COGTA Committee Eyes August for Municipality Systems Amendment Bill Presentation

LOLO MAPHOPHE

THE Local Government Municipality Bill [B2-2019] could be presented before parliament in August following a glitch in which the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs failed to submit its report this week.

The department failed to submit the regulatory Socio-Economic Impact Assessment Report of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Amendment Bill which forms part of the department’s input into the bill.

The submission of the report forms part of the process where a socio-economic impact assessment report is presented for a bill to considered by parliament. According to chairperson of the portfolio committee on Cogta, Faith Muthambi, the department only submitted the Socio-Economic Impact Assessment on Tuesday.

To remedy this recent postponement, the department has written to Muthambi acknowledging their failure to submit on time.

“As a way forward, the department will present an action plan with timelines on how they are going to deal with this