President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the nation. President Cyril Ramaphosa has once again given in to political pressure as he tries in earnest to be the referee between divergent political views and not the leader in the midst of a pandemic. His announcement on Thursday evening that public schools would be shut for the next four weeks…
Pupils being screened at Olievenhoutbosch Secondary School. Schools will close from 27 July to 24 August. The National School Nutrition Programme will remain operational. The academic year will be extended beyond 2020, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Thursday. A week after teachers' unions called for schools to close amid the upcoming peak in Covid-19 infections in South Africa,…
President Ramaphosa visits the Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation COVID-19 Command Centre at Rand Water on April 7 in Johannesburg. ER Lombard/ Gallo Images via Getty Images The president has vowed to crack down on corruption and theft relating to Covid-19 relief funds. A government coordinating centre has been established, bringing together nine state institutions including…
PRESIDENT SADDENED BY PASSING OF STRUGGLE HERO ANDREW MEKETE MLANGENIPresident Cyril Ramaphosa has learnt with deep sadness of the passing away overnight of the last remaining Rivonia Trialist and Isithwalandwe Seaparankwe Andrew Mekete Mlangeni.Bab’ Mlangeni, who turned 95 on 06 June 2020, was admitted to 1 Military Hospital in Thaba Tshwane, Pretoria, on Tuesday, 14…
President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Gallo Images/Sowetan/Esa Alexander) President Cyril Ramaphosa has written in his weekly newsletter that young South Africans are offering "home-grown" solutions to the coronavirus pandemic. The government made progress in extending support to 1 000 youth-owned businesses and said this initiative would reach this target by August.South Africa's already-high official unemployment rate is expected…
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