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KZN Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) is pleased to report that most municipal services affected by acts of sabotage in Msunduzi local municipality have been restored to near full capacity. “Cogta teams have been working around the clock to assist the municipality in dealing with unprecedented power outages and deliberate damage to… Continue reading Municipal services to resume in Msunduzi as Municipality cracks down on saboteurs

KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta), Nomusa Dube-Ncube,  has welcomed the latest municipal audit outcomes which place KZN as the second best-performing province within the country but which also register several regressions. “We are deeply disappointed by the decline in the number of municipalities receiving clean audits. Indeed, we want the mayors… Continue reading MEC tightens screws on municipal audit regressions

  KZN Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs ( Cogta) has called on the law enforcement agencies to investigate what appear to be deliberate acts of sabotage by certain elements that are tampering with electricity infrastructure and causing blackouts in various parts of uMsunduzi municipality. Residents and businesses have been negatively affected by frequent… Continue reading Msunduzi electricity interruptions: deliberate acts of sabotage

MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF RESCUE EQUIPMENT DONATED TO KZN BY 911 FUND Disaster management efforts in KZN have received a massive boost with the United States-based 911 Fund donating millions of dollars’ worth of fire-fighting equipment which will be utilised by firefighters and disaster management crews in the province. This follows the renewal of… Continue reading Millions of dollars worth of rescue equipment donated to kzn by the 911 Fund

  KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Nomusa Dube -Ncube, has urged councillors to hold urgent meetings with communities, as part of efforts to restore peace and stability in townships around Durban, where protests and acts of violence seem to be spiralling out of control. Dube-Ncube’s directive to councillors come as law enforcement… Continue reading MEC Dube-Ncube condemns violence and attacks on foreign nationals

KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Nomusa Dube-Ncube, has condemned in the strongest terms the murder of uMzimkhulu municipal councillor Mduduzi Shibase who was gunned down last night. “It is with outrage that we react to the killing of yet another elected public representative in our local government. Our thoughts and prayers are… Continue reading MEC Dube-Ncube condemns murder of uMzimkhulu councillor

KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Nomusa Dube-Ncube, has urged the eligible voters of Nquthu Municipality to come out in their numbers tomorrow and elect credible councillors who will form a functional council that will quicken the pace of service delivery in the area. Dube-Ncube was speaking on the eve of the hotly… Continue reading Appeals for free and fair by-elections in Nquthu

KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Nomusa Dube-Ncube is urging mayors of the province’s 54 municipalities to unite behind efforts to advance radical economic transformation. Dube-Ncube made the call today in Ballito during her first meeting with KZN’s mayors since she tabled her budget speech in the Provincial Legislature earlier this month.… Continue reading MEC urges mayors to advance radical economic transformation in municipalities

Tears flowed in Magogo Village in Nquthu as Gogo Thobekile Mkhize 84, switched on electricity for the first time in her home in the presence of KZN MECs for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs – Nomusa Dube-Ncube and Agriculture and Rural Development – Themba Mthembu. The Mkhize household is one of many that have benefited… Continue reading MEC delivers electricity for Nquthu community

  KZN Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) is taking stock of the four days of heavy rain- and snowfall that caused numerous weather-related incidents across the province as a result of the cold front between 12 and 15 May. The department is also embarking on a clean-up operation to ensure that life… Continue reading Mop-up operations following days of incessant rain