PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA REJECTS ZUMA’S ABUSE OF PRIVATE PROSECUTION PROCESSES

President Cyril Ramaphosa rejects with the utmost contempt Mr. Jacob Zuma’s abuse of legal processes and perversion of the ‘nolle prosequi’ (private prosecution) provision. In accordance with the Criminal Procedure Act, a private prosecution can only be instituted after the individual prosecuting has obtained a certificate of non-prosecution.

CABINET APPROVES CHANGES TO ADJUSTED ALERT LEVEL 1 COVID-19 REGULATIONS

A special Cabinet meeting held today, 31 January 2022, has approved changes to the Adjusted Alert Level 1 COVID-19 regulations. This follows meetings of the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) and the President’s Coordinating Council (PCC) which received updates on the management of COVID-19 in South Africa.

CABINET APPROVES CHANGES TO COVID-19 REGULATIONS

A special Cabinet meeting held earlier today, 30 December 2021, has approved several changes to the Adjusted Alert Level 1 COVID-19 regulations. This follows meetings of the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) and the President’s Coordinating Council (PCC), which received updates on the management of the current 4th wave of COVID-19 in South Africa, which is mainly driven by the Omicron variant.

PRESIDENT HONOURS ANGLICAN ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU WITH SPECIAL
OFFICIAL FUNERAL CATEGORY 1

President @CyrilRamaphosa has, as a mark of deep respect, declared that the late Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu be accorded a Special Official Funeral – Category 1. The Archbishop, a globally venerated theologian, anti-apartheid campaigner and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, passed away on Sunday, 26 December 2021. The Special Official Funeral will take place in St George’s Cathedral, Cape Town, on New Year’s Day, Saturday, 1 January 2022.

PRESIDENCY CHAMPIONS FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION

The Presidency has noted media reports on an Afrobarometer survey on public perceptions of corruption in society, in which a majority of the respondents felt that corruption had worsened over the last year. The results of the survey no doubt reflect the lived experiences of many South Africans who continue to encounter corruption in various forms. This could be in accessing frontline government services or businesses seeking procurement opportunities with the state.

Ms Ayanda Dlodlo is Minister of Public Service and Administration Ms Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams is Minister of Small Business Development

Mr Mondli Gungubele is Minister in The Presidency Ms Khumbudzo Ntshavheni is Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies

President #Ramaphosa: My Fellow South Africans,
 
As I address you this evening, the country has just received the deeply sad news of the passing of the outgoing Auditor-General Mr Kimi Makwetu. President #Ramaphosa:  During his term as Auditor-General, Mr Makwetu served his country with dedication, with distinction and with integrity.
 
Our thoughts and prayers are with his family at this time of great sorrow.

President #Ramaphosa: My Fellow South Africans, We have lost many lives to this pandemic.
 
Many of us have had to bid farewell to a loved one, a friend or a colleague. President #Ramaphosa: As we look back on a year of much pain and sorrow, it is important as a nation that we should honour and remember all those who have succumbed to this disease.

President #Ramaphosa: Fellow South Africans,
 
From the onset of this crisis, we have sought to both save lives and protect livelihoods. President #Ramaphosa: That is why in April we introduced a massive economic and social relief package to limit the effects of the pandemic on companies, workers, households and communities.

President #Ramaphosa: As we have said before we need to utilise various tools in our coronavirus toolbox to fight this virus.
 
We can also use technology to fight the virus. President #Ramaphosa: I call on each of you to join the 700,000 South Africans who have downloaded the Covid Alert SA mobile app.

President #Ramaphosa: To ensure that we can keep all the necessary prevention measures in place, we are, as required by the Disaster Management Act, extending the National State of Disaster by another month to the 15th of December 2020. President #Ramaphosa: The second area of concern that we need to pay attention to is the upcoming festive season, during which many South Africans travel to other parts of the country and where people tend to gather socially.

President #Ramaphosa: To date, South Africa has recorded 742,394 coronavirus cases. Of these people, over 92% have recovered.
 
But the greatest blow we have suffered since the start of this pandemic are the confirmed deaths of 20,011 people due to COVID-19. President #Ramaphosa:  While we have a relatively low fatality rate compared to many other countries, we cannot begin to calculate the loss and anguish that these deaths have caused.
 
Since the beginning of this crisis, our goal was both to save lives and protect livelihoods.

President #Ramaphosa: 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. President #Ramaphosa: After such a long time of uncertainty and worry, we all wish for a return to normal life. I know that many of us are suffering from coronavirus fatigue.
 
The problem is that we have begun to forget that the virus is still present all around us.

The interventions outlined in this plan will:

-achieve sufficient, secure and reliable energy supply within two years;

#BuildingANewEconomy -create and support over 800,000 work opportunities in the immediate term to respond to job losses;

#BuildingANewEconomy

Highlights of the Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan #BuildingANewEconomy Highlights of the Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan #BuildingANewEconomy

The official inauguration of the Harry Gwala District Development Model (DDM) by Minister in the Presidency @JacksonMthembu_
& Minister of COGTA @DlaminiZuma at the Bhongweni Youth Centre in the Greater Kokstad Local Municipality. #DDM #Khawuleza The DDM was launched by President Ramaphosa in Sept 2019 as an “all of government” approach aimed at achieving the constitutional goal of cooperative governance through strengthening of intergovernmental coordination in the planning, budgeting and implementation of programmes.

Minister in the Presidency @JacksonMthembu_ and Minister of Cogta @DlaminiZuma
joined by the KZN MEC for Cogta, Sipho Hlomuka during a briefing on the state of the Greater Kokstad Local Municipality in the Harry Gwala District. The Ministers noted that the Municipality is very stable, with no debt owed to Eskom, a good revenue stream with very innovative plans to further develop Greater Kokstad into a Smart City. #DDM #Khawuleza #StaySafe

President #Ramaphosa: Our greatest challenge now – and our most important task – is to ensure that we do not experience a new surge in infections.
 
Several countries around the world have been hit by a ‘second wave’ or a resurgence of infections. President #Ramaphosa: A number of these countries had passed the peak of the disease and had seemingly brought the virus under control.
 
Some of them had even lifted most of the restrictions on economic and social activity.

President #Ramaphosa: Guided by the advice of our health experts and after consultation with provincial and local government, Cabinet has decided to place the entire country on alert #level2, with effect from midnight on Monday, the 17th of August 2020. President #Ramaphosa: Alert Level 2 in terms of our risk adjusted strategy in dealing with the pandemic means that there is a moderate Covid-19 spread of the virus with a relatively high health system readiness.

PRESIDENT SADDENED BY PASSING OF STRUGGLE HERO ANDREW MEKETE MLANGENI

President @CyrilRamaphosa has learnt with deep sadness of the passing away overnight of the last remaining Rivonia Trialist and Isithwalandwe Seaparankwe Andrew Mekete Mlangeni.

#RIPAndrewMlangeni Bab’ Mlangeni, who turned 95 on 6 June 2020, was admitted to 1 Military Hospital in Thaba Tshwane, Pretoria, on Tuesday, 14 July, 2020, following an abdominal complaint.