Month: February 2025

 The Portfolio Committee on Mineral and Petroleum Resources has welcomed progress in establishing the South African National Petroleum Company (SANPC), which is set to begin operation on 1 April 2025. The process to establish SANPC was set in motion by President Cyril Ramaphosa during his State of the Nation Address on 13 February 2020 when he announced the government’s intention to repurpose and rationalise state-owned enterprises to support the country’s […]

 Bruno Lemarquis, Deputy Special Representative and Humanitarian Coordinator for the DRC, updated journalists on latest developments and obstacles to aid delivery, which include loss of critical supplies to looting and the impact of the decision by the United States to suspend billions in foreign aid. The DRC was the largest recipient of US humanitarian assistance in the world in 2024, and 70 per cent of the $1.3 billion in funding […]

 The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Minister Ronald Lamola, has arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, leading the South African delegation to the 46th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the AU on 12 and 13 February 2025. The Council will convene under the agreed AU theme for 2025, Justice for Africans and People of African Descent Through Reparations, which will be officially launched by the Assembly. Throughout 2025, all […]

 The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Mr Tebogo Letsie, has expressed profound concern over the ongoing accommodation crisis at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) and the Nelson Mandela University (NMU). This crisis has left hundreds of students desperate and forced to sleep wherever they find shelter. “The scenes at CPUT and NMU are deeply troubling, particularly following the committee’s recent oversight visits to institutions in North […]