20 May 2011

The South African Government has learned with great sadness about the injury of hundreds of train commuters during yesterday’s (Thursday, 19 May 2011) train accident in Soweto.

We wish commuters injured in the accident a speedy recovery and express our gratitude to the Johannesburg Emergency Services for their quick response in assisting the injured.

The Railway Safety Regulator is investigation the circumstances which led to this accident and will report its findings as soon as the investigation has been concluded.

9 May 2011

The Government Communications and Information System (GCIS) has learned with shock and sadness this morning, 09 May 2011, about the sudden death of senior SABC journalist, Mr. Kgomotso Sebetso.

The GCIS sends its deepest condolences to the Sebetso family, friends and colleagues.

Mr. Sebetso, a senior journalist and a role model to younger journalists, was a profoundly dignified man and a professional. He would be greatly missed and remembered for his dedication and commitment to his work.

13 April 2011

The Free State Executive Council has pledged to support and strengthen performance monitoring and evaluation in the provincial administration following a meeting with the Deputy Minister of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation in the Presidency, Ms Dina Pule MP, today in Bloemfontein.

The meeting was held to introduce the Deputy Minister to the Provincial Executive Council and Heads of Department. The Deputy Minister made a presentation on the role of the Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation in the Presidency.

30 March 2011

Today Deputy Minister Dina Pule met with the Executive Council of the Eastern Cape as part of the provincial visits she undertook since the beginning of March this year. 

She communicated the role of the Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Department in the Presidency, explained the reporting process to be followed and spoke about the new tool kit to be used for monitoring purposes.

24 March 2011

Government communicators meeting in Pretoria today, 24 March 2011, deliberated on a number of issues concerning their work, particularly in view of the need to jack up their function in support of the work of government as the beginning of a new financial year (2011-2012) approaches.

17 March 2011

South Africa has never experienced any democracy until 1994 and no South African or any formation in our society can stand to claim monopoly to know more than all of us as South Africans. We are all learning and building this democracy together and that includes supporting, protecting and respecting all institutions of state we have established in promotion of our constitutional democracy. We call on all South Africans to contribute to this objective.

8 March 2011

Minister in The Presidency, Collins Chabane has noted repeated calls in the media calling for the removal of Mr Jimmy Manyi from his position. This follows statements he made last year which had implications on the country’s race relations. Mr Manyi has since apologised for his statements and for the offence they have caused.

5 March 2011

Certain Cabinet Ministers' offices have yesterday received enquiries from the media asking whether their Ministers have been to the Gupta family’s house or know of any Ministers who have been.

Government views these questions as an irresponsible fishing expedition that amounts to the violation of the privacy of Ministers. Also, we find it highly irresponsible and beyond the scope of the media’s role to monitor the private movement of Ministers. We do not have to elaborate on the security implications of this behaviour.

25 February 2011

Interest groups have an opportunity to raise their views on the Employment Equity Amendment Bill within the Nedlac forum, rather than to focus the public debate on the Government Spokesperson, Jimmy Manyi and mislead the public.

Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform, Gugile Nkwinti