# President Cyril Ramaphosa says the United Nations and other global institutions no longer adequately reflect today’s realities and are ill-equipped to address the challenges of the future. Speaking at the BRICS summit in India, Ramaphosa says Africa, which accounts for 54 United Nations member states and nearly one-fifth of the world’s population, remains without […]
# The ANC has raised concerns over what it describes as escalating instability within the Department of Basic Education since the DA appointed minister Siviwe Gwarube took over in 2024. The ANC’s NEC Subcommittee on Education, Health, Science and Technology says a recent meeting identified what it calls a sustained pattern of conduct by the […]
# Die ANC is bekommerd oor wat hy beskryf as toenemende onbestendigheid binne die Departement van Basiese Onderwys sedert die DA-aangestelde minister Siviwe Gwarube in 2024 oorgeneem het. Die ANC se subkomitee oor Onderwys, Gesondheid, Wetenskap en Tegnologie sê ‘n onlangse vergadering het geïdentifiseer wat dit ‘n volgehoue gedragspatroon deur die Minister noem wat stabiliteit […]
# The Parliament Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development has published the names of candidates for vacant positions on the Information Regulator on Parliament’s website for public comment before 29 September. In terms of the Protection of Personal Information Act, members of the regulator must be appropriately qualified, and South African citizens. The committee […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says India and South Africa must strengthen investment in transport, logistics, ports, digital connectivity, smart cities and industrial corridors to boost trade and economic integration across the African continent. Ramaphosa was speaking at the India-South Africa Business Leadership Roundtable, on the sidelines of the 18th BRICS Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi. […]
# COSATU has welcomed the General Mining Laws Amendment Bill, released by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, as a key step towards tackling illegal mining. Illegal mining by heavily armed criminal syndicates has become a national crisis, claiming the lives of mine workers, security guards, police officers and members of the National Defence […]
# South Africa and Lesotho have strengthened cooperation to combat the proliferation of illegal firearms, following the seizure and destruction of one-thousand-787 firearms confiscated during crime-fighting operations in Lesotho. Acting National Police Commissioner Puleng Dimpane says the firearms were seized by the Lesotho Mounted Police Service during various operations and targeted crime-combatting initiatives. She says […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê Indië en Suid-Afrika moet belegging in vervoer, logistiek, hawens, digitale verbindings, slim-stede en nywerheidsdeurgange versterk om handel en ekonomiese integrasie op die Afrika-vasteland te bevorder. Ramaphosa het aan ‘n Sakeleiers-rondetafelgesprek tussen Indië en Suid-Afrika by die 18de BRICS-leiersberaad in Nieu-Delhi deelgeneem. Hy sê Suid-Afrika het 195 strategiese geïntegreerde projekte in […]
# COSATU verwelkom die Wysigingswetsontwerp op Algemene Mynwette, wat die Departement van Justisie en Staatkundige Ontwikkeling gepubliseer het as ‘n belangrike stap in die stryd teen onwettige mynbou. Onwettige mynbedrywighede deur swaar gewapende misdaadsindikate het ‘n nasionale krisis geword en eis die lewens van mynwerkers, veiligheidswagte, polisielede en weermaglede. COSATU se woordvoerder, Matthew Parks, sê […]
