30 September 2017
Government is shocked and condemns the mass shootings which took place this week in the Marikana informal settlement, Phillipi East, Cape Town. The incidents of 25th and 29th September 2017 resulted in a total of 18 people confirmed dead while several others sustained injuries.
29 September 2017
Cabinet met on Wednesday, 27 September 2017, at the Union Buildings, Pretoria.
A. Issues in the environment
1. United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)
26 September 2017
21 September 2017
20 September 2017
Government embarked on the fourth year commemoration of the Thusong Service Centre Annual Week from Monday, 18 September 2017 on which the opening event was held at Colesberg Thusong Service Centre in the Northern Cape.
The Deputy Minister of Communications, Ms Tandi Mahambehlala will deliver the key note address during the closing event of the fourth Annual Thusong Service Centre Week which will take place on Friday, 22 September 2017 at Port Dunford Thusong Service Centre in Kwazulu-Natal province.
14 September 2017
Cabinet met on Wednesday, 13 September 2017, at Tuynhuys, Cape Town.
1. Issues in the environment
1.1. Economy
6 September 2017
This September government calls on all South Africans, organisations of civil society and community groups to partner in building social cohesion and nation building.
Various initiatives will unfold this month aimed at celebrating the democratic gains we have made since 1994, but which also focus us as a nation on work that needs to be done to address the challenges our country still faces.
4 September 2017
The Inter-Governmental Committee (IGC) on Migration has noted with concern developments since Friday pertaining to reports of a developing narrative perpetuated by the Somali Community Board of South Africa that suggests that foreign nationals in South Africa, and in particular Somalians, are being killed every second day in Cape Town. The IGC finds this discourse disturbing and unacceptable as such claims can fuel tensions amongst communities and could have unintended consequences.
Cabinet met at Tuynhuys in Cape Town.
1. Issues in the environment
1.1. Cabinet welcomed the outcomes of the 37th Southern African Development Community (SADC) Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government held in South Africa from 9 to 20 August 2017 under the theme: “Partnering with the Private Sector in Developing Industry and Regional Value Chains”.
