KZNCOGTA

Disaster management teams have commenced with mop-up operations following the severe storms that struck the province last night and left large-scale destruction in their wake. The provincial Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta), under the leadership of MEC Sipho Hlomuka, has received reports of incidents that are currently being responded to by the […]

KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka today paid a surprise visit to the Msunduzi municipality’s customer centre at the AS Chetty Building in Pietermaritzburg where he interacted with residents who utilise its frontline services, including the billing system. During the visit MEC Hlomuka was accompanied by the Mayor of Msunduzi […]

KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka will conduct an oversight visit to the Msunduzi local municipality where he will monitor the functionality of frontline services and specifically the municipality’s billing system. During the visit, Hlomuka will engage with residents who utilise Msunduzi’s customer interface. Hlomuka has been monitoring developments with […]

KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka today visited several voting stations in eThekwini metro as voters in the province braved the inclement weather to cast their ballots in 12 municipal by-elections, many of which had been delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. “By-elections are one of the pillars of a […]

Twelve wards within the province of KZN will be hosting by-elections tomorrow, Wednesday 11 November. As part of oversight over the sphere of local government in the province, KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka will be visiting voting stations in the eThekwini metro (Wards 81 and 84) to monitor the […]

Programme Director; Honourable Speakers present; Ladies and gentlemen It is a singular privilege to be part of this auspicious occasion where we exchange ideas on how better to strengthen the institution of Speakers, which is one of the most visible pillars of our participatory democracy at local government level. We meet today, in this virtual […]

KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka has urged municipalities to ensure transparency and value for money in all public procurement of Covid-19-related goods and services as long as much expenditure continues to be incurred in the province. “Although Covid-19-related expenditure by municipalities, like any other expenditure by municipalities, is within […]

KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka has placed the department’s disaster management teams on alert across the Amajuba, uThukela, uMgungundlovu, uMzinyathi, Harry Gwala and Ugu districts in response to a weather warning issued by the South African Weather Service. The warning indicates a risk of severe thunderstorms in these areas […]

KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka has expressed condolences to the Zikode and Zondo families in Bergville where two children aged 14 and 11 drowned on Sunday while they were swimming in the Woodstock Dam in Zwelisha. The department’s disaster management teams responded to the incident soon after it was […]

KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka has warned residents across the north-western parts of the province of the risk of severe thunderstorms which are expected to affect these areas from this afternoon into the evening. KZN Cogta has received reports from the South African Weather Service which indicate that severe […]