UNION BUILDINGS, TSHWANE11 JANUARY 2021 Fellow South Africans, We are now 11 days into a new year. Once again, I wish you all the very best for 2021. We enter this year with a great deal of hope – hope that we will restore our nation to health, that the new year will bring our people relief and…
Statement by President Cyril Ramaphosa on progress in the national effort to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, Union Buildings, Tshwane 14 December 2020 – 12:00am My fellow South Africans, It is just 11 days since I last addressed you. Then I reported on the signs of a resurgence of coronavirus infections in various parts of the…
3 Dec 2020 My fellow South Africans, I wish to speak to you this evening about the current state of the coronavirus pandemic in South Africa. Before doing so, I wish to express my appreciation to all South Africans who observed the five days of mourning from the 25th to the 29th of November for…
11 Nov 2020 My fellow South Africans, We have not had our national family meeting for some time. It has been many months now since the outbreak of the coronavirus in South Africa. The pandemic has caused great hardship for all our people. After such a long time of uncertainty and worry, we all wish…
The President will also address Members of Parliament on milestones in relation to social cohesion. A day before ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule is due in court on corruption charges, President Cyril Ramaphosa will answer questions on corruption in the National Assembly. Corruption isn’t the only item on the agenda – ANC MP Bongani Bongo, also…
This morning Mr Ronny Mkhwamazi spoke with the minister about State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) on Newzroom Africa channel 405.This was in view of the Minister of Finance’s medium-term budget speech later today.The Minister has a massive task ahead.SA needs a comprehensive overhaul of its SOE. Done correctly, SOEs can be a great tool for economic…
9 October 2020 – 8:15pm President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Thursday, 15 October, 2020, present the widely consulted South African Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan to a Joint Hybrid Sitting of Parliament. The President has written to the Speaker of the National Assembly and the Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces to call for…
16 SEPTEMBER 2020 PRESIDENT TO ADDRESS NATION ON DEVELOPMENTS IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation at 19:00 today, Wednesday, 16 September 2020, on developments in South Africa’s risk-adjusted response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The address follows a meeting of the National Coronavirus Command Council on Monday, 14 September 2020;…
15 September 2020 – 6:45pm The National Economic Development and Labour Council (NEDLAC) has agreed to an action plan for economic recovery which is due for consideration and finalisation by Cabinet and is directed towards building confidence and placing SA on a path of investment and growth. The agreement was formalised at a meeting today,…
Auditor-general (AG), Kimi Makwetu, today reported that the relief package redirected by government as a response to the Covid-19 pandemic, “landed in a weak control environment”. After the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in South Africa, the government announced a R500 billion package for the health response and the relief of social and economic distress…
National Council of Provinces Ministerial Briefing Session on progress made on Interventions to accelerate Small Business Development, held on 1 September 2020.
DISASTER MANAGEMENT TAX RELIEF BILL [B 11B—2020] & DISASTER MANAGEMENT TAX RELIEF ADMINISTRATION BILL [B 12B—2020] The above-mentioned Bills are currently being considered by Parliament. These Bills were passed by the National Assembly on 26 August 2020 and are now with the National Council of Provinces for approval before they are sent to the President…
The Department of Employment and Labour has issued the attached Directive to clarify the position of the Compensation Fund with regard to the compensation for claims for workplace-acquired COVID-19.
Small Business Development minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says that she plans to table the Small Enterprise Ombudsman Services Bill shortly. Presenting her budget vote speech in a virtual parliamentary meeting on Tuesday (28 July), Ntshavheni said that the aim of the bill is to provide a more affordable dispute resolution and arbitration mechanism “South African small…
Please note that the Lebombo border post will be closed shortly following a positive Covid-19 case. All trucks currently in the customs control areas are being cleared with the engagement of Mozambique counterparts. The border post will be closed until a deep clean of all offices has been conducted. Truck drivers who have not yet…
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