20 September 2017

Government embarked on the fourth year commemoration of the Thusong Service Centre Annual Week from Monday, 18 September 2017 on which the opening event was held at Colesberg Thusong Service Centre in the Northern Cape.

The  Deputy Minister of Communications, Ms Tandi Mahambehlala will deliver the key note address during the closing event of the fourth Annual Thusong Service Centre Week which will take place on Friday, 22 September 2017 at Port Dunford Thusong Service Centre in Kwazulu-Natal province.

14 September 2017

Translations

6 September 2017

This September government calls on all South Africans, organisations of civil society and community groups to partner in building social cohesion and nation building. 

Various initiatives will unfold this month aimed at celebrating the democratic gains we have made since 1994, but which also focus us as a nation on work that needs to be done to address the challenges our country still faces.

4 September 2017

The Inter-Governmental Committee (IGC) on Migration has noted with concern developments since Friday pertaining to reports of  a developing narrative perpetuated by the Somali Community Board of South Africa that suggests that foreign nationals in South Africa, and in particular Somalians, are being killed every second day in Cape Town. The IGC finds this discourse disturbing and unacceptable as such claims can fuel tensions amongst communities and could have unintended consequences.

24 August 2017

The Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) urges potential employment seekers to be wary of a fake job listing advert that is circulating on social media.

The GCIS warns the public to be vigilant as the advert lists vacancies at GCIS, government departments and other organisations. The fake job advert indicates that there are 18 senior secretary and 42 general assistant posts available at the GCIS. The links in the advert opens the website SA Local Jobs.

22 August 2017

Ntutu’s death makes media industry poorer

Government is saddened by the death of SABC veteran journalist, radio assignment editor and photographer, Zola Ntutu. He played an instrumental role in his profession during a crucial time for South Africa during his reportage on the Truth and Reconciliation process.

21 August 2017

Government wishes to congratulate journalists who won the 2017 SADC Media Awards competition. The awards were conferred by the outgoing Chair of SADC King Mswati III during the opening ceremony of the 37^th SADC Summit that is currently underway in Pretoria.

The Summit is convened in the year of OR Tambo under the theme “Partnering with the Private Sector in Developing Industry and Regional Value Chains”.