Cabinet
Cabinet: Parents must teach their children to reject racism, embrace diversity
Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele was briefing the media on Thursday following Wednesday’s cabinet meeting.
The three men appeared in the Nelspruit Magistrate's Court this week.
Former ministers will no longer be entitled to free flights for life. The perk will be limited to five years after they leave office.
After a lengthy roll-call voting process, members of Parliament completed voting with more than half of those present voting against the motion.
Members of the National Assembly used the motion of no confidence in Cabinet to shine the spotlight on its failures from SOEs to providing basic services.
The party believes South Africans deserve a competent Cabinet that has their best interest at heart not ministers that place their ties with corrupt entities above their responsibility to the country.
The Pretoria High Court this week granted the order stopping the R50 million in humanitarian aid to the small island nation.
The party said it had analysed the performance agreements of all 28 ministers in what it called Ramaphosa’s “poverty Cabinet” and almost all had underperformed.
In a statement after its meeting on Wednesday, Cabinet said the pandemic has not yet been defeated and with winter approaching, is urging people to remain vigilant and to continue with hand-washing, mask-wearing and social distancing.
Cabinet said that the rationale for these amendments was informed by the proportion of people with immunity to COVID-19 which had risen substantially, exceeding 60-80% in several surveys.
Cabinet approved the further easing of lockdown level 1 restrictions, saying that it appeared that the country had passed the peak of the fourth COVID-19 wave.
Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele could not confirm whether President Cyril Ramaphosa would be addressing the nation soon.
This comes as the Department of Basic Education revealed in Parliament earlier this month that over 130,000 babies were delivered to girls aged between 10 and 19 in public health facilities last year.
Hlengiwe Mkhize, who was deputy minister of Women, Youth and People With Disabilities, passed away on Thursday following a short illness. She was diagnosed with lung cancer in March 2017.
Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele on Thursday gave details of the outcomes of the Cabinet meeting.
Thandi Modise replaces Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, who come under fire following recent unrest in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal.
Outgoing Acting Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, said that anyone implicated in last month's violent rampage would be investigated, including former President Jacob Zuma's children.
Phoenix has been the centre of racial tensions since the violent unrest and looting broke out in KwaZulu Natal and Gauteng, with the death toll standing at 36 in that area.
Primary schools went back to full-time teaching this week but it quickly became apparent that many schools just did not have the space to welcome all learners back and keep them 1m apart.