Bua Briefs topics
This bulletin brings summaries of government's position on current issues, as well as updates on progress and problems in implementing government's Programme of Action.
You can access the bulletin per issue or access information on a specific topic (see listing below).
Agriculture
- Food price inflation (18 April 2008)
Budget
- Budget speech
- Budget votes (23 April 2010)
- Medium Term Budget Policy Statement
Children
- Promoting the rights of the child (20 April 2011)
Disaster management
- Working together to curb the impact of disasters (4 February 2011)
Economy
- Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative for SA (AsgiSA)/Joint Initiative for Priority Skills Acquisition (Jipsa) (17 April 2009)
- Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative for SA (AsgiSA) (30 April 2008)
- Economic confidence (20 March 2008)
- Joint Initiative on Priority Skills Acquisition (JIPSA) (30 April 2008)
- Global Forum (3 June 2010)
- New Growth Path: the framework (8 December 2010)
- World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Switzerland (3 December 2008)
- World Economic Forum on Africa 2008 (30 May 2008)
- World Economic Forum on Africa (WEAFA) (5 May 2010)
Education
- Release of Annual National Assessments (ANAs) (24 June 2011)
Elections
- Elections 2011 - Guidelines on government communication during an election period (20 April 2011)
- Elections 2011 (17 March 2011)
- 2009 general elections (4 May 2009)
Energy
- Electricity tariffs (23 October 2009)
- Energy emergency (7 March 2008)
- Energy infrastructure and World Bank loan (24 March 2010)
Gender
- 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children (21 November 2008)
Government programme and progress
- Anti-Poverty Campaign (26 June 2008)
- Centre for Public Service Innovation (CPSI) Public-Sector Innovation Conference (24 August 2011)
- Government's Programme of Action (22 February 2008)
- Labour Summit (31 March 2011)
- Ministerial media briefings (25 February 2010)
- Municipal Water Quality Conference (24 June 2011)
- National Imbizo Week (1 – 8 November 2008) (23 October 2008)
- Presidential Business Summit on Job Creation (17 March 2011)
- Presidential monitoring and evaluation visit
to
- Free State (21 September 2011)
- Limpopo (24 June 2011)
- South African Local Government Association (Salga) National Conference, 24 August 2011
- State of the Nation Address (SoNA)
- Substance Abuse Summit (3 March 2011)
- Towards a fifteen year review (14 October 2008)
- War on Poverty Campaign (7 August 2008)
- War on Poverty visit to Ntunda Village (27 October 2010)
- Work of government continues; all civil servants must serve with the professionalism in line with their responsibilities (25 September 2008)
Health
- HIV and AIDS
- World AIDS Day
- HIV & AIDS prevention & treatment programme (24 March 2010)
- Cholera
- Cholera outbreak (3 December 2008)
- Co-ordinated response to outbreak of cholera (20 February 2009)
- National Nursing Summit (31 March 2011)
- Swine flu
- Substance abuse
Highlights
- 2010 FIFA World Cup
- Agriculture (21 September 2011)
- Alexandra Renewal Project scoops top UN award (23 October 2009)
- Arts and culture
- Big jump in business confidence (11 March 2010)
- Business, labour back new economic plan for now (27 October 2010)
- Business owners optimistic about 2011 (4 February 2011)
- Car-makers committed to local industry (2 September 2010)
- CNN wins gold for campaign promoting South Africa (4 December 2009)
- Education
- Elections (26 May 2011)
- Empowering people with disabilities (20 November 2011)
- Energy
- Environment
- Expatriates rank SA in top 10 for quality of life (4 December 2009)
- Finance and economics
- 24 November 2011
- 10 November 2011
- 26 October 2011
- 12 October 2011
- 21 September 2011
- 7 September 2011
- 24 August 2011
- 11 August 2011
- 24 June 2011
- 9 June 2011
- 26 May 2011
- 20 April 2011
- 31 March 2011
- 17 March 2011
- 17 February 2011
- 4 February 2011
- 8 December 2010
- 14 October 2010
- 17 September 2010
- 2 September 2010
- 18 August 2010
- 6 August 2010
- 17 June 2010
- 3 June 2010
- 20 May 2010
- 23 April 2010
- 24 March 2010
- 25 February 2010
- 23 September 2009
- Gauteng economy still leads South Africa (14 October 2010)
- Governance
- Green projects in SA and Tunisia receive funding (23 October 2009)
- Health
- Higher Education (23 September 2009)
- Home Affairs
- Health Testing and Counselling (HCT) Campaign
- Human Settlements (8 December 2010)
- Illegal and violent protests (28 August 2009)
- Improvement in South Africa’s reputation (14 October 2010)
- Infrastructure
- International relations
- Investment
- Ipsa signs new power agreement with Eskom (2 September 2010)
- Job creation
- Justice
- Mandela Day
- Minerals and energy (8 July 2009)
- Mining
- Minister Trevor Manuel appointed to UN panel (11 March 2010)
- Ministers promise job opportunities (11 March 2010)
- Pres Jacob Zuma’s State Visit to the UK (11 March 2010)
- Pres Zuma receives African President of Year Award (19 November 2009)
- Public Works (4 February 2011)
- R500-million water project signed with Netherlands (19 November 2009)
- Relocation of black rhinos to Tanzania (20 May 2010)
- Rural development (31 March 2011)
- Safety and security
- Science and technology
- Service delivery
- Shanghai Expo boosts South Africa's profile
