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KZN COGTA INTERVENTIONS BRING WATER TO SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES AS PROVINCE BATTLES SPREAD OF COVID-19

KZN Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) has delivered thousands of water tanks for domestic use by communities as well as schools across the province where shortages of potable water were being felt during various stages of the Covid-19-related lockdown. “Through our water intervention programme, we procured and distributed via Water Service Authorities […]

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KZNCOGTA’S WEBINAR REFLECTS ON GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSE TO COVID-19, OUTLINES RECOVERY PLAN

KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka today led a webinar on government’s response to Covid-19 with a particular reference to the province’s municipalities. The panellists also included provincial Salga chairperson Cllr Nonhle Mkhulusi and Cogta’s in-house local government experts. The session was facilitated by Ms B. Mgutshini who is the […]

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MUNICIPAL AUDIT OUTCOMES SHOW SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT BUT NO CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION, SAYS KZN COGTA MEC HLOMUKA

  KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka has noted the Auditor-General’s 2018/2019 audit outcomes of the province’s municipalities which show a slight overall improvement but no cause for celebration. The municipal audit outcomes were released by the Auditor-General’s office today.   KZN’s municipalities have maintained one clean audit opinion while […]

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KZN AMAKHOSI COMMIT TO ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS TO ABIDE BY LOCKDOWN REGULATIONS

Amakhosi in the province of KZN have applauded governments efforts to curb the spread of the Corona Virus and have urged communities to continue to abide by the regulations and measures put in place by the government. This morning the KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka this morning met with the Executive […]

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FOOD SECURITY IN FOCUS AS KZN COGTA MEC HLOMUKA LAUNCHES ONE HOME ONE GARDEN PROGRAMME IN HARRY GWALA DISTRICT

Self-sustenance and food security came into sharp focus this morning as KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka today officially launched the One Home One Garden programme in the Harry Gwala District. This programme which is convened through the province-wide Operation Sukuma Sakhe initiative is aimed at improving food security in […]

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KZN COGTA MEC HLOMUKA TO LAUNCH FLAGSHIP POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAMME IN HARRY GWALA DISTRICT

KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka will tomorrow, 25 June, visit the uMzimkhulu local municipality in the Harry Gwala District where he will be launching the flagship One Home One Garden Programme, which is part of the provincial Operation Sukuma Sakhe initiative. This programme is aimed at alleviating the negative […]

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KZN PROVINCIAL HOUSE OF TRADITIONAL LEADERS CALLS UPON MEN TO PLAY THEIR ROLE IN FIGHTS AGAINST GENDER BASED VIOLENCE

The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial House of Traditional Leaders through its Chairperson Inkosi PhathisizweChiliza, is calling upon all men in the province to be protectors of women and children amidst the rise of Gender Based Violence (GBV) throughout the country. The call by Inkosi Chiliza comes after several incidents of gender based violence have left the country reelingand shocked. A number of women and children have in […]

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BRUTAL ASSASSINATION OF ETHEKWINI COUNCILLOR CONDEMNED BY KZN COGTA MEC HLOMUKA

KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka has condemned the brutal murder of a sitting councillor in the eThekwini metro which took place last night in uMlazi. Reports received by the department indicate that Cllr Bheki Phungula, who is eThekwini Ward 84 councillor, was brutally killed in his home in uMlazi […]

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KZN COGTA URGES MUNICIPALITIES TO PLAN FOR POST-LOCKDOWN RECOVERY

KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka has urged the province’s 54 municipalities during the department’s virtual Munimec meeting to plan for a post-lockdown recovery in their respective jurisdictions to ensure that the lives of residents and business return to normalcy as soon as possible once the current restrictions have been […]

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MULTI-MILLION RAND REVITALISATION OF KOKSTAD TOWNSHIP LAUNCHED BY KZN COGTA MEC HLOMUKA

KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka today officially launched a R10-million project that will seek to revitalise the Shayamoya Township in the Greater Kokstad local municipality. Under this project 70 young people have been hired through the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) to rebuild access roads across the township which […]