KZNCOGTA
KwaZulu-Natal Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) would like to warn municipalities of expected heavy rains that may cause flooding and infrastructural damage. This alert comes following a notice from the South African Weather Service on Sunday, which forecasts heavy rains in various parts of the province from Monday 12 am until 11 […]
As part of the efforts to strengthen the institution of traditional leadership, KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Cooperative governance and traditional affairs, Honourable Bongiwe-Sithole Moloi handed over cell phones to Amakhosi as makes commitments to attend to the matters limiting the functionality of traditional houses. During a two-day meeting held in Durban that concluded on Friday, members […]
The Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Department condemns the conduct of a mob that barricaded the entrance to the council sitting of the UThukela District, which was scheduled to sit on Friday. The meeting was a result of the successful petition by the councillors within the council, who wrote to the MEC requesting her to […]
The KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Honourable Bongiwe Sithole-Moloi, has learned with shock and sadness of the attempted assassination of the Speaker of Mkhambathini Local Municipality, Councillor Thembalikho Gwala, and the subsequent killing of his bodyguard, Samkelo Chili. According to reports, the incident occurred on Saturday, April 29, 2023, when Cllr Gwala […]
Ms. Bongiwe Sithole-Moloi, the MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, presented the R2.4 billion budget for the department to the KZN Provincial Legislature in Pietermaritzburg on Thursday, April 20. The Member of the Executive Committee (MEC) delivered her first Budget Policy Speech, in which she detailed the important priorities for the department in the 2023–24 […]
The rollout of social relief to communities affected by the severe thunderstorms that hit surrounding communities within the King Cetshwayo District has commenced in earnest. Today we visited the community of Mabhunyeni in Ward 7 under Mfolozi Local Municipality and Ngwelezane under the uMhlathuze local municipality, where disaster management teams are still busy with assessments […]
The Pietermaritzburg High Court’s decision to halt todays sitting of the Alfred Duma Local Municipality council is noted by the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. The Department still maintains that it is in the best interest of the municipality and its citizens for the council meeting to be convened. It is also disturbing […]
THE LONG WAIT FOR THE BACK-PAY OF IZINDUNA SALARIES IS OVER This week, we delivered the much-welcomed news concerning the back pay of salaries for Izinduna, which were due in 2013–2016, during a meeting that we had with the KZN Provincial House of Traditional and Khoi-San Leaders (PHTKL) on Wednesday, March 23. In […]
Contractors are set to commence with the Umshwathi Phase 5 Regional Bulk Water Supply Scheme, which will bring water to thousands of households within the Ndwedwe Local Municipality. Today, we met with the benefiting communities at Bhamshela Ward 6, where we officially introduced the contractors that will undertake this important project, which is scheduled to […]
We are deeply saddened to learn of the tragic assassination of Iso Lesilo of the KwaNobamba Traditional Council, Mr. Mbangiseni Gibson Mbuyisa, who was gunned down near his business in the Ezibomvu area last night. Mbuyisa served the traditional community of KwaNobamba with diligence on behalf of His Majesty, King Misuzulu kaZwelithini; he was also […]