Press Release

​Ugu District Municipality has over the past weeks through the Office of the Speaker started a process of community engagement across the district in its concerted effort of checking progress on reported service delivery challenges.This process has yielded positive results towards identifying discrepancies on service delivery commitments made. This week, the district in collaboration with…

​Ugu District Municipality embarked on a Drought Awareness Campaign in Harding yesterday.The persistent high temperatures resulting in no rain has placed our water supply systems under severe strain due to water shortages in the area.Water levels at our Harding dams have dropped significantly which poses a serious threat to water supply in Harding and surrounding…

​Ugu District Municipality embarked on a Drought Awareness Campaign in Harding yesterday.The persistent high temperatures resulting in no rain has placed our water supply systems under severe strain due to water shortages in the area.Water levels at our Harding dams have dropped significantly which poses a serious threat to water supply in Harding and surrounding…

​IT was a day of positive emotions and much jubilation in Ward 3 Umzumbe when the MEC for Social Development Mrs Weziwe Thusi together with Ugu District Municipality Mayor, Cllr Mondli Chiliza led a delegation of councillors and senior officials to handover a brand-new four-roomed house to a 94-year old Ms Ncanyinwe Nesta Cele on Mandela…

​The provision of water and sanitation services remains a core constitutional mandate of the Municipality and it remains committed to ensuring that these services are delivered without prejudice and limitations.In the new service delivery fiscal year, the municipality has planned for several multimillion rand projects aimed improving the provision of water and sanitation services throughout…

​The District Mayor, Cllr MA Chiliza has announced that the Municipality is offering a cash reward of R300 000 in exchange for information that will lead to the successful arrest and prosecution of any individual responsible for the vandalism and tampering with the municipal water and sanitation infrastructure during the period when municipal employees affiliated…

​Following a 9-hour marathon meeting chaired by Premier of KwaZulu-Natal Mr Willies Mchunu, Organised Labour and the UGU District Municipality have finally agreed to end their dispute which for the past two weeks had virtually stopped water supply in the district.According to the ground-breaking interim agreement which was signed at 2am this morning, workers will…