KWAZULU-NATAL LEGISLATURE MOURNS THE PASSING OF FORMER MPL MS INA CRONJE

KwaZulu-Natal Legislature has learned with shock and sadness of the passing on of its former Member who was also an MEC for Education and later Finance, Ms Catharina Magdalena “Ina” Cronje.

Paying tribute, Speaker of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature, Nontembeko Boyce said the Legislature mourns the passing of Cronje and that her untimely passing was a great loss.

“We are saddened by the news of the passing on of Ms Catharina Magdalena “Ina” Cronje. We extend our deepest and heartfelt condolences to her family, friends and political home; the African National Congress. We pray that God gives them strength during this time of grief,” said Boyce.

Cronje, a lawyer by training and former teacher represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Provincial Legislature from 1994 until she retired from politics in 2014.

She was principled, hard-working and always worked to provide solutions to challenges faced by communities throughout the province.

“On behalf of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature, we appreciate and are thankful for the life-time of service given by Ms Catharina Magdalena “Ina” Cronje, a dedicated and humble servant of the Province of KwaZulu-Natal” said Boyce

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ISSUED BY KZN LEGISLATURE

The office of the Auditor General has praised the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature for the manner it handles the public purse which has seen the institution accomplishing three consecutive clean audits.

Briefing Members of the legislature on audit outcomes today, the Auditor General (AG) Ms Tsakane Maluleke described the legislature’s three consecutive clean audits as a sterling work and urged the institution to sustain the good work. The AG’s office also presented the legislature with a prestigious trophy to the Speaker Hon Nontembeko Boyce as recognition of excellence.

Commenting on the audit outcomes, Boyce said the clean audit had been achieved because the institution’s officials had heeded the call for the legislature to lead by example. The institution’s Standing Committee on Oversight (Stacov) had also excelled by constantly maintaining oversight of the financial management of the legislature, Boyce added.

As an institution that is responsible for keeping a watchful eye on how government departments handled public finances, it was fundamentally important for the legislature to also  lead by example, she said.

“When we began the sixth administration four years ago, we sat with our management and emphasized that it was fundamentally important for them to exercise vigilance to ensure good governance standards were adhered to. The political leadership did not only make a clarion for management to ensure that it handled the public purse with care and implements legislature programmes effectively, but it also ensured that it worked closely with management to ensure that our vision was implemented to the teeth,” added Boyce.

She thanked the Office of the Auditor General for its continued support and guidance which made it possible for the legislature to achieve its set targets. “The AG has urged us to sustain the legislature’s clean bill of health which encourages us to work even harder. Our target is to achieve the fourth clean audit for the year 2023/24, closing our term on positive upward trajectory.”

ISSUED BY THE KWAZULU-NATAL LEGISLATURE

Enquiries: Ms Nomusa Phungula

KZN LEGISLATURE TAKES ITS CIVIC VOTER EDUCATION CAMPAIGN TO UGU DISTRICT

Today, 18 October 2023, Members of the KZN Legislature have embarked on a voter education drive in Ugu District to encourage the public to register for upcoming elections and to create awareness around the importance of the 2024 National General Elections.

The Legislature is holding the voter education campaign in Umdoni and Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipalities both under Ugu District Municipality. Each of the two local municipalities that are being visited have dedicated delegations of Members coming from all political parties represented in the Legislature.

They are being accompanied by Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and Department of Home Affairs, who are doing voter education, voter registration and allowing the public to check and update their details on the Voters’ Roll, while Home Affairs focuses mainly on first time ID applicants and renewals of damaged or lost IDs.

The public has shown a huge enthusiasm in the campaign as they have come out in numbers to join the Legislature in its drive to enhance democracy in South Africa.   

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KZN Legislature successfully held it annual senior citizen Parliament on the 29th of September 2023 at Mtubatuba, Mkhanyakude District.

Wherein elderly people from all corners of our province gather to discuss issues affecting them and how best those issues can be resolve through government interventions. This also creates a platform for the cabinet to come and account on their commitment to making lives better for senior citizens of this province and their departmental initiatives aiming at assisting elderly people with access to basic needs, proper health care and ensuring that they live a healthy lifestyle through various sport codes.

ATTENTION: HONOURABLE MEMBERS OF THE KWAZULU-NATAL LEGISLATURE

Dear Honourable Members
SUBJECT: PASSING AWAY OF MR IMPORTANT MKHIZE WHO SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE BETWEEN 2014 AND 2019

It is with greatest sorrow that the Office of the Speaker hereby advises the KwaZuluNatal legislature community of the passing away of Mr Important S Mkhize who served as a Member of the legislature during the Fifth Term.

Mr Mkhize served in various legislature committees, and he was the Chairperson of the Human Settlements Portfolio Committee. He will be remembered profoundly as one of the stalwarts that played a key role in the attainment of freedoms that we enjoy in South Africa today.

Our heartfelt condolences go to the Mkhize family, friends and his political organisation, the African National Congress at this sad time. May we remember them in our thoughts and prayers. Honourable Members will be informed of any further update in this regard as and when they become available.

Yours Faithfully
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HON. N.N. BOYCE
SPEAKER: KWAZULU-NATAL LEGISLATURE

The KwaZulu-Natal Legislature hosts the 2023 Civic Voter Education Campaign on 30 August 2023 at Dr JL Dube Stadium in Inanda and Bridge City Taxi Rank in KwaMashu.

The focus of the programme is to address the reported lower voter turnout over the past elections as well as to encourage voter registration and to create awareness around the 2024 National General Elections and to encourage and facilitate the applications for new Identity documents and collection of the still uncollected IDs.

The programme is being delivered in partnership with strategic partners i.e. the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and Department of Home Affairs (DHA).

(i)   The IEC will support both teams and will be focusing mainly on voter education, voter registration and checking as well as updating of details on the voter’s roll

(ii)  The Department of Home Affairs whose main role is the identity document drive (application for new IDs and issuing of uncollected IDs to applicants) will have 3 mobile units per venue each to process the ID applications for new applicants and those that have had their IDs damaged.

(iii) There will also be SAPS to ensure that those that need to do affidavits are supported at each site.