Government welcomes DSD action against Petite Bumper Daycare Centre

9 April 2014

Government welcomes the closure of Petite Bumper Daycare centre in Rosettenville, by the Department of Social Development and law enforcement agencies in Gauteng.  This after the owner allegedly bound a toddler and gagged her with tape.  It is also alleged that the owner committed this heinous abuse in order to quietly watch television.

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Government applauds South African courts on serving justice

3 April 2014

South Africa is a better place to live in, and this has been proven yet again after the wheels of justice turned in two criminal cases before South African courts today. Government welcomes the life imprisonment sentencing of Xolile Tose by the Eastern Cape High Court for raping a six-year-old girl in 2011, and the sentencing of Shinawaaz Ahmento and Kyle Fredericks, who received 23 years and 15 years respectively for raping and strangling Tracey-Lee Martins in 2013.

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Post-SoNA peacekeeping and post conflict reconstruction and development briefing: 31 Mar

30 March 2014 

Members of the media are invited to a post State of Nation Address  (SoNA) media briefing on peacekeeping and post conflict reconstruction and development efforts by South Africa.

The Minister of Defence, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula will lead the media briefing.

Details are as follows:

Date: Monday, 31 March 2014
Time: 14h00 (note change of time)
Venue:  Imbizo Media Centre, Cape Town, Parliament 

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