South African President Cyril Ramaphosa appealed for the release of the delayed vote count in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Ramaphosa’s call comes amid growing concerns that violence could break out. It also follows a meeting with Zambian President Edgar Lungu to discuss the situation in DR Congo. The polls,[…]
The national minimum wage of R20 per hour will be effective from January 1 2019, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced at a ceremony on Friday in Kliptown, Soweto. The location was chosen in a nod to the Freedom Charter, which was adopted there in 1955 and called for a minimum wage.[…]
The African National Congress National Working Committee (ANC NWC) is expected to question party secretary-general Ace Magashule following his meeting with former President Jacob Zuma in Durban more than a week ago. Magashule has been in the spotlight in the past week, after a Sunday Times newspaper report alleged that[…]
The Land Bank has warned that the state’s plan to expropriate land without compensation could trigger defaults that could cost the government R41-billion if the bank’s rights as a creditor are not protected. The Land Bank provides financial services to the commercial farming sector and other agricultural businesses. President Cyril[…]
President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a Special Official Funeral Category 2 for the late Zondeni Veronica Sobukwe, the wife of the late Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) founder Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe. The 91-year-old Mama Sobukwe died in Graaff-Reinet in the Eastern Cape on Wednesday, 15 August 2018. Mme Sobukwe received The[…]
South Africa’s nuclear energy expansion programme formed part of wide-ranging talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday afternoon, but no conclusion was reached on the matter, a spokesperson said. Russia has been one of the countries vying to build new nuclear power reactors in South Africa[…]
The African National Congres (ANC) in Gauteng needs to do some serious soul-searching if it wants to retain the province in next year’s general election, party president Cyril Ramaphosa said. Ramaphosa was delivering the keynote address on the first day of the party’s provincial elective conference in Irene. He says[…]
The presidency on Saturday responded to Hangberg resident and youth activist, Roscoe Jacobs, who has recently embarked on a Hunger Strike to raise awareness about the housing needs in his community. This after President Cyril Ramaphosa failed to respond to his open letter, which was sent on June 17 this[…]
The fifth fuel price hike for this year will take effect at midnight. Petrol and diesel will go up by around 26 cents a litre, paraffin by 22 cents a litre and LP-Gas by 37 cents a kilogram. The Department of Energy says the main reason for this fuel price[…]
One of former president Jacob Zuma’s sons has died. A spokesperson for the family had announced on Monday morning that Vusi Nhlakanipho Zuma died in a Johannesburg hospital on Sunday evening after suffering a short illness. He is believed to be 25-years-old. The family did not provide further details on[…]
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