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New dawn as KZN elects first ever female deputy chair of Provincial House of Traditional Leaders

  The KZN Provincial Government has welcomed the swearing-in of members and peaceful election of office bearers of the new Provincial House of Traditional Leaders. These elections saw the incumbent Chairperson Inkosi Phathisizwe Chiliza re-elected unopposed to retain his position and uNdlunkulu waseMatheni Inkosi Thabisile Zulu elected as the first ever female to co-chair the […]

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Reconstitution of Houses of Traditional Leadership reaches climax tomorrow as Provincial House convenes

KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Nomusa Dube-Ncube has in terms of section 38(1) of the KZN Traditional Leadership and Governance Act, 2005 (Act No. 5 of 2005) announced the convening of a special meeting of the Provincial House of Traditional Leaders which, among other business, will see the swearing-in and taking […]

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cogta applauds amakhosi following smooth reconstitution of inland and northern houses of traditional leaders

  KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Nomusa Dube-Ncube has congratulated amakhosi elected to the Executive Committees of Houses of Traditional Leaders in the northern and inland parts of the province which include Zululand, uThukela, uMzinyathi, Amajuba, uMkhanyakude and King Cetshwayo districts. This effectively means that all of KZN’s districts, except Ilembe, […]

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Councilor Sindiso Magaqa’s death a crippling blow to the sphere of local government – Cogta MEC

Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, MEC Nomusa Dube-Ncube, has described the news of the sudden death of uMzimkhulu Municipality councillor, Sindiso Magaqa, as a crippling blow to the sphere of local government and a time for a united action to end the impunity of killers who have spilled too much blood of local government representatives […]

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MEC Dube-Ncube to institute partial intervention at eDumbe and discipline all errant councillors

KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) has today read the riot act to a full gathering of eDumbe councillors where political infighting, absenteeism from important council meetings and flouting of the code of conduct have paralysed the entire municipality and its administrative and technical capacity to deliver basic services to the local […]

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Heaps praise on amakhosi following smooth reconstitution of coastal houses of traditional leaders

KZN MEC for Cogta Nomusa Dube-Ncube has congratulated amakhosi elected to the Executive Committees of Houses of Traditional Leaders in the southern parts of the province which include eThekwini, Ugu, Harry Gwala, uMgungundlovu and Ilembe districts. Dube-Ncube was today present in the eThekwini metro where she witnessed the swearing-in ceremony for newly elected amakhosi. “The […]

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Moment of darkness as yet another councillor is killed in KZN

KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Nomusa Dube-Ncube has described the killing of yet another councillor, this time in uMkhambathini municipality, as yet another moment of darkness for our province. MEC Dube-Ncube has reacted with shock and anger at the brutal murder of Cllr Kwazikwakhe Mkhize, of uMkhambathini municipality (Camperdown) who was […]

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Dube-Ncube calls on girls to seize educational and economic opportunities at their disposal

KZN MEC for Cogta Nomusa Dube-Ncube has urged young women to take advantage of opportunities created by our democratic government to systematically empower women. Dube-Ncube was speaking in Durban where she today shared a platform with hundreds of school going girls from various schools around eThekwini. Dube-Ncube said that the future of this country is […]

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kzn government applauds winners of 2017 mandela day marathon

#MandelaMarathon What an awesome weekend. Congratulations to all our athletes #Run4Unity pic.twitter.com/5PDT9ZVw2S — KZNCOGTA (@kzncogta) August 28, 2017 KZN Provincial Government has congratulated the winners and participants of this year’s Mandela Day Marathon whose main 42 km race today covered the iconic route between Edendale and the Mandela Capture Site outside Howick for the sixth […]

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Provincial Government and Inkosi Mandela announce legacy project to benefit children

Scores of children from the uMgungundlovu District and surrounding communities are set to benefit in the form of a state of the art children’s care facility at the Edendale Hospital. This is part of the legacy project brought by the Mandela Day MARATHON which commenced today and finishes tomorrow, Sunday, with the 42 KM Half […]