The Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) recently rebranded the longstanding Bua Briefs to the South African Government Briefs. This comes as part of a rebranding approach which also saw the South African Government News Agency succeeding Bua News.
The South African Government Briefs provides Key messages as pointers to guide on government's position and to better inform the development of further content for other communication platforms.
The provision of government’s views and standpoint on matters relating to its work, including implementation of its programmes and policies as well as highlights of what is happening generally in South Africa will continue to serve as the core of South African Government Briefs.
You can access the bulletin per issue (see listing below) or access information on a specific topic.
2012
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South African Government Briefs 14 of 2012, 21 September 2012
Heritage Month/Day 2012, Transport Month -
South African Government Briefs 13 of 2012, 23 August 2012
United Nations General Assembly, Second Conference of African Ministers Responsible for Civil Registration, International Small Business Congress -
South African Government Briefs 12 of 2012, 10 August 2012
32nd Ordinary Summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Heads of State and Government, Tourism Month -
South African Government Briefs 11 of 2012, 3 August 2012
State Visit to Jamaica -
Bua Briefs 10 of 2012, 19 July 2012
19th International AIDS Conference and Women’s month – August 2012 -
Bua Briefs 9 of 2012, 14 June 2012
Four-millionth electrification connection, G20 Summit and Rio+20 Conference -
Bua Briefs 8 of 2012, 31 May 2012
Mining Lekgotla and International Africa ICT Indaba -
Bua Briefs 7 of 2012, 17 May 2012
Youth Month 2012, Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP), Global African Diaspora Summit and National Child Protection Week -
Bua Briefs 6 of 2012, 3 May 2012
Sexual violence and World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa -
Bua Briefs 5 of 2012, 19 April 2012
Freedom Day, Workers' Day and Highlights -
Bua Briefs 4 of 2012, 22 March 2012
Fourth BRICS Summit and 2012 World Tuberculosis (TB) Day commemoration in South Africa -
Bua Briefs 3 of 2012, 8 March 2012
Human Rights Day and National Water Week -
Bua Briefs 2 of 2012, 23 February 2012
2012 State of the Nation Address (SoNA), 2012 – Year of public infrastructure delivery and Developmental state -
Bua Briefs 1 of 2012, 8 February 2012
Towards the 2012 State of the Nation (SoNA) address
2011
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Bua Briefs 17 of 2011, 24 November 2011
World AIDS Day, WTO Ministerial Conference and 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children -
Bua Briefs 16 of 2011, 9 November 2011
Presidential visit to Arabian/Persian Gulf Region and COP17/CMP7 -
Bua Briefs 15 of 2011, 26 October 2011
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2011 and Group of 20 (G20) Summit -
Bua Briefs 14 of 2011, 12 October 2011
5th summit of India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) dialogue, Working visits to the Nordic countries -
Bua Briefs 13 of 2011, 21 September 2011
Presidential monitoring and evaluation visit to the Free State, Transport Month -
Bua Briefs 12 of 2011, 7 September 2011
66th Session of UNGA, President Zuma's working visit to New Zealand, 4th SA-EU Summit, Heritage Day -
Bua Briefs 11 of 2011, 24 August 2011
SALGA National Conference, 5th CPSI Public-Sector Innovation Conference, Tourism Month, State visit to Norwa -
Bua Briefs 10 of 2011, 11 August 2011
COP17/CMP7, State visit by Ghana, State visit to Burundi, Ordinary Summit of SADC Heads of State and Government, Women's Month -
Bua Briefs 9 of 2011, 24 June 2011
Presidential Monitoring and Evaluation visit to Limpopo, Release of Annual National Assessments, International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, Municipal Water Quality Conference, Nelson Mandela International Day, State visit by Tanzania -
Bua Briefs 8 of 2011, 9 June 2011
Integrated Transport System, Africa Union Summit, Highlights -
Bua Briefs 7 of 2011, 26 May 2011
Youth Month, 10th African Growth and Opportunity Act Forum and Highlights -
Bua Briefs 6 of 2011, 20 April 2011
Worker's Day, Promoting the rights of the child, Guidelines on government communication during an election period, Tourism Indaba, SADC Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government, Africa-India Summit, WEF on Africa, G8 meeting -
Bua Briefs 5 of 2011, 31 March 2011
Freedom Day, National Nursing Summit, Labour Summit, 3rd BRICS Leaders' Summit, Working visit to USA -
Bua Briefs 4 of 2011, 17 March 2011
Human Rights Day, World TB Day, Presidential Business Summit, Local Government Elections, Water Week, SACU Summit and 2nd Tripartite Summit of SADC-EAC-Comesa, National Tourism Sector Strategy -
Bua Briefs 3 of 2011, 3 March 2011
2nd Biennial Substance Abuse Summit, IBSA Ministerial Meeting, Highlights -
Bua Briefs 2 of 2011, 17 February 2011
State visit by President Zuma to France, Highlights - Bua Briefs - Highlights of the State of the Nation Address, 11 February 2011
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Bua Briefs 1 of 2011, 4 February 2011
Working together to curb the impact of disasters, South Africa's membership of BRIC, Highlights
2010
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Bua Briefs 17 of 2010, 8 December 2010
New Growth Path: the framework, Highlights -
Bua Briefs 16 of 2010, 25 November 2010
