Government spokesperson Themba Maseko said today, Friday 11 June 2010, marks a significant milestone in the history of post-apartheid South Africa.
“The kick-off of the 2010 FIFA World Cup later today is a culmination of 16 years of hard work, inspired by the vision of the founding president of a free and democratic South Africa, Nelson Mandela.
On the eve before South Africa hosts the greatest show on earth, the South African Police Service (SAPS) assures all within the country’s borders, citizens and visitors alike that normal services will be rendered and policing continues.
Government spokesperson Themba Maseko today said, “Of the country’s 190 000 police officers, only 40 000 have been allocated to World Cup operations. These officers will be supported by their counterparts from the 32 participating teams.”
The Business Day newspaper today Friday 23 April 2010 published a factually incorrect and misleading article, reporting that Cabinet had decided to instruct ICASA to issue a second licence to Broadband Infraco (Pty) Ltd.
As the 16 Days of Activism Campaign on No Violence against Women and Children reaches its half-way mark, Government calls on all stakeholders to intensify efforts to prevent and respond to gender-based violence and child abuse including the shocking incident of rape of a 7-year-old girl at a primary school in Soweto on Monday.
Police should ensure that culprit(s) involved in this incident is brought to book and support is provided to the girl and her family to deal with the trauma.
Pretoria – South Africa will this year observe the 10th anniversary of the 16 Days of Activism Campaign for No Violence against Women and Children Campaign, which starts on 25 November (International Day of No Violence against Women) and close on 10 December 2009 (International Human Rights Day).
The name of one member was erroneously omitted yesterday when the Presidency announced the new members of the Board of Trustees of the International Marketing Council (IMC), to oversee the marketing of Brand South Africa.
The IMC was established in 2002. The mandate of the organisation is to develop and implement a pro-active and coordinated international marketing and communication strategy for South Africa.
Between May and July 2009, the Minister of Police and his protectors (as is required in terms of protection service procedures) stayed at Table Bay Hotel while in Cape Town. This was to allow for renovations that had to be done on the Minister’s house due to leakages which had resulted in flood damage to the house.
