20 November 2013
The Acting Minister of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation, as well as Administration, Lindiwe Sisulu, joined by the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security (JCPS) Cluster Ministers will address members of the media on the outcomes of the Cabinet meeting held in Pretoria on 20th November.
Members of the media are invited to the media briefing.
The details are as follows:
20 November 2013
Government notes the Public Protector’s outline on how her office will deal with the interim report and comments submitted by the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security (JCPS) cluster on the security upgrades at Nkandla.
The JCPS Cluster Ministers reaffirms government’s respect and recognition of the role and Office of the Public Protector and commit to taking the process further in a constructive manner and in the interest of the public and national security.
20 November 2013
The 16 Days Activism Campaign for No Violence against Women and Children is an annual awareness raising campaign observed globally. The purpose of the campaign is to address policy and legal issues; as well as campaign for the protection of survivors of violence and to call for the elimination of all forms of gender based violence.
President Jacob Zuma has this morning, 18 November 2013, visited former President Nelson Mandela at home in Houghton, where he continues to recover.
The health of the former President remains much the same as it was when President Zuma last visited him, which is stable but critical while Madiba continues to respond to treatment.
15 November 2013
The Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster today, Friday 15th November 2013 submitted the security comments relating to the Public Protector’s provisional report on the Nkandla upgrade.
14 November 2013
Government has noted recent media reports pertaining to its decision to approach the courts to seek relief regarding its request for extension of the period within which to submit its response to the Public Protector’s provisional report on the security upgrades at the Nkandla residence of the President.
The Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Ministers decided to approach the court after the Public Protector did not grant the requested extension, which has always been regarded as reasonable.
14 November 2013
12 November 2013
Government is deeply saddened and sends its deepest condolences to the families that lost their loved ones when a bus collided with a truck in Moloto Road near Kwaggafontein, Mpumalanga last night. Twenty-nine people were killed and scores of injured passengers were taken to nearby hospital.
Clarification on the cluster’s decision to seek relief through the courts to postpone the release of the Public Protectors interim report on the security upgrades in Nkandla.
8 November 2013
The security cluster welcomes the decision by the North Gauteng High Court to grant the State a hearing on its application for a deadline extension for comment on the Public Protector’s interim report covering the upgrades at the President’s residence in Nkandla.
