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19 May 2013

18 Apr 2013

Daily podcast – April 18, 2013.

President Jacob Zuma has extended the deployment of the South African National Defence Force in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Sudan until April next year.

Zuma extends SANDF deployment

DEFENCE

President Jacob Zuma has extended the deployment of the South African National Defence Force in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Sudan until April next year. Presidency spokesperson Mac...

20 Sep 2012

The State of South Africa’s Economic Infrastructure: Opportunities and challenges 2012 (September 2012)

INFRASTRUCTURE

Governments around the world rank infrastructure policy among their greatest concerns. The modernisation of infrastructure is seen as being critical to future economic competitiveness and crucial...

20 Jul 2012

SA: Statement by the South African Government, on consultation meeting with Cosatu on Gauteng freeway Improvement Project (20/07/2012)

STATEMENT

Government and the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) met in Johannesburg today, 20 July 2012, to discuss possible solutions to servicing debt associated with the Gauteng Freeway...

30 May 2012

SA: Motlanthe: Address by the Deputy President of South Africa, on the Presidency budget vote, Parliament (30/05/2012)

Topics

Let me add to the words of President Jacob Zuma who, on this special occasion, has thanked Parliament and Government as well as all sectors of the South African society for supporting and...

21 Oct 2011

News this week

UPDATE

South Africa's Presidency called on media to mark Press Freedom Day by taking a softer line on embattled President Jacob Zuma. Zuma has been criticised by the media, allies of his ruling African...

06 Jan 2011

Zuma appoints members to Media Board

RECRUITMENT

South African President Jacob Zuma has appointed three members to the statutory Media Development and Diversity Agency Board, the Presidency announced today.

28 Apr 2010

Duarte resigns from Presidency

PRESIDENCY

Jessie Duarte has resigned as chief operating officer of the Presidency. "She will leave her position at the end of May 2010 to pursue other interests and give more time to her political work for...

31 Mar 2010

Govt ponders hotline consolidation

PRESIDENCY

Government is considering consolidating all its departmental call centres under one umbrella, Presidency director-general Vusi Mavimbela said on Wednesday.

23 Mar 2010

Zuma’s legal fees cost country R5m last year

PRESIDENCY

President Jacob Zuma's legal fees came to roughly R5-million in the year before he was elected, his office told Parliament's Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) on Tuesday.

08 Sep 2009

DA: Trollip: Speech by the DA Parliamentary leader on the Strategic Planning Green Paper, National Assembly (08/09/2009)

Topics

Date: 08/09/2009

Source: Democratic Alliance

Title: DA: Trollip: Speech by the DA Parliamentary leader on the Strategic Planning Green Paper, National Assembly

The DA...

19 Aug 2009

DA, Cope, ID, IFP: Joint statement by the leaders of the biggest opposition parties on the President’s response to their concerns over the appointment of the Chief Justice (19/08/2009)

Statements

We have today received from President Zuma a response to our joint letter opposing the process followed by the President before announcing his preferred candidate for the position of Chief...

06 Aug 2009

World Cup will help SA recover from global economic crisis – economist

ECONOMIC CLIMATE

The 2010 FIFA World Cup was likely to contribute significantly to South Africa's recovery following the global economic downturn, which struck during the second half of 2008, an economist said on...

30 Jun 2009

Selebi’s contract expires

POLICE

President Jacob Zuma and Minister of Police Nathi Mthethwa will meet this week to discuss the appointment of a permanent national police commissioner, as Jackie Selebi's contract expires on...

27 Mar 2008

Daily Podcast - March 27, 2008

Multimedia

In today's podcast: Mercedes Benz has no intention of slowing down production of its top selling C-class, Yamana Gold is marching towards it target of doubling its gold output by 2012, Basil...

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