The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs together with the Department of Traditional Affairs nationally, invite you to a workshop on the assessment of the State of Governance within the Institution of Traditional Affairs to be held at the Golden Gate, Clarence from 8 to 9 February 2011.
The focus of the workshop
Following the establishment of the Department of Traditional Affairs nationally, government has been at work to reconfigure its work to fully support the institution of traditional leadership in order for the institution to carry out its mandate as enshrined in Chapter 12 of the Constitution.
The workshop seeks to solicit views of different primary stakeholders on the functionality of the institution and how it can be best configured to meet the responsibilities placed upon it by government.
The two day workshop will be addressed by the Director-General for Traditional Affairs Dr C Nwaila, who will lay the foundation with a presentation about the Elements of Governance and Traditional Affairs based on the White Paper on Traditional Affairs that outline the role of traditional affairs in governance. The workshop will address five key topic viz.
1. Governance and IGR structures
2. Provincial House of Traditional Leaders
3. Functionality and support of houses
4. Participation and cooperation between traditional leadership and municipalities
5. Reconstitution and functionality of Traditional Councils
It is envisaged that MEC MG Qabathe will address the gathering.
Requests for interviews may be directed to:
Senne Bogatsu
Cell: 082 774 1014
