19 Nov 2015

1. Implementation of key government programmes

1.1. Cabinet commends the progress made by the Department of Human Settlements in the Savanna City Integrated Human Settlements project in the Sedibeng District Municipality.
Completion of the sustainable and integrated, new town development project, in ten years, will provide 18 399 Integrated housing units which include “Breaking New Ground Houses” and bonded houses, educational facilities, clinics, crèches, churches and retail sites

18 November 2015

Minister in the Presidency for Planning Monitoring and Evaluation, Mr Jeff Radebe will brief the media on the outcomes of the Cabinet meeting held on Wednesday (18 November 2015).

The media briefing will take place as follows: 
Date: Thursday, 19 November 2015
Time: 10h00
Venue: Imbizo Media Centre, 120 Plein Street, Parliament, Cape Town
NB: There will be a video link to GCIS Head Office, Tshedimosetso House, 1035 Francis Baard, Hatfield, Pretoria

17 November 2015

Government strongly condemns the decision of a Cato Ridge farmer near Durban in KwaZulu-Natal who has turned his dwelling into a refugee camp for about hundreds of foreign nationals without rezoning it into a residential area.

As much as government welcomes good deeds by communities to assist displaced communities, it is important for those assisting not to transgress the laws and municipal by-laws as it is the case with the farmer in Mkhambathini Local Municipality.

13 November 2015

Colleague Ministers
Executive Mayors
Directors-General
City Managers
Members of the media
Ladies and gentlemen

Thank you for joining us this morning for the briefing on drought. Today’s media briefing takes place against the backdrop of drought conditions which set in with effect from about 2013.  As observed in 2015, the increasing severity of this drought is impacting negatively on the country in both social and economic terms.  

13 November 2015

The Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) responsible for the drought led by Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), Pravin Gordhan will give an update on its work.

Details of the briefing are as follows:

Date: 13 November 2015
Time: 10h00
Venue: GCIS Head Office, Tshedimosetso House, 1035 Francis Baard, Hatfield, Pretoria

NB: There will be a video link to Imbizo Media Centre, 120 Plein Street, Parliament, Cape Town

11 November 2015

Government welcomes the sentencing of eight former Daveyton policemen for the murder of Mozambican taxi driver Mido Macia.

The Pretoria High Court on Wednesday sentenced the officers to 15 years each behind bars for Macia’s death. Macia was arrested and dragged behind a police van on 13 February 2013.

Acting Cabinet Spokesperson Phumla Williams said the sentence should serve a deterrent to anyone who takes law into their own hands regardless of their position or standing in society.

6 November 2015                          

Government is satisfied about the number of positive developments since President Jacob Zuma visited the community of Eersterust on 21 August 2015.  President Zuma and several other Ministers visited the area during a Presidential Imbizo where the community raised their concern over the issue of drugs and crime in the area. 

4 November 2015

Minister in the Presidency for Planning Monitoring and Evaluation, Mr Jeff Radebe will brief the media on the outcomes of the Cabinet meeting held on Wednesday (04 November 2015).

The media briefing will take place as follows:  

Date:           Thursday, 05 November 2015
Time:          10h00
Venue:        Imbizo Media Centre, 120 Plein Street, Parliament, Cape Town

1 November 2015

 On Tuesday, 03 November at 12h30, The Minister of Trade and Industry Dr Rob Davies will brief the media on the African Growth and Opportunity Act  (AGOA). The briefing will be held at Imbizo Media Centre, Cape Town with a video link up to Tshedimosetso House (GCIS), Pretoria.