An Eastern Cape chief has been suspended for 10 years, without pay, for forcing a couple of have sex in full view of the public. Cogta MEC Xolile Nqatha said on Wednesday that he had suspended Chief Bhekabambo Ntola of the Amantshangase…
Men are at loggerheads over the indefinite suspension of the cultural initiation into manhood for the summer season as a means to control the resurgence of Covid-19, while the number of confirmed cases continues to rise, especially in the…
The Congress of Traditional Leaders of SA (Contralesa) is tired of loud noise disturbing matrics trying to study and has called on tavern owners to keep the volume down.Matrics are studying hard and sitting for their final exams‚ which…
Former Eastern Cape social development and Cogta head Stanley Khanyile was shot dead on Saturday. Khanyile was serving as municipal manager of Sedibeng district municipality and was killed in Gauteng. In August, he was arrested by the…
Eastern Cape Cogta MEC Hon. Xolile Nqatha has issued a stern warning against the people are who hell-bent on destroying water infrastructure at Butterworth and in some parts of the province. This after a spate of water infrastructure…
The national coronavirus command council (NCCC) has not stripped parliament of its powers to hold ministers managing the Covid-19 crisis accountable. This is according to Deputy President David Mabuza‚ who on Thursday appeared in…
To slaughter or not to slaughter? The question has caused confusion between the government, traditional experts and cultural practitioners over the level 3 regulations that kicked in on Monday. Co-operative governance and traditional…
The MEC for co-operative governance and traditional affairs (Cogta) has placed the embattled Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality (EMLM) under administration, with all councillors accepting the intervention except the EFF. The troubled and…
The civic organisation Let’s Talk Komani (LTK) will proceed with its court application to have the local authority dissolved after provincial government refused, stating they would address issues facing the municipality by deploying an…
Corporative, governance and traditional affairs (Cogta), MEC Xolile Nqatha, handed over a brand new BMW X4 to Western Thembuland King, Siyabonga Dalimvula Matanzima in Bhisho on Thursday. The vehicle handover forms part of the…
MEC for Cogta and treasury met with Komani-based apolitical organisation Let’s Talk Komani (LTK) yesterday to discuss ways to solve issues facing the Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality. Discussions ended with provincial government not…
Khoisan leaders and activists from across the Eastern Cape recently met at Maria Louw High School for the first Khoisan convention in the province. Following the passing of the traditional Khoisan bill late last year, the meeting sought…
Early this week the community of Hewu invited cooperative governance and traditional affairs (Cogta) representatives to a meeting in the Methodist Church hall in Sada to address difficulties they had with the house of the chief.…
The MEC for the Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Fikile Xasa has indicated that Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality is one of 14 municipalities that are being investigated for corruption, an operation…
