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BRUTAL ASSASSINATION OF ETHEKWINI COUNCILLOR CONDEMNED BY KZN COGTA MEC HLOMUKA

KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka has condemned the brutal murder of a sitting councillor in the eThekwini metro which took place last night in uMlazi. Reports received by the department indicate that Cllr Bheki Phungula, who is eThekwini Ward 84 councillor, was brutally killed in his home in uMlazi […]

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KZN COGTA URGES MUNICIPALITIES TO PLAN FOR POST-LOCKDOWN RECOVERY

KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka has urged the province’s 54 municipalities during the department’s virtual Munimec meeting to plan for a post-lockdown recovery in their respective jurisdictions to ensure that the lives of residents and business return to normalcy as soon as possible once the current restrictions have been […]

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MULTI-MILLION RAND REVITALISATION OF KOKSTAD TOWNSHIP LAUNCHED BY KZN COGTA MEC HLOMUKA

KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka today officially launched a R10-million project that will seek to revitalise the Shayamoya Township in the Greater Kokstad local municipality. Under this project 70 young people have been hired through the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) to rebuild access roads across the township which […]

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KZN COGTA MEC HLOMUKA SENDS CONDOLENCES AS TODDLER AND 44-YEAR-OLD IN NQUTHU DIE FROM SMOKE INHALATION FROM TRADITIONAL HEATER (IMBAWULA)

KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka has sent condolences to two families in Nquthu where a 3-year-old and a 44-year-old died this morning of smoke inhalation following the prolonged inhalation of smoke from a traditional heater (imbawula) fuelled by charcoal. As a result of these incidents, which took place in […]

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KZN COGTA MEC HLOMUKA MOVES TO ASSURE RESIDENTS FOLLOWING POSITIVE COVID-19 CASES OF STAFF AT MTHONJANENI MUNICIPALITY

KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka has called for calm following the reports of positive Covid-19 cases at the Mthonjaneni local municipality offices in Melmoth, Northern KZN. Hlomuka has assured residents that this incident will have minimal impact on service delivery within the municipality as staff are continuing to work […]

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REMEMBERING THE CLASS OF ’76 AND GEARING UP THE YOUTH OF TODAY FOR WHAT LIES AHEAD IN A POST-COVID-19 WORLD

This year our country marks 44 years since the Soweto uprisings – a turning point in the fight against apartheid. The scenes of students being shot at drew attention across the world to the reality of the life Africans were subjected to under the apartheid government. The photo taken by the late Sam Nzima of […]

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MEDIA STATEMENT: KZNCOGTAMEC HLOMUKA VISITS SCHOOLS IN HARRY GWALA TO ASSESS ROLL OUT OF WATER

Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC Sipho Hlomuka this morning visited schools in the deeply rural municipality of uMzimkhulu under the Harry Gwala District where he assessed the rollout of water and Covid-19 compliance following the opening of schools that took place yesterday. Last month the department of Cogta deployed 22 additional water tankers to […]

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Document and policies for PSDF Review

Policies Final Draft PSDF 2022 – 16-11-2022(click to download) Presentation to GSCID Cluster May 2022 Documents from Webinars Agenda_PSC 2_10 Sept 2020KZN PSDF_Introductory Webinar_15 July 2020Intro Webinar 15-7-2020 Chat Q & AKZN PSDF_Social Webinar_16 July 2020_finalWebinar chats_social_16 Jul 2020KZN PSDF_Economic Webinar_17 July 2020KZN PSDF_Environmental Webinar_21 July 2020KZN PSDF_Infrastructure Webinar_22 July 2020KZN PSDF_Governance Webinar_23 July 2020KZN PSDF_Feedback […]

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Psdf review purpose

What is the Purpose? The purpose of the Provincial Spatial Development Framework will be to: provide a spatial representation of the land development policies, strategies and objectives of the province, which must include the province’s growth and development strategy; indicate the desired and intended pattern of land use development in the province, including the delineation […]

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Cogta MEC Sipho Hlomuka tables Budget Policy Speech for 2020/21

  To download 2020/21 Budget Policy Speech click here KZN Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) will be fighting the Covid-19 pandemic and its aftermath with a capable, ethical and developmental local government in the 2020/2021 financial year, according to its MEC Sipho Hlomuka who tabled the department’s annual budget of R1.879 –billion […]