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JOHANNESBURG. – President Cyril Ramaphosa says young people being left out of the job market with no access to training opportunities remains the government’s biggest concern as the country commemorated Youth Day. The country’s high youth unemployment rate was a talking point for Mr Ramaphosa and opposition political parties at Youth Day events yesterday. Mr […]
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DURBAN. – The eThekweni Municipality announced yesterday the estimated impact of the devastating floods in KwaZulu-Natal stands at R757 million while the death toll has risen to 341. “The floods we experienced in the past few days are far worse than those we have seen in recent years, and the damage to infrastructure has been […]
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JOHANNESBURG. – South Africa on Tuesday relaxed some of the remaining Covid-19 curbs, dropping mandatory negative results for inbound fully-vaccinated travellers, a move expected to boost tourists numbers. President Cyril Ramaphosa made the announcement to scale down restrictions imposed when the coronavirus arrived in the country in March 2020, as new infection rates slowed and […]
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has reined in opposition demands of a prospective Cabinet reshuffle, saying an announcement on a new Cabinet will be made by him “at the appropriate time”.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa was expected to host a dinner yesterday evening in honour of his predecessor former president Jacob Zuma.
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Analysts have welcomed the election by Parliament of South Africa’s former Deputy President and recently selected ruling African National Congress (ANC) president Cyril Ramaphosa (66) as its fifth head of state and Government yesterday.
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ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa is having to put out fires in his party as fellow leaders, party structures and the public grow impatient with the pace of talks about President Jacob Zuma’s exit from the Union Buildings.
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JOHANNESBURG. – ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa has told the party’s MPs that he is not negotiating any deal to protect state President Jacob Zuma from prosecution over corruption. This is according to ANC MPs who attended the ANC caucus meeting yesterday where Ramaphosa briefed them on his ongoing transition talks with Zuma.
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JOHANNESBURG. – President Jacob Zuma yesterday congratulated new leader of the African National Congress (ANC) Cyril Ramaphosa and his “leadership collective” the National Executive Committee elected at the ruling party’s just-ended 54th National Conference held at Nasrec, Johannesburg.
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Thapelo Tselapedi Correspondent South Africa’s governing party, the African National Congress (ANC), has a new president – Cyril Ramaphosa. But who is he?
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JOHANNESBURG. — ANC NEC member Lindiwe Sisulu has not given up on becoming deputy president if presidential candidate Cyril Ramaphosa wins the party’s fierce leadership race.
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JOHANNESBURG. – The African National Congress Youth League has strongly criticised Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa after his announcement of his running mate ahead of the party’s December elective conference. In a statement, the ANCYL said Ramaphosa’s pronouncement exposed his lack of respect for organisational processes and procedures.
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JOHANNESBURG. — The South African Communist Party (SACP) resolved on Saturday to contest future elections on its own but remain on the reconfigured alliance with the ruling African National Congress.
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JOHANNESBURG. — Azanian People’s Organisation (Azapo) has called on families of the deceased Marikana miners not to allow Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa to “use this shameful, regrettable and painful matter for his presidential ambitions”.
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GRAHAMSTOWN. — South Africa’s Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has apologised for the manner in which the Marikana massacre unfolded, saying he was sorry for the type of language he used at the time.