Tag: RSA

LABOUR DEPARTMENT’S COMPENSATION FUND HEAD TO EASTERN CAPE

The Compensation Fund has been engaging various sectors in different provinces with the intention to enforce Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act (COIDA) compliance. On the 11-12 and 14 August 2026, the Fund will be in East London, Eastern Cape Province to engage Organised Labour, stakeholders in the Hospitality Sector, and Local Government and […]

SPECIAL “WOMEN’S DAY” MESSAGE BY PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA

“Today is no ordinary commemoration. It is one of the most important days on our national calendar. Women’s Day is a day on which we honour the women of South Africa. But it is also a day of profound significance for our entire country. This is because the Women’s March of 1956 was not a […]

VUKA AZANIA: A SECOND COMING OF BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS OR JUST ANOTHER ELITE TALK SHOP?

The launch of Vuka Azania landed with the weight of history. In its own way, it is an early start to Steve Biko’s 50th Anniversary of …er, his death and the devastating blow on Black Consciousness. When you think about it, it is not entirely new. It isn’t. But it sounds like an echo — […]

PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA’S REMARKS AT THE COMMEMORATION OF THE BATTLE OF DELVILLE WOOD

“We gather in solemn remembrance of the sons of South Africa who served and died during the First World War. We remember them not merely as names inscribed upon stone, nor as figures recorded in military archives, but as human beings whose lives were interrupted by war. They were sons, husbands, fathers and brothers. They […]

COMPENSATION FUND TO HOST EMPLOYERS OPEN SERVICE DAYS

The Department of Employment and Labour’s Compensation Fund will host Open Service Days for Employers in Kempton Park, Gauteng Province. The primary aim of these Employer Service Days is to ensure that Employers comply with the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Disease Act (COIDA). These sessions will also create an opportunity for the Fund and […]

PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA TO HOST BAFANA BAFANA WORLD CUP SEND-OFF DINNER

President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Wednesday, 27 May 2026, host the Bafana Bafana FIFA World Cup Send-off Dinner at the Sefako M. Makgatho Presidential Guesthouse in Pretoria. The send-off dinner hosted under the theme “United by Hope, Driven by Pride“ will serve as a formal farewell to the national squad ahead of their departure to […]

PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA DISMISSES MINISTER TOLASHE

President Cyril Ramaphosa has in terms of section 91(2) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa,1996, removed Minister Sisisi Tolashe from the position of Minister of Social Development. In the interim, President Ramaphosa has appointed Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities Sindisiwe Chikunga as the acting minister in […]

ORAL REPLIES IN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

On Thursday, 14 May 2026, President Cyril Ramaphosa responded to Questions for Oral Replies by Members of the National Assembly. Questions for Oral Reply is one of the mechanisms that Parliament uses to hold the Executive to account. The session will cover amongst other issues, the Skills Development among the Youth; benefits of various investments […]

GUARDIAN OF A NATION’S VOICE: LEBO M AND THE PRESERVATION OF SOUTH AFRICAN HERITAGE

Lebo M’s story is a microcosm of how a global cultural architect outpaced formal diplomacy, and in addition, why post-apartheid South Africa is duty-bound to tell its story with the accuracy of a sniper, and remain in charge of the narrative. From the dusty streets of Soweto to the illustrious stages of Minskoff Theatre in […]

MEA CULPA: THE ABDICATION AND CO-OPTION OF THE BLACK MIDDLE CLASS

South Africa has more Black leaders in powerful institutions than ever before. Yet the distance between the Black middle class and the communities that shaped it continues to widen. This essay reflects on the quiet abdication and co-option of that class—and the responsibility that now confronts it. There comes a moment when confession must move […]

WHAT ON EARTH QUALIFIES HELEN ZILLE AS AN ‘ANTI-APARTHEID ACTIVIST’?

South African history records Saths Cooper as one of the SASO Nine — student leaders arrested in 1974 for their ‘anti-apartheid’ activities. Cooper was not “so-called.” He was, and remains, a central figure in the Black Consciousness Movement and a true liberation activist. Yet, in stark contrast, Helen Zille is also labeled an “anti-apartheid activist” […]

MAXIMUM DISCLOSURE. MINIMUM CONSEQUENCE. WELCOME TO MZANSI.

From boardroom liberation to procedural democracy: the quiet making of a government fluent in process and allergic to consequence. There was a moment, not announced and not televised, when South Africa quietly changed posture. Not the moment of liberation. Not the first election. Not the swearing-in ceremonies or victory speeches. A quieter moment. A moment […]