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KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka has learned with shock and sadness of the untimely passing of Inkosi Jomba Sam Zulu (72) of the Bhekeshowe TC (Eshowe) and Izigqoza subclan in Nkandla under the King Cetshwayo district.  Inkosi passed away yesterday, 20 January, following a short illness. Hlomuka has described […]

CEDARA: 20 JANUARY 2022 Ladies and gentlemen of the media Thank you for availing yourselves to this media briefing. Its purpose is twofold: it will explain the rationale behind our upcoming meetings with all newly elected municipal Executive Committees (Exco’s) in KZN and it will also update you on our relief efforts in response to […]

The Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) MEC Sipho Hlomuka has welcomed an interdict issued by the Pietermaritzburg High Court which has effectively reinstated the originally elected leadership, including the mayor, deputy mayor and the speaker of the Mtubatuba local municipality. The MEC approached the court after the municipality subsequently elected a parallel mayor, deputy […]

KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka has deployed disaster management teams to commence with the evacuation of residents in the town of Ladysmith and Msinga following the heavy rains that led to local rivers bursting their banks over the weekend. So far 70 residents have been evacuated from the flooded areas […]

MEC Sipho Hlomuka, condemned the attacks on Amakhosi and Izinduna, calling them inhumane and asserted that the communities they serve should be at the forefront of protecting their traditional leaders. Hlomuka was addressing traditional leaders and various stakeholders during a special District Cluster Imbizo which was held at the KwaDukuza Town Hall, in Stanger, on […]

KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta), under the leadership of MEC Sipho Hlomuka, has assigned additional resources to the nine ministerial representatives who have been deployed by the department to the municipalities currently under Section 139 intervention.  The department has specifically assigned financial experts who will work with the administrators to implement […]

The inclement weather conditions that have struck large parts of the province since the 15th of December have left a trail of devastation and destruction in several areas within the province. As a result of these weather conditions that occurred on 30 December 2021 alone, four fatalities have occurred, which include a 3 year that […]

The Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) department under the leadership of MEC, Sipho Hlomuka has transferred R19 million in grant funding to the Ugu District Municipality as part of efforts to improve the provision of water within the District. The money will be used for repairing the Bhobhoyi water scheme (St Helen’s Rock) which […]

31 December 2021 KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka has sent condolences to the Shange family, following the tragic incident which took place yesterday, where 10-year-old, Xolani Shange drowned after being swept away by water while attempting to cross a low-lying bridge in KwaMpumuza, ward 1 of the Msunduzi local […]

The newly appointed Inkosi of the Abantungwa-kholwa Traditional Community Inkosi Nhloso Mzilikazi-Junior Khumalo, 21, has vowed to follow in his late mother’s footsteps by serving his community with humility and diligence.  Yesterday, 28 December, Inkosi was officially presented to the traditional community at a ceremony held in the Alfred Duma local municipality, in the Driefontein […]