South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is already in Ukraine for a peace mission between Moscow and Kiev. According to the international press, the South African President arrived in Ukraine this Friday leading a mission of African heads of state who will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and then travel to...
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa kicks off African peace dialogue in Kiev
The President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, will meet today in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, with the President, Volodymyr Zelensky, as part of the African Peace Mission. According to the South African Presidency, Ramaphosa traveled to Warsaw yesterday afternoon where he met with his counterpart Andrzej Duda from Poland, the country that...
South Africa supports dialogue to deal with instability on the African continent
The President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa has said that the country supports the call for dialogue to deal with instability on the African continent. Cyril Ramaphosa, who was speaking as part of the Ugandan President's visit to the country, says it is essential for Africa to be a peaceful continent and advocates African solutions to African problems....
Cyril Ramaphosa says Europe must subsidize energy transition
The President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, the continent's largest electricity producer, which gets 80% from coal, argued yesterday that Europe should subsidize the energy transition in his country with compensation of 25%. "We think that 25% would be a good subsidy that would allow us to start a fair transition process with...
South Africa criticizes cost of financing energy transition
The President of South Africa today criticized the cost of international aid for the energy transition, considering that loan costs are too high for most countries trying to diversify energy sources. "Currently, multilateral aid is out of reach for the majority of the world's population due to policies of...
Cyril Ramaphosa asks EU to have equal and non-paternalistic relationship with Africa
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said last Thursday that the European Union should look at Africa as a relationship "between equals," "not paternalistic" and without forgetting the impact of the "colonial system" on African economies. "Europe should relate to African countries (...) on a basis of equality and should never be...
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announces measures to combat state corruption
The President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, yesterday announced a series of measures to combat corruption in the state apparatus and warned the corrupt that "they have nowhere to hide". "Corruption is a betrayal of our democracy and an attack on the institutions we established together to promote the values of our Constitution and...
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa denies money laundering charges
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa yesterday denied accusations of money laundering when asked by MPs about the scandal threatening his presidency at the head of Africa's most developed economy. "I deny that there was ever any money laundering," Ramaphosa said in parliament in Cape Town, adding, "It was...
South African President discusses energy crisis with executive
The president of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, yesterday discussed with the executive the recurring unprecedented power crisis affecting the country as a matter of urgency, it was announced yesterday. The South African head of state cancelled his trip to New York, United States of America, where he was also supposed to participate in the United Nations General Assembly,...
South African President says peace is returning to Cabo Delgado
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said today that peace is returning to northern Mozambique following the military intervention by countries in the southern region to combat violent extremism in Cabo Delgado province. "The pleasing thing is that the people who fled the various areas of Cabo Delgado are now...