Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
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.
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
[edit]As of August 2021, ANC MP Fikile Xasa serves as chairman of the committee.[2] The membership of the committees is as follows:[3]
| Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
References
[edit]- ^ "Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs | PMG". pmg.org.za. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
- ^ "Axe finally falls on Bongani Bongo as ANC shakes up parliamentary caucus". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
- ^ "Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs". Parliament of South Africa. Retrieved 21 January 2023.