PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA’S REMARKS ON THE EBOLA OUTBREAK IN DRC AND UGANDA
![PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA'S REMARKS ON THE EBOLA OUTBREAK IN DRC AND UGANDA - A Ugandan doctor vaccinates the contact of a patient who tested positive during the launch of the vaccination for the Sudan strain of the Ebola virus with a trial vaccine at the Mulago Guest House (Isolation centre) in Kampala, Uganda, Feb 3, 2025. [Photo/Agencies / China Daily]](https://gsmn.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/680df172a3104d9fd156c4b1-1024x673.jpeg)
“In my capacity as African Union Champion on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response, I commend the Governments of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda for their swift leadership and transparency in declaring the Ebola Virus Disease outbreaks of the Bundibugyo strain in Ituri Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in […]
SOUTH AFRICA IS BACK AT THE CENTRE OF AFRICA’S SECURITY TABLE
South Africa’s election to the African Union Peace and Security Council (PSC) is more than a diplomatic win in Addis Ababa. It is a statement: Pretoria is reclaiming its place at the centre of Africa’s peace and security architecture. At a time when coups are no longer shocking, terrorism is mutating across the Sahel, and […]
THE 65TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASSASSINATION OF THE GREAT PATRICE EMERY LUMUMBA
“[T]he only thing which we wanted for our country is the right to a worthy life, to dignity without pretence, to independence without restrictions. This was never the desire of the Belgian colonialists and their Western allies…” This extract is taken from a letter that Baba Patrice Emery Lumumba wrote to his wife, shortly before […]
REMARKS BY PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA DURING THE STATE VISIT TO SWITZERLAND
“It is a great honour to be here today on the first South African state visit to Switzerland since the dawn of democracy in our country. This is an important milestone in our longstanding partnership and a testament to our mutually-beneficial relations. During our discussions today, we focused on international issues and the bilateral relations […]
FAREWELL TO A MAN OF INTEGRITY
On 14 March 2025 many of us gathered at one of the Johannesburg cemeteries to bury a South African whom many speakers hailed as a person of integrity, who dedicated his life to the betterment of his fellow human beings. This was the businessman, Khomotso Jacob ‘Bobby’ Makwetla, who, among other engagements, was a distinguished […]
EXTRAORDINARY SADC SUMMIT WITHDRAWS TROOPS FROM DRC
“The Extraordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), here after called “Summit”, was held on the 13th of March 2025, to deliberate on the security situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Summit was officially opened and chaired by His Excellency Dr. Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, […]
PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA SPEAKS AT THE TRANSFER CEREMONY & MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR THE SANDF TROOPS KILLED IN EASTERN DRC
“Allow me to begin by extending our condolences on behalf of the South African government and people to the families and the people of the United Republic of Tanzania and the Republic of Malawi for the loss of their soldiers. We extend our gratitude to the Ugandan government and the rest of the SADC community […]
IT’S TIME TO CONFRONT RWANDA’S STRONGMAN KAGAME TO LEAVE THE DRC
The grave situation that continues to unravel in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) lays bare Africa’s distorted faults of progress since the defeat of colonialism and the dawn of independent governance and freedom. Despite the continent’s vast wealth in natural resources, Africa remains the least developed of all the world’s continents and is […]
THE EXTRAORDINARY SUMMIT OF THE HEADS OF STATE OF SADC
1. The Extraordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) hereafter called “Summit” was held on the 31st of January 2025 in Harare, Republic of Zimbabwe, to deliberate on the security situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). 2. Summit was officially opened and chaired by […]
PRESIDENT BIDEN’S AFRICAN DREAM TO COUNTER CHINA WILL BE DERAILED BY HISTORY
In 1976, in an effort to bolster the China-Africa relations that had blossomed throughout Africa’s liberation wars for independence, China issued a rare (at the time) interest-free loan for the construction of TAZARA railway. TAZARA, short for Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority, has since the start of its operation nearly 50 years ago been a shining model […]