Government calls on South Africans to promote indigenous languages to commemorate Human Rights Day

20 March 2019

This year, the national Human Rights Day celebrated annually on the 21st of March will draw attention to the critical importance of indigenous languages and emphasise the urgent need to preserve, revitalise and promote indigenous languages. The day will be observed under the theme “The Year of Indigenous Languages: Promoting and Deepening a Human Rights Culture”.

Government will host a national commemoration event of Human Rights Day on Thursday, 21 March 2019 at Sharpeville, Vereeniging, in the Gauteng Province.

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Government leaders from all three spheres to embark on a clean-up campaign: 8 Mar

7 March 2019

Government leaders from all three spheres of government which includes Ministers, Deputy Ministers, Premiers, MECs and senior government officials will tomorrow, 08 March 2019 embark on the clean-up campaign as part of the Good Green Deeds programme.

This ground-breaking national initiative that seeks to change people’s attitudes and behaviours towards responsible management of waste will be officially launched tomorrow by President Cyril Ramaphosa tomorrow at Mdantsane in the Eastern Cape.

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Government welcomes SA’S successful bid to host the 2023 Netball World Cup

7 March 2019

Government welcomes the news that South Africa has won the rights to host the 16th staging of the Netball World Cup in 2023 which will take place in Cape Town. Being the host country is a monumental moment for South Africa as it is the first time the Netball World Cup will be held in Africa. African countries play a leading role in the top 20 International Netball Federation world ranking.

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Government calls on South Africans to take part in Good Green Deeds campaign: 8 Mar

Government calls on South Africans to heed the call to clean-up South Africa 

Government calls on all citizens and sectors including business, labour, academic, faith-based organisations and NGOs to heed the call made by President Cyril Ramaphosa during the State of the Nation Address, which seeks to galvanize all South Africans to join hands with government to clean-up the country and contribute to solving the global and national environmental challenges.

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Government congratulates prosecutors in Rohde case

1 March 2019

Government congratulates investigators and prosecutors and all those who worked on securing yet another victory in the fight against Gender-Based-Violence with the conviction and subsequent sentencing of convicted murderer Jason Rohde in the Western Cape High Court on Wednesday.

Rohde was handed 18 years for the murder of his wife Susan at the Spier Estate in July 2016, and five years for obstructing the course of justice.

The country is battling with incidents of gender-based violence on a daily basis.

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