15 June

15 June 2012

Cabinet held its ordinary meeting in Cape Town on 13 June 2012.

1. Current Affairs

1.1 Executive Public Participation Programme

14 June 2012

Members of the media are advised that a media briefing on the decisions of the Cabinet meeting held on Wednesday, 13 June 2012 will take place as follows:

Date:            Friday, 15 June 2012
Time:            09h00
Venue:          GCIS Auditorium, 1st Floor, Midtown Building, cnr Sisulu and Madiba Sts, Pretoria

13 June 2012

Members of the media are advised that the Inter-Ministerial Committee on the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project(GFIP), which is chaired by Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe, will be holding consultation meetings with various stakeholders.  This is a follow up on the commitment made by the Deputy President.

The consultation will take place as follows:

4 June

Members of the media are advised that the technical media briefing on the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP) has been postponed until further notice.

Enquiries:
Jimmy Manyi
Cell: 082 379 3454

Issued by Government Communication and Information System (GCIS)

1 June 2012

Cabinet held its ordinary meeting in Cape Town on 30 May 2012.

1. Current Affairs

1.1 Executive Public Participation Programme

Cabinet noted that on Saturday, 2 June 2012, President Jacob Zuma will conduct an infrastructure service delivery monitoring visit to Ngobi Moretele local municipality under the Bojanala Platinum District. The visit will illustrate progress on commitments made during the 2012 State of Nation Address.

1.2 Mobilisation during June

31 May

29 May

Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe will brief the media on the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project following an update report to Cabinet by the Inter-Ministerial Committee which he chairs. The Inter-Ministerial Committee comprises of Ministers of Finance, Transport, Monitoring and Evaluation as well as Administration, Environmental Affairs and Public Enterprises.

28 May 2012

Government conveys its condolences to the families of the people who lost their lives during recent incidents of illegal mining.

Government has made significant progress in ensuring that appropriate measures are taken to eliminate such activities. We will continue to work with law enforcement agencies and social partners as part of a national effort to stamp out illegal mining.

Enquiries:
Jimmy Manyi
Cell: 082 379 3454

Issued by Government Communication (GCIS)

24 May 2012 

It is expected that an announcement regarding the preferred site for hosting the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) may be made on Friday, 25 May 2012, by the Office of the SKA Organisation, following an SKA Members' General Meeting, to be held at Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands.

In anticipation of this announcement, the Inter-Ministerial Committee on the SKA Project and the South African SKA Project Office have scheduled a media briefing as follows: