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’. Al Jazeera · Feb 10, 2022
South Africa's Ramaphosa to speak about nation's challenges South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will Thursday outline how his government will tackle the country’s pressing problems including corruption, nationwide power cuts, high unemployment, a troubled economy and the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2022
Ramaphosa says S.Africa needs fundamental change to tackle economic woes South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday that his country needed a fundamental change in order to revive economic growth and tackle endemic poverty, inequality and unemployment he described as unacceptable. Reuters · Feb 10, 2022
Ramaphosa left with tricky choices as South Africa bungles Chief Justice appointment After a fraught and fractious week of public interviews that shed heat but little light on the four candidates eligible to become the next Chief Justice, South Africa’s Judicial Service Commission has recommended that President Cyril Ramaphosa appoint Mandisa Maya, who is currently the head of the Supreme Court of… The Conversation · Feb 7, 2022
South Africa failed to foresee, disrupt deadly unrest, report says South Africa's police and intelligence services failed to anticipate and disrupt days of arson and looting last year in which more than 300 people died, a report into the unrest commissioned by the president and released on Monday found. Reuters · Feb 7, 2022
South African president gets new report detailing corruption The second part of a judicial report on corruption in South Africa has been handed over to President Cyril Ramaphosa The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2022
South Africa is in a state of drift: the danger is that the ANC turns the way of Zimbabwe's ZANU-PF The dismal fate of Zimbabwe under the stewardship of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (Zanu-PF) government has long stood out as a warning to South Africa’s governing party, the African National Congress (ANC). Yet rarely has South Africa been in more danger of launching into a trajectory of Zimbabwe-like… The Conversation · Feb 1, 2022
South Africa court to look into 800 million euros worth of Covid fraud After an independent investigation into more than 5,000 Covid-19 fund contracts, South Africa’s Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has found more than half of the tenders are irregular and will be referred for prosecution, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Tuesday. Radio France Internationale · Jan 25, 2022
South African president launches vaccine manufacturing plant South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has opened a new vaccine manufacturing facility that he says will boost the country’s capacity to make its own inoculations for diseases including COVID-19 The Independent UK · Jan 19, 2022