28 March 2020
Ministers representing the COVID -19 National Command Council will update the nation on the status of the COVID 19 lockdown in South Africa.
Members of the media are invited to cover the media briefing as follows:
Date: Saturday , 28 March 2020
Time: 14h00
Venue: Tshedimosetso House, GCIS Auditorium, 1035 Francis Baard Street, Hatfield in Pretoria
27 March 2020
Ministers representing the COVID -19 National Command Council will update the nation on the status of the COVID 19 lockdown in South Africa.
Members of the media are invited to cover the media briefing as follows:
Date: Friday, 27 March 2020
Time: 18h00
Venue: Tshedimosetso House, GCIS Auditorium, 1035 Francis Baard Street, Hatfield in Pretoria
26 March 2020
Government’s classification of media work as an essential service during the COVID-19 national state of disaster and lockdown is a measure to ensure South Africans and the international community have access to vital information during this time.
Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu MP has expressed government’s appreciation for the role media in the country and internationally have played in bringing information to South Africans from all walks of life and geographic locations.
26 March 2020
The Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) welcomes the agreement reached between Telkom and the Competition Commission which among other provisions, narrows the digital divide in the country by offering zero rated access to essential on line government services.
Telkom’s offer incudes free public access to the GCIS managed www.gov.za the gateway to government information and services
23 March 2020
Following President Cyril Ramaphosa’s address to the nation providing updates about COVID 19 in South Africa, members of the national command council will brief the media on the details of government interventions in various sectors in response to the president’s address.
Members of the media are invited to cover the following media briefings:
Date: Tuesday, 24 March 2020
First briefing: Economic Cluster
Time: 10h00
Second briefing: Social Cluster
Time: 14h00
12 March 2020
Statement on the Cabinet Meeting held on Wednesday, 11 March 2020 at Parliament, Tuynhuys in Cape Town
A. Issues in the environment
1. Coronavirus (COVID-19)
11 March 2020
The Inter-Ministerial Task Team (IMTT) on the North West intervention under the convenorship of the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, will conduct stakeholder engagements in the province to assess progress on the section (100) (1) intervention in the province since the establishment of the IMTT.
11 March 2020
Minister in the Presidency, Jackson Mthembu will brief media on the outcomes of the Cabinet meeting held on Wednesday, 11 March 2020.
Members of the media are invited as follows:
Date: Thursday, 12 March 2020
Time: 11h00
Venue: Imbizo Media Centre, 120 Plein Street, Parliament in Cape Town
NB: There will be a video link up to Ronnie Mamoepa Media Centre, Tshedimosetso House, 1035 Francis Baard Street, Hatfield, Pretoria.
6 March 2020
The Interim Steering Committee on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) has noted the concern expressed by the Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities at what the portfolio committee perceives as a lack of accountability to Parliament by the interim steering committee.
6 March 2020
Members of the media who wish to cover the reburial of Dr Alfred Bathini Xuma are advised to submit their details by completing the attached accreditation form and return to tabita@gcis.gov.za or 0723447712 before the deadline of Saturday, 7 March at 12h00.
Dr Xuma’ s reburial will take place on Sunday, 8 March 2020 at Kwa Manzana Village in Engcobo, Eastern Cape. He passed away in January 1962 and was buried at the Brixton Cemetery in Johannesburg
