The Farlam Commission of Inquiry should report to President Jacob Zuma that his deputy Cyril Ramaphosa acted unwisely regarding Marikana, the commission heard on Thursday. “The question is whether Mr Ramaphosa should be held accountable for use of political pressure on the police,” Thembeka Ngcukaitobi, for the Legal Resources Centre[…]
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa arrived back in South Africa on Friday after his visit to four African countries, the presidency said. Ramaphosa, in his capacity as special envoy to help bring about peace and stability in South Sudan, visited that country as well as Ethiopia, Uganda and Tanzania, spokesman Ronnie[…]
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa arrived in Uganda on Thursday, his office said. Spokesman Ronnie Mamoepa said Ramaphosa would meet Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni on Friday to discuss the South Sudanese peace process. In accordance with the objective of bringing about peace and stability in South Sudan, Ramaphosa visited Addis Ababa[…]
The Maseru Security Accord, a new deal aimed at promoting security in Lesotho, was signed in the country on Thursday, Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa said. “We are confident that the signing of the Maseru Security Accord adds yet another important chapter and milestone in the irreversible march towards the return[…]
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa will travel to Maseru, Lesotho on Wednesday to facilitate the country’s return to political normalcy, his office said. Ramaphosa, the South African Development Community (SADC) facilitator, would pursue SADC’s Troika mandate to facilitate political and security normalcy, spokesman Ronnie Mamoepa said in a statement. Ramaphosa would[…]
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has arrived in Maseru, Lesotho, for talks to restore stability in the mountain kingdom, his office said on Monday. “The deputy president is expected to spend two days in the country to facilitate a peaceful resolution of the political and security challenges facing the country, as[…]
Several protesters yelled at Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa again on Tuesday afternoon as he gave evidence at the Farlam Commission of Inquiry. “Murderer”, “Buffalo head”, “Killer”, “Sellout”, shouted a group of men in the auditorium of the Tshwane Council chambers where the inquiry holds public hearings. Police officers rushed to[…]
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa will testify at the Farlam Commission of Inquiry into the Marikana shootings in Pretoria on Monday. Dali Mpofu SC for the mineworkers, said during the public hearings in July, that Ramaphosa, a Lonmin shareholder, used former police minister Nathi Mthethwa to exert political pressure on the[…]
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday warned against “angst” over the proposed introduction of a national minimum wage. Ramaphosa said a decision on a national minimum wage would only come after thorough consultation. “Minimum wages in other countries have actually gone to an extent of reducing inequality, they’ve gone to[…]
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