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Image: GCIS President Cyril Ramaphosa offers his deep condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Mr Marius van der Merwe, a Brakpan-based security industry member and former Ekhurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department official who recently testified before the Madlanga Commission. Mr Van der Merwe was shot multiple times in full view of his family outside their Brakpan home on Friday evening, 5 December 2025. The President extends his deep condolences to the family o

Image: GCIS Today, we mark the beginning of our annual 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children Campaign, which takes place between today, 25 November and 10 December 2025. This year, the campaign is themed: "Letsema: Men, Women, Boys and Girls working together to end Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF)". The theme is anchored on our commitment to developing positive masculinity and its significance to our efforts to prevent, fight, and eliminate t

Image President Cyril Ramaphosa will at the invitation of His Excellency President Daniel Fransisco Chapo embark on a working visit to the Republic of Mozambique from 02 - 03 December 2025 for the 4th South Africa - Mozambique Bi-National Commission.   South Africa and Mozambique have strategic and fraternal relations developed during the fight against colonialism and apartheid . President Ramaphosa will on Tuesday , 02 December 2025,  lead the South African delegation in the

Image: SABC A New Era of Commitment In his closing remarks at the Global Citizen session on Scaling Up Renewables in Africa, President Cyril Ramaphosa lauded the "extraordinary" scale of the financial commitments pledged, affirming their alignment with the global G20 themes of Solidarity, Equality, and Sustainability. The President underscored that while funding is the first step, the real measure of success will be disciplined implementation and unwavering partnership. South

Image: GCIS The first G20 Leaders’ Summit held on African soil set the stage for a critical engagement in South Africa. President Cyril Ramaphosa, addressing a distinguished gathering of business leaders and government officials, underscored an unambiguous mandate: Africa must be central to the G20’s strategic deliberations. Flanked by key ministers and figures like Ms. Gloria Serobe, Chairperson of the Industrial Development Corporation, the President framed the evening's co

Image: GCIS When South Africa took over the Presidency of the G20 nearly a year ago, we identified ‘equality’ as one of the pillars of our term, alongside ‘solidarity’ and ‘sustainability’. We chose to focus on equality because it is essential to a more stable, prosperous and sustainable world. If the G20 is going to live up to its mission to tackle pressing global economic and financial issues, then it needs to significantly and urgently reduce inequality. Global wealth ineq

Image: Supplied President Cyril Ramaphosa will tomorrow , Tuesday, 04 November 2025, receive the G20 Inequality Committee  Report on global inequalities together with Professor Joseph Stiglitz and UNAIDS Executive Director Ms Winnie Byanyima. The G20 Presidency of South Africa gave a unique opportunity for the country to launch a new Extraordinary Committee of Independent Experts – commissioned by President Ramaphosa, and chaired by Nobel Prize-winning economist Professor Jos

Image: Supplied This week, the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Land Reform and Rural Development is engaged in a strategic planning...