PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA APPOINTS PRESIDENTIAL ECONOMIC ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR THE 7TH ADMINISTRATION

President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed members of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council who will play an important role in guiding the 7th Administration in its pursuit of rapid, inclusive and sustainable economic growth and job creation. President Ramaphosa has set up the Council to ensure greater coherence and consistency in the implementation of economic policy […]
PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA SOUTH AFRICA STATEMENT ON WORKING SESSION I: SOCIAL INCLUSION AND THE FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY AND HUNGER – G20 LEADERS’ SUMMIT

“Ladies and Gentlemen, South Africa fully supports the Brazilian Presidency’s focus on social inclusion and the fight against hunger. It is only through an integrated and comprehensive system of social support that we will be able to assist the most vulnerable in society. According to the World Bank, nearly 700 million people are currently living […]
PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA ARRIVES IN RIO DE JANEIRO TO LEAD SOUTH AFRICA PARTICIPATION AT THE G20 LEADERS’ SUMMIT

President Cyril Ramaphosa has this evening ,16 November 2024, arrived in the Federative Republic of Brazil to lead South Africa’s participation at the Group of Twenty (G20) Leaders’ Summit taking place in Rio de Janeiro. The Rio G20 Leaders’ Summit will be held under the theme “Building a Just World and a Sustainable Planet” between […]
POROUS BORDERS ARE OUR COUNTRY’S CARDINAL SIN

In what can only be described as a perfect storm of political and social upheaval, explosive events keep on unfolding nationwide. Amongst them is the commencement of the formal inquiry into the conduct of Limpopo Premier Phophi Ramathuba, by the Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA). This investigation stems from a trending video of the […]
VIDEO: REFLECTING ON THE FIRST CONTINENTAL MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL RUSSOPHILE MOVEMENT

The Global South Media Network sat down with one of the conference organizers, Mr Botsang Moiloa, a well-known South African activist and socio-political commentator. Watch the Full Interview Below:
RUSSOPHILE GATHERING ATTRACTS LARGE CROWD IN SANDTON, JOBURG

Dozens of people turned up for the first-ever meeting of the International Russophile Movement (MIR), the first to be held on the African continent. It took place today in South Africa’s financial capital Sandton, Johannesburg, the same that hosted the historic BRICS` summit in 2023, resulting in the expansion of the strategic bloc from only […]
CONDEMNATION OF ISRAELI GOVERNMENT’S ANNEXATION ORDERS FOR THE WEST BANK

South Africa is dismayed to note a statement attributed to Mr Bezalel Smotrich, Israel’s Minister of Finance, on 12 November 2024, in which he has ordered preparations for the annexation of the occupied West Bank. This development is compounded by a decision adopted by the Israeli Cabinet on 18 June 2024, which gave Minister Smotrich […]
THE GOVERNMENT CONDEMNS THE SPREADING OF DISINFORMATION ABOUT SA’S ICJ CASE AGAINST ISRAEL

The Government of South Africa condemns the spreading of disinformation concerning itscase before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). These charges brought forth on this ongoing case (South Africa vs. Israel) are on the application of the convention on the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide in the Gaza Strip. Efforts to misinform […]
SOUTH AFRICA REITERATES CALLS FOR CALM AND RESTRAINT AMID POST-ELECTION PROTESTS IN MOÇAMBIQUE

The Republic of South Africa, as a Member State of the Southern African DevelopmentCommunity (SADC), formed an integral part of the SADC Electoral Observer Mission(SEOM) to Moçambique to observe the recently held Presidential, Legislative, and Provincialelections on 09 October 2024. The entire SEOM was made up of 10 countries, totalling about53 observers. The SEOM was […]
WORKING VISIT TO CAIRO TO STRENGTHEN BILATERAL TIES WITH THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT

The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) will undertake a Working Visit to Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt from the 13th to 14th November 2024 to Co-chair the South Africa-Egypt Political Consultations with our counterpart Dr Badr Abdelatty, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration, and Expatriate Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt. South Africa […]
SOUTH AFRICA AS PRESIDENT OF G20: ADVANCING THE ASPIRATIONS OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

The G20 is an important multilateral platform which combines to constitute nearly 60% of theglobal population, 80% of global GDP and 75% of global exports. Thus, the G20 is apreeminent forum on whose stage, global economic cooperation is facilitated. Furthermore,supporting emerging and developing economies to achieve sustainable development is vitalfor global stability and security: reducing […]
SOUTH AFRICA AND ANGOLA STRENGTHEN ECONOMIC TIES WITH NEW INITIATIVES AND UPCOMING STATE VISIT

The statement below was delivered by the Minister of DIRCO, Ronald Lamola: “On the 1st of November 2024, we undertook a working visit to Luanda for the Political andDiplomatic Consultations with Angola. We discussed preparations for the upcoming State Visitby President João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço. It was agreed that this visit should reaffirm the existing […]