20 November 2013
The 16 Days Activism Campaign for No Violence against Women and Children is an annual awareness raising campaign observed globally. The purpose of the campaign is to address policy and legal issues; as well as campaign for the protection of survivors of violence and to call for the elimination of all forms of gender based violence.
President Jacob Zuma has this morning, 18 November 2013, visited former President Nelson Mandela at home in Houghton, where he continues to recover.
The health of the former President remains much the same as it was when President Zuma last visited him, which is stable but critical while Madiba continues to respond to treatment.
15 November 2013
The Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster today, Friday 15th November 2013 submitted the security comments relating to the Public Protector’s provisional report on the Nkandla upgrade.
14 November 2013
Government has noted recent media reports pertaining to its decision to approach the courts to seek relief regarding its request for extension of the period within which to submit its response to the Public Protector’s provisional report on the security upgrades at the Nkandla residence of the President.
The Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Ministers decided to approach the court after the Public Protector did not grant the requested extension, which has always been regarded as reasonable.
14 November 2013
12 November 2013
Government is deeply saddened and sends its deepest condolences to the families that lost their loved ones when a bus collided with a truck in Moloto Road near Kwaggafontein, Mpumalanga last night. Twenty-nine people were killed and scores of injured passengers were taken to nearby hospital.
Clarification on the cluster’s decision to seek relief through the courts to postpone the release of the Public Protectors interim report on the security upgrades in Nkandla.
8 November 2013
The security cluster welcomes the decision by the North Gauteng High Court to grant the State a hearing on its application for a deadline extension for comment on the Public Protector’s interim report covering the upgrades at the President’s residence in Nkandla.
9 November 2013
Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Jeff Radebe will lead a panel of Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster (JCPS) Ministers in a media briefing on the Public Protector’s interim report on the security upgrade at Nkandla.
Members of the media are invited as follows:
Date: Saturday, 9 November 2013
Venue: GCIS Media Briefing Room, Tshedimosetso House, 1035 Frances Baard Street , Corner Festival Street, Hatfield, Pretoria
Time: 11h00
7 November 2013
1. Cabinet’s position on prominent issues in the current environment
1.1 Cabinet welcomed the Goldman Sachs report, Two Decades of Freedom, which is a detailed account of 10 areas in which South Africa has made structural advances since 1994 and 10 areas in which the country has to take decisive action.
