Media Statements
Media Statements
MINISTER HLABISA LEADS G20 DISASTER RISK REDUCTION OUTREACH IN KLIPTOWN, SOWETO
By Communications on June 30, 2025
Today, the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), Honourable Velenkosini Hlabisa, led a community outreach program in Kliptown, Soweto, as part of the build-up to the G20 Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Working Group engagements. The outreach forms part of Government’s ...
MINISTER HLABISA TO UNDERTAKE G20 DRR WORKING GROUP MINISTERIAL OUTREACH IN SOWETO
By Communications on June 30, 2025
The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), Mr Velenkosini Hlabisa, will lead a G20 Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group (DRR WG) Ministerial Outreach in Soweto on Saturday, 28 June 2025. The Minister will be joined by the Gauteng COGTA Executives, the Executives of t ...
Another intense cold front is expected to hit the Namakwa District of the Northern Cape and the Western Cape from Wednesday to Friday, 25 to 27 June 2025
By Communications on June 27, 2025
An intense cold front is expected to make landfall on Wednesday, 25 June 2025, over the south-western parts of South Africa, bringing a significant shift in weather conditions across the region. The system is expected to result in the following impacts: .. For the public: .. • Heavy rainfall wit ...
PREMIER NTULI AND MINISTER HLABISA TO VISIT STRONG WINDS-AFFECTED COMMUNITIES IN IMPENDLE
By Communications on June 17, 2025
The Premier of KwaZulu-Natal, Honourable Thamsanqa Ntuli, together with the Minister of CooperaMve Governance and TradiMonal Affairs, Honourable Velenkosini Hlabisa, will on Tuesday, 17 June 2025, visit Wards 1 and 5 of the Impendle Local Municipality, which were severely affected by the recent str ...
INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE ON DISASTER MANAGEMENT (ICDM) MEETS URGENTLY TO ASSESS PROGRESS IN DISASTER RELIEF MEASURES
By Communications on June 11, 2025
The Minister for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Mr Velenkosini Hlabisa, last night, 10 June 2025, convened a special, urgent sitting of the Intergovernmental Committee on Disaster Management (ICDM) in response to inclement weather conditions which have beset the country since Mon ...