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EC Cogta dissolves OR Tambo District Municipality

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The department said the decision was taken after the municipality failed to fulfil its constitutional mandate.

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    Tshwane was officially placed under administration after the decision was endorsed by the National Council of Provinces and Cogta Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.

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  • CEO of Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent (MISA) Goodman Ntandazo Vimba. Picture: cogta.gov.za

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  • Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma addressing the second installment of the Kgalema Motlanthe Foundation’s Inclusive Growth Forum gathering in Drakensberg, Kwa-Zulu Natal, on 12 October 2019. Picture: @NationalCoGTA/Twitter.

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    947 days ago
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    Govt working with traditional leaders to reduce initiate deaths - Cogta

    At least 18 initiates have died and about a hundred have been rescued from bogus schools this season.

    1054 days ago
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    3 confirmed dead, many others still missing from KZN flash floods

    Cogta said a warning had been sent out to the public last Thursday about the heavy rains which began on Sunday.

    1161 days ago
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    Minister Zweli Mkhize said the debt continues to grow due to accruing interest and the failure to service arrears.

    1167 days ago
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    EC police investigate 37 cases of illegal circumcisions

    Twelve people have been arrested in connection with illegal practices since the start of the summer initiation season.

    1240 days ago
  • This file picture taken on 20 November 2008 shows young boys from the Xhosa tribe attending a traditional initiation school in Libode in the Eastern Cape province. Picture: AFP.

    Cogta Eastern Cape expresses concern at summer initiation deaths

    Cogta says most of the deaths were because of dehydration, septicaemia and one initiate allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself.

    1249 days ago
  • Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Zweli Mkhize. Picture: GCIS

    CoGTA plans interventions in ailing FS municipalities

    Minister Mkhize’s visit in line with Constitutional responsibility to support and strengthen the capacity of municipalities.

    1423 days ago
  • FILE: A picture taken on 20 November 2009 of young boys from the Xhosa tribe attending a traditional initiation school in Libode in the Eastern Cape Province. Picture: AFP

    Police crackdown on illegal initiation schools following deaths of 3 boys

    Cogta’s provincial spokesperson Mamkeli Ngam says arrests have been made in some areas in connection with illegal initiation practices.

    1424 days ago
  • Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Zweli Mkhize. Picture: @NationalCoGTA/Twitter

    Mkhize won't extend national drought disaster declaration

    The declaration was made in March due to the crippling drought that hit the Western Cape, Eastern Cape and Northern Cape.

    1434 days ago
  • FILE: Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Zweli Mkhize addresses the media in Parliament on behalf of government’s task team on the water crisis. Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN

    ‘Majority of SA municipalities dysfunctional or in distress’

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    1519 days ago
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