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KZN mourns the passing of senior traditional leader from Ugu district

KZN Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) is deeply saddened to announce the passing of Inkosi Ndabingehlele Chiliza (67) of the Chiliza clan in the Ugu district, in the uMzinto Local Municipality who was a well-known development activist. This latest death comes as the province has just buried another hard-working community activist and […]

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MEC Dube-Ncube mourns the passing of uMzimkhulu speaker

KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Nomusa Dube-Ncube has expressed her condolences to the family and community of uMzimkhulu Council’s Speaker, Cllr Khaya Thobela, who was shot at in his home Thursday night.  Thobela succumbed to the multiple wounds in the early hours of the morning today. Dube-Ncube has expressed shock at […]

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Assassination attempt on speaker of uMzimkhulu Municipality condemned

KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Nomusa Dube-Ncube has condemned last night’s assassination attempt on uMzimkhulu Council’s Speaker, Cllr Khaya Thobela, who was shot at in his home. He was apparently shot a couple of times in the upper body and remains in a critical condition. Dube-Ncube has expressed shock at this […]

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MEC commends greater kokstad municipality for sacking municipal workers found to have embezzled public funds

  KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Nomusa Dube-Ncube, has applauded the tough stance taken by the Greater Kokstad municipality in rooting-out fraud and corruption which saw the dismissal of five municipal who have allegedly embezzled funds from the municipality’s pay point customer service station. “The Greater Kokstad municipality is setting the correct tone and […]

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Cogta hands out mobile libraries and science kits to underprivileged eThekwini school

  More than 1000 learners from New River Combined will as from today have access to a library and touch a test tube for the first time, courtesy of KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Nomusa Dube-Ncube. Dube-Ncube today visited the school in the Ethekwini Metro, together with the Mayor of eThekwini, […]

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Cogta Thrashes IFP’s propaganda and conspiracy theory on water related interventions in Nquthu.

The KZN Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) has dismissed as ludicrous the claim by the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) that it is using water provision programmes to campaign for votes in the Nquthu municipality. The IFP’s claims are a subterfuge to divert attention from the fact that it is fully responsible together […]

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Cogta MEC vows harsh consequences for mayors of poorly performing municipalities

“Stop relegating your responsibilities, delegation is not relegation” – this is a stern warning issued by the MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Nomusa Dube-Ncube, at an urgent meeting with mayors, councillors and municipal managers of municipalities that have caused KZN to regress from 22 clean municipal audits last year to this year’s 11 […]

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Criminal Prosecution For Voter Fraud In Nquthu

Community members who allow themselves to be bussed into areas where they do not legally reside for municipal by-elections will face prosecution for voter fraud. This is a stern warning issued by Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC Nomusa Dube-Ncube, during the visit to Nquthu municipality where she inspected the state of preparedness for upcoming […]

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Dube-Ncube calls on amakhosi to heed call by Zulu King to tap into ocean economy

KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Nomusa Dube-Ncube says that for the province to make a dent on poverty and inequality, amakhosi should take the Zulu monarch’s call to tap into ocean econony seriously. Dube-Ncube echoed the king’s sentiments during the installation of Inkosi Langelasembo Mkhize in Egoji in Mbumbulu where the […]

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mec assures madlangeni community of continued support for their municipality

The embattled eMadlangeni municipality which had been placed under provincial administration in terms of section 139(1)b of the Constitution following the collapse of governance and service delivery, was paid a visit today by KZN Cogta MEC Nomusa Dube-Ncube who addressed over 3000 community members at the White City Sports Grounds in Ward 2 of the […]