Month: March 2025

 President Cyril Ramaphosa has concluded a meeting between the national executive and the Gauteng provincial executive council. The meeting follows three engagements with the provincial governments of Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga.  President Ramaphosa intends to visit and engage the leadership of all nine provinces.  The national and provincial executive meetings are aimed at strengthening intergovernmental cooperation, collaboration and consultation. They are also important for ensuring better alignment of provincial priorities […]

 The ECOWAS Resident Representative Office in Mali organized a handover ceremony on February 28, 2025, marking the end of the mandate of His Excellency Mr. Mário Gomes Fernandes, Resident Representative. It is worth recalling that His Excellency Mr. Mário G. Fernandes had been redeployed in September 2022 to the position of Resident Representative in Mali, after having held the same functions in the Republic of Guinea. During this solemn occasion, […]

 The President of the Republic of Liberia, His Excellency Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., has congratulated the Government and people of the Republic of Ghana on the occasion commemorating the 68th Independence celebration of that West African country on March 6, 2025. According to a Foreign Ministry release, President Boakai, on behalf of the Government and people of the Republic of Liberia and in his own name, extended sincere felicitations and best […]

 At just 20, Esther Wamuhu from Laikipia West is determined to rewrite her future. A few years ago, she had to put her education on hold after an unplanned teenage pregnancy. Now, she is ready to return to school, finish her secondary education, and pursue her dream of going to university. But there was one major hurdle—access to affordable family planning. "I wanted a good family planning method, but I […]

 USA President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14162 in terms of which the United States is engaging in a re-prioritisation exercise and is thus revoking and rescinding the U.S. International Climate Finance Plan issued by the previous administration, including policies that were implemented to advance JETP. As a result, effective immediately, the USA has announced the termination of its membership of the International Partners Group (IPG) for JETPs South Africa, […]

 The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Mr Ronald Lamola, will host the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Cuba, HE Mr Bruno Rodriquez Parrilla, on 10 March 2025 for Bilateral Talks in Pretoria. The Working Visit will provide an opportunity for the two Ministers to strengthen South Africa-Cuba strategic bilateral relations and cooperation programmes. The Ministers will also exchange views on regional and global issues of mutual concern. Cuba […]