Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs Job Vacancies

The Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs (COGTA) Ministry comprises the Department of Cooperative Governance and the Department of Traditional Affairs. Key elements and Constitutional foundations of CoGTA’s mandate:

• System of  Cooperative Government (Chapter 3 of the Constitution)
• Provinces (Chapter 6 of the Constitution)
• Local Government (Chapter 7 of the Constitution)
• Traditional Leaders (Chapter 12 of the Constitution)

Vision

A functional and developmental local government system that delivers on its Constitutional and legislative mandates within a system of cooperative governance

This Vision is in line with the objectives of Chapter 13 of the National Development Plan: ‘Building a capable and developmental State’

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Mission

Our mission is to ensure that all municipalities perform their basic responsibilities and functions consistently by:

1. Putting people and their concerns first;
2. Supporting the delivery of municipal services to the right quality and standard;
3. Promoting good governance, transparency, and accountability;
4. Ensuring sound financial management and accounting; and
5. Building institutional resilience and administrative capability.

This mission is directly adopted from the 5 Pillars of the Back to Basics Campaign.

Guided by the spirit of Batho Pele, our values are:

• Commitment to public service.
• Integrity and dedication to fighting corruption.
• A hands-on approach to dealing with local challenges.
• Public participation and people-centered approach.
• Professionalism and goal orientation.
• Passion to serve.
• Excellence and accountability.

Adherence to these values will contribute towards the required state of Local Government.

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