KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka has noted the 2019 Non-Financial Census of Municipalities report released by StatsSA last week. The report details significant improvements in the provision of services to residents in the province for the said period. According to the report, which measures service delivery, including water, electricity… Continue reading KZN COGTA MEC HLOMUKA NOTES STATS SA REPORT SHOWING IMPROVEMENT IN THE PROVISION OF SERVICES IN KZN
KZN COGTA ACHIEVES CLEAN AUDIT FOR 2019/2020 FINANCIAL YEAR
KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka has welcomed the Auditor-General’s findings which indicate that the department has received an unqualified audit with no findings or a ‘clean audit’ for the 2019/2020 financial year. This Audit outcome, according to Hlomuka, is a big boost for the department as it promotes good… Continue reading KZN COGTA ACHIEVES CLEAN AUDIT FOR 2019/2020 FINANCIAL YEAR
KZN COGTA MEC HLOMUKA UPDATES UGU RESIDENTS ABOUT STEPS TO END SERVICE DELIVERY CHALLENGES
KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka today led a delegation consisting of municipal and provincial government officials to address Ugu residents on the steps that are being taken to resolve service delivery challenges within the district. Ugu communities had protested over inadequate access to basic services which culminated in the… Continue reading KZN COGTA MEC HLOMUKA UPDATES UGU RESIDENTS ABOUT STEPS TO END SERVICE DELIVERY CHALLENGES
KZN COGTA MEC HLOMUKA SADDENED BY WEENEN TAXI INCIDENT WHERE ONE PASSENGER DROWNED AND THREE MISSING
KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka saddened by the fatal incident that took place last night in Weenen under the Inkosi Langalibalele Local Municipality, where one person, a 40-year-old female, drowned with three people missing after the taxi they were travelling in got swept away while crossing a low-lying bridge… Continue reading KZN COGTA MEC HLOMUKA SADDENED BY WEENEN TAXI INCIDENT WHERE ONE PASSENGER DROWNED AND THREE MISSING
KZN COGTA MEC SADDENED WITH PASSING OF INKOSI NTANZI OF MSHWATHI MUNICIPALITY
KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka has expressed his sadness at the news of the passing of Inkosi Bhekukwenza Ntanzi of the Ntanzi Traditional Council in the uMshwathi local municipality under the uMgungundlovu District. Inkosi passed away on Friday following a short illness. MEC Hlomuka has sent condolences to the… Continue reading KZN COGTA MEC SADDENED WITH PASSING OF INKOSI NTANZI OF MSHWATHI MUNICIPALITY
KZN COGTA MEC HLOMUKA WELCOMES IMPROVEMENT IN ETHEKWINI’S FINANCES DURING SURPRISE VISIT TO METRO
KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka has welcomed the recent improvements in the eThekwini Metro’s collection rates which now stand at pre-lockdown levels. The municipality was one of the most affected in the province as a result of the outbreak of Covid-19 in 2020 which saw a sharp decline… Continue reading KZN COGTA MEC HLOMUKA WELCOMES IMPROVEMENT IN ETHEKWINI’S FINANCES DURING SURPRISE VISIT TO METRO
KZN GOVERNMENT URGES CALM FOLLOWING ENGAGEMENTS WITH UGU PROTESTERS
KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka, together with KZN MEC for Social Development Nonhlanhla Khoza, have called for calm in the Ugu district where protesters barricaded roads, including the N2 during a violent public protest. From this morning, the two MECs met with protesters from uMzumbe, Ray Nkonyeni and Ezinqolweni… Continue reading KZN GOVERNMENT URGES CALM FOLLOWING ENGAGEMENTS WITH UGU PROTESTERS
KZN COGTA MEC HLOMUKA TO EMBARK ON INTEGRATED SERVICE DELIVERY VISIT TO ETHEKWINI
KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka will be visiting the eThekwini metro where he will embark on an integrated service delivery programme aimed at monitoring the state of service delivery within the municipality. The visit will include an unannounced service delivery inspection at various frontline service delivery points within the… Continue reading KZN COGTA MEC HLOMUKA TO EMBARK ON INTEGRATED SERVICE DELIVERY VISIT TO ETHEKWINI
KZN COGTA KEEPING AN EYE ON UGU DISTRICT WATER INTERVENTIONS
The challenges faced by the Ugu district are well documented from Cogta’s own engagements with this municipality and considerable resources have been deployed to assist the municipality with its delivery of basic services to communities. Specifically, a Ministerial Task Team was established in December 2020 to coordinate these efforts. Based on the KZN Provincial Water… Continue reading KZN COGTA KEEPING AN EYE ON UGU DISTRICT WATER INTERVENTIONS
KZN COGTA MEC PAYS TRIBUTE TO SLAIN INKOSI DURING EMOTIONAL VISIT TO FAMILY
KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka this morning paid tribute to Inkosi Mkhize of the Amambuzane Traditional Community who was murdered together with an aide, Nhlanhla Richard Dlomo, by unknown gunmen who opened fire on the Inkosi when he was driving into his home in Mpophomeni on Saturday, 13 March. During the… Continue reading KZN COGTA MEC PAYS TRIBUTE TO SLAIN INKOSI DURING EMOTIONAL VISIT TO FAMILY