16 Days of Activism, World AIDS Day, Launch of National Space Strategy and National Space Agency, UN Framework Climate Change Conference, State visit to Cuba, State visit by Zambia, 3rd Africa-EU Summit, Working visit to Kenya -
Bua Briefs 15 of 2010, 11 November 2010
4th session of South Africa-China Binational Commission, 5th Group of Twenty Summit -
Bua Briefs 14 of 2010, 27 October 2010
War on Poverty visit to Ntunda Village, Highlights -
Bua Briefs Special Edition, 26 October 2010
2010 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) -
Bua Briefs 13 of 2010, 14 October 2010
State visit to the Arab Republic of Egypt, Highlights -
Bua Briefs 12 of 2010, 17 September 2010
3rd SA-EU Summit, 65th Session of UNGA, Heritage Month, Use of innovation in defence and space industries -
Bua Briefs 11 of 2010, 2 September 2010
65th session of UNGA, South Africa’s use of innovation in the defence and space industries, Highlights -
Bua Briefs 10 of 2010, 18 August 2010
State visit by President Zuma to China, Highlights -
Bua Briefs 9 of 2010, 6 August 2010
Threats of violence against foreign nationals, Women's Day, State visit to Russia, SADC Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government -
Bua Briefs 8 of 2010, 17 June 2010
Youth development, Group of eight (G8) & G20 summits - Canada, Highlights -
Bua Briefs 7 of 2010, 3 June 2010
2010 FIFA World Cup™, State visit to India, Global Forums, Highlights -
Bua Briefs 6 of 2010, 20 May 2010
Youth Development Month, Africa day, 2010 FIFA world cup™ travel advisories, Highlights -
Bua Briefs 5 of 2010, 5 May 2010
Child Protection Week 26 May – 2 June, World Economic Forum on Africa, Highlights -
Bua Briefs 4 of 2010, 23 April 2010
Freedom Day 27 April 2010, Budget votes, Highlights -
Bua Briefs 3 of 2010, 24 March 2010
HIV and AIDS prevention and treatment programme, Local protests, Energy infrastructure and World Bank loan -
Bua Briefs 2 of 2010, 11 March 2010
Human Rights Day 21 March 2010, Highlights, 2010 FIFA World Cup™ -
Bua Briefs 1 of 2010, 25 February 2010
Ministerial media briefings, National Fly the Flag Day 2 March, 2010 FIFA World Cup™, Economy/finance, Transport -
Bua Briefs Special edition, 19 February 2010
2010 Budget -
Bua Briefs Special edition, 17 February 2010
2010 State of the Nation
2009
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Bua Briefs 148, 4 December 2009
Final draw for 2010 FIFA World Cup™, World Economic Forum Annual meeting, UN Climate Change Conference -
Bua Briefs 147, 19 November 2009
16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children, Highlights -
Bua Briefs - Special Edition, 29 October 2009
Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) Highlights -
Bua Briefs 146, 23 October 2009
2010 FIFA World Cup™ football friday, Highlights -
Bua Briefs 145, 23 September 2009
64th session of UNGA and forthcoming G-20 & Africa-South America Summits, Social Development Month -
Bua Briefs 144, 11 September 2009
Football Fridays, Second South Africa-European Union Summit, Highlights -
Bua Briefs 143, 28 August 2009
Reya Vaya Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, Tourism Month, Heritage Month, Highlights -
Bua Briefs 142, 14 August 2009
4th Annual 2010 National Communication Partnership Conference, H1N1 Influenza, Highlights -
Bua Briefs 141, 30 July 2009
National Women’s Day and Month 2009, Highlights -
Bua Briefs 140, 8 July 2009
African Union Summit, Libya, Confederations and 2010 World Cup -
Bua Briefs 139, 19 June 2009
Confederations Cup, Youth Development Month, Highlights -
Bua Briefs 138, 10 June 2009
State of the Nation Address (SoNA) by President Zuma, Response to debate on the SoNA, Confederations Cup -
Bua Briefs 137, 4 May 2009
2009 general elections, Swine flu, Worker’s Day, Highlights -
Bua Briefs 136, 17 April 2009
Bus Rapid Transport programme, Freedom Day, AsgiSA/Jipsa, Highlights -
Bua Briefs 135, 20 March 2009
Human Rights Day 2009, Highlights -
Bua Briefs 134, 20 February 2009
Budget, State of the Nation Address, Response to outbreak of cholera
2008
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Bua Briefs 133, 3 December 2008
WEF Annual Meeting, Cholera outbreak, Economic highlights -
Bua Briefs 132, 21 November 2008
16 Days of Activism, World AIDS Day 2008, Economic highlights -
Bua Briefs 131, 23 October 2008
Imbizo Week, National Orders, Medium Term Budget Policy Statement -
Bua Briefs 130, 14 October 2008
Towards a fifteen year review -
Bua Briefs 129, 25 September 2008
The work of government continues -
Bua Briefs 128, 19 September 2008
Zimbabwe; 63rd Session of the UN General Assembly; Economic highlights -
Bua Briefs 127, 22 August 2008
Final communiqué of SADC Summit; Heritage Day; Economic highlights -
Bua Briefs 126, 7 August 2008
War on Poverty; Women’s Month; SADC summit; Economic highlights -
Bua Briefs 125, 26 June 2008
G8 Summit; Anti-Poverty Campaign; Economic highlights -
Bua Briefs 124, 13 June 2008
World Refugee Day; Youth Month; 2010 Fifa World Cup™ promotional event -
Bua Briefs 123, 30 May 2008
Attacks on people from other countries; Child Protection Week; WEF on Africa; Highlights -
Bua Briefs 122, 30 April 2008
Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative for SA; Joint Initiative on Priority Skills Acquisition; Highlights -
Bua Briefs 121, 18 April 2008
Freedom Day; Food price inflation; Economic highlights -
Bua Briefs 120, 20 March 2008
South African Human Rights Day; Economic confidence; Economic highlights -
Bua Briefs 119, 7 March 2008
Energy emergency; Highlights from the Budget Speech -
Bua Briefs 118, 22 February 2008
Government's Programme of Action