President Cyril Ramaphosa has only a day left to meet the February 28 deadline that the Constitutional Court has imposed on him to sign the Electoral Amendment Bill. The Bill provides for independent candidates to also contest elections at both provincial and national levels. The court earlier found that the Electoral[…]
African National Congress President Cyril Ramaphosa says more needs to be done to address gender parity in the country and within the ANC. Ramaphosa says while much work has been done, more women need to be appointed to positions of leadership. He delivered the party’s political report at the party’s[…]
There has been mixed reaction from activists to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s keynote address at the second Presidential Summit on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide in Midrand, north of Johannesburg. The summit continues on today. Some activists have welcomed what they have termed a realistic reflection of government’s efforts in fighting the scourge. The[…]
LOCAL President Cyril Ramaphosa says the South African Police Service commemoration day event should mobilise society to become part of the fight against crime in South Africa. In paying tribute to the 33 police officers who have passed away in the last year, at the commemoration event at the Union[…]
LOCAL ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba has criticised President Cyril Ramaphosa for celebrating the increasing number of social relief of distress (SRD) grant recipients. The R350 SRD grant was introduced in 2020 to assist those who lost economic opportunities and were adversely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Earlier this year, Ramaphosa[…]
LOCAL Sixteen civil society organisations are demanding that president Cyril Ramaphosa fast track renewable electricity generation. The groups cited a lack of ministerial response to the energy crisis facing the country. It follows similar calls from Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill Lewis, who says the president is yet to respond[…]
President Cyril Ramaphosa has highlighted the devastating effects of climate change on health, the environment as well as the economy. Writing in his weekly letter to the nation, Ramaphosa says many South Africans are already feeling the impact of climate change such as drought and floods. He also says high[…]
Flags are flew at half mast across the Western Cape in honour of legendary stage and screen actress Shaleen Surtie-Richards. The 66-year- old died at a guest house in Cape Town on Monday. Arts and Culture Minister, Nathi Mtwethwa and his Western Cape counterpart, Anroux Marais, joined family representatives in[…]
Constitutional law expert Advocate Paul Hoffman says there is a possibility that President Cyril Ramaphosa will suspend Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe, now that the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) tribunal has found him guilty of misconduct. Legal journalist Karyn Maughan shares more on the judgment: Hlophe was found guilty[…]
The unity and renewal of the ANC has been “turbocharged” after a heated national executive committee (NEC) meeting last weekend. This is according to President Cyril Ramaphosa who spoke to the media after a wreath-laying ceremony at the grave of the late Mama Winnie Madikizela-Mandela on Good Friday. Flanked by[…]
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