5 Apr 2016

Today, the Acting Minister of Communications, Mosebenzi Zwane officially opened the National Imbizo Focus Week at Ga-Seleka Community Hall in Lephalale, Limpopo Province.

This is the fourth in a series of Imbizo Focus Week programmes since the current administration took office in 2009. The Imbizo Focus Week started on Monday the 4th and runs until 10th of April 2016.  Around forty events are planned in the week ahead.

5 April 2016

Government congratulates the South African Revenue Services (SARS) on reaching a landmark R1 Trillion rand in revenue collection. This is a historic achievement for the organization and for the country.  

Tax revenue is key to the budget of this country. Government largely depends on this revenue to achieve its long term goals. It is within this context that we call upon South Africans to continue to cooperate with our tax laws.

4 April 2016

4 April 2016

Government welcomes the decision by the Limpopo Department of Education to close the Mpepule Primary School in Lephalale, Limpopo.
The decision to close the school was reached after it was discovered that the teachers and pupils at the school had been enduring a life of hardship, sleeping in classrooms as they had no scholar transport to take them home after school.

1 April 2016

Acting Minister of Communications, Mosebenzi Zwane will on Monday, 4 April 2016 officially launch the fourth National Imbizo Focus Week under the theme “Together we move South Africa Forward “at Ga-Seleka, in Lephalale, Limpopo Province.

The Focus Week is a platform for communities to engage and interact with senior government officials. The main focus will be on the Nine Point Plan which aims to grow the South Africa economy.    

31 March 2016

South African government will embark on the National Imbizo Focus Week under the theme “Together we move South Africa forward”. Izimbizo are two-way, unmediated and interactive information sharing platforms, a dialogue between government and people aimed at instilling confidence in robust, participatory democracy.

Minister of Communications, will lead the opening of the National Imbizo Focus Week on the 04th of April 2016 at Lephalale, Ga Seleka Community hall in Limpopo Province. The focus week will run up until Sunday, 10th April 2016.

31 Mar 2016

24 March 2016

Government is saddened by the death of 2 people and hospitalisation of 32 people after they consumed an unidentified drug at a party in KwaMashu on Friday, 18 March 2016. The students took a drug known in the street as "data" or "umgwinyo", which had been passed around at the party. 

17 March 2016

1. Key Cabinet decisions

1.1. Cabinet assessed the Third Quarter Outcomes Progress Reports for the period October to December 2015. The reports show significant progress in the implementation of government programmes that have a direct impact on improving the lives of South Africans.

 16 March 2016

Members of the media are advised that the post Cabinet media briefing announced earlier has been cancelled. The outcomes of the Cabinet meeting held today will be communicated through a media statement that will be issued tomorrow, 17 March 2016.

Enquiries:
Phumla Williams
Acting Cabinet Spokesperson
Cell: 083 501 0139

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