Cabinet

Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu delivering a post-Cabinet briefing on Thursday. All executives in government will head back to school through training programmes, Cabinet has decided.Cabinet met on Wednesday to discuss various issues, including corruption surrounding the procurement of PPE.It also postponed the hosting of the 2020 International Maritime Organisation and World Maritime Day event.Cabinet…

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga Cabinet is expected to be advised to close schools across South Africa for three weeks.The announcement will be tabled on Thursday, with an announcement expected soon thereafter.This as teachers' unions have been engaging with government to close schools amid a surge in Covid-19 infections.The National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) is…

A view of SAA airplanes at Cape Town International Airport on February 18, 2020. Gallo Images/Jacques Stander South African government supports restructuring proposals for SAA that include job cuts as well as the introduction of equity partners in the long troubled airline.In a statement released on Friday, Cabinet said it was in support of "...…

Cabinet has decided to defer taking a decision on recommendations made by the NCCC on amending regulations under alert Level 3.  It wants the group of scientists advising government to first present a full health assessment.The recommendations on amending regulations under alert Level 3 comes after various sectors have made representations to government. Cabinet has deferred taking…

Cabinet has approved a plan to establish a single National Petroleum Company. Cabinet has given its approval to start a process to establish a single National Petroleum Company.The entity will be made up of the three current subsidiaries of the Central Energy Fund, namely PetroSA, the Strategic Fuel Fund and iGas, Cabinet said in a…