Accelerating inclusive economic growth and improving the education system are among some of the urgent tasks that President Cyril Ramaphosa has set as government’s work for the year ahead.
As part of accelerating land reform, government has identified land parcels owned by the state for redistribution, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Thursday.
President Cyril Ramaphosa says government will this year focus on significantly expanding the small business incubation programme.
Total’s discovery of the gas condensate off the coast of South Africa will have significant consequences for the country’s energy security and the development of the industry, says President Cyril Ramaphosa.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced the establishment of the Human Settlements Development Bank as the country seeks to accelerate the delivery of housing.
South Africans will go to the polls for the sixth general elections on May 8.
With the National Health Insurance (NHI) in its final stages and soon heading to Parliament for submission, the Presidency has established a war room to address issues in the public health system.
STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS
BY PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA
7 FEBRUARY 2019
PARLIAMENT
Dressed to the nines, Members of Parliament and guests have used the 2019 State of the Nation Address (SONA) red carpet to champion various causes.
Six people have been reported dead following an explosion at the Gloria Mine in Mpumalanga.
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has appointed a panel to interview and recommend to the President a shortlist of candidates for the position of the Commissioner of the South African Revenue Service (SARS).
Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe has welcomed Total’s significant gas discovery in the Outeniqua Basin off the southern coast of South Africa.
Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams says government will work with the media in the fight against fake news and misinformation.
"Take the issues of domestic violence seriously." That is the call made to President Cyril Ramaphosa ahead of his State of the Nation Address (SONA) by Annika from Kensington, Cape Town.
It will be lights, camera, and action this evening as President Cyril Ramaphosa takes to the podium in the National Assembly in Parliament to deliver his second State of the Nation Address (SONA).
