RAMAPHOSA HITS BACK AT TRUMP’S ‘INSULTS’ ABOUT SA IN G20
President Cyril Ramaphosa has noted the regrettable statement by President Donald Trump on South Africa’s participation in the 2026 G20 meetings. The G20 South Africa 2025 Leaders Summit was hailed by all members who attended as one of the most successful summits. The summit produced a declaration that affirmed the indisputable strength and value of […]
TRUMP BARS SOUTH AFRICA FROM ATTENDING NEXT G20 SUMMIT, STOPS SUBSIDIES
Hardly days after the completion of the first ever G20 Leaders’ Summit to be held on the African soil in Johannesburg, US President has announced that South Africa will not be allowed to attend the next session of G20 to be held in Miami, Florida, in 2026. The Trump administration boycotted the Johannesburg-held G20 summit, […]
US TO HALT ALL PAYMENTS AND SUBSIDIES TO SOUTH AFRICA – TRUMP
In a post on Truth Social, President Donald Trump announced that the United States will stop “all payments and subsidies” to South Africa “effective immediately.” “Therefore, at my direction, South Africa will NOT be receiving an invitation to the 2026 G20, which will be hosted in the Great City of Miami, Florida next year,” he […]
SOUTH AFRICA BECAME THE WORLD’S BILLBOARD DURING THE G20 YEAR, AND OUR CREATIVE INDUSTRY PROVED ITS POWER
There are moments in a nation’s history when attention becomes a national asset. For South Africa, the G20 year was one such moment. Over the past twelve months our country became a global stage, a communication platform and, in many ways, the world’s visual billboard. As Johannesburg hosted the first G20 Leaders’ Summit on African […]
WHY GIVE THANKS?
Sarah Josepha Hale, a writer, editor, and early advocate of education for women, and an opponent of slavery, (who was the author of the children’s poem “Mary had a Little Lamb”) had waged a decades-long campaign for Thanksgiving to be a national day, as opposed to being observed only by some states and on different […]
UNDP SA LAUNCHES DIME TO MODERNISE SA’S INDEPENDENT ECONOMY
Unlocking Township Growth through Digital Innovation, Inclusion, and Industrialisation The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in South Africa, in partnership with the City of Johannesburg and Wakanda NPC, today announced the launch of the Digital Innovation for Modernising the Independent Economy (DIME), a pioneering initiative transforming township economy through digital tools, improved food safety standards, […]