Tag: Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Failing Mangaung Metro discussed
An urgent meeting was called in terms of rule number 8 of the council's Standing Rules at the Mangaung Municipality.
OFM News reported from the...
Metro introduces team to implement financial recovery plan
Executive Mayor of Mangaung Metro, Olly Mlamleli, has, together with the provincial counterparts MECs for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA), Thembeni Nxangisa, and...
Mangaung waste battle to receive MEC’s attention
The issue of waste refuse lying uncollected around the streets of the troubled Mangaung Metro Municipality - which includes Bloemfontein in the Free State...
Lack of skills, opportunities to blame for corruption in municipalities, says...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Minister, Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has reportedly said that corruption and infighting at local government level can be blamed...
Maluti-a-Phofung municipality finally elects mayor
The struggling municipality of Maluti-a-Phofung finally has a mayor.
This, after the council sitting was eventually successfully held with the purpose of electing the mayor,...
Nxangisa works greatly with traditional leaders
Too many people still think traditional leaders and their roles are old-fashioned, which is not true.
This is according to the Cooperative Governance and Traditional...
Municipal debt to Eskom climbs to R17bn
The debt owed to Eskom by South Africa’s municipalities continues to grow and has now reached R17 billion, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister...
Second phase of Traditional & Khoi-San Leadership Bill commences
The Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) is conducting the second phase of the public hearings on this draft legislation for...
MEC will investigate multi-million rand housing project
Free State Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) MEC, Sisi Ntombela, said she will investigate the state of a multi-million rand project that is...
Khoi-San leadership public hearings conducted in Upington
The Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) held another public hearing on the Traditional and Khoi-San Bill at the Toll Speelman...
