25 May 2022

Minister Gungubele to brief media on outcomes of the Cabinet Meeting held on the 25th May 2022

The Minister in The Presidency, Mondli Gungubele will, on Thursday, 26 May 2022 brief media on the outcomes of the Cabinet meeting held on Wednesday, 25th May 2022.  

The details of the briefing are as follows:
Date: Thursday, 26 May 2022
Time: 09h00
Venue: GCIS Ronnie Mamoepa Media Centre, Ground Floor, Tshedimosetso House, 1035 Francis Baard Street, Hatfield.   

22 May 2022

The Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) on Land Reform will convene the National Communal Land Tenure Summit on the 27th to 28th May 2022 at Birchwood Hotel and Conference Centre in Kempton Park, Gauteng Province.

23 May 

Government rejects the mischievous article by the Sunday Independent newspaper, which alleges that President Ramaphosa asked Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula to leave a meeting for being unprepared and failing to read Cabinet memos. These allegations are unfounded and deliberately misleads members of the public.

Speaking on the article, Minister in The Presidency, Mondli Gungubele, said: “Cabinet discussions are confidential. This has been a long-standing convention and thus these allegations are unfounded.

22 May 2022

The Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) on Land Reform will convene the National Communal Land Tenure Summit on the 27th to 28th May 2022 at Birchwood Hotel and Conference Centre in Kempton Park, Gauteng Province.

20 May 

The Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) would like to congratulate SABC Morning live presenter, Leanne Manas who was bestowed with the Knight of the French National Order Merit. The award was bestowed upon Manas by the Ambassador of France to South Africa, H.E. Mr Aurélien Lechevallier, on behalf of President Emmanuel Macron this week.

Government once again reiterates that every person in the country is duty bound to protect the country’s critical economic infrastructure. 

The recent incidents of cable theft, railway destruction, vandalism, and allegations of sabotage at Eskom, goes against the country’s endeavours to move our economy in an upward trajectory so that the triple challenge of unemployment, poverty and inequality can be addressed.

19 May 2022

As part of Africa Month 2022 celebrations, the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) in partnership with the Department of Arts and Culture will host a panel discussion themed “Advancing Patriotism, Social Cohesion and Citizen's Rights to Safeguard South Africa and Its Institutions”. 

18 May 2022

Government welcomes the Pretoria Commercial Crime Court sentencing of Businessman Veloro Davids and former Ekurhuleni employees Nilesh Singh and Andrew Mphusomadi who were involved in a corrupt IT tender.  David received 10 years for fraud 15 years for corruption and Singh was sentenced to 10 years for fraud and 15 years for corruption.  Mphushomadi, former IT senior manager at Ekurhuleni, was given a 10-year prison sentence, of which four was suspended, for money laundering. 

18 May 2022

The Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) cordially invites you to participate in the Africa Communications Week is a week-long series of events in 20 countries across Africa. It will take place from 23 to 27 May 2022 under the theme: “Ahead of the Curve: What’s Next for Comms in Africa?”

“It is an opportunity to promote African Unity and deeper integration and recommit Africa to a shared destiny,” said the Minister in The Presidency, Mondli Gungubele, at the post Cabinet briefing.