COGTA

The Department of Cooperative Governance (DCoG) is a department of the South African government, responsible for the relationship between the national government and the provincial governments and municipalities as well as disaster management. Along with the Department of Traditional Affairs, it is within the political responsibility of the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), who is assisted by a Deputy Minister of Local Government. As of August 2020 the minister is Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and her deputy is Parks Tau.