COOPERATIVE Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Minister, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, has welcomed the signing into law of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Amendment Act, 2022.
This comes after President Ramaphosa signed the act into law on Friday.
The Act is part of a suite of legislation meant to ensure effective and efficient functioning municipalities, and a professional local public administration.
The Ministry in a statement said the Amendment Bill, with corresponding provisions as the invalidated Act, was reintroduced to Parliament on 6 February 2019 in terms of the Joint Rules of Parliament.
“The Bill repeals the Amendment Act and has been properly tagged as a section 76 Bill to address the procedural defect referred to above. The Bill was approved by Parliament on 3 May 2022 with further amendments following comprehensive public participation processes at both national and provincial levels.
“The Local Government: Municipal Systems Amendment Act, 2022 (Act
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