{"id":47360,"date":"2022-10-11T11:41:30","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T11:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricavoice.com\/?p=47360"},"modified":"2022-10-12T11:48:30","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T11:48:30","slug":"cooperative-governance-and-traditional-affairs-invites-public-comments-following-the-gazetting-of-the-code-of-conduct-for-councillors-regulations-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricavoice.com\/cooperative-governance-and-traditional-affairs-invites-public-comments-following-the-gazetting-of-the-code-of-conduct-for-councillors-regulations-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs invites public comments following the gazetting of the Code of Conduct for Councillors Regulations, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"
An invitation for public comments following the gazetting of the Code of Conduct for Councillors Regulations, 2022<\/p>\n
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The Regulations are made in accordance with Section 92 of the Municipal Structures Amendment Act No. 3 of 2021, which empowers the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) to make Regulations not inconsistent with the Act prescribing any matter that may or must be prescribed in terms of the Act and to facilitate the application thereof.<\/p>\n
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The draft Regulations are aimed at facilitating the application of Schedule 7 of the Structures Act which provides for the Code of Conduct for Councillors.<\/p>\n
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The draft Regulations are aligned to the Regulations that were issued in 2001, but have been further expanded to deal with the following other matters \u2013<\/p>\n
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iii. Unruly behaviour of councillor\u2019s to maintain the decorum in the municipal councils;<\/p>\n
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Please find attached Code of Conduct Regulations, 2022, published in the Government Gazette on the 4th October 2022 for public comments.<\/p>\n
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Source: Government of South Africa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
An invitation for public comments following the gazetting of the Code of Conduct for Councillors Regulations, 2022 The Regulations are made in accordance with Section 92 of the Municipal Structures Amendment Act No. 3 of 2021, which empowers the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) to make Regulations not inconsistent with the … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n