Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Last updated

The Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (formerly the Portfolio Committee on Provincial and Local Government) is a portfolio committee of the National Assembly of the Parliament of South Africa.

Contents

The committee is responsible for oversight of the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs as well as other statutory entities, such as the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities, the Municipal Demarcation Board, the Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent, the National House of Traditional Leaders, the SA Cities Network and the South African Local Government Association. [1]

Membership

As of August 2021, ANC MP Fikile Xasa serves as chairman of the committee. [2] The membership of the committees is as follows: [3]

MemberParty
Fikile Xasa MP (chairperson) African National Congress
Cilliers Brink MP Democratic Alliance
Sbuyiselwe Angela Buthelezi MP Inkatha Freedom Party
Dikeledi Direko MP Inkatha Freedom Party
Mandla Galo MP (Alternate member) African Independent Congress
Michal Groenewald MP Freedom Front Plus
Bheki Hadebe MP African National Congress
Brett Herron MP (Alternate member) Good
Mirriam Kibi MP (Alternate member) African National Congress
Mandlenkosi Mabika MP (Alternate member) Democratic Alliance
Thandiswa Marawu MP (Alternate member) African Transformation Movement
Anthony Matumba MP (Alternate member) Economic Freedom Fighters
Hlengiwe Mkhaliphi MP Economic Freedom Fighters
Gcinikhaya Mpumza MP African National Congress
Xolani Msimango MP African National Congress
Mzwakhe Sibisi MP (Alternate member) National Freedom Party
Eleanore Spies MP Democratic Alliance
Phindisile Xaba-Ntshaba MP African National Congress

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Parks Tau</span> South African politician

Mpho Franklyn Parks Tau is a South African politician who has been a Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs since March 2023 and a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since February 2023, representing the African National Congress. Before becoming a member of Parliament, Tau had been a Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature where he served in the Gauteng Executive Council as MEC for Economic Development from December 2020 to October 2022. Prior to that, he was Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs between May 2019 and December 2020.

Azwihangwisi Faith Muthambi is a South African politician who was the Minister of Public Service and Administration and Minister of Communications under President Jacob Zuma. She represented the African National Congress in the National Assembly from May 2009 to November 2022, and she has been a member of the party's National Executive Committee since December 2017.

Andries Carl Nel is the Deputy Minister for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs in the Republic of South Africa. He was the Deputy Minister for Constitutional Development from May 2009 until 9 July 2013 and has been a member of Parliament for the African National Congress (ANC) since 1994.

Kopeng Obed Bapela is a South African politician who is currently serving as the Deputy Minister of Public Enterprises since 6 March 2023. Before that, he was Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs from 2014 to 2023. A member of the African National Congress (ANC), he has been a member of the National Assembly since 2002 and a deputy minister since 2010.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cilliers Brink</span> South African politician

Cilliers Brink is a South African politician who is the Mayor of Tshwane, in office since 28 March 2023. A member of the Democratic Alliance, he was the party's Shadow Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs from 2020 until 2023 and a Member of Parliament (MP) from 2019 to 2023. He was the party's Shadow Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs between 2019 and 2020.

Bheki Mathews Hadebe is a South African politician from the Western Cape who has been a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since 2019. Hadebe is a member of the African National Congress.

Mirriam Thenjiwe Kibi is a South African politician who was elected to the South African parliament at the 2019 general election as a representative of the African National Congress.

Dikeledi Rosemary Direko is a South African politician from the Free State who has served as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since 2019. Direko is a member of the African National Congress.

Mohatla Alfred Tseki is a South African politician who has served as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since 2019. Prior to his election to parliament, Tseki served as a Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature from 2014 to 2019. He is a member of the African National Congress.

Prince Zolile Burns-NcamasheAa! Zweliyajika! is the son of Chief Sipho Burns-Ncamashe Aa! Zilimbola!, a South African politician and a member of the South African National Assembly for the African National Congress. Following the death of ANC MP Tozama Mantashe, he assumed a position in the National Assembly as the next MP on ANC's Eastern Cape list.

Mohlopi Philemon Mapulane is a South African politician who is the current Deputy Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies and a member of the National Assembly of South Africa for the African National Congress. He previously served as Chairperson of the Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Appointment of Board Members to the National Youth Development Agency from 2016 to 2019, as Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs from 2016 to 2019, as Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Technology from 2019 to 2021, and as Chairperson of the Powers and Privileges of Parliament Committee from 2020 to 2021.

Masefako Clarah Dikgale is a South African politician who was a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa from 2019 to 2023. Prior to serving in the National Assembly, she served as a permanent delegate to the National Council of Provinces from Limpopo from 2009 to 2019. Dikgale is a member of the African National Congress.

Tyotyo Hubert James is a South African politician and trade union leader who was the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration, Performance Monitoring & Evaluation and a Member of the National Assembly for the African National Congress (ANC) from 2018 until 2023. He had previously served as the first deputy president of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU).

Tshilidzi Bethuel Munyai is a South African politician who was elected as an African National Congress Member of the National Assembly of South Africa in 2019. In August 2021, Munyai served as the acting chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Health. He resigned from Parliament in January 2023 and was subsequently sworn in as a member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature.

Gordon Gcinikhaya Mpumza is a South African politician for the African National Congress. He has been a member of the National Assembly since 2019. Mpumza had previously served as the Executive Mayor and as the Municipal Manager of the Alfred Nzo District Municipality in the Eastern Cape.

Tandi Mahambehlala is a South African politician who has served as the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Tourism since 2021. A member of the African National Congress (ANC), she served as the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation from 2019 to 2021. Mahambehlala was Deputy Minister of Communications between 2017 and 2018. She has been a Member of Parliament since 2014.

Phindisile Pretty Xaba-Ntshaba, sometimes known as MaMkhize, is a South African politician who was elected to the National Assembly of South Africa in the 2019 general election as a member of the African National Congress. She previously served in the assembly from 2009 to 2014.

Fikile Devilliers Xasa is a South African politician currently serving as the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs since 2021. He has been a Member of the National Assembly for the African National Congress since 2019.

Matshidiso Morwa Annastinah Mfikoe is a South African politician who has served as a member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature since February 2023. A member of the African National Congress, she previously served as a member of the National Assembly from October 2022 to January 2023 and before that, as a councillor in the City of Johannesburg from 2000 to 2022 and as a member of the mayoral committee from 2006 to 2016 and again in 2021.

Zinhle Lindeka Immaculate Cele is a South African politician who was elected to the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature in the 2019 general election as a member of the African National Congress. In 2020 Cele was elected to chair the Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Portfolio Committee in the provincial legislature.

References

  1. "Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs | PMG". pmg.org.za. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  2. "Axe finally falls on Bongani Bongo as ANC shakes up parliamentary caucus". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  3. "Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs". Parliament of South Africa. Retrieved 21 January 2023.