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Image: GCIS South African President Cyril Ramaphosa concluded the Extraordinary Summit of SADC Heads of State today, announcing a decisive diplomatic intervention to ensure stability and democratic restoration in the Republic of Madagascar. In his closing remarks, President Ramaphosa confirmed that the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will deploy a Panel of Elders and a Mediation Reference Group to the island nation. This mission is tasked with engaging all local

Image: courtesy of Polity.org The Foundation of Unity In the global effort to dismantle the structures of corruption, South Africa has reached a pivotal chapter in its journey. Having successfully navigated both cycles of the Implementation Review Mechanism, we have moved beyond the theoretical. We have taken our findings and woven them into the very fabric of our nation rewriting legislation, refining national strategies, and sharpening our policies. But we recognized early

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: news24 The atmosphere in the room was one of warm cooperation as Deputy President Paul Mashatile of South Africa rose to welcome the Prime Minister of Finland, Anti Petteri Orpo, and his esteemed delegation. Speaking on behalf of President Cyril Ramaphosa, who conveyed his regrets, the Deputy President set a constructive tone for the bilateral meeting. The visit was highlighted as being perfectly timed, following South Africa's successful hosting of the G20 Leaders’ Su

Image: Supplied Global Citizen, the world’s leading movement to end extreme poverty, successfully concluded the inaugural African edition of its action summit, Global Citizen NOW: Johannesburg . This pivotal event marked the culmination of the year-long "Scaling Up Renewables in Africa" campaign, generating significant new commitments from governments, private sector investors, and development institutions aimed at accelerating Africa's clean energy transition. The summit's c

Image: FF Plus The Department of Agronomy in Stellenbosch University’s Faculty of AgriSciences is currently advertising two internships for junior research assistants. The advertisement states, among other things, that only Black / Coloured / Indian / Chinese South African citizens with a South African identity document will be considered for the positions.  In practice, this means any South African citizen, provided they are not white. The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) receiv

Image: Supplied Doctors Against Genocide (DAG) is issuing an urgent, emergency alert following the latest UN OCHA Gaza Humanitarian Response Situation Report ( No. 20) and dire warnings from Gaza’s Government Media Office. While official reports acknowledge severe strain, DAG’s medical partners on the ground report a rapidly deteriorating emergency far more catastrophic than publicly understood. Nearly 1.5 million displaced Palestinians, most living in makeshift tents, are n

Image: Supplied FederalGovernment.info ( FEDCON ) confirms that the full resumption of federal agency operations marks the beginning of significantly expanded contract opportunities for small businesses nationwide. The end of the recent funding lapse clears the backlog of delayed procurements, allowing agencies to execute new spending plans and meet required small business contracting goals for the current fiscal year. The funding resolution immediately unlocks billions of d