At a recent dinner hosted by the presidency and attended by a small group of invited guests – including Awqaf SA – President Cyril Ramaphosa was gifted a copy of Shafiq Morton’s From the Spice Islands to Cape Town, the Life and Times of Tuan Guru. The book, which reveals[…]
A group of women have highlighted that the plight of women is still one that needs urgent attention. According to the founder of the Facebook page SA Women Fight Back, Bronwyn Litkie, the group’s endeavors began on Women’s Day last year. Six months later, it has garnered the support of[…]
Two South Africans working on a cruise ship who had earlier tested positive for the coronavirus will soon be heading home after undergoing treatment. Government Communication and Information System acting director-general Phumla Williams said the pair have since tested negative for the virus. She added the two were working on[…]
The events of last Thursday evening might well cast a pall over MPs’ work in fleshing out the State of the Nation Address (SONA). The speech President Cyril Ramaphosa eventually got to deliver in his SONA will now be the subject of debate for at least 10 hours – over[…]
President Cyril Ramaphosa has admitted that government will not be able to fix South Africa’s economic woes on its own. This comes as the country faces possible downgrades due to low economic growth, a growing debt burden and upward revision of the fiscal deficit. In November last year, ratings[…]
The first of two days of arguments in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s review application of Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s report on his CR17 campaign, closed with sweeping statements over Ramaphosa’s alleged dishonesty to Parliament. Counsel for Mkhwebane, advocate Muzi Sikhakhane SC made broad comparisons between Mkhwebane and former public protector Thuli[…]
Prominent South African businessman Richard Maponya, who died aged 99 early on Monday after a short illness, was a pioneer and a man of extraordinary fortitude who paved the way for racial transformation, President Cyril Ramaphosa said. “We have lost a pioneer, a trailblazer and a man of extraordinary fortitude[…]
The Presidency has confirmed that President Cyril Ramaphosa has received the Public Investment Corporation report and will be reviewing it. Ramaphosa’s spokesperson Khusela Diko said the president will meet with commission chairperson Justice Lex Mpati early next year. Khusela Diko has confirmed that Ramaphosa has received the #PIC report from commission chairperson[…]
President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Monday launch the 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children at the Witpoort police station in Lephalale, Limpopo. Scores of women and children have been abused, raped and killed in the country since the beginning of the year. Ramaphosa is expected to outline[…]
President Cyril Ramaphosa says nuclear energy is on the agenda of the Russia-Africa summit, under way in the Russian city of Sochi. Russia-Africa Summit https://t.co/IPuDJjQEy0 — Presidency | South Africa ?? (@PresidencyZA) October 24, 2019 47 African leaders are attending the summit. Ahead of the summit which started on Thursday, Rwandan officials approved[…]
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