28 September 2011
Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) will host the first Public Sector Manager Forum. The Forum will be addressed by the Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi. The discussions will focus mainly on the National Policy on National Health Insurance (NHI) as approved by Cabinet.
19 September 2011
Members of the media are invited to a media briefing of the Governance and Administration Cluster.
The Deputy Chairperson of the cluster, Minister Richard Baloyi will lead the briefing.
The details are as follows:
Date: Tuesday, 20 September 2011
Time: 09h00 - 10h00
Venue: Imbizo Media Centre in Parliament, Cape Town
26 September 2011
Ilitha Labantu Board with the support of Statistics South Africa will be hosting a national Summit on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The Summit will be held on the 27th to 29th of September 2011 in KwaZulu-Natal. This national summit is a result of the resolutions from the national summit held in 2010, Cape Town.
3 October 2011
This alert is to inform media that the UNFCCC secretariat will be introducing a new, fully online media accreditation and registration system. This system will allow each individual seeking media accreditation to create a personal account, enter personal data and upload required documentation. Status information on the requested accreditation will also be available through the system.
The secretariat has targeted the date of Thursday, 6 October 2011 to launch the new system.
29 September 2011
Deputy Minister in The Presidency, Hon. Dina Pule, MP will hand over a consignment of donations that were collected by female employees at Government Communications (GCIS) to Gift of the Givers.
The items were collected to lend a helping hand in alleviating the effects of the famine facing the people of Somalia.
21 September 2011
The GCIS CEO and Government Spokesperson, Jimmy Manyi will brief members of the media on the decisions of the Cabinet meeting held today.
The briefing will take place as follows:
Date: Thursday, 22 September 2011
Time: 10h00
Venue: Imbizo Media Centre, 120 Plein Street, Parliament, Cape Town
NB: There will be a video-link up to GCIS Auditorium, 1st Floor Midtown Building, cnr Prinsloo and Vermeulen Street, Pretoria
Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Lindiwe Sisulu
Ministers
Deputy Ministers
Directors-General
Members of the Media
We welcome you to this second Ministerial Cluster briefing for 2011.
African agenda
14 September 2011
All media are invited to a press briefing at the conclusion of the African Ministerial Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture.
The media briefing will take place as follows:
Date: 14 September 2011
Time: 15h00
Venue: Westcliff Hotel, Saxonwold, Johannesburg
12 September 2011
The South African Government has learnt with deep sadness of the death of Deon du Plessis, publisher of The Daily Sun.
His illustrious career spanned many years at a number of publications and he will be remembered for his outstanding contributions to the publishing industry and journalism in South Africa.
3 September 2011
All media are invited to a press briefing at the conclusion of the “Women in Media and Environment Conference”.
The media briefing will take place as follows:
Date: 4 September 2011
Time: 11:45
Venue: Impilo Conference Centre, Department of Health, Civitas Building, Cnr Andries and Struben streets, Pretoria
