08 February 2022

Ministry in the Presidency to conduct the State of the Nation Address (SONA) Pre-Awareness Outreach Campaign in the Western Cape

Government Communication and Information and System (GCIS) will be conducting Pre-SoNA outreach activities, led by Minister Mondli Gungubele and Deputy Ministers, Pinky Kekana and Thembi Siweya from 07 – 10 February 2022 in the Western Cape.

02 February 2022 

Webinar on School Safety

The Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) will on Thursday, 03 February 2022, host a webinar on School Safety.

The webinar aims to:

02 February 2022

Minister Gungubele to join Stats SA in counting transient population on Census Night

Minister in The Presidency, Mondli Gungubele will join the Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) team in Cape Town on Census Night to enumerate the transient population as Census 2022 kicks off.  

Stats SA will be counting the transient population at various sites across the Province on Tuesday, 02 February 2022 as part of the nationwide Census Night activities marking the beginning of the Census 2022 count. 

31 January 2022

Cabinet approves changes to adjusted alert level 1 COVID-19 regulations

A special Cabinet meeting held today, 31 January 2022, has approved changes to the Adjusted Alert Level 1 COVID-19 regulations. This follows meetings of the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) and the President’s Coordinating Council (PCC) which received updates on the management of COVID-19 in South Africa. 

25 January

The Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) will on the 27th of January 2022, host a webinar on Post-Matric Opportunities for the Youth.

The webinar aims to:

11 January 2022

The South African media are invited to submit their entries for the 2022 SADC Media Awards competition.

The SADC Media Awards are open to journalists from the SADC Member States. The first prize winners will receive their prizes and certificates on the margins of the 42nd SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government.

6 January

The now expired Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) which was initiated in 2017 was deliberated by Cabinet on the 24 November 2021. Out of those deliberations Cabinet decided to no longer issue extensions to the Zimbabwean special dispensations.  However, Cabinet decided on a 12 months grace period at the expiry of the current Zimbabwe Exemption Permit.

30 December 2021

A special Cabinet meeting held earlier today, 30 December 2021, has approved several changes to the Adjusted Alert Level 1 COVID-19 regulations.

This follows meetings of the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) and the President’s Coordinating Council (PCC), which received updates on the management of the current 4th wave of COVID-19 in South Africa, which is mainly driven by the Omicron variant. 

COVID-19 Update