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WEBINAR ALERT: KZN COGTA TO CONVENE VIRTUAL DIALOGUE ON ROLE OF WOMEN IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT

  In honour of women during Women’s Month, KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka, together with the Mayors of uMgungundlovu Cllr Maphumulo, King Cetshwayo Cllr Mkhulisi and Ray Nkonyeni municipality Cllr Mqwebu, will convene a Women in Local Government virtual dialogue. The dialogue, to be attended by female councillors and […]

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KZN COGTA MEC HLOMUKA SENDS CONDOLENCES FOLLOWING OSIZWENI FIREWHICHCLAIMED A CHILD’S LIFE

KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka has sent condolences to the Mpanza family in Osizweni in the Newcastle local municipality where a house fire this morning ravaged the premises and caused the death of a four-year-old child. Hlomuka has sent his condolences to the affected family and deployed disaster management […]

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RISK OF VELD FIRES FOR NORTHERN KZN, COGTA’S MEC HLOMUKA CALLS FOR VIGILANCE

Residents in northern KZN have been urged to take great caution by the MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka, following a warning issued by the South African Weather Service which warned of the possible risk of the spread of veld fires in these areas. MEC Hlomuka has placed disaster management teams […]

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ONE FATALITY REPORTED IN UMNGENI INFORMAL SETTLEMENT BLAZE, DISASTER MANAGEMENT TEAMS DEPLOYED 

The Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC, Sipho Hlomuka has deployed disaster management teams to the uMngeni Local Municipality where 300 shacks in Ward 3 are believed to have been destroyed when a fire ripped through in the early hours of this morning. While details are still not clear, it is believed that a fire […]

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PLIGHT OF FEMALE TRADITIONAL LEADERS TAKES CENTRE STAGE AS KZN COGTA MEC HLOMUKA CONVENES SOCIAL DIALOGUE 

The plight of female traditional leaders took centre stage this morning as KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka convened a social dialogue webinar with female traditional leaders to address pertinent issues that affect them as leaders within the sphere of traditional leadership. The session, which was chaired by the Deputy […]

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KZN COGTA MEC HLOMUKA SENDS CONDOLENCES FOLLOWING THE PASSING OF RICHMOND MAYOR

KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka has learned with shock and sadness of the passing of Cllr Sibusiso Joseph Mchunu who served as the Mayor of the Richmond local municipality having been sworn into office in 2016. Hlomuka has expressed his condolences to the Mchunu family, residents of Richmond, to […]

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KZN COGTA MEC SIPHO HLOMUKA WELCOMES APPOINTMENT OF NEW UMGENI WATER BOARD

KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka has welcomed the appointment of an 11-member Interim Board at Umgeni Water by the national Minister of Water and Sanitation Lindiwe Sisulu. The interim Board began its tenure on 1 August and will last until the appointment of a Permanent Board.   “As KZN […]

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KZN COGTA MEC TOGETHER WITH MALE MAYORS COMMIT TO ENDING GENDER BASED VIOLENCE

  Male Mayors in the Province of KwaZulu-Natal have committed themselves to playing a meaningful role in ending gender-based violence within their communities. This follows a social dialogue meeting, which was convened by the Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC, Sipho Hlomuka where he engaged with mayors on the role the sphere of local government […]

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KZN COGTA SENDS CONDOLENCES TO VICTIMS’ FAMILIES AFTER FIRE KILLS THREE CHILDREN IN LADYSMITH

KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka has learned with shock and sadness of the passing of three children in a fire that engulfed a home in the early hours of this morning in eZakheni B Section outside Ladysmith. This morning disaster management teams responded to this incident where three members […]

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KZN COGTA MEC HLOMUKA WANTS EXPLANATION ON VIDEO OF TRUCK DUMPING WATER NEAR PONGOLA

KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka has called for answers following the circulation of a video on social media platforms which shows a water tanker being emptied of its contents on the side of the road in oPhongolo. Hlomuka has requested the Zululand district municipality to explain this incident which […]