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Tune-in to Vukani Community Radio and catch the Executive Mayor, Cllr Wongama Gela, together with a panel of Local Municipality Executive Mayors & Mayors engaging communities DDM Pillar 3 – Transformed Land Use and Ownership; Land invasions and Service delivery amongst other topics. For details, see below:

Currently, CHDM is holding a 2-day workshop on District Municipal Planning Tribunal and Spatial Planning and Land Use Management (SPLUMA) (DMPT). All the affected stakeholders are part of the session and the newly appointed DMPT members, which comprise of 5 CHDM local municipalities, namely; Intsika Yethu, Engcobo, Inxuba Yethemba, Emalahleni and Sakhisizwe are involved. CHDM [...]

“Inkomo yenqoma ayinqikwa mazinyo”. La ngamazwi ombulelo ka Mnu Zanozuko Kene ongumhloli kwisebe lezemfundo eCala. Uwenza lamzwi emvakokuba uSodolophu kaMasipala wase Chris Hani Cllr Wongama Gela, ekhokele igqiza elinikezele ngezixhobo zokuphucula izakhono kwisikolo esikhethekileyo iKhanyisa apho kufunda khona abantwana abaphila nokhubazeko. Ezizixhobo ziquka oomatshini bokuthunga kwezoshishino kwakunye nabo bonke ubuxhakaxhaka balemihla bokusebenza eSaluni. Umasipala ukwenza [...]

CHDM Fire Services conducted a capacity building session on fire fighting, at Disaster Boardroom in Komani today. Fire trainees from LMs were in attendance - Sakhisizwe, Emalahleni, Intsika Yethu, Inxuba Yethemba and Enoch Mgijima volunteers. The purpose was to impart knowledge on key fire fighting strategies to the new members in the service focusing on [...]

Stats SA working together with Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality and Chris Hani District Municipality have began collecting data for the Income and Expenditure Survey IES 2022/23 that is currently underway across the country. The IES 2022/23 is a household-based sample survey specifically designed to collect a detailed household income and expenditure information needed to measure [...]

21 wards of Intsika Yethu Local Municipality were the recipients of equipment that will serve as risk reduction measures against disastrous fires. As part of the IDDR celebrations, CHDM Executive Mayor, Cllr Wongama Gela, along with Portfolio Head of Health and Community Services, Cllr Sinomtha Lali, handed over 15 fire beaters, 15 goggles and 15 [...]

International Day for Disaster Reduction, (IDDR) has been officially opened by Reverend Matshaya at Qutsa Village in Ward 7 of Intsika YethuLM. This year, the district has been putting preventive measures in place, handing-over fire beaters, gloves and goggles to various wards across the district, to ensure preparedness enabling early action to minimize harm to [...]

CHDM Initiation Forum currently in session at the Council Chambers to outline plans for the 2022 Summer Season intitiation period. Various key stakeholders such as SAPS, Social Development, Traditional leaders, local initiation forums , Dept of Education, Dept of Health, Cogta and Komani Mens' Forum , are all gathered to deliberate on strategies to make [...]

The District Wide Infrastructure Forum (DWIF) is currently sitting at the CHDM Council Chambers in a meeting that will ensure the implementation of the Division of Revenue Act (DoRA) 2022 on capital grants, along with encouraging municipalities to share their challenges in infrastructure development. CHDM Portfolio Head of Infrastructure, Cllr Bongeka Nobuntu, is chairing the [...]