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5 people hospitalised after house collapses in uMlazi
5 people hospitalised after house collapses in uMlazi! Five people were hospitalised after two houses collapsed in uMlazi ward 85,…
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NMB Deputy Mayor Gary van Niekerk suspended
Gary van Niekerk, Deputy Mayor of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality in the Eastern Cape, has been suspended following a…
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CoGTA to discuss issues related to governance in KwaZulu-Natal
The Parliamentary Committee on Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs is visiting several municipalities in KwaZulu-Natal to discuss issues related to…
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KwaZulu-Natal COGTA warns residents to stay indoors over the next few days
The Cooperative Governance Department in KwaZulu-Natal has warned residents to stay indoors over the next few days – as inclement…
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KZN areas affected by tornado declared national disaster
Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Thembi Nkadimeng has classified the areas that were hit by last week’s…
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KZN govt offers assistance to families who lost loved ones in Ladysmith floods
The KwaZulu-Natal government has offered assistance to grieving families in Ladysmith who lost loved ones in the devastating Christmas Eve…
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Labour court rules ban on Samwu members in political party jobs unconstitutional
The Labour Court has ruled that the prohibition of all municipal employees from holding office in a political party to…
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KZN CoGTA condemns killing of Chief Siphamandla Khumalo
The KwaZulu-Natal Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Department has condemned the killing of Chief Siphamandla Khumalo. He was a…
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SA Human Rights Commission blasts KZN municipalities over water crisis
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) on Monday blasted several KwaZulu-Natal municipalities and water service authorities in the province…
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Calls for end to Tshwane strike as DA says no to political resolution
The MEC for the Department of Co-Operative Governance & Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) in Gauteng, Mzi Khumalo has called for the…
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GP Premier Lesufi calls for solutions to local government debt
Gauteng Premier, Panyaza Lesufi, has proposed a new debt relief programme between local, provincial, and national governments. Lesufi says municipalities…
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Paul Mashatile: We need to ensure we have stable coalitions
Deputy President Paul Mashatile says there is a serious need to address challenges at the local government level and to…
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Concerns over Eastern Cape initiate deaths
The Department for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs in the Eastern Cape says 20 initiates have died during the winter…
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Cogta: Funds not to blame for delays in dealing with Durban flood aftermath
Cooperative Governance Minister Thembi Nkadimeng raised concern over the underspending of funds released for disasters in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). This follows…
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Eastern Cape residents endure sewage spills & power cuts following floods
Eastern Cape communities are still recovering from torrential rain that wreaked havoc and left many people displaced. Residents have also…
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State of disaster to mitigate impact of severe electricity supply
Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele led a briefing alongside COGTA minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and Health Minister Joe Phaahla on…
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Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma faces disciplinary action
Senior ANC NEC member Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma will face disciplinary action for defying the party. Dlamini-Zuma voted in favour of the…
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SAWS: Warning of heavy rain and floods in KZN
KwaZulu-Natal disaster management teams are on high alert following a warning of heavy downpours in that province. The South African…
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KZN Cogta wants probe into IFP official who threatened to fire ANC official
The KwaZulu-Natal Cooperative Governance Department is calling for a probe after an IFP official at the AbaQulusi Municipality publicly threatened…
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Ditsobotla municipal council disbanded
The Ditsobotla Municipality Local Municipality in North West is beyond repair. That is according to the deputy COGTA minister, Obed…
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Body of drowned 7-year-old boy retrieved following EC floods
The body of a 7-year-old Port St Johns boy has been found. He was swept away while trying to cross…
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National State of Disaster extended by another month
The government has extended South Africa’s State of Disaster by another month. CoGTA Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma says the government needs…
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Pressure mounts on Cyril Ramaphosa to end state of disaster
With just three weeks left to the end of the state of disaster which has been imposed to contain Covid-19,…
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12 boys rescued from illegal initiation school in Gauteng
Twelve young boys have been rescued from an illegal initiation school in Sedibeng in a joint operation by the South…
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Chaos in council meeting as members beat each other (PHOTOS)
Yet another council meeting in SunLand has ended in alleged public servants beating each other. The free-for-all brawl at a…
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MEC Maile pleads with parties to listen to voters
Gauteng Cogta MEC Lebogang Maile political parties need to pay attention to voters. He is also appealing to political parties…
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COVID-19: SAHRC wants learners back in the classroom on a daily basis
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) wants learners back in classrooms on a daily basis. In a bid to…
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Mxolisi Dukwana appointed Free State Cogta MEC
Mxolisi Dukwana is the new Cogta MEC in the Free State. This comes after premier Sisi Ntombela made changes to…
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MOU to be signed to address Soweto’s electricity crisis
Plans appear to be in place to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Eskom regarding Soweto, which has seen…
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Minister Dlamini-Zuma to give update on election developments
Cogta Minister, Nkosazana Dlamini- Zuma will give an update on developments regarding the election. The Moseneke report recommended the municipal…
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EC chief forces couple caught in adultery to have s.e.x in public as punishment
An Eastern Cape chief has been suspended for 10 years, without pay, for forcing a couple of have s.e.x in…
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Bheki Cele: 16 police officers linked to KZN politically related crimes arrested
Police Minister Bheki Cele said 16 police officers had been arrested for their links to politically related crimes in KwaZulu-Natal…
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Government still fighting for power to ban cigarettes in South Africa
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has been granted leave to appeal the Western Cape High Court’s…
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DA in KZN implement changes to legislature, Mbali Ntuli gets new portfolio
The DA in KwaZulu-Natal has rung in the new year with sweeping changes to its provincial legislature caucus. According to…
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Emirates and other international airlines cancel flights in and out of Durban
Emirates and other international airlines have cancelled flights in and out of Durban, due to COGTA regulations. The flights have…
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Cigarette prohibition turning people against the lockdown – Fita
In its latest salvo against the government’s continued ban on the sale of tobacco products, the Fair-Trade Independent Tobacco Association…
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If you allow selling of hot food, you can kiss the lockdown goodbye – Dlamini-Zuma
Hot food ‘will bring everyone out and that is why we say it will empty the houses,’ the minister told…
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Illegal trading permits allegedly issued in Tshwane
Former Tshwane councillors are allegedly issuing illegal trading permits to small business owners during the lockdown. Cogta MEC Lebogang Maile…
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Gauteng health department obtains court order to bar Katlehong church from holding service
The church now cannot hold a church service which is not in accordance with the gazetted regulations released by Cogta…
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CoGTA Minister briefs media on COVID-19 regulations
The Minister for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma will brief the media on the spread of the…
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