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The country has moved to Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) alert level 1 but government urges people to continue with all the precautionary measures aimed at curbing the spread of the virus.

This month Vuk’uzenzele is celebrating an important milestone: the publishing of its 200th edition. 

Since it was first published in October 2005, the newspaper has reached millions of South Africans living in rural areas with no access to government news.

To comply with health and safety protocols introduced by government to fight the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the South African State Theatre is combining the 2021 Kucheza Afrika Dance Festival into a mixture of live and online events from 1 to 11 April. 

Like many other arts events across the globe last year, the launch of the festival was postponed due to COVID-19. 

The long-awaited national switch-off process of analogue television transmitters will get underway next month.

The analogue switch-off will see the country move away from analogue to digital broadcasting.

“It is anticipated that this process, which will be done province-by-province, will be completed by the end of March 2022,” says President Cyril Ramaphosa.

The President made this announcement during his State of the Nation Address (SONA) during a hybrid joint sitting of the National Assembly and National Council of Provinces recently.

Provincial Director: Northern Cape 
Ref: 3/1/5-21/12
Branch: Intergovernmental Coordination & Stakeholder Management 
Salary: An all-inclusive salary package of R1 057 326 per annum 
Centre: Northern Cape 
Enquiries: Ms M Tshwane, Tel: 012 473 0188
Closing date: Friday, 5 March 2021

While delivering his fifth State of the Nation Address recently, President Cyril Ramaphosa made it clear that government is not in the business of making empty promises but is instead working hard to reboot the country. 

The South African Human Rights Commission is always accessible to members of the public.

The Chairperson of the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), Professor Bongani Majola, says the high levels of gender-based violence (GBV) in the country are concerning.

The GBVF Response Fund aims to support relevant programmes and campaigns that wage an ongoing war against women abuse in South Africa.

A partnership between government and the private sector that was launched recently has already secured pledges of R128 million in support of efforts to stop gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF).

President Cyril Ramaphosa and Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize recently led the nation by example when they launched South Africa’s mass Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) vaccination programme. They joined the first healthcare workers in the country to be vaccinated.