5 April 2020

A 23-year old man was arrested for allegedly contravening the Regulations of the Disaster Management Act 2002.

On 27 March 2020 little snippets of a video, in which two young men were seen travelling around Pretoria with one of them continuously swearing, mocking efforts to curb the Covid-19 virus and bragging they do not comply with laws put in place to contain the virus, went viral.

In one of the snippets, one man appears to be standing in front of a police station and continued swearing about the virus.

Members of the National Command Council in the Economic Cluster will brief the nation on economic matters as contained in the revised lockdown regulations gazetted on 2nd April 2020.

The virtual briefing will be held at 16h00 today, Friday 3rd April 2020.

Members of the media are invited to participate in the briefing via live streaming on the SA Government Facebook page, Twitter and YouTube channels on the links below.

For interaction journalists may call and pose their questions using the following number 0800 142 446.

The Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Dr Blade Nzimande, and the Minister of Health, Dr Zweli Mkhize, will release the results from the first round of the public survey looking at the impact of the COVID-19 on South Africans.

On Friday 27 March 2020 – the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)- an entity of the Department of Science and Innovation - announced the launch the public survey to better understand what the South African public knows about Covid-19, the state of readiness to deal with this global pandemic and how they feel about it.

31 March 2020

Ministers representing the COVID -19 National Command Council will update the nation on the status of the  COVID 19 lockdown in South Africa.

Members of the media are invited to cover the media briefing as follows:

Date: Tuesday, 31 March 2020
Time: 14h00
Venue: Tshedimosetso House, GCIS Auditorium, 1035 Francis Baard Street, Hatfield in Pretoria

28 March 2020

Ministers representing the COVID -19 National Command Council will  update the nation on the status of the  COVID 19 lockdown in South Africa. 

Members of the media are invited to cover the media briefing as follows:
Date: Saturday , 28 March 2020
Time: 14h00
Venue: Tshedimosetso House, GCIS Auditorium, 1035 Francis Baard Street, Hatfield in Pretoria

27 March 2020

Ministers representing the COVID -19 National Command Council will  update the nation on the status of the COVID 19 lockdown in South Africa. 

Members of the media are invited to cover the media briefing as follows:

Date: Friday, 27 March 2020
Time: 18h00
Venue: Tshedimosetso House, GCIS Auditorium, 1035 Francis Baard Street, Hatfield in Pretoria

26 March 2020

Government’s classification of media work as an essential service during the COVID-19 national state of disaster and lockdown is a measure to ensure South Africans and the international community have access to vital information during this time.

Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu MP has expressed government’s appreciation for the role media in the country and internationally have played in bringing information to South Africans from all walks of life and geographic locations.

26 March 2020

The Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) welcomes the agreement reached between Telkom and the Competition Commission which among other provisions, narrows the digital divide in the country by offering zero rated access to essential on line government services.

Telkom’s offer incudes free public access to the GCIS managed www.gov.za the gateway to government information and services

23 March 2020

Following President Cyril Ramaphosa’s address to the nation providing updates about COVID 19 in South Africa, members of the national command council will brief the media on the details of government interventions in various sectors in response to the president’s address. 

Members of the media are invited to cover the following media briefings:

Date: Tuesday, 24 March 2020

First briefing: Economic Cluster
Time: 10h00

Second briefing: Social Cluster
Time: 14h00

12 March 2020
Statement on the Cabinet Meeting held on Wednesday, 11 March 2020 at Parliament, Tuynhuys in Cape Town 

A. Issues in the environment

1. Coronavirus (COVID-19)