minister for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Sicelo Shiceka, held a meeting with the Madibeng-based Concerned Rate Payers Association (CORPA) in a bid to understand reasons for withholding rates from municipalities and begin to find sustainable solutions.CORPA was represented by its chairman, Mr Jaco Dercksen, with members of the executive, Mr Makgopela, Mr Boikanyo and Mr Pretorius. The meeting comes at a time when rate-payers in a number of towns have instead of ... [highlighted result]

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2010/03/25

S Shiceka to brief media on public hearings on Municipal Property Rates Act review

The LGTAS is the department s response to various challenges that are facing municipalities, as was shown in the State of Local Government in 2009 Report (www.cogta.gov.za).Schedule of Municipal Property Rates Act Review public hearingsProvince: Eastern Cape
Date: Tuesday, 6 April 2010
Venue: Provincial Legislature, Independence Avenue, Bhisho
Time: 09h00Province: North West
Date: Friday, 9 April 2010
Venue: Provincial Legislature, Dr James ... [highlighted result]

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2010/03/24

S Shiceka to brief media on Municipal Property Rates Act, 25 Mar

The Minister for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Sicelo Shiceka will on Thursday, 25 March 2009 brief the journalists about the proposed review of the Municipal Property Rates Act which will begin with the public hearings across the country at the end of March.The minister s media briefing will take place as follows:Place: Imbizo Media Centre, Cape Town
Time: 13h10
Date: 25 March 2010, ThursdayFor enquiries please contact:
Abigail ... [highlighted result]

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2010/02/17

S Shiceka to visit Siyathemba municipal council, 18 Feb

Following weeks of turmoil in Balfour s Siyathemba Township as residents took to the streets in protest against a range of grievances that started off as complaints against poor service delivery, Minister for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Sicelo Shiceka will visit the area tomorrow Thursday, 18 February.Accompanied by the Public Protector, Advocate Thulile Madonsela and the MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Mr Norman Mokoena, Minister Shiceka ... [highlighted result]

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2010/02/03

S Shiceka on improvement of service delivery through e-Government

To achieve the objectives of the Local Government Turnaround Strategy (LGTAS) of improving service delivery, increasing efficiency, accountability and responsiveness in government, a citizens-centred integrated information and communication technology (ICT) system and e-Government is one of the key interventions South African local government requires.Minister for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Sicelo Shiceka, said this following a successful meeting with the ... [highlighted result]

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2010/01/28

S Shiceka to lead local government delegation to Belgium, 30 Jan

Minister for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Sicelo Shiceka, leaves on Saturday, 30 January to lead a primarily local government delegation on a study tour to Belgium to investigate how information communication technology solutions can be leveraged to improve service delivery and accountability at local government.The study tour takes place as teams of officials from the national office have fanned out into the provinces to support the roll-out of the municipal ... [highlighted result]

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2009/11/18

S Shiceka and N Mayende-Sibiya to host stakeholder summit on 16 days of activism campaign, 25 Nov

Minister Sicelo Shiceka and Minister Noluthando Mayende-Sibiya cordially invite you to the Stakeholders Summit for 16 Days of Activism Campaign for No Violence Against Women and Children Abuse, 2009.Date: Wednesday, 25 November 2009
Time: 09h00 - 16h30
Venue: Birchwood Conference Centre, Boksburg, Ekurhuleni, GautengRSVP: Kindly please confirm your attendance to Boitumelo Mmekwa / Nonhlanhla Bhengu
Tel: 012 334 0970/012 336 5754
Fax: 012 336 5610
E-mail: <... [highlighted result]

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2009/11/10

S Shiceka: Debate on national House of Traditional Leaders Bill and the Traditional Leadership and Amendment Bill

Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP)
Chairperson of the NCOP Select Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Members of the Select Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Chief whip of the National Council of Provinces
Chairperson of the national House of Traditional Leaders
Honourable members of the National Council of Provinces
Ladies and gentlemenI am humbled and honoured to always come ... [highlighted result]

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2009/11/10

S Shiceka: Developing White Paper on cooperative governance

President and Deputy President
Comrades in Cabinet and deputy ministers
Speaker and deputy speaker
Honourable members
Ladies and gentlemenIt is with a great sense of pride that we present a process that is going to be undertaken in developing a Green Paper subsequently leading to a White Paper on cooperative governance in South Africa. On 11 May 2009, the President, with his visionary insight, established a Department of Cooperative Governance. The ... [highlighted result]

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2009/10/13

S Shiceka and Y Carrim presents Operation Clean Audit 2014 strategic plan to Parliament

For accountability and consultative process, on Wednesday 7 October, Minister Sicelo Shiceka and Deputy Minister Yunus Carrim led a departmental team of senior officials under the Acting Director-General, Elroy Africa, to present the Operation Clean Audit (OPCA) strategic plan to parliament.The presentation was made to a joint meeting of Parliament s portfolio and select committees, comprising Standing Committee for Public Accounts (SCOPA), Department of Cooperative Governance and ... [highlighted result]

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2009/09/22

S Shiceka: Operation Clean Audit 2014

The launch signified the beginning of the end as far as disclaimers; adverse opinions and qualified audits are concerned for municipalities and provincial government departments.The goal is that by 2011, no municipality or provincial government department will have a disclaimer or an adverse audit opinion, and by 2014 none should have those or a qualified audit. We boldly say that:* between 2010 and 2011, no municipality and provincial departments will receive adverse and ... [highlighted result]

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2009/09/07

S Shiceka, P Gordhan and M Modiselle to launch Operation Clean Audit 2014, 11 Sept

You are hereby cordially invited to the launch of the provincial Operation Clean Audit 2014, a government initiative meant to monitor and support municipalities and departments to achieve clean audits on their financial statements within the next five years until 2014.The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Mr Sicelo Shiceka, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and Premier Maureen Modiselle will attend the launch as well as high ranking government officials.<... [highlighted result]

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2009/08/31

S Shiceka and R Baloyi on zero tolerance to corruption

The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs in conjunction with Public Service and Administration held the first historic MinMec in Pretoria on Friday to discuss the state of local government and actions that can be put in use to curtail corruption by officials in the provinces and municipalities.The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Sicelo Shiceka, jointly with his Public Service and Administration counterpart, Richard Baloyi, declared ... [highlighted result]

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2009/08/18

S Shiceka: Women in Provincial and Local Government Summit

Given the fact that we are fifteen years into our democracy and yet women are still experiencing these disadvantages, we as a society, need to be ashamed of ourselves.It remains my considered view that women s struggle is not for women alone. In the same period, women municipal managers have increased from 6,3 percent to 7 percent.Currently, out of the total of nine provinces, there are five women Premiers; a significant progress indeed. Whether the woman is in an urban or rural... [highlighted result]

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2009/08/05

S Shiceka on Ministerial Strategic Team

The Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs has established a multi-stakeholder ministerial team with municipal unions and the employer body, South African Local Government Association (SALGA), in an effort to improve relations between the two while improving service delivery to communities.The Ministerial Strategic Team comprises of the SALGA; South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU); Independent Municipal and Allied Trade Union (IMATU); National Treasury... [highlighted result]

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