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The Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC, Sipho Hlomuka has called upon residents across the province to exercise extreme vigilance following the weather warning that was issued by the South African Weather Service which warned of inclement weather conditions expected to start today going into the weekend.  The inclement weather conditions are expected to bring […]

Pietermaritzburg: KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka has welcomed the five-year sentence handed down by the Durban Specialised Commercial Crimes Court to a former municipal official who had defrauded the Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma local municipality of R1-million. Hlomuka believes the sentence handed down by the court will serve as a deterrent […]

Ukufakwa kwemali ezobhekana nezinselele ezichaziwe yi Provincial Water Master Plan (Uhlelo Lwesifundazwe Lokuhlinzeka Amanzi) Umnyango Wokubusa Ngokubambisana Nezomdabu ngaphansi kobuholi buka Mnu Hlomuka ukuthakasele ukufakwa kwesamba sika R3,1 billion esizoqondana nokwenziwa ngcono kwengqalasizinda yamanzi komasipala besifundazwe njengalokhu kuchaziwe yiProvincial Water Master Plan. Lokhu kumenyezelwe nguMnu Hlomuka ngoLwesihlanu mhla ka 21 kuNhlaba ngesikhathi ethula inkulumo yesabelomali […]

KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka today assigned a team of senior officials to table before the Abaqulusi council a report on the forensic investigation conducted by the department. The investigation focused on allegations of fraud, corruption, maladministration and statutory non-compliance in terms of Section 106(1)(b) of the Municipal Systems […]

Impahla Yomnyango Wokubusa Ngokubambisana Nezindaba Zomdabu Yenza Umahluko Emphakathini Wasemakhaya KwaZulu Natal Kuyasetshenzwa ngemishini komasipala Imishini yokusebenza yenani lika R125 million eyethulwe ngungqongqoshe womnyango wokubusa ngokubambisana nezindaba zomdabu uMnu Sipho Hlomuka iyaqhubeka nokwenza umahluko omkhulu empilweni yezakhamuzi zomasipala asebehlomulile ekusabalalisweni kwayo. Le mpahla okubalwa phakathi kwayo ama roller, ama grader, nama TLB’s yabelwe omasipala bezifunda […]

Local Government Toolkit provides a template of municipal policies, processes and procedures The roll out of the Local Government Toolkit marks an important milestone in the sphere of local government within the province of KwaZulu-Natal. The Toolkit seeks to strengthen the policy environment within the province’s municipalities. It provides a template of municipal policies, processes […]

KwaZulu-Natal Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta), under the leadership of MEC Sipho Hlomuka, has proudly created 46 316 job opportunities in the 2020/2021 financial year. This was revealed by MEC Hlomuka last Friday when he delivered his department’s Budget Policy Speech in the Provincial Legislature. According to MEC Hlomuka, these job opportunities provide […]

KwaZulu-Natal Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta), under the leadership of MEC Sipho Hlomuka, has recently rehabilitated 11 Traditional Administration Centres in Umnini Trust, Isimahle, Khabazela, Ximba, Maphumulo, Manyavu, Cele P, Chwezi, Amangwane, Thoyana, and Khumalo (Ilembe). The department has also positively contributed to improved functionality of numerous Traditional Councils across the province. […]

As the province marks two decades of democratic local government since its formation in 2000 and as it emerges from the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic, KZN Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) is tabling its annual 2021/2022 budget which is geared both towards post-Covid-19 municipal recovery and a local government that works […]

    KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka this morning paid a visit to the Msunduzi Police Station in Cato Ridge where he assessed its functionality. Hlomuka also received a briefing from senior police officers on the matter of the killings of izinduna that have taken place in areas under […]