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President Cyril Ramaphosa says he will wait for the law to take its course regarding the sexual allegations against finance minister Enoch Godongwana. File photo.Image: GCIS.

Ramaphosa won’t act on Godongwana: Legal process must run its course

President Cyril Ramaphosa has no intention to move on the sexual assault allegations levelled against his senior cabinet minister Enoch Godongwana. Instead, Ramaphosa said he will wait for the law to take its course. Speaking through his…

EFF leader Julius Malema says Thabo Mbeki had no moral authority to call out Ramaphosa’s leadership failures.Image: Alaister Russell/The Sunday Times

Mbeki has no moral authority to call out Ramaphosa, says Malema

EFF leader Julius Malema is the latest to weigh in on former president Thabo Mbeki’s criticism of President Cyril Ramaphosa, claiming he has no moral authority to call him out. Speaking during a memorial service for late ANC stalwart…

Namibian President Hage Geingob. File photo.Image: Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Kremlin via Reuters

‘I don’t know what favour I would have done anybody’: Namibian president on Ramaphosa game farm theft

Namibian President Hage Geingob says he does “not know what favour I would have done anybody” regarding the robbery at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s game farm in Limpopo. Geingob was speaking at a press conference, reported the SABC. Former…

Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union regional chair Thabang Molite addresses members on the wage strike at Sibanye-Stillwater’s gold operations outside the Driefontein mine in Carletonville in March. File photo.Image: Freddy Mavunda/Business Day

Workers are losing trust in political leadership and public institutions, says Ramaphosa after being booed

President Cyril Ramaphosa says the discontent showed by workers who booed and stormed the stage when he was meant to speak on Workers’ Day was an indication of weakening trust in political leadership and public institutions. He made the…

President Cyril Ramaphosa says he has confidence in his cabinet and so does the rest of the country.Image: GCIS

Ramaphosa hits back at MPs: ‘SA has the greatest confidence in my cabinet’

President Cyril Ramaphosa has hit back at the DA’s criticism of his cabinet, saying SA has confidence in it. DA leader John Steenhuisen has tabled a motion of no confidence in Ramaphosa’s cabinet, saying SA needs a new cabinet.…

President Cyril Ramaphosa says he has confidence in his cabinet and so does the rest of the country.Image: GCIS

Ramaphosa tells Scopa he has no information on alleged misuse of party funds by the ANC

President Cyril Ramaphosa has told parliament’s public accounts watchdog (Scopa) that he does not have any direct or specific information on the alleged misuse of public funds for the ANC’s internal party political purposes. Two weeks…

ANC spokesperson Pule Mabe would not confirm whether there have been calls by party officials to discipline tourism minister Lindiwe Sisulu. File photo.Image: Antonio Muchave

Pule Mabe dismisses suggestions exchange between Ramaphosa and Sisulu was a ‘public spat’

ANC spokesperson Pule Mabe says there is no tension between tourism minister Lindiwe Sisulu and President Cyril Ramaphosa. He blamed the media for pushing a “narrative” that implies a strained relationship. Ramaphosa and Sisulu engaged in…

President Cyril Ramaphosa said the decision to return for a second term lies with the branches of the ANC. File photoImage: Thapelo Morebudi/Sunday Times

Will Ramaphosa return for a second term? Malema says ‘never,’ president says it’s up to ANC structures

EFF leader Julius Malema told party supporters in eThekwini that President Cyril Ramaphosa “will never see the second term” as ANC president. Malema was addressing the party’s Siyabonga rally to celebrate the “successful” local government…

Special Investigating Unit head Andy Mothibi says most of the alleged irregular procurement contracts awarded and related to Covid-19 were in the provinces. File photo.Image: Thapelo Morebudi

SIU to hand Covid-19 corruption report to Ramaphosa by Friday

President Cyril Ramaphosa will receive the final Special Investigating Unit (SIU) report on alleged widespread corruption related to Covid-19 procurement by the end of the week. On Tuesday SIU head Andy Mothibi told the standing committee…

President Cyril Ramaphosa consolidated power as he made widespread cabinet changes on Thursday night.Image: GCIS
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Ramaphosa shows his hand as cabinet changes consolidate his power

President Cyril Ramaphosa has used his first cabinet reshuffle to consolidate power in his office, moving the political control of the state security agency into the presidency. The move comes as many intelligence-related questions remain…

President Cyril Ramaphosa.Image: GCIS

Fellow South Africans, we were poorly prepared: Ramaphosa tells the nation after violent pro-Zuma looting

President Cyril Ramaphosa has admitted that the country was ill-prepared for the violent protests and looting that broke out in parts of the country after the incarceration of former president Jacob Zuma. Addressing the nation on Friday…

The Constitutional Court has found that President Cyril Ramaphosa did not mislead parliament in relation to CR17 donations. File photo.Image: ESA ALEXANDER/SUNDAY TIMES

Ramaphosa did not mislead on CR17, Mkhwebane cannot probe political parties’ affairs, top court rules

President Cyril Ramaphosa did not mislead parliament in relation to the donation made to his ANC presidential election campaign in 2017. The public protector also did not have powers to investigate private affairs of political parties.…

President Cyril Ramaphosa. File photo.Image: GCIS

President Cyril Ramaphosa moves SA to level 2

SA will move to lockdown adjusted level 2 from Monday. President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday already confirmed that tighter restrictions were on the cards as SA enters its third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. He said there has been a…

President Cyril Ramaphosa. File photo.Image: gcis

Gather round, the president has called a family meeting on Sunday evening

President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Sunday night address the nation about the Covid-19 pandemic. In a statement on Sunday, presidential spokesperson Tyrone Seale confirmed that Ramaphosa will address the nation at 7pm. This comes amid a…

President Cyril Ramaphosa, left, with ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule during a provincial conference in Polokwane, Limpopo. Picture: SOWETAN/ANTONIO MUCHAVE

Ramaphosa gets nod from ANC top six to oust Ace Magashule — report

President Cyril Ramaphosa has won the “unequivocal” backing of the rest of the ANC top six for secretary-general Ace Magashule to “immediately” step aside pending the outcome of his fraud and corruption case. Business Day understands this…