Inter-provincial travel for leisure may resume and the sale of alcohol will be permitted for off-site and onsite consumption from Monday as the country moves to Adjusted Alert Level 3 lockdown. Addressing the nation on Sunday night, President Cyril Ramaphosa said the overall decline in new COVID-19 infections meant that it was possible to gradually […]
The National House of Traditional Leaders (NHTL) will in terms of section 8 (1) (b) of the National House of Traditional Leaders Act, 2009 (Act 22 of 2009) open for the year 2020. The NHTL will be officially opened by President Cyril Ramaphosa on the 25th of February 2020. The address by the President constitutes […]
National Assembly, Cape Town, South Africa 19 February 2020 Madame Speaker; Honourable President; Honourable Deputy President; Fellow Cabinet Members; Members of Parliament; Comrades and Fellow South Africans. The State of the Nation Address was a day after we marked the 30th anniversary of the release of Tata Madiba. Twenty-six years after the end of Apartheid, […]
Members of the public are welcome to pay their last respects to the late AmaXhosa King, Zwelonke Mpendulo Sigcawu, at his memorial service and funeral taking place this week. President Cyril Ramaphosa honoured the late King Zwelonke by declaring a Special Official Funeral Category 1 for His Majesty. The King’s funeral will feature military ceremonial […]
The President’s Coordinating Council (PCC) has endorsed a new district-based model for development that will synchronise planning by all spheres of government and involve citizens and civil society in the development of South Africa’s 44 municipal districts and eight (8) Metros. This is the key outcome of the first meeting of the President’s Coordinating Council […]
On 9 May 1994, the late struggle stalwart Albertina Sisulu rose from her seat in the first democratic sitting of Parliament to nominate former statesman Nelson Mandela as President in what has since become a historic visual in the minds of most South Africans. That was 25 years ago. On Tuesday, ANC’s incoming Chief Whip […]
The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), Dr Zweli Mkhize led the CoGTa family to respond to the President’s call to make South Africa clean. Minister Mkhize, Deputy Minister andries Nel and Deputy Minister Obed Bapela joined the President, leaders from across the three spheres, stakeholders and communities in the Eastern Cape Province […]
The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA), Dr Zweli Mkhize, has extended a warm welcome to the new members of the Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) who have been appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa. The term of office of the former Board ended on the 19th February 2019 and the new Board assumed duty […]
It’s all systems go for President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address (SONA), to be delivered at 7pm on 07 February 2019. President Ramaphosa will be delivering his second SONA after taking over the reins in February 2018. The SONA will be the last of the fifth administration, due to the elections later this […]
The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Dr Zweli Mkhize has concluded his visit to Grahamstown, in the Sarah Baartman region, with a commitment to provide firm support for the strengthening of Makana Municipal Municipality which is in distress. The Minister has been visiting the Eastern Cape since the 2nd of May as part […]
