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Multi-million rand facility brings government services closer

The lives of Sizakele Mkhize (32) and her fellow neighbours in the rural village of Mombeni in the Mlalazi District will never be the same again. This after the KwaZulu-Natal department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Nomusa Dube-Ncube officially opened the R7 Million Community Service Centre which has brought government services closer to this… Continue reading Multi-million rand facility brings government services closer

Thousands turn up to celebrate african heritage at provincial beads festival

Cooperative Government and Traditional Affairs MEC Nomusa Dube-Ncube, Art, Culture, Sport and Recreation MEC Bongi Sithole-Moloi and Member of Parliament Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu joined thousands of community members including Amakhosi, Mayors and business people to witness the Provincial Festival of Beads which took place at the Unit 1 Sports Grounds in the Msunduzi Local Municipality on 15.10.16. In this event rural women who do bead work and traditional dance groups show cased their skills for a total prize of R375 000.

The township of eMbali in the Msunduzi Municipality was a hive of activity this weekend as thousands of people from across the Province took part in the annual Festival of Beads. This event, which was hosted on Saturday, 17 October, is spearheaded by the department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) under the… Continue reading Thousands turn up to celebrate african heritage at provincial beads festival