MKP WELCOMES THE EXPANSION OF THE SIU INTO GKM
“This has nothing to do with politics”, Siqwayi. The Special Investigating Unit has been given…
MKP WELCOMES THE EXPANSION OF THE SIU INTO GKM
“This has nothing to do with politics”, Siqwayi. The Special Investigating Unit has been given expanded powers to investigate IT procurement at the Greater Kokstad Municipality, with the probe now stretching from June 2020. President Cyril Ramaphosa signed an amendment to proclamation 244 of 2025, widening the scope of the SIU’s investigation into the municipality’s…
GKM ACCUSED OF TURNING ITS BACK ON LOCALS
“We are treated like outsiders in our own town.” Street vendors say. The Local Economic Development unit in partnership with Harry Gwala District Municipality, SAPS and Traffic department conducted inspections with informal traders across Kokstad this week. While Greater Kokstad Municipality says it is working to create “orderly spaces” for informal traders, street vendors in…
BOARDROOM SODA RAISES QUESTIONS IN THE ALFRED NZO REGION
“They don’t want to account for anything,” said EFF. On the 9th of July, the Alfred Nzo District Municipality hosted the State of the District Address at Maggie Resha municipal building in Matatiele, where the Executive Mayor Tsileng Sobuthongo said the occasion presents an important constitutional opportunity, for the Municipality to reflect on progress made…
ALFRED NZO DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY LAYS FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH GROWTH
Executive Mayor Cllr Tsileng Sobuthongo recently led a delegation to carry out an oversight visit to track the growth of two companies that have previously received municipal funding. According to reports by the Alfred Nzo District Municipality, ZK Kerbing concrete company in Kwa-Bhaca received heavy duty kerb moulds, a hydraulic lift, electric concrete mixer, kerbing…
BUSINESS EQUIPMENT HANDOVER AIMED AT STRENGTHENING LOCAL ECONOMY
Local youth beneficiaries of the HGDA business equipment handover.
Local Businesses Receive Major Boost from Municipality
“I encourage fellow entrepreneurs not to lose hope or give up”. Celebrations filled the air at the Shayamoya Sports Field in Kokstad during the Greater Kokstad Mayoral Imbizo, as entrepreneurs stepped forward to receive funding and working equipment from the Greater Kokstad Municipality. The initiative was designed to confront the structural barriers that continue to…
Chaos Erupts in Local Ward Elections
“We are the only transparent organisation among all political parties”. Community members in Kokstad and Franklin are divided after residents burned African National Congress (ANC) regalia while calling for their current ward councillor to step down on Sunday, 7 June 2026. The ANC Kokstad Regional Secretary, Qiniso Mnguni, said the African National Congress is an…
Every Ward Must Produce, Trade and Create Jobs
Written by: Sibonelo Tshonga who is a Local Government Professional and an LED Manager at Alfred Nzo Development Agency with over 8 years’ experience in Municipal governance, economic development and institutional performance management. I believe the Eastern Cape province urgently needs a practical and progressive response to the intertwined crises of unemployment, poverty and underdevelopment….
DA welcomes Treasury clarification on KZN Transport department’s on-going fiscal woes
The Democratic Alliance (DA) welcomes the recent statement by Provincial Treasury clarifying the true extent of the on-going fiscal crisis within the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport (DoT). The statement by KZN Finance MEC, Francois Rodgers, affirms what the DA has consistently maintained: that the department’s financial distress is not the result of a so-called “system…
ANC says Kokstad parallel structures resolved ahead of 2026 elections
“The aim is to leave no one behind and marshal all our branches towards a decisive ANC victory in Harry Gwala.” The African National Congress (ANC) Harry Gwala Regional Task Team (RTT) says it has resolved long-standing internal divisions within the Greater Kokstad sub-region as part of efforts to strengthen the organisation ahead of the…
