PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA’S MOVING EULOGY AT FUNERAL OF AMB MTHETHWA
“Fellow Mourners, Nina baka Dingiswayo, We gather here today, in mourning and in gratitude, to honour the life of a remarkable leader—someone whose courage, conviction and compassion helped steer our nation toward freedom and justice. Comrade Nkosinathi Emmanuel Mthethwa has been taken away from us, yet in the echoes of his deeds, in the memories […]
MINISTER CHIKUNGA PRESENTS SOUTH AFRICAN REPORT ON THE BEIJING PLATFORM FOR ACTION AT UNGA
The Minister in the Presidency responsible for Women, Youth, and Persons with Disabilities arrives in New York as a presidential delegate to present South Africa’s Beijing Platform for Action at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 80). The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action was adopted by World Leaders. It is a landmark global agenda […]
MINISTER LAMOLA CONCLUDES HIS WORKING VISIT IN CALIFORNIA
The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Mr. Ronald Lamola, has concluded a successful working visit to Los Angeles, California. The visit forms part of South Africa’s priority of forward-looking economic diplomacy by actively building strategic partnerships. The visit powerfully showcased South Africa‘s dynamic film, music, and arts sectors, leveraging Los Angeles’s creative leadership to […]
BC ADHERENTS TO HOLD A SERVICE INSIDE PRISON CELL WHERE STEVE BIKO DIED
The Black Consciousness Movement-United (BCM-U) and the Azanian Peoples’ Organization (AZAPO) have announced a joint program to commemorate the 48th anniversary of Steve Biko‘s death in detention in Pretoria on September 12. The announcement was made on the eve of the National Black Consciousness week marking the last painful but defiant days of Biko’s torture […]
REMARKS BY PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA AT THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE ZIMBABWE AGRICULTURAL SHOW
“Mr President, allow me to congratulate you on the opening of this year’s Zimbabwe Agricultural Show. Over the 130 years since its founding, the value and importance of this agricultural show has endured and grown. This premier event has weathered strong headwinds: political, economic and increasingly ecological. Even amidst these challenges, a constant feature of […]
DIRCO MOURNS HIGH COMMISSIONER TO KENYA, AMB MNINWA MJ MAHLANGU
It is with profound sadness and a heavy heart that the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Mr Ronald Lamola, announces the untimely passing of a dedicated family man and public servant, Mr Mninwa Johannes Mahlangu, who passed away on 24 August 2025, on his way to a South African hospital after a short illness. […]
PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA HOLD TALKS WITH CAR-MAKER ISUZU IN JAPAN
His Excellency President Cyril Ramaphosa holds a bilateral meeting with President and Chief Operating Officer of Isuzu Motor Corporation, Mr Shinsuke Minami on the margins of the 9th TICAD Summit held at Yokohama, Japan. The Isuzu Motors South Africa (IMSA) has a manufacturing base in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape which produces the 7th-generation D-MAX after a R1.2 […]
NORTH WEST MEC SAMBATHA LEADS BY EXAMPLE AS HE CHOOSES PUBLIC HOSPITAL OVER PRIVATE HEALTHCARE
Madoda Sambatha, the North West provincial MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development, is a leader who lets his actions to speak louder than words. He won the hearts of scores of people across the country when he visited a public health facility to undergo a tooth extraction procedure. For skeptics, it can be tempting to […]
PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA OFFERS CONDOLENCES TO THE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF GHANA
President Cyril Ramaphosa, has, on behalf of the Government and people of South Africa, conveyed a message of condolences to H.E. John Dramani Mahama, President of the Republic of Ghana, following a helicopter crash which claimed the lives of eight people, including Ghana’s Minister of Defence, Hon. Edward Omane Boamah, and Minister of Environment, Science, […]
PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA’S WOMEN’S DAY ADDRESS
“Dumelang. Avuxeni. Ndi Matsheloni. Lotjhani. Sanibonani. Goeie môre. Molweni. Good morning. Greetings to all the women of South Africa. It is an honour to be here in Limpopo to celebrate Women’s Day with our mothers, our grandmothers, our sisters and our daughters. We, the fathers, grandfathers, uncles and sons of our nation celebrate alongside you […]