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Severe Weather to continue across South Africa
Severe Weather to continue across South Africa! South Africans should brace for continued adverse weather conditions as the South African…
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IFP President Velenkosini Hlabisa’s VIP driver killed in car accident
One of the drivers for Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) President and Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa…
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Cogta MEC wants Enoch Mgijima officials prosecuted over dodgy R15 million stadium
The Eastern Cape MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) has called for the prosecution of officials allegedly involved…
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KZN wildfires: Death toll rises to 7
The death toll from the wildfires which have ravaged large parts of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) has risen to seven. According to…
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COGTA estimates KZN weather damage amounts to R2.5 billion
The Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) Ministry has estimated the cost of damage caused by inclement weather in KwaZulu-Natal…
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Disaster management teams on high alert amid Level 5 warning of heavy rains over KZN
KwaZulu-Natal disaster management teams are on high alert following a Level 5 warning of disruptive rains on Wednesday. The South…
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KZN rescue teams recover body of missing man as flood death toll nears 60
Rescue teams in KwaZulu-Natal have recovered the body of a man who went missing during the floods in oThongathi on…
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Ladysmith floods: Search continues for people
Rescue teams are on Saturday, continuing the search for missing people following a flash flood in Ladysmith in KwaZulu-Natal on…
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KZN Premier calls for fast-tracking of infrastructure repairs ahead of matric exams
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Nomusa Dube-Ncube has called for the fast-tracking of repairs to infrastructure that was damaged during the recent foul…
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President Ramaphosa: Due process was followed to certified Misuzulu as the Zulu king
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday revealed that he followed due process when he certified Misuzulu kaZwelithini as the Zulu king.…
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Thembi Nkadimeng notes migration has exceeded government’s projections & budget
Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Thembi Nkadimeng said there were increasing signs of urban poverty, as she…
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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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Cogta Minister says collective approach needed to fight GBVF
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Minister Thembi Nkadimeng called for intensified efforts and collaboration to create a society where…
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Concern & panic over initiates as snow and extreme temperatures hit Eastern Cape
Traditional bodies have called on traditional surgeons and community leaders to be on alert to avoid deaths by placing initiates…
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Heavy rain and possible flooding predicted for KZN
Heavy rain is expected to lash the KwaZulu-Natal province today. The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta)…
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Gauteng Cogta disappointed with Tshwane council’s failure to pass adjustment budget
The Gauteng MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta), Mzi Khumalo, said he was disappointed the Tshwane municipality council…
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Fikile Mbalula refutes claims Ramaphosa hasn’t delivered on previous promises
The African National Congress (ANC) says President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address (Sona) has reflected on the government’s…
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KwaZulu-Natal dominates NEC
Former KZN premier, Sihle Zikalala, who in August failed in his bid to be re-elected ANC provincial chairperson, received the…
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ANC leadership structure wants disciplinary action against Nkosazana Dlamini-Zulu
The ANC’s top six leadership structure has instituted a disciplinary process against Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Minister, Nkosazana…
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NDZ ordered to reveal why South Africans couldn’t smoke or drink alcohol during lockdown
Following a two-year court battle, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has been compelled to reveal the…
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Sihle Zikalala criticises civil society over non-delivery of KZN flood relief
KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) premier Sihle Zikalala has accused some non-governmental organizations (NGOs) of not sticking to their promise to assist towards…
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ANC reiterates call for US government to end 60 years of the Cuban blockade
The ANC has reiterated its call for the American government to unconditionally lift the economic, financial and commercial blockade imposed…
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Severe thunderstorm warning over parts of KZN
The South African Weather Service (Saws) has issued a yellow level 2 severe thunderstorm warning in the Midlands and the…
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Eastern Cape initiation schools to be monitored after 23 initiates die
The increase in initiation deaths in the Eastern Cape is being closely monitored by Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta),…
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Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma extends State of Disaster by another month
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has gazetted the extension of the national State of Disaster on…
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Cogta committee isn’t sold on Enoch Mgijima’s R15 million stadium either
Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) wants an investigation into the controversial Lesseyton Sports facility in…
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Sam Mashini booted as FS Police MEC
Free State MEC for Police, Roads and Transport, Sam Mashinini, has been booted from his post by Free State Premier…
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Elections 2021: South Africans can still register online until midnight
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has pleaded for patience as its voter registration online portal continues to experience heavy traffic.…
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IEC: Election proclamation has implications
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) said on Tuesday that the proclamation of local government elections by Cooperative Governance and Traditional…
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Rapist ANC councillor kicked out of Matatiele council
Eastern Cape Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) MEC Xolile Nqatha has instructed the Matatiele Local Municipality to terminate the…
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Emfuleni woes deepen as municipality fails to pay service providers
Woes in the Emfuleni Local Municipality are continuing to deepen. It has emerged lately that the municipality is running short…
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SAPS ready to step in during EFF’s vaccine march in Pretoria
The South African Police Service has warned the EFF and those planning to participate in Friday’s big march to the…
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KZN MEC calls urgent Imbizo in a bid to stop the killing of traditional leaders
KwaZulu-Natal Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) MEC, Sipho Hlomuka, is expected to convene an imbizo comprising of amakhosi, izinduna,…
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SA expected to launch Cogta-UN partnership
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) Minister, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, and the head of the United Nations (UN) in South…
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KZN’s uMkhanyakude district municipality placed under administration
The uMkhanyakude district municipality has been placed under administration, making it the 11th municipality in KwaZulu-Natal to be placed under…
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SANCF to challenge lockdown church closures in court
The South African National Christian Forum (SANCF) has filed papers in the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg to challenge the…
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Ingquza Hill mayor dies of Covid-19
The mayor of Ingquza Hill Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape, Bambezakhe Goya, 63, has died of Covid-19. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma…
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Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma extends national State of Disaster by another month
Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta), Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has extended the national State of Disaster by another month.…
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No changes on international travel, initiation schools to close, says Dlamini-Zuma
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma on Tuesday said that international travel has not changed under the…
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Here are all the new lockdown level 3 changes, including businesses that have to close
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has gazetted the latest amendments to the Disaster Management Act, giving…
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High Court to hear AfriForum’s challenge over beache closures
Another challenge to the government’s COVID-19 regulations is expected to be heard in the High Court in Pretoria on Tuesday.…
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Disaster management teams on high alert for severe weather in KZN
KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Sipho Hlomuka has placed disaster management teams on high alert as…
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2 dead, 1 missing and 70 homes damaged after KZN hail storm
One person is still missing and two are dead following a hail storm which hit KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday. KZN’s MEC…
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Lebogang Maile pins hopes on ConCourt to reverse judgment on Tshwane dissolution
Although the Gauteng provincial government will not be appealing the court judgment allowing Tshwane councillors back at work, it does…
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Granny and grandchildren die in KZN house fire
A grandmother and two of her grandchildren tragically died in a house fire in kwaNongoma, KwaZulu-Natal, on Friday night. KwaZulu-Natal…
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Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma speaks on SA going back to tighter lockdown restrictions
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Minister, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has warned that South Africa could go back to tighter lockdown…
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Cogta has tabled R107 billion adjustment budget to fight Covid-19
R544 million was also approved by National Treasury for ‘labour-intensive infrastructure programmes’, Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said. The department of cooperative…
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Here are the Lockdown regulations that may be affected in Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma’s court fight
Despite the government being granted leave to appeal certain sections of the ruling against their lockdown regulations, some of them…
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Govt denies reinstating alcohol ban amid calls for its return
On the day the ban was lifted, the Chris Hani Baragwanath hospital recorded 117 trauma cases. Cooperative Governance and Traditional…
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New Cogta director-general will bring stability to department – Dlamini-Zuma
Williamson’ is an experienced senior public servant with more than 20 years of experience, straddling both the public service and…
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