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The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (formerly the Department of Provincial and Local Government) was a ministry of the South African government, responsible for the relationship between the national government and the provincial governments and municipalities, and for overseeing the traditional leadership of South Africa's indigenous communities.
Along with the Department of Traditional Affairs, it is within the political responsibility of the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), who is assisted by a Deputy Minister of Local Government. [1] As of August 2020 the minister is Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma [2] and her deputy is Parks Tau. [3]
The Department of Traditional Affairs (DTA) is a department of the South African government, responsible for overseeing the traditional leadership of South Africa's indigenous communities. Along with the Department of Cooperative Governance , it is within the political responsibility of the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional ...
The committee is responsible for oversight of the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs as well as other statutory entities, such as the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities, the Municipal Demarcation Board, the Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent ...
Kopeng Obed Bapela (born 28 February 1958) is a South African politician who is currently serving as the Deputy Minister of Public Enterprises since 6 March 2023. Before that, he was Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs from 2014 to 2023.
The office was called the minister of provincial and local government from June 1999 until May 2009, when the minister assumed responsibility for traditional leadership institutions. [2] Before June 1999, the office was the minister of constitutional development and provincial affairs .
On 7 February 2023, following Sihle Zikalala's resignation from the provincial legislature, Premier Dube-Ncube effected a minor cabinet reshuffle in which Sithole-Moloi replaced Zikalala as MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. [14] [15] Sithole-Moloi left the provincial legislature and the provincial government in 2024.
Operating at both national and provincial levels ("domes") are advisory bodies drawn from South Africa's traditional leaders. It is a stated intention in the Constitution that the country be run on a system of cooperative governance.