The Minister for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), Sicelo Shiceka has on Friday (04 June 2010) met with all the Mayors and MECs for local government to discuss and finalize Performance and Service Delivery Agreements which clarify outputs and deliverables that must be met by local government and the provinces in this term of service delivery.
Pretoria, 29 July 2010 – Findings of the Commission on Traditional Leadership Disputes and Claims, popularly known as the “Nhlapo Commission”, indicate that South Africa has only seven legitimate Kingships and another six whose kingship/queenship status will come to an end on the death of the current incumbent in the position.
Five of the seven kingships and their kings have been confirmed by the Commission and approved by the President of the Republic, while the remaining two are still awaiting the Commission’s recommendation on the rightful incumbent for the position of King or Queen. However while the issue of the incumbent is still to be resolved, the President has nonetheless approved all of the seven kingships.
Pretoria, 29 April 2010 – Local Government Ministers from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) converged at a two-day meeting here where they agreed to reinstate and reposition the SADC Local Government Ministers Forum as a key platform to enhance cooperation on matters related to local government within the region.
Minister for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Sicelo Shiceka and President JG Zuma will be among the thousands of guests who will congregate at Ingquza Hill in Flagstaff from Saturday 5th to Monday 7th June to honour the 50th anniversary of one of the events credited with having led to the decision by the African National Congress to ditch passive resistance in favour of armed resistance.
Pretoria, 27 June 2010 - Minister for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Sicelo Shiceka, has expressed deep concern and anger over the deaths of young initiates in particularly the Eastern Cape as a result of botched circumcisions.
