President Cyril Ramaphosa

Death Toll In South Africa Riots Jumps To 72

July 15, 2021 6:02 am

Stores and warehouses in South Africa were hit by looters yesterday for a sixth day running despite the troops President Cyril Ramaphosa deployed to try to quell unrest that has claimed atleast 72 lives.

As pillaging erupted in the economic capital of Johannesburg and the southeastern province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa’s main opposition accused radicals of stoking the unrest.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the armed forces were sending 2,500 soldiers to help the overwhelmed police.

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The raging unrest first erupted last Friday after former president Jacob Zuma …

South African President Says Farm Attacks ‘Not Genocidal’

October 12, 2020 1:48 pm

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa called for calm on Monday, rejecting claims by pressure groups representing the country’s white minority that a spike in deadly attacks on farms was “ethnic cleansing”.

His appeal came after a group of mainly white farmers stormed a courthouse on Wednesday during the hearing of two black suspects accused of killing a 22-year-old farm manager.

The lead instigator of the rioters, Andre Pienaar, 52, was subsequently jailed and charged with terrorism on Friday.

Ramaphosa, in his weekly newsletter to the nation, strongly refuted claims that farm attacks were racially motivated.

He instead characterised the attacks …

Lockdown: Citizens Have Right To Sue Govt – Ramaphosa

May 19, 2020 8:42 am

As legal challenges to the South African government’s coronavirus lockdown mount, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday he could not stop anyone taking them to court.

“Since the start of this crisis, a number of people have exercised their right to approach the courts,” Ramaphosa wrote in his weekly letter to the nation, adding this was a normal tenet of a constitutional democracy.

Ramaphosa chose to address the issue as the country heads into its eighth week of lockdown and voices criticising the government’s measures grow louder.

Although the country had more than 15,500 confirmed cases by Sunday, more …

Ramaphosa Gives Okonjo-Iweala Another Job, As AU Envoy

April 13, 2020 6:59 am

The Chairperson of the African Union, President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and three other Africans as AU Special Envoys.

Their job will be to mobilise international support for Africa’s efforts to address the economic challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Others appointed are Dr Donald Kaberuka, Mr Tidjane Thiam and Mr Trevor Manuel

The Special Envoys will be tasked with soliciting rapid and concrete support as pledged by the G20, the European Union and other international financial institutions.

Ramaphosa said: “In the light of the devastating socio-economic and political impact of the pandemic on African countries these institutions …