It was celebrations across Bokone Bophirima Province as a number of hard working municipalities were awarded during the Moses Kotane Municipal Excellence Awards ceremony held in Rustenburg. Minister of CoGTA, honourable Des van Rooyen joined Premier, MECs and Local Government leaders of Bokone Bophirima Province. “This initiative will encourage municipalities work harder, better and smarter […]
Members of the Media who wish to attend the 3rd Presidential Local Government Summit to be held at Gallagher Convention Centre on 06 & 07 April 2017 are requested to urgently apply for accreditation. A compulsory accreditation form is attached for media to fill in their details. Please note the cut-off date for media application […]
The Minister for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), honourable Des van Rooyen will embark on an outreach programme to OR Tambo District Municipality. The Minister will during this visit, launch and officially hand over boreholes to the O R Tambo District Municipality. The boreholes donated by CoGTA have been funded through Municipal Infrastructure Grant […]
His Excellency President Jacob Zuma will host the 3rd Presidential Local Government Summit on 6 – 7 April 2017 under the theme: “Transforming Municipal Spaces for Radical Social and Economic Development.†The Summit will assess progress made with the implementation of programme of action agreed upon in 2014 and to agree on the way forward […]
Ministers Deputy Ministers Directors-General Members of the media Ladies and Gentlemen We welcome you to the Governance and Administration Cluster post-SoNA media briefing. As customary, all Clusters brief the media after the President has delivered the State of the Nation Address. It is within this context that we are meeting today to provide report […]
Address by President Zuma at the Annual Official Opening of the National House of Traditional Leaders (NHTL), Parliament, Cape Town Chairperson of the National House of Traditional Leaders, Kgosi Maubane Deputy Chairperson, Inkosi Mahlangu Minister for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Mr Des Van Rooyen and other Cabinet Ministers; Deputy Ministers, Premiers, MECs, Executive Mayors, […]
The provinces of Gauteng, North West, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), Free State and some parts of the Northern Cape and the Eastern Cape received the much needed rains after long drought that besieged the whole country. These were followed by further rains associated with the ex-Tropical cyclone Dineo which affected parts of Limpopo, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal. The […]
The President of the Republic of South Africa, His Excellence Mr JG Zuma, will in terms of section 8 (1) (b) of the National House of Traditional Leaders Act, 2009 (Act 22 of 2009) deliver his annual address to the National House of Traditional Leaders on 3 March 2017. The address of the President will […]
Deputy Minister Andries Nel will visit the Youth Centre in Bavianspoort Correctional Centre  as part of Government Imbizo programme. The Deputy Minister will interact with offenders who are currently studying at the centre. Emthonjeni Youth Centre achieved a 100% matric pass rate in the 2016 academic year, making it possible for Correctional Services to […]
Deputy Minister Obed Bapela will visit the Gert Sibande TVET College as part of the Education Imbizo programme. The Deputy Minister will interact with students and educators at the institution talking about the importance of education for a developing South Africa. This Imbizo programme will elevate Education which is the number one priority for the […]