South Africa

Pretoria - Government has launched the National Defence Industry Council (NDIC), which will help support and preserve the country’s defence industry as a national asset.

Pretoria - The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) has welcomed Thursday’s decision by the Constitutional Court to dismiss Oscar Pistorius’s leave to appeal his conviction.

Pretoria – The Government Communication and Information System’s (GCIS) Government Segmentation Model will help communicators better understand their target audiences and ensure that the intended messages reach home.

Pretoria - Communications Minister Faith Muthambi’s visit to the Northern Cape on Friday will give her insight into the challenges and solutions needed in the first batch of subsidised set top boxes (STBs), which she saw installed in the area last December.

Pretoria – On the eve of the 2016 Local Government Elections voter registration weekend, the Independent Electoral Commission says it hopes that at least one million new voters will register to make their mark before the voter’s roll closes.

Pretoria – It’s all systems go for the registration weekend and the Electoral Commission says all eligible voters must come out in their numbers to register ahead of the 2016 Local Government Elections.

Pretoria – Cabinet has condemned the violent student protests which have disrupted studies at some universities and led to the destruction of property.

Pretoria - Cabinet has called on South Africans to make constructive inputs to the draft National Action Plan to combat Racism, Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance.

Cape Town – President Jacob Zuma says the country’s socio-economic challenges cannot be addressed without reclaiming dispossessed land.

Pretoria - Cabinet says hosting the 21st International Aids Conference will advance the country’s HIV and tuberculosis response, while making an impact on one of the most important challenges in the world.

Pretoria - Cabinet has approved the submission of the National Land Transport Amendment Bill of 2015 to Parliament, which will transform and restructure the national land transport system.

Pretoria - Cabinet has welcomed the appointment of President Jacob Zuma by the United Nations (UN) to co-chair a High-Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth.

Pretoria – The launch of the Presidential Press Corps, or PPC, which will comprise journalists who will be accredited to cover the Presidency on a full time and on-going basis, has been welcomed by Cabinet.

Pretoria - Cabinet has welcomed the launch of the 2016 National Community Survey in Mamelodi, Pretoria, by the Minister in the Presidency, Jeff Radebe and Statistician General Pali Lehohla.

Pretoria – Cabinet has welcomed the cost-containment measures announced by Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan in the 2016 Budget Speech, describing them as decisive.