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Velenkosini Hlabisa

Velenkosini Hlabisa on Fixing Local Government and the Future of Coalitions

Velenkosini Fika Hlabisa has been Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) in the Government of National Unity (GNU) since June 2024, and President of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) since 2019. He previously served as a school principal, Secretary-General of the IFP, Mayor of the Big Five Hlabisa Local Municipality, and Leader of the Opposition in the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature.
COGTA is finalising a landmark review of the 1998 White Paper on Local Government to address municipalities’ structural, financial, and service delivery challenges.

The Minister will address the Cape Town Press Club on how local government reform will solve our water, electricity, and sanitation crises. He will also explore the future of coalition government.

He will take questions.

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Date

Thursday, June 25, 2026
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Time

Please arrive 30 minutes early
1:00 pm

Cost

Members: R400, Guests: R450 (includes a two-course meal plus complimentary wine). Working journalists: FREE but no lunch. Banking details are available on the website under the “Join the Club” menu item. Please use your surname AND the surname of the guest speaker as a reference. If you cancel with less than 24 hours notice we will try to fill your place, but if not successful, you will be liable to pay.

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Location

Palmyra Room - Kelvin Grove
144 Campground Rd, Newlands, Cape Town
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Lalage Maurer
Phone
082 820 0190
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