9 November 2018
Government welcomes the 20 year sentence imposed on the mother who murdered her child who became known to the media as Baby X in 2014.
The mother has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
The court found that the 35-year-old woman had murdered her three-year-old daughter, who had endured being beaten, starved, burnt with cigarettes, had chilli powder put in her nappy and tied to a bed at night.
Cabinet met on Wednesday, 7 November 2018 at Tuynhuys in Cape Town.
A. Issues in the Environment
1. Presidential Gender-Based Violence and Femicide Summit
1.1. Cabinet welcomes the successful deliberations of the Presidential Gender Based Violence and Femicide Summit held on 01 and 02 November. The Summit has confirmed the urgency of forging consensus on dealing with the crisis of gender-based violence, discrimination against women and gender disparities.
7 November 2018
Members of the media are informed that the JCPS Cluster media briefing is postponed. New date will be communicated in due course. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
The Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster (JCPS) led by the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula will hold a media briefing to outline operational plans towards a safer festive season.
1 November 2018
Government and civil society will host the National Gender-based Violence and Femicide Summit from Thursday, 1 to Friday, 2 November 2018 at Saint George’s Hotel and Conference Centre in Centurion. Members of the media are invited to cover the event as follows:
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National Summit on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide |
30 October 2018
Government condemns the posting of fake and sarcastic information on challenges affecting South Africans and attributing them to political principals. These posts are intentionally false and are misleading readers and deter the country’s efforts to effectively address challenges experienced by South Africans.
30 October 2018
South Africa is facing a gender-based violence and femicide epidemic that has reached worrying proportions. According to the latest report released by Statistics South Africa on gender based violence, 70 813 women experienced sexual offences in 2016/ 2017 as compared to 31 665 in 2015/2016. This is over hundred percent increase in violence against women and children.
Government has scheduled the following briefings/activities for the week: 29 October – 04 November 2018. The activities, which are aligned to the National Development Plan and outlined in the Medium Term Strategic Framework 2014-2019, are undertaken to build a better South Africa.
Members of the media who have applied for accreditation to cover the Presidential Summit on Gender-Based Violence taking place from 01 to 02 November 2018 are requested to collect their accreditation cards as per the details below:
Date: Tuesday, 30 and Wednesday, 31 October 2018
Time: 8h00 – 18h00
Venue: Ionic Room, Saint George’s Hotel and Conference Centre, Centurion, Pretoria
25 October 2018
The Inter- Ministerial Committee (IMC) on State Funerals led by Minister in the Presidency responsible for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma met on Wednesday, 24 October 2018 to discuss progress on the arrangements of the Special Official Funeral Category 1, for the late Mama Agnes Msimang who passed away at a Johannesburg hospital, last Thursday, 18 October 2018 at age 89.
