Month: August 2025

  On the sidelines of the AU-AIP Africa Water Investment Summit, Minister of Water and Sanitation Pemmy Majodina and AWSISA Chairperson Ramateu Monyokollo signed a groundbreaking Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC), marking the beginning of a collaborative effort to expand access to clean water and improve sanitation for millions of South Africans. The agreement cements a shared commitment to unlock investment, drive innovation, and expand access to clean water and dignified […]

  Declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 14 August 2024, mpox remains a health challenge across several African countries, including Malawi. The country confirmed its first mpox case on 16 April 2025, followed by an official outbreak declaration from the Ministry of Health the next day. As of 11 July 2025, the Public Health Institute of Malawi had recorded 59 confirmed cases, primarily in Lilongwe and Mangochi, […]

  The Presidency invites all South Africans to exercise their right to nominate outstanding members of the public for National Orders, to identify persons nationally and globally who have served the nation or attained personal achievements in exceptional ways. National Orders are the highest awards that our country, through the President, bestows on citizens and eminent foreign nationals. The President as the fount of honour in the country bestows these […]

  Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met with the Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt, Mr. Hassan Abdallah. The Spokesman for the Presidency, Ambassador Mohamed El-Shennawy, said the meeting addressed several topics related to the performance of the Egyptian economy during the current period, including efforts to reduce inflation rates and indicators for enhancing the country's foreign exchange reserves. The meeting also reviewed the situation of the global economy, […]

  Water and Sanitation Minister, Pemmy Majodina has expressed her satisfaction on the commitments made following a three-day inaugural African Union-Africa Water Investment Programme (AIP) Water Investment Summit which was opened by President Cyril Ramaphosa, in Cape Town, South Africa. The Minister announced that more than 10 billion has been raised in the last three days of the summit and is confident that more will be achieved. The Summit, which […]

  Ghana today officially launches the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) licence, making it the first African country and the second globally after Indonesia to issue this licence. This historic milestone solidifies Ghana’s leadership in sustainable forest governance and legal timber trade. The launching ceremony follows the successful go-live of Ghana’s FLEGT license system on Friday, August 15 2025, marking the beginning of verified, legal timber exports. The […]