President Cyril Ramaphosa Archives

Presidency rubbishes claims Ramaphosa meets regularly with corruption-accused tenderpreneur Maumela

Leave a Comment / Africa, News / Ronald Kabuubi

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office has again sought to distance him from corruption-accused tenderpreneur Hangwani Morgan Maumela after social media videos and allegations suggesting they had regular meetings. Speaking during a media briefing on Monday on the president’s schedule, his spokesperson Vincent Magwenya said a video circulating on social media showing Ramaphosa outside Maumela’s house was […]

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South Africa deepens US business ties at UN General Assembly sidelines

Leave a Comment / Africa, News / Ronald Kabuubi

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday said South Africa was strengthening trade and investment ties with the United States, following a series of high-level engagements with US companies, lawmakers and government officials in New York last week. The meetings took place on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly and included a South Africa–US Trade

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Donald Trump ambushes South African president over ‘genocide’ claims during White House visit

Leave a Comment / International News, News, World / Ronald Kabuubi

Donald Trump ambushes South African president over ‘genocide’ claims during White House visit. Donald Trump has blindsided South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during a White House meeting by playing footage which he claims pertained to allegations of genocide in South Africa. The South African leader sat quietly while the US president repeated widely discredited

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HUMAN RIGHTS FOR ONLY ONLY SOME ARE HUMAN RIGHTS FOR NONE

Leave a Comment / Africa, East Africa, International News, News / Ronald Kabuubi

Dear Fellow South African, Later this week, on 21 March, South Africa will celebrate Human Rights Day. On that day we will recall the Sharpeville Massacre of 21 March 1960, when apartheid police shot dead 69 unarmed protesters who were taking a stand against the apartheid regime’s unjust and inhumane pass laws. The events in

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ATTRACTING THE SKILLS THAT WILL ENABLE GROWTH AND JOBS

Leave a Comment / Africa, East Africa, News / Ronald Kabuubi

ATTRACTING THE SKILLS THAT WILL ENABLE GROWTH AND JOBS Dear Fellow South African, To succeed in an ever-changing global economy, our country needs far more people with the right skills. This is so that our economy can be competitive, grow and create employment. As a country, we have invested much in producing these skills, from

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SOUTH AFRICA WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR JUSTICE FOR ALL

Leave a Comment / Africa, East Africa, International News / Ronald Kabuubi

Dear Fellow South African, As a nation that fought and defeated apartheid, we have a particular obligation to stand up for justice and fundamental human rights for all people, everywhere. It is this obligation that informed our application to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to halt the violence unleashed by Israel on the Gaza

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On the road to the economy of the future | From the Desk of the President – 3 July 2023

Leave a Comment / Africa, Business, East Africa, International News / Ronald Kabuubi

Dear Fellow South African, As countries around the world work to reduce carbon emissions, there is great potential for South Africa to establish and develop new industries. For us, reducing our carbon footprint is critical to the health and well-being of our people, the sustainability of our society and ensuring that our goods and services

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LET US SAFEGUARD THE HARD-WON FREEDOMS IN OUR BILL OF RIGHTS

International News, Politics / Ronald Kabuubi

Dear Fellow South African, One hundred years ago, in May 1923, the first bill of rights in South Africa’s history was adopted by the African National Congress. It had no legal standing at the time, but it clearly expressed the desire for the equal rights of all people to be recognised and guaranteed. After many

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PRESIDENTS MUSEVENI, RAMAPHOSA CALL FOR INCREASE IN TRADE BETWEEN UGANDA AND SOUTH AFRICA

Africa, Business / Ronald Kabuubi

The President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni and his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa have called for an increase in trade between the two African countries. The call was made yesterday as the two Heads of State addressed the businesspeople during the Uganda-South Africa Trade, Tourism and Investment Summit 2023, held in Pretoria, South Africa.

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STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT YOWERI KAGUTA MUSEVENI’S STATE VISIT TO SOUTH AFRICA

Breaking News / Ronald Kabuubi

The President of the Republic of Uganda, H.E Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, has this morning arrived in the Republic of South Africa for a 1-day state visit. The President was received at the Waterloof Airbase by Mrs. Lindiwe Daphney Zulu, South Africa’s Minister of Social Development; Uganda’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Hon. Jeje Odongo and Uganda’s

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