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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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KZN COGTA MEC HLOMUKA COMMEMORATES NATIONAL WATER WEEK

KZN Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta), under the leadership of MEC Sipho Hlomuka, is commemorating the National Water Week which started today. This important week-long event leads up to the World Water Day on 22 March and is dedicated to understanding how people value water and how it plays a role in […]