Mayor gives hospitals an early Christmas

​Ugu District Municipality Mayor, CllrMondli Chilizaand other councillors received a warm welcome from the management and parents of the young patients at the GJ Crookes and Murchison Hospitals when he was brought them an early Christamas .Mayor Chiliza brought brough broad smiles and warming the hearts of the children in the pediatric ward. The kids were presented with gifts ranging…

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Extended Management embarks on Municipal Service Week

​This week, Ugu District Municipality’s extended management team is embarking on an annual Municipal Service Week Programme where managers are deployed on the ground with the aim to get a holistic perspective of the different sections of the organisation and improve service delivery.The Municipal Manager, Mr DD Naidoo has pronounced the Municipality’s stance on Municipal…

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Ugu District Women’s Month celebration a resounding success

​Female leaders in the Ugu District were in the fore front in the celebration of the Ugu District Women’s Month 2018, which was testimony to a stance taken by the district that women empowerment is at the apex of its priorities to move our district forward.This year, various government departments together with Ugu District Municipality and…

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Ugu District Women’s Month celebration a resounding success

​Female leaders in the Ugu District were in the fore front in the celebration of the Ugu District Women’s Month 2018, which was testimony to a stance taken by the district that women empowerment is at the apex of its priorities to move our district forward.This year, various government departments together with Ugu District Municipality and…

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Harding community holds municipal services in hostage

​A group of community members protesting outside the municipal building in Harding have disrupted municipal operations resulting in most in areas falling under Umuziwabantu being subjected to water outages. The protesters have since from last week closed entrances to Ugu Municipal offices and water treatment plants preventing workers from entering their work stations. Countless meetings were…

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New Ugu District Municipality Deputy Mayor sworn in

​At the sitting of the Ugu District Municipality Council meeting held yesterday, 28 June 2018, a member of the Executive Committee, Cllr Phumlile Mthiyane was duly elected as the new Deputy Mayor of Ugu District.The election of Cllr Mthiyane as the new Deputy Mayor was actioned after the District has been without a Deputy Mayor…

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We remain committed to servicing our communities

​During the past weeks our communities who reside within the jurisdiction of the Ray Nkonyeni and Umuziwabantu Municipalities have endured days of dry taps. This occurrence was as a result of the illegal work stoppage by the Water Services technical staff which resulted in our bulk supply systems being severely affected thus leading to water…

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KZN Council Members convene special meeting at Ugu

​The KwaZulu-Natal Executive Council Members have today convened an emergency meeting with the Ugu District Municipality. This comes in the wake of unrest that has broken out across the district following an illegal protest by municipal workers based at uGu District Municipality over labour relations matters.Unfortunately, the workers’ protest has been characterised by disruptions on…

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Ugu District Municipality Service Delivery Budget adopted

​Ugu District Municipality’s 2018/19 fiscal year service delivery budget of R1 115 239, 769, was adopted during the sitting of the Ugu District Council  at the Port Shepstone Civic Centre yesterday.The adoption of the budget follows after it underwent public scrutiny by different communities during the annual IDP and Budget Road shows between April and May 2018.From…

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