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Deputy Finance Minister sees Budget 3.0 as done deal 
By: Bloomberg 15th May 2025 South Africa’s deputy finance minister said next week’s national budget is set to secure approval from lawmakers, after two previous iterations... →
Motsoaledi confident US aid cuts won't collapse HIV programmes 
By: Thabi Shomolekae 15th May 2025 Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi stated on Thursday that government would not allow its decades-long work in the fight against HIV/Aids and TB to... →
Ramaphosa to visit US next week to meet Trump

By: Reuters 15th May 2025 South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will travel to the United States on a working visit next week and will meet US President Donald Trump on... →
Parly committee wants Ramaphosa to continue engagements with US for ‘meaningful relations’ 
By: Thabi Shomolekae 14th May 2025 Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation chairperson Supra Mahumapelo has urged President Cyril Ramaphosa to... →
AfriForum accuses Ramaphosa of causing ‘serious alienation’ of Afrikaners

By: Thabi Shomolekae 14th May 2025 Afrikaner lobby group AfriForum has criticised President Cyril Ramaphosa for insulting Afrikaner refugees by calling them “cowards”, emphasising... →
EFF believes GNU has no credible plan to resolve high unemployment rate

By: Thabi Shomolekae 14th May 2025 The Economic Freedom Fighters has said Statistics South Africa’s official unemployment rate, released on Tuesday, is more evidence that the... →
ANC rejects US’s decision to grant refugee status to Afrikaners

By: Thabi Shomolekae 13th May 2025 The African National Congress on Tuesday rebuffed the US’s decision to grant refugee status to individuals that the party says “self-identify” as... →
First white South Africans arrive in US as Trump claims they face discrimination 
By: Reuters 13th May 2025 The Trump administration welcomed on Monday 59 white South Africans it granted refugee status in the US, having deemed them victims of racial... →
Ramaphosa says Trump’s Afrikaner refugee programme is misguided 
By: Bloomberg 12th May 2025 Dozens of White Afrikaners are scheduled to arrive in the US on Monday, the first beneficiaries of a controversial resettlement programme... →
Ramaphosa attends Africa CEO Forum as he touts Africa-focused trade and investment 
By: Thabi Shomolekae 12th May 2025 President Cyril Ramaphosa will this week attend the Africa CEO Forum in the Ivorian capital, Abidjan, to showcase South Africa’s potential as a... →
First white South Africans go to US under Trump refugee plan 
By: Reuters 12th May 2025 The first 49 white South Africans granted refugee status for being deemed victims of racial discrimination under an offer by US President Donald... →
DA criticises Defence Minister Motshekga for missing meeting on SANDF withdrawal from DRC 
By: Thabi Shomolekae 9th May 2025 The Democratic Alliance (DA) on Friday expressed disappointment with Defence and Military Veterans Minister Angie Motshekga’s absence from a... →