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Tag: Cyril Ramaphosa

  • Saturday, January 27th 2024 - 10:30 UTC

    ICJ ruling on Gaza prompts mixed reactions

    South African President Ramaphosa dubbed Friday's ruling a “victory for international law, for human rights, and, above all, for justice”

    The International Court of Justice (ICJ) Friday ordered Israel by 15 votes to 2 to take all necessary measures to avoid genocide in Gaza. But, while failing to declare that such a calamity already existed in the war-torn Middle East region as those filing the case earlier this month presumably expected, it also stopped short of mandating a ceasefire.

  • Wednesday, July 19th 2023 - 10:30 UTC

    South Africa will not arrest Putin when he joins BRICS summit in Johannesburg

    President Cyril Ramaphosa made the warning weeks ahead of the international meeting of BRICS, in Johannesburg, to which the Russian president is invited.

    Any attempt to arrest Vladimir Putin when he visits South Africa would be a declaration of war against Russia, the country's president has said. Cyril Ramaphosa made the warning with weeks to go before the international meeting of BRICS, happens in Johannesburg, to which the Russian president is invited.

  • Monday, June 19th 2023 - 08:18 UTC

    Ramophosa tells Putin Ukraine war needs to end

    The conflict must be solved through diplomatic channels, Ramophosa insisted

    South African President Cyril Ramaphosa told his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin during the weekend that the war in Ukraine must “come to an end” because it “has a negative impact on the African continent and of course on many other countries around the world.”

  • Monday, July 11th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

    At least 21 killed in separate night outings across South Africa

    These violent deaths are “unacceptable and disturbing,” Ramaphosa said

    At least 21 people were killed and 16 others wounded by early Sunday in separate shootings across South Africa during the weekend, as the country undergoes the worst wave of violence since the apartheid era.

  • Friday, April 15th 2022 - 21:46 UTC

    Nearly 400 killed in “Biblical” South African floods

    The Port of Durban, one of the largest and busiest in Africa, has been hard-hit, and incoming shipping is being redirected to Coega, about 900km southwest of Durban. (Pic Reuters)

    Devastating floods throughout the whole week in South Africa have left at least 395 people dead by Friday and countless families displaced from their homes. While relief work continues, weather forecasts are anything but encouraging.

  • Monday, January 3rd 2022 - 09:13 UTC

    Nobody hurt as South Africa's Parliament burns

    Ramaphosa spoke of his sadness at “this destruction of the home of our democracy”

    South Africa's Parliament building in Cape Town was severely deteriorated by a huge fire Sunday. Although nobody has been reported injured, the event has sparked national security concerns. A suspect has been arrested. Firefighters worked for hours to extinguish the blaze.

  • Monday, December 27th 2021 - 09:41 UTC

    Nobel Peace Price Winner Archbishop Tutu dies aged 90

    Tutu had also opposed tribal initiation rites which caused deaths and mutilations

    South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, an iconic figure during the country's fight against apartheid, has died Sunday at the age of 90 in Cape Town, it was reported. Tutu is survived by his wife of 66 years and their four children.

  • Monday, December 13th 2021 - 09:24 UTC

    South African President tests positive for COVID-19

    “Vaccination remains the best protection against severe illness and hospitalisation,” a statement from the President's Office said.

    South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa Sunday tested positive for COVID-19, it was reported. He is isolated in Cape Town with mild symptoms. It is yet unknown which strain of the virus he has contracted.

  • Monday, November 29th 2021 - 08:59 UTC

    Ramaphosa against travel bans on South Africa

    “The only thing the prohibition on travel will do is to further damage the economies of the affected countries,” Ramaphosa said

    South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has called the entire world Sunday to lift the unjustifiable travel bans imposed on his country after the detection of the Omicron strain of the coronavirus because those restrictions “will do more harm than good.”

  • Saturday, July 17th 2021 - 08:00 UTC

    South African President says last week's attempted insurrection has failed

    Ramaphosa admitted his government was ill-equipped to deal with an uprising of that scale

    Last week's wave of unrest and massive looting all across South Africa, which has left 212 people dead and 2,524 under arrest, was an “attempted insurrection” which “has failed” to achieve its goals, President Cyril Ramaphosa said Friday.

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