Media Statement

 MEDIA ADVISORY Spatial and Land Use Management [B14-2012] The Portfolio Committee of Agriculture and Rural Development of Gauteng Provincial Legislature will hold a Public Hearing on The Spatial and Land Use Management [B14-2012] on the 8 May 2013, Johannesburg City Hall, Cnr. President & Loveday Street, Johannesburg at 10:00.

 MEDIA RELEASE-Members' Register 2013. REGISTER OF MEMBERS’ INTEREST-2012/2013. The Office of the Integrity Commissioner of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature advises members of the media that Members’ Register of Interests for 2013 has been completed.

 PRESS RELEASE NCOP WEEK DAY 3- Municipalities changing landscape on service delivery and governance. The NCOP successfully concluded day three of the National Council of Provinces week visit, chaired by the Deputy Chair of Chairpersons Hon. Valentine Mbatha and facilitated by the NCOP Whip of Gauteng, Hon. Pinky Mncube.

 Press Release NCOP Week: Gauteng Provincial legislature gears up for National Council of Provinces week (15-19 April 2013).  “Moving with utmost speed to ensure socio-economic advancement in our communities” . The Gauteng Provincial Legislature embarks on its week long programme hosting parliamentary delegates representing Gauteng in the National parliament of the Republic of South Africa.  This week is the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) week and all legislatures across the country will embark on similar activities.  The GPL as led by the Deputy Chair of Chairpersons of Committees, Hon. Valentine Mbatha has an intense programme where visits will take place around Gauteng, giving the public an opportunity to interact directly with representatives of parliament as well as the Gauteng Provincial government as led by the Premier Hon. Nomvula Mokonyane.  

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES (NCOP) WEEK: Under the theme: ‘Moving with utmost speed to ensure socio-economic advancement in our communities’, the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) will hold its Provincial Week from the 15th to 19th April 2013. A series of activities has been scheduled, which will take place at various regions of the Province as part of NCOP Week Programme.

 Press Release Deputy speaker paper SAAPAM  Public service is a normative sphere. It is that aspect of governance that has, as its main objective, service towards public interest. Often, and in pursuit of the common good, the public service is confronted with decisions that require ethical judgement. Thus ethics play a crucial role in state institutions because in practical terms, decisions made, translate into either the use or abuse of power.

MEDIA ADVISORY public hearing on National Environmental Management Laws - The Portfolio Committee of Agriculture and Rural Development of Gauteng Provincial Legislature will hold a public hearing on National Environmental Management Laws First Amendment Bill [B13B-2012] on the 20 March 2013, 14 Turf Club, Turfontein at 10:00. This Bill seeks to amend sections of the following Acts: 

• National Environmental Management Act, 1998;
• National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004;
• National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act, 2004;
• National Environmental Management Laws      Amendment Act, 2009; and;
• National Environment Management: Protected Areas Amendment Act, 2009.

 MEDIA Advisory-Sedibeng oversight visit by Roads and Transport Committee 2013. Gauteng Legislature Committee for Roads and Transport will undertake an oversight visit to the Sedibeng region on Tuesday 26 February 2013 from 09h30. The purpose of the visit is to assess and gather information regarding the status of the roads projects in the region. The department of roads and transport is expected to brief the Committee on projects been undertaken on R82 and K154 roads and on the construction of walkways in Sebokeng.

Media Release- Economic Development Stakeholder Engagement Feb 2013. The Economic Development Portfolio Committee of the Gauteng Legislature will host a Stakeholder Engagement Workshop on informal trading at the City Hall in Johannesburg on Wednesday 27 February 2013. The theme of the workshop is: Creating an enabling environment for informal traders as contributors to local economic development and growth’.

This year marks the centenary of the passing of the Land Act, which turned our people into pariahs in their country. It was an act of dispossession, whose effects remain with us to this day.  State of the Province Address (SoPA) by the Premier of Gauteng. (136 kB)