The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma will on Sunday, 10 November 2019 convene the MinMec Meeting. The meeting is taking place at a time when focus on delivery of services to South Africans is heightened. The District Development Model is one of the key strategic interventions that is […]
The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), Dr Zweli Mkhize led South Africa’s celebration of the 2018 International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDR) which was held in Upington from 15 to 16 November 2018, calling on better planning and coordination to implement disaster risk reduction plans. Minister Mkhize was joined by the […]
The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), Dr Zweli Mkhize will lead South Africa’s celebration of the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDR) in Upington, Northern Cape on the 16th of November 2018. The International Day for Disaster Reduction was started in 1989 after a call by the United Nations General Assembly for […]
The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), has announced today, 13 June 2018, that the national state of disaster that was declared on 13 March 2018 has lapsed in terms of the legislation. The Minister has decided not to renew the state of disaster due to progress made since the declaration. He informed […]
The National Climate Change Bill was published by Environmental Affairs Minister in Government Gazette 41689 (Notice No. 636) for public comment. The purpose of the Bill is to build an effective climate change response and ensure the long-term, just transition to a climate resilient and lower carbon economy and society. “This will be done within […]
With the drought having been declared a national disaster, Vuk’uzenzele gets to the cause and what’s being done to save water. With the drought having reached crisis levels in the Northern and Eastern Cape, where dam levels in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality are at only 25 percent, it is time for South Africans […]
Since the Inter-Ministerial Task Team on Drought and Water Scarcity held its last media briefing announcing the declaration of drought as a national disaster on 13 March 2018 in Cape Town, the severity of the drought is still evident in all the Cape Provinces (Western, Eastern and Northern). Other provinces are also affected with pockets […]
The World Water Forum’s mission is to promote awareness, build political commitment and trigger action on critical water issues at all levels, to facilitate the efficient conservation, protection, development, planning, management and the use of water in all its dimensions on an environmentally sustainable basis for the benefit of all life. Read the full speech: National […]
NATIONAL STATEMENT OF SOUTH AFRICA AT THE THE 8TH WORLD WATER FORUM IN BRASILIA PRESENTED BY MR ANDRIES NEL, DEPUTY MINISTER OF COOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE AND TRADITIONAL AFFAIRS, ON 20 MARCH 2018 Excellency Minister José Sarney Filho, Members of the Presidium Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, Em nome de sua Excellencia Cyril Ramaphosa, Presidente da […]
Ministers Deputy Minister Directors-General Head of the National Disaster Management Centre Government officials Members of the media Good Morning and thank you for joining us for this briefing. The drought in South Africa is, in some provinces, showing no signs of abatement. In the State of the National Address (SONA), the State […]