- Skills development
- Social development
- Social protection (23 April 2010)
- South Africa’s use of innovation in the defence and space industries
- South African architect wins World Building of Year Award (19 November 2009)
- Sport
- Stand up and be counted: Census 2011 (14 October 2010)
- Telecommunications (27 October 2010)
- Trade and industry
- Tourism
- Transport
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) seat (14 October 2010)
- Water and environment
- Women (11 August 2011)
- Youth development (24 August 2011)
International relations
- Africa-European Union (EU) Summit (25 November 2010)
- Africa-India Summit (20 April 2011)
- African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Forum (26 May 2011)
- African Union (AU) Summit
- Equatorial Guinea (9 June 2011)
- Libya (8 July 2009)
- Attacks on people from other countries (30 May 2008)
- Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa BRICS Leaders’ Summit (31 March 2011)
- Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) (26 October 2011)
- COP17/CMP7
- Fifth Group of Twenty (G20) Summit, Seoul, Republic of Korea (11 November 2010)
- Global Forum (3 June 2010)
- Group of 20 (G20) (26 October 2011)
- Group of eight (G8) Summit
- France (20 April 2011)
- G8 & G20 summits - Canada (17 June 2010)
- Japan (26 June 2008)
- India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Ministerial Meeting
- South Africa-China Binational Commission (11 November 2010)
- South Africa-European Union (SA-EU) Summit
- 4th SA-EU Summit (7 September 2011)
- 3rd SA-EU Summit (17 September 2010)
- 2nd SA-EU Summit (11 September 2009)
- South Africa's membership of BRIC (4 February 2011)
- Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) Summit (17 March 2011)
- Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit
- Angola (11 August 2011)
- Final communiqué of 28th Summit (22 August 2008)
- Extraordinay summit (20 April 2011)
- Namibia (6 August 2010)
- South Africa (7 August 2008)
- State visits from
- State/working visits
to
- Burundi (11 August 2011)
- China (18 August 2010)
- Cuba (25 November 2010)
- Denmark (12 October 2011)
- Egypt (14 October 2010)
- Finland (12 October 2011)
- France (17 February 2011)
- India (3 June 2010)
- Kenya (25 November 2010)
- New Zealand (7 September 2011)
- Norway (24 August 2011)
- Oman (10 Novmber 2011)
- Russia (6 August 2010)
- Sweden (12 October 2011)
- United Arab Emirates (10 November 2011)
- United States of America (31 March 2011)
- Tourism Indaba (20 April 2011)
- Tripartite Summit of the SADC-EAC-Comesa (17 March 2011)
- United Nations Climate Change Conference (4 December 2009)
- United Nations Framework Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC) (25 November 2010)
- United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)
- 66th session of UNGA (7 September 2011)
- 63rd Session of UNGA (19 September 2008)
- 64th session of UNGA and forthcoming forums (G-20 and Africa-South America Summits) (23 September 2009 )
- 65th session of UNGA
- United Nations (UN) World Water Day (17 March 2011)
- World Economic Forum (WEF) – Annual meeting (4 December 2009)
- World Economic Forum on Africa
- World Trade Organisation (WTO) - 8th session of Ministerial Conference (24 November 2011)
- Zimbabwe
Public holidays and commemorative weeks/months
- 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children
- Africa Day (20 May 2010)
- Child Protection Week
- Freedom Day
- Heritage Day/Month
- Human Rights Day
- International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (24 June 2011)
- Nelson Mandela International Day (24 June 2011)
- Social Development Month 2009 (23 September 2009)
- South Africa Water Week (17 March 2011)
- Tourism Month Transport Month (21 September 2011)
- Women's Day/Month
- Workers Day
- World Refugee Day for a better Africa and a better World (13 June 2008)
- World TB Day (17 March 2011)
- Youth Development Month
Recognition
- Archbishop Tutu honoured with highest civilian award in US (14 August 2009)
- Mandela Treason Trial memoirs displayed in US (14 August 2009)
- National Orders (23 October 2008)
Safety and security
- Local protests (24 March 2010)
- Threats of violence against foreign nationals in SA (6 August 2010)
Science and technology
- Launch of National Space Strategy and South African National Space Agency (25 November 2010)
Sport
- 2010 Fifa World Cup™
- 4th Annual 2010 National Communication Partnership Conference (14 August 2009)
- Final draw for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ (4 December 2009)
- Football Fridays (11 September 2009)
- Football Fridays (23 October 2009)
- National Fly the Flag Day (25 February 2010)
- Promotional event, Vienna (13 June 2008)
- South Africans are ready to deliver memorable 2010 FIFA World Cup™ (25 February 2010)
- South Africans have opened up hearts and homes to fans and teams (3 June 2010)
- Travel advisories (20 May 2010)
- Confederations Cup 14 – 28 June 2009
Tourism
- National Tourism Sector Strategy (NTSS) (17 March 2011)
Transport
- Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) programme (17 April 2009)
- Integrated Transport System (9 June 2011)
- Reya Vaya Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system (28 August 2009)
Youth
- Youth development (17 June 2010)
Last updated 09-Dec-2011