Speeches
SA: Professor Blade Nzimande: Address by Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation, on the occasion of the African Science Leaders G20 Dialogue at Mpumalanga University (25/05/2025)
26th May 2025 Inspired by the theme of this occasion, which is: Harnessing Global Solidarity for the Implementation of STISA 2034, I wish to reflect on severely... →
SA: Maropene Ramokgopa: Address by Minister in The Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation and Chairperson of the G20 Development Working Group, during the 3rd meeting of the Development Working Group (25/05/2025)
26th May 2025 We meet on a significant day, as the African continent and global community celebrates Africa Day. We remember the founding of the Organisation of... →
SA: Enoch Godongwana: Address by Finance Minister, Budget Speech 2025, Parliament (21/05/2025)
21st May 2025 It is unsurprising then that the increase to Value Added Tax (VAT) proposed on March 12 created so much debate. A vital debate no doubt, but one... →
SA: Ronald Lamola: Address by Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, during the media briefing focusing on South Africa’s G20 Presidency (13/05/2025)
13th May 2025 We are now in the sixth month, or halfway into South Africa’s G20 Presidency, a historic responsibility we assumed on 1 December 2024. As the first... →
SA: Senzo Mchunu: Address by Police Minister, at the Official Funeral of Constable Boipelo Senoge, Bloemfontein (08/05/2025)
9th May 2025 This already painful situation was worsened by speculation circulating on various social media platforms. Right from the beginning, we believed... →
SA: Maropene Ramokgopa: Address by Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, at the Bureau for Economic Research (BER) Conference, Balalaika Hotel, Sandton (06/05/2025)
9th May 2025 This conference comes at a critical juncture both globally and here at home. We are navigating a period of significant geopolitical realignment,... →
ActionSA: Lebo Modukanene: Address by ActionSA’s City of Johannesburg Chief Whip, during the council debate on the 2025 State of the City Address (08/05/2025)
8th May 2025 Mayor Morero’s 2025 address was long on nostalgia and short on substance. It painted a picture of optimism that is simply not recognisable to the... →
SA: Enoch Godongwana: Address by Finance Minister, at the Operation Vulindlela Phase II Launch (07/05/2025)
7th May 2025 The plan focused on addressing the long-standing constraints which have held back economic growth for more than a decade. →
SA: Cyril Ramaphosa: Address South Africa's President, at the launch of Operation Vulindlela Phase II (07/05/2025)
7th May 2025 The pandemic arrived just as we were emerging from more than a decade of stagnant economic growth and rising unemployment and from the era of state... →
SA: Mmamoloko Kubayi: Address by Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, on the Opening Ceremony of the 15th Commonwealth Regional Conference for Heads of Anti-Corruption Agencies in Africa (05/05/2025)
5th May 2025 This conference provides a platform for us to send a strong message that corruption will not be tolerated and anybody who thinks they can be... →
