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Russia's war in Ukraine: how South Africa blew its chance as a credible mediator

South Africa has been roundly criticised for its decision to abstain from voting on three UN General Assembly resolutions condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The Conversation

S.African leader visits flood victims as death toll rises to 306

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa pledged on Wednesday to help the victims of devastating east coast floods, as the death toll rose to 306 from heavy rains that washed out roads and disrupted shipping in one of Africa's busiest ports.

Reuters

Ramaphosa likens anti-migrant attacks to apartheid actions

South African president blasts vigilante groups for attacking migrants, warns their actions will not be tolerated.

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Ramaphosa, Biden Talk after South Africa Abstains from UN Russia Vote

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa held telephone talks Friday with US President Joe Biden, a day after the continental powerhouse abstained from voting on a resolution suspending Russia from a UN rights body over its aggression in Ukraine. Ramaphosa, whose government has been criticized for refusing to condemn Moscow's bloody…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Financial warfare: will there be a backlash against the dollar?

The sanctions freezing Russia’s foreign currency reserves have created an incentive for countries to bypass the US currency

Financial Times

Citing decreasing COVID cases, South Africa ends emergency

With declining cases of COVID-19, South Africa has ended its national state of disaster, the legal framework used for two years to impose restrictions to combat the pandemic

The Independent UK

South Africa ditches most of its remaining Covid restrictions as infections fall

South Africa has removed almost all remaining Covid restrictions following a sustained decline in infections.

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Angelique Kidjo and DJ Black Coffee dedicate Grammy wins to African youth

Musicians worldwide were celebrated during the 64th Grammy Awards hosted by South African comedian Trevor Noah in Las Vegas on Sunday. Benin’s Angelique Kidjo and South Africa’s DJ Black Coffee won Grammys for their respective albums. Ukraine’s President Zelensky made a surprise video appearance appealing for support.

Radio France Internationale

South Africa eases Covid testing rules for holidaymakers entering into the country

Fully vaccinated travellers will no longer be required to show evidence of a negative PCR test for entry into the country.

Daily Record

Amid dropping COVID cases, South Africa loosens restrictions

With declining cases of COVID-19, South Africa’s president has announced that it is no longer mandatory to wear masks outdoors and vaccinated travelers entering the country are no longer required to produce a negative PCR tests

The Independent UK

South Africa's Ramaphosa eases COVID-19 restrictions to lift economy

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said restrictive COVID-19 regulations that have weighed on the nation's struggling economy for two years would be removed on Wednesday, with the national state of disaster also to end soon.

Reuters

S.Africa's Ramaphosa blames NATO for Russia's war in Ukraine

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday blamed NATO for the war in Ukraine and said he would resist calls to condemn Russia, in comments that cast doubt over whether he would be accepted by Ukraine or the West as a mediator.

Reuters

South Africa has a new Chief Justice: an introduction to Raymond Zondo

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa recently announced the appointment of Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo as the next chief justice of the country’s Constitutional Court.

The Conversation

Analysis-More welfare or less? S.Africa's ANC confronts apartheid's legacy

South Africa's ruling party is being forced to confront a problem that has bedevilled the country since apartheid ended 28 years ago: how to reduce record gross inequality and poverty that hurts the Black majority more than the white minority.

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Ramaphosa says South Africa has been asked to mediate Russia-Ukraine

President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday South Africa had been asked to mediate in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and that he had told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in a phone call it should be settled through negotiations.

Reuters

S.African President Ramaphosa appoints new chief justice

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed experienced jurist Raymond Zondo as the country's new chief justice effective April 1, the presidency said in a statement on Thursday following a public selection process.

Al Jazeera

More S African corruption exposed in ‘state capture’ report

Experts say citizens will want to see some of the most powerful men face justice as more details of corruption emerge.

The Conversation

Retired women in South Africa carry a huge burden of poverty

South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, recently acknowledged that “South Africa needs a new consensus to deal with poverty, unemployment and inequality”.

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South Africa's efforts to tackle its energy crisis lack urgency and coherence

South Africa’s electricity infrastructure has been degrading in the past decade, with both scheduled and unscheduled power outages on the increase. Despite slowed economic activity due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the country experienced 1130 hours of planned power cuts in 2021, the highest ever.

The Conversation

Why some South Africans who are willing to be vaccinated still haven't had the jab

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa set a target to get 70% of the country’s adults vaccinated by the end of 2021. However, by the end of that year only 39% of adults had been fully vaccinated.

Radio France Internationale

South Africans are battling 'for the soul of their country', Ramaphosa says

In the bleakest State of the Nation Address he has delivered in four years at the helm, President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africans are engaged in a battle for the soul of their country.

The Conversation

South Africans are feeling more insecure: do Ramaphosa's plans add up?

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa’s 2022 state of the nation address underscored the problematic role that government agencies and others had played in state capture and the 2021 civil unrest.

The Conversation

Ramaphosa delivers clear analysis of South Africa's problems. But will he act on them?

State of the nation addresses offer government an opportunity to speak directly to its citizens. It can offer reassurances that its policies and actions speak to issues of their greatest concern.

France 24

Judges in Tunisia protest against president's plan to dissolve watchdog

In tonight's edition: More than 100 Tunisian judges demonstrate after President Kais Saied vows to scrap a key judicial watchdog. But first, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa promises concrete steps to stem corruption in his State of Nation address. And Zimbabwe orders absentee teachers to be suspended without pay following…

Al Jazeera

Ramaphosa addresses South Africa’s unemployment in nation address

As the country faces one of highest jobless rates globally, South African president pledges ‘to leave no one behind’.

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