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/ 1 November 2010
The government has denied planning to shift its advertising spend to "patriotic" media outlets like the SABC and the <i>New Age</i>.
The government moved on Friday to discount suggestions that Cabinet ministers are failing to answer questions in Parliament.
The Cabinet has urged public-service wage negotiators to urgently find an amicable and win-win solution to the strike.
Concern is mounting from the government and economists over the pressure the public-sector wage bill is placing on the state.
There is only one-tenth of a percent difference between what striking workers are demanding and what the state is offering, the government says.
The government is concerned about negative foreign coverage of its perceived attempts to place restrictions on the press, a spokesperson has said.
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/ 20 January 2010
One of the government’s weaknesses has been to not pay enough attention to local government, spokesperson Themba Maseko said on Wednesday.
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/ 19 November 2009
The Cabinet has announced a new anti-corruption ministerial team, warning that it will act strongly to root out public-sector graft.
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/ 5 November 2009
The Cabinet has decided to terminate the multibillion-rand Airbus A400M strategic lift military aircraft contract.
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/ 22 October 2009
The child support grant of R240 a month will be extended to children older than 14 years with effect from January 1, government said on Thursday.
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/ 10 September 2009
The plane carrying Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe that made an emergency landing in the DRC, had to use its own lights to find the runway.
Government has called on public service doctors to end their strike and return to work immediately.
The health minister’s comments about the decision to deny the Dalai Lama a visa were ”rather unfortunate”, said a government spokesperson on Wednesday
The plight of Zimbabwean refugees in South Africa around the border town of Musina has become ”desperate”, said government spokesperson Themba Maseko.
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/ 4 February 2009
SA is to get some ”exciting and hip” new coins, but what they will look like is still under wraps, says government spokesperson Themba Maseko.
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/ 5 December 2008
The results of further tests done to determine if the Limpopo River is contaminated with cholera are expected by Saturday.
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/ 6 November 2008
South Africa will take a tough line at a regional summit this weekend to end deadlock in Zimbabwe’s power-sharing talks.
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/ 23 October 2008
Preparations for the 2010 Soccer World Cup remain on target, government spokesperson Themba Maseko said on Thursday.
There is no cause for panic over an outbreak of suspected haemorrhagic fever in Gauteng that has claimed three lives, says the government.
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/ 18 September 2008
President Thabo Mbeki and his Cabinet will seek legal advice on Judge Chris Nicholson’s comments about political interference in the Zuma prosecution.
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/ 5 September 2008
The deadline for the closure of temporary refugee shelters is fast approaching, government spokesperson Themba Maseko said in Pretoria on Thursday.
Threats by supporters of ANC president Jacob Zuma to make the country ungovernable should he be sent to jail were cause for concern, said the Cabinet.
Convertible South Africans rate other countries above South Africa and are the most likely to emigrate.
Speculation that a lack of cooperation on the part of the government scotched a German investigation of the arms deal is false, the government said.
A national day of mourning scheduled for Tuesday in South Africa in honour of those killed in a recent wave of xenophobic violence has been postponed.
At least 21 of the 62 people who died in the recent xenophobic violence were South African citizens, government communications head Themba Maseko said on Thursday.
The recent xenophobic violence cannot be attributed to a single factor and is not necessarily the work of a so-called ”third force”, government spokesperson Themba Maseko said on Thursday. ”In some cases, there is some evidence of copy-cat activities in which criminals took advantage of the news story to conduct criminal acts,” he said.
A national electricity emergency programme management office (PMO) will be established immediately, government spokesperson Themba Maseko said on Thursday. The office would be responsible for coordinating all efforts to deal with an emergency, Maseko said at a media briefing following Cabinet’s regular meeting on Wednesday.
A special task team will investigate the cause of the recent xenophobic attacks in Alexandra and elsewhere in the country, government spokesperson Themba Maseko said on Thursday. The team will make recommendations about steps required to prevent a recurrence of this ”negative tendency”, he told a media briefing.
President Thabo Mbeki’s government has approved the disbanding of the elite Scorpions crime-fighting unit, bowing to pressure from supporters of rival Jacob Zuma who accused it of political abuse. Mbeki’s Cabinet adopted two Bills last week paving the way for the end of the Directorate of Special Operations.
Opposition to a shipment of arms being offloaded in Durban and transported to Zimbabwe increased on Thursday when South Africa’s largest transport workers’ union announced that its members would not unload the ship. A government spokesperson said the country could not stop the shipment from getting to its destination.
The situation in Zimbabwe is dire and further talks are needed, government communications head Themba Maseko said in Cape Town on Thursday. He said it was ”not helpful” to discuss whether President Thabo Mbeki had said there was ”no crisis” in Zimbabwe, or whether he had been misquoted.