Government is encouraged by an improvement in responses to the Parliamentary questions.

Government welcomes the ruling handed down by the North Gauteng High Court on the implementation of the Gauteng open road tolling system.

Government extends its deepest condolences to the families and friends who lost their loved ones during the recent floods in KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga provinces, and noted with dismay the extensive damage caused.

Government has noted the reckless statements made by the chief economist at Pan African Investment and Research, Iraj Abedian, which were published by the Business Report regarding the alleged ‘absence of buy-in’ of the National Development Plan (NDP) by Ministers Ebrahim Patel and Rob Davies.

The South African Government congratulates the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, on receiving the international Renaissance Woman of the Year Award 2012.

6 December 2012

Government has noted the mischievous and misleading score card on the performance of the Cabinet Ministers by the Democratic Alliance.

Acting Cabinet Spokesperson, Phumla Williams, slammed the DA score card, saying “Government has its own monitoring and evaluation systems through the Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation”.

6 December 2012

1. Cabinet decisions

1.1 Employment Equity Targets for Disability, Gender and Race Representation in the Public Service
Cabinet noted the report by the Department of Public Service and Administration on trends, progress made and the challenge experienced in meeting equity targets adopted for representation of women in Senior Management Service (SMS) level and people with disabilities in the Public Service as part of government’s transformation programme.

5 December 2012

30 November 2012

Government respects the rights of any organised formation or individuals to engage in public demonstration. Government believes that those engaging in public demonstration should do so within the law.

Government will not tolerate destruction of property or disregard for the effort that goes into making South Africa a better place. Government calls on those who will be taking part in the planned march to act within the law.

30 December 2012

Kindly note that the Marikana Commission of Inquiry will not be sitting on 5, 6, 7, 10 and 11 December 2012 and will also not be sitting from 21 December 2012 until 20 January 2013, and will resume on the 21st of January 2013.