Updated Adopted 2023 Annual Legislature Sitting Programme with 28 to 30 November 2023
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TAKING LEGISLATURE TO THE PEOPLE PROGRAMME UNDERWAY AT UGU SPORTS AND LEISURE CENTRE IN RAY NKONYENI MUNICIPALITY UNDER UGU DISTRICT
TAKING LEGISLATURE TO THE PEOPLE PROGRAMME UNDERWAY AT UGU SPORTS AND LEISURE CENTRE IN RAY NKONYENI MUNICIPALITY UNDER UGU DISTRICT
KZN Legislature is holding a two day-sitting from 02 to 03 November at Ugu Sports and Leisure Centre in Ray Nkonyeni Municipality as part of its annual public participation programme of Taking Legislature to the People. The programme which is being attended by Members of the Legislature (MPLs), Members of the Executive Council (MECs), Provincial Government Departments, Councilors, Amakhosi and community members.
The Multiparty Delegation Visits in Ugu District Report was tabled on the first day of the TLTP and members of the public were given an opportunity to engage with MECs on service delivery issues raised in the report and were provided with responses on the departmental plans to address them.
On the second day of the TLTP, the Legislature is holding a sitting to debate the Multiparty report which will be adopted for implementation by the provincial government to accelerate service delivery to communities of Ugu District.
KZN LEGISLATURE TO HOLD A TWO DAY SITTING IN UGU DISTRICT AS PART OF ITS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROGRAMME OF TAKING LEGISLATURE TO THE PEOPLE
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DATE: 01 NOVEMBER 2023
KZN LEGISLATURE TO HOLD A TWO DAY SITTING IN UGU DISTRICT AS PART OF ITS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROGRAMME OF TAKING LEGISLATURE TO THE PEOPLE
KwaZulu-Natal Legislature will, on the 2nd and 3rd November 2023, hold a two-day sitting at Ugu Sports and Leisure Centre near Gamalakhe in Ray Nkonyeni Municipality under Ugu District, as part of its annual public participation programme of Taking Legislature to the People.
In the year 2023, Ugu District was identified as the recipient district for the Multiparty Oversight Visits and the Taking Legislature to the People programme. In June, multiparty delegations of Members of the Legislature, held community engagement meetings in all local municipalities under Ugu District Municipality, focusing on the levels and state of service delivery and related issues, and conducted oversight visits to identified projects and fact-finding mission to service delivery institutions that were identified for verifications in all 4 local municipalities.
During the community meetings, community members were provided with an opportunity to raise various issues of service delivery affecting their communities which needed urgent government intervention. The programme aims to resolve issues raised by communities by referring them to the provincial government for immediate response and action. In this respect, a comprehensive report on the Multiparty Oversight Visits in Ugu District has been compiled and will be presented to communities on the first day of the Taking Legislature to the People Programme at Ugu Sports and Leisure Centre on 02 November 2023. The Legislature will debate the report in its sitting on the following day.
The 2023 Multiparty and Taking Legislature to the People (TLTP) in Ugu District, focuses primarily on “tracking the progress on the implementation of the National Development Plan (NDP) and KZN development strategy known as the Provincial Growth and Development Plan (PGDP) in Ugu District.
The programme will also provide the Legislature will an opportunity to give feedback on the state of service delivery projects previously visited in 2019 and issues raised by communities when the Legislature conducted the same programme in the district.
The media is invited to the Taking Legislature to the People in Ugu District.
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KWAZULU-NATAL LEGISLATURE MOURNS THE PASSING OF FORMER MPL MS INA CRONJE
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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