23 July 2003

Cabinet held an ordinary meeting on the morning of Wednesday 23 July 2003, prior to the beginning of Cabinet lekgotla which will continue until Friday.

25 June 2003

Cabinet today in principle approved the White Paper on Traditional Leadership and Governance which defines the role and place of the institution and seeks to restore its integrity and legitimacy. Based on the principles of the Constitution, the White Paper also commits a number of government departments to allocate some functions to the institution of traditional leadership.

11 June 2003

Cabinet today welcomed the outcome of the Growth and Development Summit, and congratulated all the sectors represented in National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) for the manner in which the issues on the agenda were dealt with. The GDS agreement, which identified many concrete activities to help speed up the rate of investment and job-creation, is an important milestone in creating national consensus among South Africans on the critical challenges of economic growth and development.

28 May 2003

Cabinet today noted the progress that was being made in the intensive negotiations leading up to the Growth and Development Summit which will be held on 7 June 2003. As the discussions among the NEDLAC partners show, the Summit has the potential to initiate the forging of a People's Contract for Growth and Development, and to identify concrete immediate projects that will speed up the rate of investment and job-creation.

14 May 2003

Cabinet was today briefed on the programme for the celebration of May 25, Africa Day, which this year marks the 40th anniversary of the formation of the Organisation of African Unity. In addition to special events prior to Africa Day, for the youth, the multi-disciplinary Southern African Development Community (SADC) cultural programme and a Presidential banquet on the eve of Africa Day, there will be a mass celebration on Sunday, 25 May, at the Johannesburg Stadium in Gauteng.

16 April 2003

2 April 2003

Cabinet today welcomed the unfolding Imbizo Focus Week programme, with a total of about 350 scheduled events for this week alone. It also noted preparations for the President's imbizo in the Northwest Province during the third week of April.

5 March 2003

At its regular meeting today, Cabinet welcomed the new Minister of Housing Bridgette Mabandla, and it also noted with appreciation the presence of Minister Dullah Omar who is undergoing treatment.

19 February 2003

At its meeting today, Cabinet noted a report on the initiatives to improve service delivery in line with the objectives of the White Paper on Transforming Public Service Delivery. The meeting agreed that all Departments would publish, in their Annual Reports, service delivery standards and the extent to which these have been met.

5 February 2003

Cabinet today confirmed decisions of its January lekgotla which set out the programme of government for the coming year and beyond. These decisions will be articulated in the President's State of the Nation Address, the briefings by various Ministers and the Budget Speech by the Minister of Finance during the course of this month.