4 October 2015

30 September 2015

Government commends all citizens for promoting and embracing the diversified unique culture during Heritage Month 2015.

Government adopted the Heritage Month campaign as a vehicle to promote social cohesion and develop a common national identity. The theme for this year focused on celebrating indigenous knowledge, identifying, promoting and preserving South Africa’s living heritage.

30 September 2015

The Minister of Communications, Ms Faith Muthambi will host a SADC Thank You Dinner to honour South African winners of the 2015 Competition.  The awards aim to recognize excellence in journalism in the area of print, photojournalism, television and radio as well as to encourage media practitioners in member states to cover issues pertaining to the region for the promotion of regional integration and cooperation.

27 September 2015

Deputy Minister
Directors-General
Members of the media
Ladies and gentlemen

Thank you for joining us this morning for the Governance and Administration Cluster Media Briefing, as we outline the progress made by government through this cluster and provide more detail on the achievement of our plans.

 26 September 2015

1.    Implementation of key government programmes

1.1.        Cabinet welcomed the launch of the seventh edition of the Development Indicators (2014) on 20 September 2015, which presented an update on the state of South Africa’s development. The indicators create a better understanding of the impact of various government policies and service-delivery initiatives on the country’s development.

25 September 2015

25 September 2015

Minister in the Presidency for Planning Monitoring and Evaluation, Mr Jeff Radebe will address media on the outcomes of the Cabinet meeting held on Wednesday (23 September 2015).

The media briefing will take place as follows:  

Date: Saturday, 26 September 2015

Time: 11h00

Venue: GCIS Head Office, Tshedimosetso House, 1035 Francis Baard, Hatfield, Pretoria

20 September 2015

15 September 2015

Government commends the private and public sector for taking steps to ensure clean governance through the verification of qualification process.

The increase in the number of companies and government departments ensuring the verification of academic and professional qualifications of prospective employees, as reported by quality assurance body Umalusi, is an indication that South Africa is moving towards clean governance.

11 September 2015