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MINISTERIAL VISIT TO THE HARRY GWALA DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY IN KWAZULU-NATAL

District Champion, Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu concluding his first Ministerial Visit to the Harry Gwala District Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal. The Minister was engaged in a comprehensive two-day programme covering briefings and discussions with stakeholders, site visits to medical and shelter facilities and interactions with the media. “The President has sent us to visit […]

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KZNCOGTA MEC HLOMUKA, ENGAGES EMADLANGENI RESIDENTS ON INTERVENTION

This morning, the KwaZulu-Natal Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) MEC, Sipho Hlomuka met with Amakhosi, residents, business and civil society organisations in the eMadlangeni Local Municipality to inform them of the decision taken by the provincial government to place their municipality under administration. On Thursday, 3 September, MEC Hlomuka met with the Council of […]

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KZN COGTA MEC HLOMUKA APPOINTS TOP CIVIL SERVANTS AS MINISTERIAL REPS AT UMZINYATHI AND UTHUKELA

In the interest of achieving long-term stability in the province’s municipalities that are under administration, KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka has appointed new administrators in the uThukela and uMzinyathi district municipalities. on Friday, 4 September MEC Hlomuka met with the council of the uThukela district where he announced former […]

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KZN COGTA MEC HLOMUKA READS RIOT ACT TO EMADLANGENI COUNCIL AS MUNICIPALITY IS PLACED UNDER ADMINISTRATION

3 September 2020 KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka this morning read the riot act to the eMadlangeni councillors when he visited the municipality to announce the decision by the provincial government to place this municipality under administration in terms of section 139(1)(b) of the constitution. The decision to institute […]

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ANNOUNCEMENT OF SECTION 139(1)b INTERVENTION AT MSUNDUZI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY BY KZN COGTA MEC SIPHO HLOMUKA

UTRECHT: 3 SEPTEMBER 2020     Honourable Speaker and Councillors   Introduction   We have come to Utrecht today to address you on a very important subject of ensuring good governance as a prerequisite for long-term stability of this municipality. The residents of this rural municipality rely on eMadlangeni for the provision of basic services […]

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COGTA MEC HLOMUKA WELCOMES SANDF WATER PURIFICATION INTERVENTION IN NORTHERN KZN

1 September 2020 KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka this morning launched a ground-breaking water purification and carting project wherein his department and the uMkhanyakude district municipality are partnering with the South African National Defence Force to purify raw water taken from the Mkhuze River and distribute it to needy […]

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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 […]