International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDR) “A reflection on the IDDR session in the context of the 2020 theme: implications for the South African disaster risk management system” It is widely acknowledged that countries that develop policy, legislative frameworks, and institutional architecture and associated investment vehicles for disaster risk reduction in line with the […]
House Chairperson Ministers and Deputy Ministers Honourable members Chairperson and Members of the National House of Traditional Leaders President of SALGA Leadership of Chapter 9 Institutions DG’s and CEO of MISA Ladies and gentlemen Thank you sincerely for the platform to address the National Assembly during this Budget Debate. Fellow South Africans, Overnight we heard […]
National Council of Provinces (NCOP) Budget Readjustment Debate on Vote Chairperson of the NCOP, Honourable Deputy Chairperson of the NCOP Honourable Members, Representatives and Delegates of the House All protocol observed Thank you for the opportunity to address the Council regarding the Special Adjustments to Vote 3: Cooperative Governance. We are presenting this Readjusted Budget […]
REMARKS ON THE OCCASION OF THE NATIONAL DAY OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA 5 DECEMBER 2019 Pretoria Your Excellency, High Commissioner of the Republic of Kenya to South Africa, Ambassador Jean Kamau, Your Excellencies, Ambassadors and High Commissioners and Heads of International Organisations, Representatives of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation and other […]
ADDRESS BY THE FORMER UCLG PRESIDENT, MR PARKS TAU, AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE UCLG WORLD CONGRESS, ETHEKWINI 15 November 2019 Co-Presidents Members of the Executive Bureau Deputy Ministers Premier of Gauteng Our host Executive Mayor of eThekwini Leadership of the South African Parliament President of SALGA General council International and Local government association […]
Speaking Notes for the Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Mr Andries Nel, at the LED Enterprise Development & Investment Seminar 11 February 2019, Port Elizabeth Eastern Cape Programme Director, SALGA leadership Executive Mayors and Mayors Councillors Esteemed Canadian delegation, Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for affording me the […]
Address by Mr Andries Nel, MP, Deputy Minister for Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs during a debate on: “Implementing the National Development Plan in Phases to Ensure Efficient Monitoring and Evaluation of its Targets Measured Against the MTSF” in the National Assembly on 27 November 2018 Chairperson Honourable Members We are grateful to follow […]
Address by Mr Andries Nel, MP, Deputy Minister for Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairsat the MISTRA Urban Futures Conference: Realising Just Cities: Comparative Coproduction held in Cape Town on 6 November 2018 Min Sarveen Choudry, Minister for Urbanisation, Town and Country Planning and Housing in Himachal Pradesh State, India, Ladies and Gentlemen, Comrades and […]
Address by Mr Andries Nel, MP, Deputy Minister for Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs at a Conference on: “State Capture and its Aftermath – Building Responsiveness through State Reform” hosted by the Public Affairs Research Institute on the University of Johannesburg 23 October 2018 We thank the Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI) for the […]
Address by Mr Andries Nel, MP, Deputy Minister for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs at the Planning Africa 2018 Conference: “The Making of Modern African Cities.” in Cape Town on 15 October 2018 Programme Director SAPI President, Ms Nthato Minyuku, MEC Western Cape Government Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning, Mr Anton […]