{"id":8534,"date":"2019-02-08T13:33:43","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T13:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzncogta.gov.za\/?p=3057"},"modified":"2025-08-06T19:55:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T17:55:15","slug":"kzn-cogta-challenges-encas-reporting-error-in-alleged-drought-funding-misappropriation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/devtst.kznsshf.gov.za\/kzncogta.gov.za\/index.php\/2019\/02\/08\/kzn-cogta-challenges-encas-reporting-error-in-alleged-drought-funding-misappropriation\/","title":{"rendered":"KZN COGTA CHALLENGES ENCA\u2019S REPORTING ERROR IN ALLEGED DROUGHT FUNDING MISAPPROPRIATION"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"6240\" height=\"4160\" src=\"http:\/\/devtst.kznsshf.gov.za\/kzncogta.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/mmkhize_disaster-media-briefing_21.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10532\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC Nomusa Dube-Ncuce briefing the members of the media on the state of disaster readiness for the province. The media briefing was attended by the Angela Masefield, from the Department of Water and Sanitation, Barbara Mgutshini, a Manager from planning at provincial Cogta at Mayville offices on 04.02.19<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">KZN Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) has noted ENCA\u2019s report on the department\u2019s media briefing which took place on Tuesday about the threat of green drought in the province was incorrect in pointing out an alleged misappropriation of drought funding.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cAs far as KZN Cogta is concerned, we can confirm that no drought funding has been misappropriated in this province. It is regrettable that the allegation of misappropriated drought funding has clouded our message which was about the threat of green drought in KZN,\u201d said KZN MEC for Cogta Nomusa Dube-Ncube.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">KZN Cogta\u2019s understanding is that the allegedly misappropriated R220-million which the ENCA report erroneously attributed to the department has in fact to do with a forensic investigation into alleged misappropriation of funds in the provincial Department of Agriculture.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThe question about the allegedly misappropriated R220-million in drought funding did come up during our media briefing and we have duly clarified the issue on the spot. It is unfortunate that despite our explanation the error has persisted in ENCA\u2019s reporting on our media briefing,\u201d said Dube-Ncube.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">KZN Cogta held a media briefing on Tuesday in Durban where it provided an overview of the recent devastating storm near Ladysmith which paradoxically struck uThukela district where there is severe drought. The term green drought refers to superficial rainfall that does not alleviate underlying drought conditions.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cWe would like to reiterate our appeal made this week for intensive water conservation by municipalities and consumers of water services as a way to prevent the green drought turning into a fully-fledged drought that affected KZN from 2015 until very recently,\u201d Dube-Ncube.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">For more information contact: KZN Cogta spokesperson, Lennox Mabaso, 082 884 2403<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Date: 8 February 2019<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Ends.<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KZN Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) has noted ENCA\u2019s report on the department\u2019s media briefing which took [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10532,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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