CITIBANK’S UK ROUNDTABLE REMARKS BY DEPUTY PRESIDENT MASHATILE
“Ladies and gentlemen, It is an honour for me to be meeting you here today after we couldn’t meet last year. I particularly like to thank Sibongile, who has been working with my office and the Mission here in London on this programme and the previous engagements we held in Johannesburg last year. In a […]
SA LOOKS AHEAD TO AN EMOTIONAL “HOMECOMING CEREMONY” FOR THE REMAINS OF LIBERATION HEROES AND HEROINES
President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Friday, 27 September 2024, officiate the repatriation and restitution homecoming ceremony of South African freedom fighters who lost their lives in Zambia and Zimbabwe during the apartheid era. The ceremony will take place at the Freedom Park Heritage Site and Museum in Tshwane, Pretoria. The ceremony forms part of Heritage […]
PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA’S MOVING EULOGY FOR PRAVIN GORDHAN
“My dear sister, Vanitha, Dearest Anisha and Priyesha and the extended Gordhan family, The poet Rabindranath Tagore said: ‘We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.’ Today we bid farewell to a humble servant of the people, Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan. For all his achievements, despite his immense contribution to this country, […]
SA PLEDGES SUPPORT TO SOUTH SUDAN’S TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT EXTENSION
President Cyril Ramaphosa has noted the statement by the Government of the Republic of South Sudan extending the country’s transitional period by another two years. This effectively postpones the national elections initially due to take place on 22 December 2024. According to the announcement, the postponement is intended to provide time and space for the […]
DETAILS OF FORMER MINISTER PRAVIN GORDHAN’S OFFICIAL CATEGORY 2 FUNERAL
The Presidency is able to announce that the funeral service for former Minister Pravin Gordhan will take place at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre in Durban at 10h00 on Thursday, 19 September 2024. President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a Special Official Funeral Category 2 in honour of the late struggle and Cabinet veteran […]
Mineral-Rich DRC Overtakes Peru as the The World’s 2nd Largest Copper producer
Despite a protracted conflict that has disrupted free economic activity in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); the country has surpassed Peru as the world’s second biggest producer of copper. According to the DRC’s Ministry of Mines, the country’s copper production amounted to approximately 2.84 million tonnes in 2023. In Peru, the country’s mining and […]
SA Cabinet Meetings Outcomes
SA Cabinet has welcomed the adoption by the African Union Assembly of key protocols and decisions affecting the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). These included the first ever Protocol on Women and Youth in Trade, as well as Protocols on Investment and on Digital Trade. The SA government has expressed its desire to put […]