30 October 2019

Members of the media are invited to a technical briefing on media arrangements for the SA Investment Conference 2019 to be held in Sandton, Johannesburg from 5 – 7 November 2019.

Please note that only the media that has collected its accreditation on the 3rd Nov will be accommodated at the briefing.

All media Accreditation can be collected from the IDC Auditorium: 19 Freedman Drive, Sandton on Sunday, 3 November 2019 from 08h30 until 17h30.

31 October 2019

Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster (JCPS) ministers will visit Manguzi border post in KwaZulu-Natal on Friday, 01 November 2019.

This visit is a follow-up, following the visit  that JCPS Cluster ministers held in 2017 where they discovered that Manguzi area and the border line between KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique was a hive of criminal activities including the smuggling of illicit goods, drugs, vehicle theft, human trafficking and rhino horn poaching.

30 October 2019

Minister in the Presidency, Jackson Mthembu will brief media on the outcomes of the Cabinet meeting held on Wednesday, 30 October 2019. 

Members of the media are invited as follows:
Date: Thursday, 31 October 2019
Time: 10h00
Venue: Imbizo Media Centre, 120 Plein Street, Parliament, Cape Town 

NB: There will be a video link to GCIS, Tshedimosetso House, 1035 cnr Francis Baard and Festival Str. Hatfield, Pretoria 

30 October 2019

Government is elated and welcomes the 20 life sentences and 758 years imprisonment handed down to serial rapist and home burglar Bongani Lucky Masuku.

Masuku was part of a gang who raped women and girls while assaulting and robbing other relatives when they embarked on a spree of burglaries over a period of eight years.

24 October 2019

The Interim Steering Committee on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) has identified key actions that will drive a joint emergency response by government and civil society to the crisis of gender-based violence and femicide in the country.

The committee comprises a range of government departments and entities; civil society organisations focused on GBVF; research institutions; development agencies and other organisations.

19 October 2019

Today marks exactly 42 years since the brutal apartheid regime silenced independent voices by closing certain publications. That action gave rise to what is today commonly known as “Black Wednesday”.

On Wednesday 19 October 1977 the Apartheid Regime showed its contempt for freedom of expression and media freedom when it banned The World, Weekend World as well as other publications and arrested Percy Qoboza who was the editor of The World and various other black consciousness activists.

17 October 2019

Cabinet met on Wednesday, 16 October 2019 at Tuynhuys in Cape Town

A. Issues in the environment

1. Global Competitiveness Index

1.1. Cabinet welcomes the findings of the World Economic Forum’s annual Global Competitiveness Index that shows South Africa has moved up seven places; making it more attractive for investors and the possibility of creating much-needed jobs.

16 October 2019

Members of the media who have applied for accreditation to cover the eThekwini District Development Model Presidential launch are advised to collect their accreditation cards as follows:

The launch of Mara Phone Plant: Accreditation will be collected as follows:

Date: Wednesday, 16 October 2019         
Time: 9h30 – 17h00     
Venue: Dube Trade Port, Dube City, Invest SA offices, Durban

The launch of District Development Model: Accreditation will be collected as follows:

9 Oct 2019

Government notes the sit-in by people alleged to be foreign nationals at the offices of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees in Cape Town. It is also noted that the Western Cape Refugee and Migrant Forum has distanced itself from this sit-down.

South Africa is a signatory to international instruments which form part of Public International Law, and these international instruments have also been incorporated into our domestic law by the Refugees Act.

9 October 2019

Government held a successful launch of the new District Development Model in Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape on September 17, 2019, and it will roll out the second pilot of the model on October 18, 2019 in eThekwini Metro, Kwa Zulu-Natal.