30 JUNE 2024 Fellow South Africans, Just over a month ago, on the 29th of May, the people of South Africa voted in a watershed election. In casting their votes, the people made it clear that they expect political parties to work together…
Paul Mashatile has been appointed as South Africa’s new Deputy President. President Cyril Ramaphosa made the announcement via a televised address to the nation on Monday evening, where he made changes to the National Executive. “As I…
New legislation signed into law this week is an important element of turning around the performance of local government, preventing the abuse of public resources and stamping out the sheltering of officials who move from municipality to…
Millions of South Africans who benefited from the R350 Covid-19 social relief of distress (SRD) grant can breathe a sigh of relief, as the government has decided to keep it going for another year. “Mindful of the proven benefits of the…
President pushes for more people to get vaccinated, saying he ‘would not be standing here before you’ if he hadn’t received his Covid-19 shot President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday announced the government’s intentions to end the national…
The presidency has announced that Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has died. In a statement on Sunday, minister in the presidency Mondli Gungubele said President Cyril Ramaphosa “expresses, on behalf of all South Africans, his profound…
President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation at 8pm, the presidency confirmed on Thursday. The address will cover the latest developments on the country’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, and follows meetings with the national…
The following is a brutally honest, anonymously produced, open letter to President Ramaphosa is a must-read. From National Employers Association of South Africa (Neasa) Dear Mr President, You now have the perfect opportunity to do the…
The SA National Defence Force can be relied upon no matter the circumstances, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday. Speaking on Armed Forces Day, Ramaphosa, who is the commander-in-chief of the SANDF, described the country’s military…
The 2021 State of the Nation Address (SONA) will take place tomorrow evening during a period when a world-wide pandemic has devastated economies around the world and restricted the movement of people between countries and even within…
Former VBS Mutual Bank chief financial officer Phillip Truter was on Wednesday sentenced to an effective seven years in prison for his role in the looting of the bank. Truter was the eighth suspect who appeared in the Johannesburg…
President Cyril Ramaphosa is recovering from a common cold‚ his acting spokesperson Tyrone Seale told TimesLIVE on Monday. Seale was responding to questions about Ramaphosa’s health after minister in the presidency Jackson Mthembu told…
President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation on Wednesday evening after months of lockdown regulations to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Read his address, unedited and in full, below: My fellow South Africans, Exactly half…
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday evening said SA had weathered Covid-19’s “fierce and destructive storm”, announcing a move to alert level one. “With the further progress we have made as infections have come down, we are now ready…
Amid speculation of a lowering of the national lockdown regulations to Level 1, it has been announced that President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation at 7pm this evening. Many are hoping that restrictions on gatherings will be…
