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Deputy-Minister in @PresidencyZA , South Africa || Patron @pabwa || @myanc /ANCWL NEC Member.
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Allow me to take a moment to wish my forever baby boy a very happy birthday. I remain ever so proud of you and wish you many more of years of health and success. Happy Birthday,
@papa_tsitsi
, enjoy Cairo, my boy❤️🎉🥂⚽️
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Thank you everyone for your kind messages of support and affirmation. Now the work begins. Implementation ! Implementation
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The type of questioning
#CherylZondi
was (is being) subjected to is precisely why I think we need to adopt a reverse onus principle on sexual crimes.
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#IamWinnieMandela
Gone but not forgotten
#ShehasMultiplied
.
#WinnieMandelaLives
on. Patriarchy and Gender Based Violence will not stop us
#GrowSouthAfrica
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has arrived at the Century City Conference Centre in Cape Town, ahead of the official opening of the special-edition Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium South Africa (SIDSSA) branded South Africa Green Hydrogen.
@PresidencyZA
@infraSA_
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Medical Supplies arrived last night at OR TAMBO International Airport from Guangzhou in China. These were donated by the People’s Republic of China to South Africa to help with the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa.
@GovernmentZA
@DIRCO_ZA
@HealthZA
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Minister
@Stellarated
& I are hosting the inaugural meeting of the Presidential Commission on 4IR (PC4IR) with our President
@CyrilRamaphosa
. The 4IR commissioners are presenting on the work they have done since appointment.
@CommsZA
@DtpsZA
@PresidencyZA
#4IR
#GrowSouthAfrica
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Together we can turn the tide against Gender Based Violence. You are your brothers keeper.
#100MenMarch
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Service Delivery does not only bring joy to South Africans, it changes lives.
#ImbizoWeek
#GoDigital
#Mandela100
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Earlier today we honored an invite from His Excellency President Cyril Ramaphosa as he hosted the South African Special Olympics Team at the Union Buildings. 🇿🇦
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Wishing you and your loved ones a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
❤️
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#DIDYOUKNOW
that today is International
#GirlsinICT
Day and I am so proud to announce that I have been asked to deliver the keynote address at the GirlCode Global Summit 2020.
#GirlsinICTDay
#STEM
#4IR
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Looking forward to getting the line of March from the Commander in Chief President Ramaphosa
#SONA2019
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Truly honoured to have met my Palestinian brother Prof. Allam Mousa Minister of Telecom & Information Technology. One thing is certain Palestine shall be free
#ITUinSA2018
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Today we officially launch the Pan African Business Women's Association (PABWA). Its main aim is to ensure the participation of African Women in its thriving economic activity.
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It’s a wrap we came, we saw, we connected, the digital society is on track.
#BuildingACapable4IRArmy
is motion. Thank you
@bbinfraco
@sitasocltd
and our stakeholders.
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Join me tomorrow morning as I deliver the keynote address at the
@IctSmme
World Telecommunication & Information Society Day.
#DCDT
#WTISD2020
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#CommunityMediaSummit
is set to craft long lasting solutions to support the community Media sector. Thank you
@TimModise
and
@Lesufi
for your support.
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So honoured to be in a room full of female entrepreneurs
#SBTOPWOMEN
our country is been engulfed in a negative storm recently. This room gives me so much hope that Women Empowerment is not just a slogan but a concerted program of emancipation
@UrsulaChikane
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Men should be partners instead of perpetrators. After this gathering today I hope that we can look at creating opportunities for dialogues amongst men to encourage healthy masculinity & confront patriarchal cultures that facilitate the abuse of women & children.
#100MenMarch
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Someone once said, complaining about a problem without posing a solution is called whining. Let’s provide solutions to
#GrowSouthAfrica
#MondayMotivation
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My sister and
#DCDT
Minister
@Stellarated
took part in a discussion titled "The Fourth Industrial Revolution: What is means for SA and Africa."
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Thank you
@Abramjee
for heeding the call to action
#ThumaMina
against Gender Based Violence.
#100MenMarch
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Today we celebrate
#WorldTelecommunicationsDay
and
#InformationSocietyDay
the day marks the importance of ICT and wide range of issues relating to the
#InformationSociety
.
#WTISD19
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Today I will be addressing delegates to the Top Women Conference 4IR and how it relates to Women. It is important that Women remain at the forefront of the revolution...as they say "no woman, no revolution".
#4IR
#WomensMonth
.
@StandardBankZA
@CommsZA
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This is why we serve, to make a difference and the future a better place
#BridgingtheDigitalDivide
#4IR
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History has shown that talented black women seldom get celebrated for their greatness they instead become the subject of intense vilification.
@caster800m
is no different, but we know black don’t crack.
#CasterSemenya
will rise
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It's a bright & early start on a cold & dull day in Berlin 🇩🇪
Very excited to represent South Africa🇿🇦 at the ITU
@equalsintech
roundtable discussion with the topic:
Gender equality in the Digital Age - what is governments role?
#IGF2019
#SAatIGF2019
@ITU
@equals
@DtpsZA
@CommsZA
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Today, I had the honor of forming part of the South African Government delegation, as led by His Excellency Deputy President Paul Mashatile , during the official visit of Her Excellency Mrs. Francia Elena Márquez, Vice President of the Republic of Colombia.
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Still hard to believe that today we take you to your final resting place.
You lived a meaningful life and taught many of us lessons on leadership and an unwavering commitment to our people along the way. Hamba Kahle Qhawe, Lala ngoxolo Mvelase, Till we meet again my Comrade.
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Motho ke Motho ka Batho
#AfricaDay2019
#inauguration19
#PeoplesInauguration
#PresidentialInauguration
#SAInauguration19
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As all South Africans tune in to watch the final curtain call of our most beloved veteran isiXhosa newsreader Ms. Noxolo Grootboom, I would like to pass my heartfelt well wishes and congratulations on a stellar 37-year media career.
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DEPUTY MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTS FOR GREECE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE INHOPE ANNUAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN CRETE
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It's always a pleasure talking about
#cybersecurity
in this October being
#cybersecurityawarenessmonth
#ccsas2019
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Thank you to
@ITU
for recognizing
#KusiniWater
with an award of excellence. They provide ICT solutions with a great social impact. They are one of the innovative entrepreneurs that
#DCDT
@DtpsZA
in partnership with
@StandardBankZA
have sponsored to showcase at
#ITU2019
@CommsZA
🇿🇦
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I have been warmly welcomed at the
#AIinAfrica
event hosted by
@KMotlantheFDN
in partnership with
@FliptinTech
. These girls are our future quite literally in the skills that are being developed by this amazing partnership.
I'm so honoured to have been asked to today's keynote
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Today I am at the Thohoyandou Indoor Sports Centre in Limpopo, where we are hosting the
@CommsZA
@DtpsZA
Learners Career Expo in partnership with
@OtpLimpopo
Dept. Of Education and our various Communications and Telecos entities.
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While addressing delegates, I mentioned the fact that as the nation’s executive, we take an oath for our country to always uphold our faith and commitment to this great nation.
#PresisentialHotline
#DPME
#PLOForum
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And that's what we call a wrap... On to the next....
@CommsZA
#WomenIn4IR
@StandardBankZA
#WomensMonth
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Today I will be participating in the Launch of the Interactive Gender-Based Engagement Platform with
@GovchatOrg
and
@sa_womeninict
. We continue to say NO to GBV.
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Today we are at the
@IDCSouthAfrica
as a collective to focus on critical interventions for State Entities to acutely deliver on their mandate and contribute to impactful service delivery.
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What a day it was...arriving in Budapest, has unlocked a whole new space within the telecos space. The
@CommsZA
@DtpsZA
will be sure to implement of today lessons going forward.
#DCDT
#ITU2019
@GovernmentZA
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The agenda of today is that of
#PAWODay
... I am honored to be joined by my sisters in peace and struggle.
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Good morning everyone, today I am in Windhoek, 🇳🇦. The President and I are attending the PAWO Southern African Region Secretariet Meeting. I am looking forward to the engagement with my sisters in Peace and Struggle.
#PAWO
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Did you know that
@Pawowomen
was started even before the
@_AfricanUnion
, So, women were driving an agenda from then. As a leader of this great organisation, and as a member of the liberation of South Africa, I participate here today knowing
#genderequality
is crucial
#CSW63_SA
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Let me join the Nation and the World in congratulating our Queen
@zozitunzi
on her crowning as
@MissUniverse
. We are all so proud of you🙂 . Keep rising and keep shining. 👑
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Thank you to the Limpopo Digital Transformation Summit for giving me a platform to speak on Digital Transformation.
@CommsZA
@DtpsZA
@LimpopoGcis
#DCDT
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What a wonderfully engaging, resolute, & insightful panel on the main stage at
#IGF2019
with some of the most dynamic people from the global ICT sector, chaired by my African sister
@ggithaiga
.
Thank you
@nnenna
Jutta Croll & definitely
@ICCSecGen
(who promised me $1.7trillion🤣)
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I am both shocked and deeply saddened by the news of Prof. Hlengiwe Mkhize's passing. We have indeed lost a wonderful soul. 💔 Sleep well Mbokodo💛
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My sister Prof Hlengiwe Mkhize, DM of
@DWYPD_ZA
& I, are at the
@WitsUniversity
#GreatHall
to speak at the
#WorldYouthSummit19
being held in South Africa this year. Thank you for choosing our beautiful country to have the very important discussion of
#SDG4
!
@CommsZA
@DtpsZA
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Congratulations my Minister
@CommsZA
@Stellarated
I look forward to steering the 4th Industrial agenda with you
#LeadMbokodo
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Today we are onsite alongside
@environmentza
&
@CityofMangaung_
at the launch of the Separation of Waste at Source underway at the Southern Landfill Site in the Free State province.
#DPMEAtWork
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I the love vibrancy of the
@NEMISA_
team. They are young and ready to serve.
#GovTech2019
#DCDT
@CommsZA
@DtpsZA
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Today I have the honor of chairing the
#GovTech2019
SMMEs session with the
#DCDT
@CommsZA
@DtpsZA
. I am joined by representatives from our various entities such as the
@PostofficeSa
,
@ICASA_org
,
@bbinfraco
,
@SABCPortal
. Our aim is to empower our SMMEs the right way!
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Today I shared a podium with the dynamic Karabo Mohale the Newly Appointed Chairperson of TICE at Tshwane University Of Technology
#Ticelaunch
#TICE
will provide short learning programs which are
#4IR
conducive.
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#DidYouKnow
that the Month of October is Cybersecurity Month. And we are kicking off our campaign, tonight with Community Radio Stations.
Look out for the Radio Station list for your specific province.
#CyberSecurityMonth2020
#DCDT
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Good morning my people, today I am honoured to attend and later participate in the 12th Pan-African Parliament Conference on Women's Rights in my capacity as the Secretary General of
@Pawowomen
. When Women move, the world moves.
#PAP
#PAWO
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Its been great talking about technology today, commemorating World Telecommunications and Information Society Day. And ending the day
@Newzroom405
, SA's newest addition to the news media, was the 'cherry on top'. Good luck to the team the new channel looks wonderful.
#WTISD19
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"I see you as the brains trust of 4IR, to take us into the future." President
@CyrilRamaphosa
tells the Presidential Commission on 4IR, at the inaugural meeting with the President, to show the progress of work, since being appointed.
@Stellarated
@PresidencyZA
@CommsZA
@DtpsZA
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We have no choice but to look at how humans and machines will co-exist for the benefit of humanity. In South Africa, we are looking at what this means for our citizens both in the metros and in rural areas
#IoTForumAfrica2019
#IoTFA2019
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COVID-19 vaccines are safe for people living with HIV. It is important to keep taking your ARVs and get your COVID-19 vaccine to protect yourself.
#WAD2021
#Gettested
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I spent the first part of my morning at the Bela-Bela Hospital. We gifted the elderly and pediatric ward patients with blankets to help brave the cold winter mornings.
@CommsZA
#MandelaDay
#67minutes
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SA is ranked 4th in the world 🌎 ito of internet readiness. Ensuring that our children in rural communities have access to internet right from primary school, is an exponential invest in our future. We will continue to provide broadband to rural communities
#GrowSouthAfrica
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We are officially kicking off the Frontline Monitoring in the Free State today. Joining me in the Programme will be Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, John Jeffrey, and Deputy Minister of Police, Cassel Mathale .
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Arriving at the opening ceremony of the 4th & final preparatory meeting for the World Radiocommunications Conference APM19-4 for WRC-19 in East London International Conference Centre.
@CommsZA
@DtpsZA
@GCISMedia
@Pawowomen
#DMDCDT
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Today I am participating in a walkabout of the
#Govtech2019
exhibition hall stands. I'm happy to see the room filled with young and innovative SMMEs.
@sitasocltd
@CommsZA
@DtpsZA
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South African Parliament is well represented
#IGF2019
. House chair Cedrick Frolick is leading an SA parliamentary delegation-it is clear to me as a Parliamentarian that the internet has to be treated as a utility just like water & electricity
@DtpsZA
#SAatIGF2019
@ParliamentofRSA
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I'm honoured to lead, & represent my Department.
@CommsZA
@DtpsZA
we're all in this together!
#DepMinDCDT
#DMDCDT
Deputy Minister
@Pinky_Kekana1
is today, leading the Departmental (DTPS and DoC) delegation in briefing the Portfolio Committee on Communications on the state of the reconfiguration of the department and its entities.
@CommsZA
@DtpsZA
@Stellarated
@GovernmentZA
@
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The
@GovernmentZA
embraces the rising use of digital technologies. We are also open to the sharing of good practice methods that ensure the protection of all in the digital space.
@CommsZA
@DtpsZA
@GCISMedia
#ITU2019
#ITUWorld2019
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Thank you to the team from
@MTNGroup
and
@ShuterRob
for affording me the opportunity to take part in the launch of their online child protection programme today in Diepsloot. Children are our future and their safety remains a priority.
#cyberawrenessmonth
#CyberSecurity
At the launch of our initiative to tackle child online safety with
@Pinky_Kekana1
in Diepsloot township in Joburg
#GoodTogether
@MTNGroup
#GSMA
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All roads lead to the African Union!
I join other dignatories as we head into the 33rd Ordinary Session of the AU Summit, when SA takes chairship on Sunday.
Our president
@cyrilramaphosa
, & new AU Chair for 2020, says his focus is 'women empowerment'. I'm ecstatic!
#AUSummit2020
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Good morning from a freezing Berlin.
I'm leading the South African delegation at the 14th Internet Governance Forum.
We start with a High Level Leaders Breakfast discussing key issues of infrastructure, cost, inclusivity, PPP, youth & women
#IGF2019
@DtpsZA
@CommsZA
#SAatIGF2019
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So honoured to be doing the keynote at the annual
#MicroFocus
Experience 2019
@InandaClub
. Thank you for having me
@MicroFocus
!
@CommsZA
@DtpsZA
@sa_womeninict
@Pawowomen
#DepMinDCDT
#DMDCDT
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Day 3 proceedings of the
@Pawowomen
continue. It’s very encouraging and as well as inspiring to see African Women in Unity.
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Today, the Deputy Minister for
@DepartmentPWI
Ms. Bernice Swarts and I are conducting a Frontline monitoring visit in Saldanha Bay Industrial Development Zone (IDZ) in the Western Cape province.
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It's a tech-sisterhood tonight at the
@SAPAfrica
@sap4good
@AfricaCodeWeek
5th edition launch on the eve of
@WEFAfrica
.
My co-speakers Cathy Smith, the MD of
@SAPAfrica
&
@DebbieSchafer
the MEC of Education in the Western Cape.
#WEFAfrica19
#africacodeweek2019
#ACW2019
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#MWC19
has provided great insights on how
@GovernmentZA
has fared in so far Internet Inclusiveness is concerned, most notably South Africa is ranked 4th in the world in terms of internet readiness, but more needs to be done.
#GrowSouthAfrica
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