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KZN COGTA MEC HLOMUKA TO LAUNCH GROUND-BREAKING WATER PURIFICATION INTERVENTION SPEARHEADED BY THE SANDF

31 August 2020 KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka will be launching a ground-breaking water purification and carting intervention in partnership with the South African National Defence Force in the water-scarce uMkhanyakude district municipality tomorrow. Through this intervention, the SANDF is utilising its experts and resources to purify up to […]

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LAUNCH OF THE GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AWARENESS CAMPAIGN AND WATER INTERVENTIONS IN THE HARRY GWALA DISTRICT

28 August 2020 Gender-Based Violence Awareness Campaign: The purpose of our visit to this district today is to comfort families who have been victims of gender-based violence (GBV) We have come to this local municipality because of the high number of incidents where young women and children have lost lives to GBV Our presence here […]

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Hod SPEAKERS NOTES

Programme Director; MEC for Cogta, Mr SE Hlomuka; Professor Somadoda Fikeni Members of the Executive Management Committee; Senior Middle and Junior Managers; Ladies and gentlemen; As you know and as I keep reminding colleagues of every opportunity, I have always been a vocal advocate of clearly defined service delivery objectives with realistic budgets and reasonable […]

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DEPARTMENTAL STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION ADDRESS BY SE HLOMUKA KZN MEC FOR COGTA

Programme Director; Head of Department, Mr Tubane; Members of the Executive Management Committee; Senior Managers; Ladies and gentlemen; All protocol observed I would like to welcome all managers to this virtual strategic planning session, the first of its kind in our history as a department. They say that when you change the form, you are […]

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KZN COGTA MEC HLOMUKA URGES RESIDENTS TO USE WATER WISELY

As part of the World Water Week which started on 24 August, KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka has called on residents across the province to continue to use water wisely. The province’s water supply remains at low levels as a result of the drought that continues to affect large […]

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KZNCOGTA MEC, SIPHO HLOMUKA CONDEMNS SENSELESS KILLING OF INKOSI MNCUBE IN NQUTHU

The Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC, Sipho Hlomuka has learned with shock and sadness of the senseless murder of Inkosi Mncube of the Mbokodwebomvu Traditional Council in Nquthu under the uMzinyathi District Municipality. Reports received by the department indicate that yesterday afternoon, Inkosi Mncube who was travelling with his uncle were attacked by unknown […]

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WEBINAR ALERT: KZN COGTA TO CONVENE VIRTUAL DIALOGUE ON ROLE OF WOMEN IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT

  In honour of women during Women’s Month, KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka, together with the Mayors of uMgungundlovu Cllr Maphumulo, King Cetshwayo Cllr Mkhulisi and Ray Nkonyeni municipality Cllr Mqwebu, will convene a Women in Local Government virtual dialogue. The dialogue, to be attended by female councillors and […]

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KZN COGTA MEC HLOMUKA SENDS CONDOLENCES FOLLOWING OSIZWENI FIREWHICHCLAIMED A CHILD’S LIFE

KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka has sent condolences to the Mpanza family in Osizweni in the Newcastle local municipality where a house fire this morning ravaged the premises and caused the death of a four-year-old child. Hlomuka has sent his condolences to the affected family and deployed disaster management […]

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RISK OF VELD FIRES FOR NORTHERN KZN, COGTA’S MEC HLOMUKA CALLS FOR VIGILANCE

Residents in northern KZN have been urged to take great caution by the MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka, following a warning issued by the South African Weather Service which warned of the possible risk of the spread of veld fires in these areas. MEC Hlomuka has placed disaster management teams […]

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ONE FATALITY REPORTED IN UMNGENI INFORMAL SETTLEMENT BLAZE, DISASTER MANAGEMENT TEAMS DEPLOYED 

The Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC, Sipho Hlomuka has deployed disaster management teams to the uMngeni Local Municipality where 300 shacks in Ward 3 are believed to have been destroyed when a fire ripped through in the early hours of this morning. While details are still not clear, it is believed that a fire […]