The South African Local Government Association (SALGA) invites members of the media to the Highway Africa Conference taking place in Grahamstown.  The Highway Conference is proudly hosted by the University of Rhodes in partnership with SALGA, Department of Cooperative Governance and the South African Cities Network to mount a series of events focused on local […]
The Constitution established local government as a distinctive sphere of government, interdependent and interrelated with national and provincial spheres of government. To this effect, since the year 2000 the democratic local government continued to deliver services to communities and has also put in place structures and system that have since been assisting this important sphere […]
Cabinet has made a key decision to plough more resources into municipal infrastructure, especially for maintenance, says Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Jeff Radebe. Minister Radebe was briefing media on Monday in Pretoria following the Cabinet Lekgotla that was held last week. The Lekgotla, according to Minister Radebe, provided an opportunity […]
On Thursday, 18 August 2016, Government joined other stakeholders and the royal family during the media briefing held in the palace of His Majesty, King Mphephu Ramabulana. The plenipotentiaries’, the Deputy Minister for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, honourable Obed Bapela, and the MEC for COGTA in Limpopo Province, honourable Makoma Makhurupetjte indicated they were […]
South Africa’s 2016 Municipal Elections, in which over 200 parties participated were free and fair, the Electoral Commission (IEC) Chairperson Glen Mashinini declared as he announced the final results on Saturday. “It is my privilege to declare the 2016 Local Government Elections free and fair,†he told a packed national Results Operations Centre, in Pretoria. […]
The institution of traditional leadership is recognised as one of the South African leadership and therefore its existence is governed by a number of pieces of legislation such as; Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 which recognises the institution of traditional leadership in Chapter 12 and the significant role that it plays in […]
The date of the 2016 local government elections, 3 August 2016, has been declared a public holiday.This would enable all South Africans who are eligible to vote to exercise their right on the day, President Jacob Zuma said on Friday. “Voting is a fundamental right enshrined in our Constitution,” he said. “It is important that […]
The COGTA Deputy Minister for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Honourable Andries Nel addressed the Planning Africa 2016 Conference under the theme – “Reinvention through the Integrated Urban Development Frameworkâ€. Enquiries: Legadima Leso CoGTA 083 378 9495
The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) welcomes the first ever Demarcation and Spatial Transformation conference by the Municipal Demarcation Board to be held between 23rd and 24th June 2016. The Municipal Demarcation Board is an independent authority responsible for the determination of municipal boundaries. The Board’s status as an independent authority is […]
It is all systems go on the state of readiness for the fourth democratic local government elections, which will take place on 03 August 2016. The Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) on Elections met today to ensure that preparations for the Local Government Elections are on track. The IMC led by the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional […]