Today President Cyril Ramaphosa testified at the Zondo commission as the leader of African National Congress (ANC) in his testimony he alluded that he is not at the State Capture Commission to make excuses for the governing party or to d...
·over 2 years ago
The global economy generally fell short of its forecasts, set to weaken to 2.6 percent this year, but in Sub-Saharan Africa, agriculture-dependent countries such as Benin, Rwanda, Cote d'Ivoire, and Uganda grew positively, according to t...
·over 4 years ago
“As I stood in one corner of that vast tumult waiting for the arrival of the Minister, I felt intense bitterness welling up in my mouth. Here were silly, ignorant villagers dancing themselves lame and waiting to blow off their gunpowder ...
·over 4 years ago
"Come clear" on who funded your campaign to become ANC president, EFF leader Julius Malema challenged President Cyril Ramaphosa during Tuesday's debate on the State of the Nation Address (SONA).Malema told a joint sitting of Parliament o...
·over 4 years ago
The next two days are set to be quite eventful, as the Cabinet Lekgotla officially kicks off on 2 February 2023. The Lekgotla, which will be presided by President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to be the most important yet, as the country battle...
·8 months ago
President Cyril Ramaphosa has informed Chief Justice Raymond Zondo of his consideration to appoint Justice Mahube Betty Molemela as Judge President of the Supreme Court of Appeal.The President has, through the Chief Justice, invited the ...
·8 months ago
The 42nd SADC Summit of the Heads of State and Government held in August 2022 mandated the Chairperson of the Organ Troika on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation, His Excellency President Hage Geingob of Namibia, to convene the su...
·8 months ago
Following recent the grey list of South Africa by the Financial Action Task Force, President Cyril Ramaphosa briefed members of the National Assembly on the state of this matter as well as other issues pertaining to the state’s ability t...
·7 months ago
Global rating agency Moody's says the contraction of SA's GDP in the first quarter is credit negative for SA's government and the country's banks.Last week Stats SA announced the economy shrank by 3.2% in the first three months of the ye...
·over 4 years ago
President Cyril Ramaphosa has sought to thrust the National Development Plan (NDP) back into the spotlight as a blueprint to grow the economy, saying now is "not the moment to redraft policy".SA's economy shrank by 3.2% in the first thre...
·over 4 years ago
President Cyril Ramaphosa and Deputy President David Mabuza hreceived the report of the Presidential Advisory Panel on Land Reform and Agriculture yesterday. The panel was appointed in September 2018 to support the work of the Inter Min...
·over 4 years ago
South Africa’s economy is in dire straits. Unemployment has reached a 15-year high of 27.6%. And in the first quarter of this year GDP growth dropped by 3.2%. That’s the biggest quarterly drop in a decade.Considered in conjunction with t...
·over 4 years ago
President Ramaphosa is expected to use this week's State of the Nation address (Sona) to shore up business confidence and outline the government's plans for embattled state-owned entities (SOEs).The Sona scheduled for Thursday will be de...
·over 4 years ago
The development and empowerment of black-owned businesses and industrialists will be in the spotlight as President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers his State of the Nation Address in Parliament on Thursday.This comes as young and emerging compan...
·over 4 years ago
On 20 June President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered his third state of the nation address for thi year, following the 08 May elections. Ramaphosa sought to bring the nation and the world at large into his confidence by the laying out governm...
·over 4 years ago
Twenty-five years after apartheid formally ended in South Africa, rural people are still fighting laws that entrench the former discriminatory system and limit their freedom.Recently, rural activists marched to the government’s headquart...
·over 4 years ago
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s third State of the Nation Address was longer on statecraft and strategy than his first of the year in February, even if it disappointed some critics with the lack of implementation detail.Much o...
·over 4 years ago
Parliamentarians will today put President Cyril Ramaphosa's first State of the Nation Address to the sixth democratic under the microscope as they debate its content at a sitting of the two Houses of Parliament.A nine-hour sitting has be...
·over 4 years ago
A South African court has ruled that a security policeman has to stand trial for his role in the killing of an anti-apartheid activist nearly 48 years ago. It’s a judgment that will have far-reaching implications for unresolved cases of ...
·over 4 years ago
“I dream of a South Africa where the first entirely new city built in the democratic era rises, with skyscrapers, schools, universities, hospitals and factories” President Cyril Ramaphosa, SONA19It isn’t possible simply because the state...
·over 4 years ago
In recent weeks South Africans have been overwhelmed with highly contested views on the South African Reserve Bank’s mandate. This happens post ANC lekgotla resolutions media briefing, delivered bysecretary general of the ruling party Ac...
·over 4 years ago
The president released his response to the State of Nation debate. Covering a wide range of issues and challenges the country faces in outlining the seven priorities of his administration, guided by the manifesto of the African National ...
·over 4 years ago
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday concluded his two-day working visit to Osaka, Japan, where he attended the G20 Summit which allowed for critical engagement on efforts to address major global economic challenges. The summit was att...
·over 4 years ago
The spate of violence that’s engulfed South Africa shows that not all citizens have internalised constitutional democracy and the rule of law as the organising principle of the post-apartheid society. Various interventions to institu...
·about 2 years ago
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday issued a stern rebuke to Finance Minister Tito Mboweni and Gauteng Premier David Makhura following their heated exchange on social media over the contentious e-tolls saga. Mboweni and Makhura were em...
·about 4 years ago
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday held successful bilateral talks here with his South African counterpart, President Cyril Ramaphosa, to find lasting solutions to Zimbabwe's power problems, clearing the way for officials from the tw...
·about 4 years ago
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has confirmed in a letter to Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane that President Cyril Ramaphosa is implicated in her investigation into the R500,000 donation he received from Bosasa chief Gavin Wa...
·over 4 years ago
The restructuring drive for power utility Eskom, which has been identified by government as the biggest threat to economic growth and stability, has started in earnest, with Finance Minister Tito Mboweni hinting that the process would in...
·about 4 years ago
President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the Investing in African Mining Indaba in Cape Town today. This is as the conference resumes its second day of dialogue on the state of the mining industry in South Africa and the Continent.The ‘Invest...
·8 months ago
SA's official unemployment rate jumped to 29% in the second quarter of the year, the highest jobless rate since the start of 2008. The unemployment figures were published by Stats SA on Tuesday morning. The country's unemployment rate wa...
·about 4 years ago
President Cyril Ramaphosa arrived in Paris, France on Monday to participate in the Summit on the Financing of African Economies. At the invitation of President Emmanuel Macron of the French Republic, the President will join several Afric...
·over 2 years ago
South Africans are still to see what the new dawn promised by its President Cyril Ramaphosa will bring, or if it will even break. Long jail sentences for those that have looted the country would be a good thing. But it’s not yet clear if...
·about 4 years ago
President Cyril Ramaphosa has dared his opponents within the ANC to try removing him at the National General Council (NGC) next year, according to a report on Sunday. As the National Executive Committee meeting kicked off this weekend, R...
·about 4 years ago
African economies are unable to absorb a significant proportion of young people because the education system is not aligned to needs, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday. In a speech prepared for delivery at the Associ...
·about 4 years ago
The grip of money on South African politics may be so tight that it could be impossible to govern – or seek to govern – unless you are beholden to private money. Can a new law change that? The Political Party Funding Act was signed into ...
·about 4 years ago
South Africa’s public finances are in a perilous state. There are four main reasons for this. First, economic growth is low or non-existent. Second, tax revenue collection is repeatedly below forecasts. Third, debt levels have risen rapi...
·about 4 years ago
A group of politicians, campaign managers and strategists earned millions for their roles in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s successful ANC presidential campaign, with some having been on the CR17 payroll for the 12 months leading up to the ...
·about 4 years ago
In the book of Esther, the Bible tells a story from the 5th century BCE, when the Jews were in exile in Persia. The Persian king, Ahasuerus, had installed a Jewish woman, Esther, as his queen at the time that one of the king’s ministers ...
·about 4 years ago
The Leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA), John Steenhuisen delivered the party’s alternative to the State of the Nation Address today. Dubbed the ‘True State of the Nation Address’ (TSONA), the speech was presented in a bid to address ...
·8 months ago
I met with US President Joe Biden in Washington to discuss several issues of concern to both our countries, including peace and security, climate change and food security
·about 1 year ago
Dear Fellow South African, The United Nations will this week begin the 75th session of its General Assembly, where the nations of the world gather to seek collective solutions to global challenges. In any other year, heads of sta...
·about 3 years ago
The Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation hosted a webinar discussion on 22 October titled ‘Impact through Partnership, in the webinar they also launched the 15th iteration of their impact report.
·almost 3 years ago
Honourable President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed a Joint Sitting of Parliament on South Africa's Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan on Thursday. In his opening Ramaphosa qiuckly highlighted that different from the State of the Nati...
·almost 3 years ago
We are now in the midst of a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. We may be tired of this persistent enemy, but it is not yet tired of us. The threat to health and lives is evident as people become ill and some die. So we must do what w...
·over 2 years ago
On 15 October 2020, Preside Cyril Ramaphosa announced the South African government’s long-awaited economic rescue plan in Parliament. The plan which is expected to support much-needed economic reforms and provide economic stimulus in t...
·almost 3 years ago
Kwazulu Natal saw its first ever general legotla. Kwazulu-Natal MEC for Transport, Community Safety and Liaison Bheki Ntuli said this Provincial Taxi Lekgotla could not have come at a better time as we are all seized with the issue of pr...
·almost 3 years ago
On 28 October 2020, the Minister of finance, Tito Mboweni delivered the medium-term budget statement that lays out the country’s fiscal framework for the next 3 years and provides a readjustment to government expenditure, revenue, and...
·almost 3 years ago
President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised publication of the final report of the Special Investigating Unit into the National Department of Health’s award of a National Health Insurance media campaign and subsequent COVID-19 communication...
·about 2 years ago
This week, we will be hosting the third South Africa Investment Conference.Given the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s conference will be held in a vastly different and immensely more challenging environment than last year. ...
·almost 3 years ago
President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the 12th BRICS leaders Summit hosted virtually under the theme, Partnership for Global Stability, Shared Security and Innovative Growth. He said the founding of BRICS has stood as a testament to the ...
·almost 3 years ago
It is nearly three decades since the UN first initiated the global campaign of 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence. It runs from November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, t...
·almost 3 years ago
As we continue our efforts to manage the devastating coronavirus pandemic, we cannot ignore the other public health challenges that our country faces. For more than three decades, our country has been engaged in an ongoing struggle a...
·almost 3 years ago
President Cyril Ramaphosa has undertaken a number of consultations with stakeholders in government and civil society as part of his preparation of the 2023 State of the Nation Address. The President will address a Joint Sitting of Parlia...
·8 months ago
President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation regarding developments in South Africa's Covid-19 response on Monday 14, evening. The address follows a meeting he had on Sunday with the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC), the...
·almost 3 years ago
'Peaceful protests', a small one-liner about gender-based violence (despite this crisis we find ourselves in), the all-so-moral party in the blue, and the usual apologies and promises made by the head of state. What a show the SONA was, ...
·8 months ago
With recent changes and developments within the political space in South Africa, questions continue to loom on the state of our political climate. The general public in country is beginning to worry about what is next, and with the event...
·8 months ago
Following the recent news of the resignation of Deputy President of South Africa, David Mabuza as well as three other members of the ANC's National Executive Committee (NEC) and Parliament, it has been announced that four new members of ...
·8 months ago
President Cyril Ramaphosa presented that State of the Nation Address (SONA) last night in a bid to restore the hope of South Africans. In his address, he offered his condolences to Türkiye but left Syria out. This is despite both countri...
·8 months ago
President Ramaphosa addressed the nation on a way forward since his last announcement of the cointry going to an adjusted lock down level 3. He said they had an opportunity to review the measures that were put in place as part of adjuste...
·over 2 years ago
President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered a heart warming eulogy to the late Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu during his funeral in eMalahleni. He reflected on the remarkable work Mthembu has done and the gap left to fill. Eulog...
·over 2 years ago
President Cyril Ramaphosa attended the round table panel to discuss the work of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response. Ramaphosa said they welcome the work of the Independent Panel in reviewing response systems, i...
·over 2 years ago
South Africa’s term as Chair of the African Union comes to an end later this week. As we reflect on our year in this position, I am reminded of the old saying that ‘in crisis lies opportunity’. Ours was a baptism of fire, having assum...
·over 2 years ago
President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation at 20h00 on Monday evening regarding the developments in relation to the country’s response to the Coronavirus pandemic. The address follows meetings in recent days of the National C...
·over 2 years ago
On this week’s feature of the ‘Power of Words’, we reflect and analyse the words of President Cyril Ramaphosa. Ramaphosa, who delivered the State of the Nation Address had quite a bit to say regarding what keeps him going as the leader o...
·8 months ago
President Cyril Ramaphosa and Deputy President David Mabuza, who chairs the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Vaccines, Will receive South Africa’s first consignment of COVID-19 vaccine this Monday afternoon. The President and Deputy P...
·over 2 years ago
Over the course of time, public servants in our country have come to be in the spotlight for the wrong reasons. We have become too used to stories of civil servants involved in maladministration, embezzlement, corruption and other for...
·about 2 years ago
The DA has called for a comprehensive parliamentary inquiry into the government’s handling of the vaccine programme. In a statement they said there must be accountability for this failure. To much media fanfare, Ramaphosa personally took...
·over 2 years ago
It will soon be a year since the first reported case of coronavirus in our country. The pandemic has come at a great cost to both public health and the livelihoods of millions of our people. Many workers lost part of their income ...
·over 2 years ago
Yesterday, as Commander-In-Chief of our country’s armed forces, I officiated at the annual celebration of Armed Forces Day in the Castle in Cape Town. This important event is held each year on the anniversary of the sinking of the SS Men...
·over 2 years ago
To turn our economy around and create the millions of jobs needed is something that cannot be achieved by government alone. A comprehensive programme will require the mobilisation of all social actors
·about 1 year ago
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s first State of the Nation Address after the election was received with some scepticism. Some of his political opponents questioned his dreams and urged him to face reality. Sceptics aside, the president made c...
·about 4 years ago
President Cyril Ramaphosa hosts His Excellency President Emmanuel Macron of the Republic of France on a State Visit at the Union Buildings. The two Heads of State will also pay a visit to the Vaccine Production Support Initiative for Af...
·over 2 years ago
A report by a panel of experts appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa to make recommendations to government on its policy direction on land reform is complete and will be released in due course, Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu...
·about 4 years ago
"We have also noted with great concern the impact of the rising cost of living on South African families, and have made a number of recommendations specifically on rising fuel and food prices"
·about 1 year ago
Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo has announced that the commission will hear the oral evidence of President Cyril Ramaphosa and five or six other witnesses in two weeks' time.
·about 2 years ago
Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic early last year, we have been waging a struggle on many fronts. We have been working to save lives, restore human health and protect livelihoods, and all the while revive an economy that was de...
·about 2 years ago
President Cyril Ramaphosa has moved South Africa to adjusted level 2 lockdown from Monday. This means that the national curfew will start at 11 pm and end at 4 am. All gatherings will be limited to a maximum of 250 people indoors, ...
·about 2 years ago
The second day of the State of the Nation Address (SONA) Debate concluded yesterday, with the opposition parties having a bone to pick once again with President Cyril Ramaphosa and the ANC. This is as Ramaphosa presented the SONA last we...
·8 months ago
With Human Rights Month coming to a close, one sees it fit for the words of President Cyril Ramaphosa to be reflected on in this week’s ‘Power of Words’.“Let us safeguard the hard-won freedoms in our bill of rights”- President Cyril Rama...
·6 months ago
President Cyril Ramaphosa has welcomed the announcement made on Wednesday regarding the collaboration between South Africa’s Biovac Institute and the global pharmaceutical producer Pfizer as a breakthrough in the protection of African na...
·about 2 years ago
Men are the perpetrators of gender-based violence and it is therefore men that need to change. It is men – as husbands and partners, as fathers, colleagues, peers and classmates – who need to consider their own attitudes towards women ...
·10 months ago
This is the first time a process of a motion being tabled and an independent panel being established has been used. That alone makes it a very significant moment
·10 months ago
Following two days of criticism towards his State of the Nation Address (SONA) and government administration, President Cyril Ramaphosa presented his SONA reply speech in the City Hall.President Cyril Ramaphosa had the difficult task of ...
·8 months ago
President Cyril Ramaphosa continued with his testimony today at the Zondo commission into state capture. Ramaphosa was asked to explain lapses in state security over recent years, including a recent stand-off between the Investigating Di...
·about 2 years ago
Like all government departments, the South African Police Service is feeling the effects of the country’s fiscal crisis, several years of understaffing and state capture
·about 1 year ago
Regional leaders will deliberate on the region’s development under the theme “Promoting industrialisation through, agro-processing, mineral beneficiation, and regional value chains for inclusive and resilient economic growth”
·about 1 year ago
President Dos Santos passed away on 08 July 2022, at the age of 79, following an extended period of illness and hospitalisation in Spain
·about 1 year ago
The Council will advise the President on matters related to fighting corruption, in line with the National Anti-Corruption Strategy 2020-2030
·about 1 year ago
The President responded that he stands ready to take the nation into his confidence and that he would do so through the due legal and Parliamentary processes
·about 1 year ago
President Cyril Ramaphosa will be taking a hiatus from recovering from his alleged cold, to announce the much-anticipated reshuffle of his cabinet. With a few new individuals being sworn in as Members of Parliament (MP), Ramaphosa has ke...
·7 months ago
It is out with the old and in with the new, as President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the changes to his cabinet last night. With the big spenders, notably South Africa’s very own ‘Tottenham ambassador’ and Mr. Spend-millions on a flag, the...
·7 months ago
The Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Mr Amos Masondo, has received correspondence from the Presidency requesting deferment of his appearance before the Council, which was scheduled for this afternoon
·10 months ago
The President appears before the National Assembly for questions four times a year, and six questions are posed per session. Four supplementary questions are allowed to each question during the session
·about 1 year ago
The event will take place at the South African Police Service (SAPS) Memorial Site at the Union Buildings in Pretoria
·about 1 year ago
Economic growth cannot be realised and jobs cannot be created without undertaking the difficult but necessary structural reforms that will improve the business and investment climate
·about 1 year ago
Criticism from opposition political parties has already started coming in following the announcement of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s new cabinet. The parties have since expressed their dissatisfaction with the new appointments, with some ...
·7 months ago
President Ramaphosa addressed the working session on food and energy security where he expressed South Africa’s position that developed countries in the G20 need to demonstrate more ambitious climate action and must honour their financ...
·11 months ago
"The failure of local government has a direct and material impact on economic growth and jobs"
·about 1 year ago
With the advent of democracy in 1994, a key priority of the new government was to transform the economy so that everyone could benefit from the country’s wealth
·11 months ago
The three person panel, headed by former chief justice Sandile Ngcobo, found that the president might have breached the constitution and engaged in corrupt activities
·10 months ago
'In South Africa today, no law can be passed or amended, no development can proceed, and no policy can achieve consensus without the input and participation of the South African people'
·11 months ago
On 17 November 2020, I attended a virtual church leadership meeting in which one of the leaders raised an issue of two centres of power. My political animal instinct jumped up with joy as the thought of the Botha-de Klerk; the Mbeki-Zuma...
·almost 3 years ago
"Her Majesty was an extraordinary and world-renowned public figure who lived a remarkable life. Her life and legacy will be fondly remembered by many around the world. The Queen’s commitment and dedication during her 70 years on the t...
·about 1 year ago
The NPA Investigating Directorate finalised a landmark agreement with Swiss engineering company ABB Ltd to pay R2.5 billion in punitive reparations to South Africa
·10 months ago
On this day 45 years ago, Stephen Bantu Biko died in police custody in Pretoria Central Prison
·about 1 year ago
Four persons have been reported missing while 23 patients have been treated for hypothermia and four for broken legs
·about 1 year ago
President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to face the first motion of no confidence in his leadership in Parliament next week. The motion was filed by African Transformation Movement (ATM) earlier this year before lockdown began. ATM threatened ...
·almost 3 years ago
His ANC branch in Soweto nominated him to lead the governing party for a second term
·about 1 year ago
"It means that we need to address all the areas in which persons with disabilities face discrimination through, for example, increasing job and training opportunities, promoting inclusive education and ensuring access to health care se...
·10 months ago
"With this difficult year coming to an end and several challenges still not resolved, we need to keep closely focused on what needs to be done to make next year better"
·10 months ago
The Presidency has announced that President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to address the nation at 8pm on Thursday regarding the country’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. This follows a special sitting of Cabinet that considered recomm...
·almost 3 years ago
Sometimes, the best thing politicians can do to take a society forward is – nothing. This reality is key to understanding the prosecution on corruption charges of the secretary-general of South Africa’s governing African National Congres...
·almost 3 years ago
Dear Fellow South African,Last week, South Africa was put on a ‘grey list’ by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for falling short of certain international standards for the combating of money laundering and other serious financial c...
·7 months ago
"Unless we do things differently, this will be the last Chrismas for some" For this may be the last Chrismas they see, this was a sad statement uttered by President Cyril Ramaphosa as he addressed the nation on the increasing rates of Co...
·almost 3 years ago
For the first time President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Friday deliver the African National Congress’s (ANC) January 8 statement virtually. Due to the rising COVID -19 cases the governing party cancelled it's Limpopo celebrations. In a...
·over 2 years ago
The African National Congress hosted it's NEC Virtual Lekgotla from the 22 to 24 Janaury 2021. Some of the key resolutions that were adopted by the NEC lekgotla, mainly centre on economic development. Among the main resolutions, the NEC ...
·over 2 years ago
The President led a South African delegation on the first such visit to be hosted by His Majesty King Charles III and the Queen Consort
·10 months ago
This follows a declaration to this effect by President Cyril Ramaphosa in terms of Section 2A of the Public Holidays Act
·10 months ago
The Reality of Ramaphoria: From Dawn to Sunset? Last week Thursday President Cyril Ramaphosa gave his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA). For the first time since 1994, the SONA was without the fan fair and fashion that colours the...
·over 2 years ago
President Cyril Ramaphosa, chaired the meeting of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC) on 11 January 2023. This was the first meeting of the PEAC for the year where the country's economic prospects and advancements were disc...
·9 months ago
We gather here this morning to celebrate the remarkable life of Frene Ginwala, and to pay tribute to her profound contribution to the cause of freedom, peace and progress. We remember a life that was as rich in experience as it was rich ...
·8 months ago
President Cyril Ramaphosa has used the first issue of his newsletter for the year to speak about South Africa’s energy crisis. This, amid hours on end of load shedding, and a negative impact on various industries.President Cyril Ramaphos...
·8 months ago
The Constitutional Court has rejected President Cyril Ramaphosa request to be able to challenge the Section 89 report regarding the Phala Phala farm saga.Following wide range controversy and a lot-of back and forth regarding President Ra...
·7 months ago
With the announcement of David Mabuza’s resignation as a member of Parliament yesterday, one questions whether a cabinet reshuffle is set to take place in the next few days but moreover, who will occupy the new position of Minister of El...
·7 months ago
The recent announcement of an increase in electricity tariffs comes at an extremely difficult time for citizens and businesses alike, who are already contending with the high costs of fuel, food and other essentials.It is in this context...
·8 months ago
The Zondo state capture commission has postponed the appearance of President Cyril Ramaphosa from the 22 and 23 April to the 13 and 14 May. However, The President will still testify on the 28 and 29 April. This month Ramaphosa would be...
·over 2 years ago
The ANC’s NEC Lekgotla has came to a close today, after two days of discussions behind closed doors. The Lekgotla is the first of the year and saw outcomes that could be tabled before government.Closing the Lekgotla, party President Cyri...
·8 months ago
It appears, for the moment, that South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has won a key battle in the war for control of the governing African National Congress (ANC), of which he is also the head. This became apparent after a highly ...
·over 2 years ago
President, Cyril Ramaphosa, has told the party’s parliamentary caucus that he received suspended secretary-general Ace Magashule’s letter regarding his intentions to suspend. Ramaphosa has expressed great shock and disappointment. Ra...
·over 2 years ago
The secretary-general of the African National Congress Ace Magashule has been instructed to issue an apology to President Cyril Ramaphosa for issuing a suspension letter to him or stand to face disciplinary charges. Ramaphosa disclosed t...
·over 2 years ago
President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation later today, Monday, 12 July 2021, on government’s response to persistent public violence in parts of the country. nounced shortly. The address follows the announcement by the Sout...
·about 2 years ago
On Monday, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that he had authorised the deployment of 2,500 defence force personnel in support of the police service. following his address, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has sent a letter to the P...
·about 2 years ago
President Cyril Ramaphosa will appear before the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture and Corruption on Wednesday 11 August 2021 and Thursday 12 August 2021 in his capacity as the President and former Deputy President of the Republic...
·about 2 years ago
Thank you once again for the opportunity to make a brief closing statement as I conclude my testimony in my capacity as the President of the Republic.Despite the evidence that has been presented before this Commission, and despite the ex...
·about 2 years ago
The Adopt-a-School Foundation (AAS), a Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation partner entity, is launching a COVID-19 relief campaign to support schools across the country. The campaign aims to address critical gaps that impede teaching and learning...
·about 2 years ago
South Africa is one of the founding members of the Africa Green Hydrogen Alliance (AGHA) which seeks to promote continental green hydrogen cooperation
·10 months ago
The President is scheduled to appear before the National Assembly this afternoon, to reply to oral questions on a wide range of issues
·about 1 year ago
The SALGA Council of Mayors has since its formation in 2016 gathered mayors from across the country to deliberate and collaborate on matters concerning service provision, local governance and strengthening municipalities to carry out t...
·about 1 year ago
"President Ramaphosa looks forward to working with Prime Minister Truss to further strengthen the bonds of cooperation and friendship between the two countries"
·about 1 year ago
The state visit of Tanzanian President, Samia Hassan has proven to be quite successful, with a solution to South Africa's electricity crisis seemingly on the horizon. This is as both countries spoke about the Energy Action Plan, among ot...
·7 months ago
Dear Fellow South Africans,One hundred years ago, in May 1923, the first bill of rights in South Africa’s history was adopted by the African National Congress. It had no legal standing at the time, but it clearly expressed the desire for...
·7 months ago
The leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), Julius Malema has weighed in on the matter where the International Criminal Court is calling for Russian President Valdimer Putin to be arrested. Speaking at a media briefing today, Male...
·6 months ago
The Presidency has cleared confusion that South Africa has intentions to exit the International Criminal Court (ICC), adding that the this was an error in the comment and that the country will remain a signatory to the Rome Statute.This ...
·5 months ago