Government communication | Bizcommunity

Government communication | Bizcommunity

News

Health & Social Welfare

Don’t be in Sassa’s black books: Deadline for Postbank black card switch arrives

5 hours

Banyana Banyana beat Burkina Faso to reach Wafcon quarterfinals

Sport

Banyana Banyana beat Burkina Faso to reach Wafcon quarterfinals

5 Aug 2026

Lorato Tshenkeng, founder and CEO of Decode, reflects on the recent Social Media Summit for Government in the context of WPRD 2026 (Image supplied)

World PR Day

#WPRD2026 | The golden age of strategic PR will elude government until leadership changes

Lorato Tshenkeng 28 Jul 2026

Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Solly Malatsi and Lorato Tshenkeng, founder and CEO of Decode. in conversation during the Social Media Summit for Government (Image supplied)

Digital

Digital-first cannot become digital-only says comms minister

13 Jul 2026

The Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Solly Malatsi, will deliver the keynote address for the 2026 Social Media Summit for Government (Image supplied)

Social Media

Communications and Digital Technologies minister to deliver Social Media Summit keynote

19 Jun 2026

Sport

Let’s Go Bafana Bafana!

Sandile Nene 11 Jun 2026

Community Media shines at the Budget Vote 2026

Media

Community Media shines at the Budget Vote 2026

Issued by Media Development and Diversity Agency 3 Jun 2026

Image source: rawpixel.com from

Youth Employment

Revamped labour activation plan to target youth unemployment crisis

2 Jun 2026

Martin Pienaar, Chief Operations Officer, Mindworx Academy

Skills Development & Training

Why business analysts are your organisation’s best AI prompt engineers

Martin Pienaar 22 May 2026

MDDA, GCIS, and Sentech partner to drive digital transformation in community media

Media

MDDA, GCIS, and Sentech partner to drive digital transformation in community media

Issued by Media Development and Diversity Agency 15 May 2026

Sentech, MDDA and GCIS parter to drive digital transformation in community media

Digital

Sentech, MDDA and GCIS parter to drive digital transformation in community media

Issued by SENTECH 14 May 2026

Image credit: on

Energy

Rio Tinto's solar plant to give SA's energy grid a 300GWh boost

10 Apr 2026

Source: Pexels.

Economy

Fuel prices drive inflation dip: February 2026 CPI falls to 3.0%

20 Mar 2026

#Orchids&Onions: When Castle Lite gets it right

#OrchidsandOnions

#Orchids&Onions: When Castle Lite gets it right

Brendan Seery 18 Mar 2026

Source: Image supplied.

Digital

Digital accountability puts government communication under pressure

30 Jan 2026

Media

$2500 awaits you! How to enter the 2026 SADC Media Awards

21 Jan 2026

Image credit: Sassa

Health & Social Welfare

Social media reports of Sassa's SRD grant termination rubbished

15 Jan 2026

#BestofBiz 2025: Construction & Engineering

Construction & Engineering

#BestofBiz 2025: Construction & Engineering

17 Dec 2025

Source: Pexels.

Finance

Gauteng's poverty numbers rise amidst national decline, says Stats SA

12 Dec 2025

Media

GCIS announces launch of the 2026 SADC media awards

9 Dec 2025

Media

South Africa needs to rethink its community media policy - 4 ways to close the gaps

Franz Krüger 17 Nov 2025

About three million SASSA grant beneficiaries receive their grants through Postbank. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Health & Social Welfare

Sassa assures Parliament grants will be paid when Postbank contract ends

Marecia Damons 1 Sep 2025

Advertising

Minister Morolong says media, advertising can boost SA reputation & economy

20 Aug 2025

Sowetan executive editor Pearl Sebolao passes away

Newspapers

Sowetan executive editor Pearl Sebolao passes away

21 Jul 2025

Image credit: Nappy on Unsplash

Public Health

Police deployed at health facilities affected by protests

7 Jul 2025

Source: . Acacia Park in July 2020.

Residential Property

Former MPs refuse to leave their subsidised housing in parliamentary villages

7 Apr 2025

Media

Community media’s vital role in strengthening democracy and social change

28 Feb 2025

Community radio: The essence of a community heartbeat

Radio & Audio

Community radio: The essence of a community heartbeat

Mpho Mothapo, Issued by Motherland OMNi 25 Jul 2024

(Image supplied) The Southern African Freelancers’ Association (Safrea) has elected a new Executive Committee, with chairperson: Nathi Gule

Media

Safrea elects new leadership

8 Jul 2024

Source: © 123rf The mandarins of government communication cannot afford to be bystanders in the evolving narrative of SA's maturing democracy says Motalatale Modiba, chief director communication: Gauteng Department of Health

PR & Communications

Reassessing government communication in the evolving narrative of SA's maturing democracy

Motalatale Modiba 5 Jul 2024

Source: Troy Mortier/Unsplash

Infrastructure & Utilities

Infrastructure investments today pave the way for tomorrow’s success

David Jacobs 13 Feb 2024

SAHRC Commissioner Philile Ntuli

Human Rights Law

SAHRC releases July 2021 unrest report

29 Jan 2024

Source: © SABC SABC2, in partnership with the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) department, is launching a 13-part Advertiser Funded Programme (AFP) Citizens Connect

TV

SABC 2 and GCIS launches AFP social reality programme for citizens

16 Jan 2024

Source: © 123rf The 2024 Southern African Development Community (SADC) Media Awards are open for entries

Media

2024 SADC Media Awards entries open

9 Jan 2024

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

International month for deaf people

Nomonde Mnukwa 11 Sep 2023

Marcus Moshapalo is the new executive creative director at Net#work BBDO. Source: Supplied.

Advertising

Marcus Moshapalo joins Net#work BBDO as ECD

5 Sep 2023

#Loadshedding: National blackout 'unlikely' - industry experts

Energy

#Loadshedding: National blackout 'unlikely' - industry experts

20 Jul 2023

Dr Barbara Jensen Vorster, senior executive manager for communications and marketing, Gautrain Management Agency

Railway

#BehindtheBrandManager: Meet Dr Barbara Jensen Vorster, the senior executive behind Gautrain's marketing success

Robin Fredericks 28 Apr 2023

Media

Tributes pour in for late journalist and apartheid activist Rafiq Rohan

28 Feb 2023

Social Media

Twitter report on most followed leaders in SA released

13 Jan 2023

#OrchidsandOnions: The real price of shock value

#OrchidsandOnions

#OrchidsandOnions: The real price of shock value

Brendan Seery 13 Dec 2022

Public Health

SA's Tobacco Control Bill reaches major milestone on its path to law

3 Oct 2022

Small-scale farmers encouraged to venture into mushroom industry

Agro-processing

Small-scale farmers encouraged to venture into mushroom industry

14 Sep 2022

Africa Communications Week an opportunity to promote unity

Africa Month

Africa Communications Week an opportunity to promote unity

20 May 2022

RIP Thabo Masebe

Media

RIP Thabo Masebe

20 Apr 2022

KZN floods detail the effect of climate change, Cogta minister says

Climate Change

KZN floods detail the effect of climate change, Cogta minister says

20 Apr 2022

Children urged to take full advantage of their digital rights

Internet

Children urged to take full advantage of their digital rights

30 Mar 2022