13/07, 07:04 Botched circumcisions at 2 initiation schools in Limpopo leaves 21 initiates needing medical attentionCooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)LimpopoWinter initiationCooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)LimpopoWinter initiation
08/07, 07:00 Limpopo COGTA Dept confirms first winter initiation season deathCooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)LimpopoWinter initiationCooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)LimpopoWinter initiation
07/07, 15:40 Hlabisa says COGTA working with SAWS to improve early warning systemsCooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)South African Weather Service (SAWS)Eastern Cape floodsEastern CapeWestern CapeCooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)South African Weather Service (SAWS)Eastern Cape floodsEastern CapeWestern Cape
07/07, 13:47Trending COGTA threatens to withhold R1.2bn in disaster relief if municipalities don't account for millions previously allocatedCooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)Velenkosini HlabisaDisaster Relief FundCooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)Velenkosini HlabisaDisaster Relief Fund
05/07, 12:00 25 children rescued from bogus initiation school near Mahikeng villageCooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)Winter initiationNorth WestCooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)Winter initiationNorth West
29/06, 07:38 Deputy COGTA Minister Burns-Ncamashe calls for safer practices during winter initiation season Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)Winter initiationCooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)Winter initiation
26/06, 13:03Trending EC govt recognises deficit of more than R800m to restore flood-damaged roadsCooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)FloodsEastern CapeCooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)FloodsEastern Cape
26/06, 12:06Trending EC flooding: Provincial govt confirms death toll of 101, including a 1-year-old baby Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)Eastern CapeFloodsCooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)Eastern CapeFloods
25/06, 04:51 As govt works on emergency relief measures for EC, Godongwana warns against inflating of pricesCooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)Eastern CapeFloodsEnoch GodongwanaParliamentCooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)Eastern CapeFloodsEnoch GodongwanaParliament
24/06, 08:23Trending EC flooding death toll rises to 97 as COGTA warns MPs that the numbers may riseCooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)Eastern CapeFloodingParliamentCooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)Eastern CapeFloodingParliament
24/06, 05:10 Gauteng COGTA says foot and mouth disease outbreak doesn't warrant provincial state of disasterCooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)GautengFoot and mouth diseaseCooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)GautengFoot and mouth disease
17/06, 15:35 KZN provincial govt confirms 2 deaths due to weather-related disastersCooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)Thami NtuliKZN floodingVelenkosini HlabisaCooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)Thami NtuliKZN floodingVelenkosini Hlabisa
11/06, 12:45 Weather-related damage affects almost 70 KZN schoolsCooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)KwaZulu-Natal (KZN)Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)KwaZulu-Natal (KZN)
10/06, 04:00 'Governance crisis in our municipalities is deepening'Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)Zweli Mkhize2026 Municipal electionsSouth African Local Government Association (SALGA)Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)Zweli Mkhize2026 Municipal electionsSouth African Local Government Association (SALGA)
04/06, 08:49 Initiation season in South Africa: Why state regulation clashes with customary lawsCooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)Winter initiationCooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)Winter initiation
02/06, 06:11 COGTA's Hlabisa wants 'zero deaths' during winter initiation seasonCooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)Velenkosini HlabisaWinter initiationCooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)Velenkosini HlabisaWinter initiation
11/04, 14:36 Hlabisa welcomes closure of spaza shop that allegedly sold contaminated snacks to a childCooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)Spaza shopsFood poisoningCooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)Spaza shopsFood poisoning
11/04, 08:52Trending Non-compliant spaza shops should remain closed, says COGTA minister Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)Spaza shopsFood poisoningVelenkosini HlabisaFoodborne illnessSowetoCooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)Spaza shopsFood poisoningVelenkosini HlabisaFoodborne illnessSoweto
01/04, 06:28 COGTA extends 67,000 CWP beneficiaries' contracts for another four monthsCooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)Community Work Programme (CWP)Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)Community Work Programme (CWP)
01/04, 04:00 Mismanagement of disaster relief funds wont be tolerated, says COGTA's HlabisaCooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)Velenkosini HlabisaNatural disasterCooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)Velenkosini HlabisaNatural disaster
26/03, 05:42Trending Parly COGTA committee wants explanation why funds only allocated to fix WC flood-damaged infrastructureCooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)ParliamentFloodsWestern CapeVelenkosini HlabisaCooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)ParliamentFloodsWestern CapeVelenkosini Hlabisa
26/03, 04:12Trending Spaza shops food poisoning deaths might have been deliberate: Deputy COGTA Minister Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)ParliamentSpaza shopsFood poisoningVelenkosini HlabisaCooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)ParliamentSpaza shopsFood poisoningVelenkosini Hlabisa
25/03, 14:30 Parly's COGTA committee wants greater accountability for child deaths related to contaminated spaza shop foodCooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)ParliamentSpaza shopsFoodborne illnessCooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)ParliamentSpaza shopsFoodborne illness
25/03, 11:55 MPs question whether approved applications for foreign nationals to operate spaza shops meet legal requirementsCooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)Spaza shopsCooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)Spaza shops
17/03, 14:14 COGTA's Hlabisa appeals to residents affected by heavy rain to 'stay at home'Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)KwaZulu-Natal (KZN)FloodsVelenkosini HlabisaCooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)KwaZulu-Natal (KZN)FloodsVelenkosini Hlabisa
05/03, 05:27 KZN COGTA warns of possible flooding near Nagle Dam due to planned flood gates testingCooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)KwaZulu-Natal (KZN)FloodingCooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)KwaZulu-Natal (KZN)Flooding