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DA to challenge state of disaster in court to avoid 'looting' after lobbying for one to tackle energy crisis
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Ramaphosa to appoint minister of electricity in his office: President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced he will soon appoint a minister in the presidency who will ...
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Energy crisis: South Africa declares state of emergency: For years, South Africa has been experiencing controlled power outages because the state-owned utility ...
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Ramaphosa announces state of disaster to deal with energy crisis: The president also plans to appoint an electricity minister
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South Africa invokes disaster law to tackle energy crisis: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday declared a national "state of disaster" over his ...
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Democratic Alliance court challenge to Eskom disaster declaration is ‘quite confusing’, says presidency
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Ramaphosa declares state of disaster over electricity crisis | Africanews: The country is running out of electricity and rationing it by imposing scheduled ...
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SONA 2023: Ramaphosa’s tax incentives a ray of light for solar panel roll-out to ease SA’s energy crisis
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SONA 2023: Ramaphosa outlines ‘extraordinary measures’ to deal with SA’s energy crisis ‘existential threat’
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South African Power Crisis - President Declares State of Disaster: President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a national State of Disaster - with immediate effect - ...
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South Africa declares national disaster over blackouts: The government will remove regulatory hurdles to invest in new electricity infrastructure ...
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South Africa: President Declares State of Disaster to Address Energy Crisis: President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a national State of Disaster - with immediate ...
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South Africa power crisis: State of disaster declared by president Cyril Ramaphosa
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South African President Declares State of Disaster Over Energy Crisis: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a state of disaster to enable the ...
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South Africa declares ‘national state of disaster’ over blackouts: President says rolling power cuts ‘an existential threat to our economy and our social fabric’
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Paid articlePaywallPolitical parties unmoved by ‘hollow rhetoric’ contained in president’s rehashed SONA
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Sona2023: State of disaster will enable hospitals and water treatment plants to be exempt from load shedding
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South Africa Declares State of Disaster on Power Crisis
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Ramaphosa warns South Africa to brace for a United States blow: Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa must prepare for the loss of AGOA access.
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Key FactsRamaphosa warns of possible AGOA exclusion
6 days ago · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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Summary created with AI assistance · Source: trtafrika.com
- Ramaphosa said South Africa’s AGOA membership remains uncertain while the government continues discussions with US counterparts.
- AGOA grants eligible African countries duty-free access to the US market for thousands of products; South Africa has benefited for years.
- Trump’s administration tightened pressure over his claim that South Africa persecutes white people; the government calls it a fringe-group falsehood.
- Ramaphosa called potential job consequences devastating and highlighted China’s May-introduced zero-tariff scheme for qualifying South African goods.
I need, as president, to prepare us if it ever happens.— Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa, commenting on the potential exclusion from AGOA and the need to prepare for it.
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ANC’s Ramaphosa on the ground in Cape Town hoping to impress voters: In Mfuleni, Ramaphosa is being greeted by throngs of excited young children as he campaigns ...
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Key FactsANC President Ramaphosa campaigns in Cape Town before local elections
Oct 18, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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Summary created with AI assistance · Source: ewn.co.za
- ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa was in Cape Town this weekend, two weeks before the local government elections.
- In Mfuleni, excited children greeted him while adults raised concerns about jobs, electricity prices and inadequate basic services.
- A resident of the Covid informal settlement said she was unhappy and would not vote.
- In Athlone, Ramaphosa urged the Muslim community to participate in democracy by casting their ballots.
Water, electricity, also the houses that we live [in], is not in a good condition— Mihle Mthetho, a resident of the nearby Covid informal settlement in Mfuleni (which sprung up during the pandemic), said she was unhappy and would not be voting, during Ramaphosa's door-to-door campaign in Cape Town.
‘No community can stand aside,’ Ramaphosa says as he courts Muslim voters in Cape Town
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South African president reinstates suspended police chief: South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Friday he was reinstating the country's police chief ...
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Ramaphosa congratulates Rwanda for bringing F1 back to Africa: President to meet Formula One officials as government seeks financial guarantees for race bid
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Bela bill: South Africa's President Ramaphosa moves to avert coalition row: President Ramaphosa agrees to delay some education reforms that had threatened ...
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Key FactsRamaphosa Discusses Coalition Stability at Dinner
Sep 12, 2024 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
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Summary created with AI assistance · Source: mg.co.za
- President Cyril Ramaphosa hosted a dinner to evaluate the coalition government and discuss a dispute resolution mechanism.
- The gathering coincided with tensions over the impending signing of the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill, which could jeopardize the coalition's future.
- DA leader John Steenhuisen warned of the constitutional implications of the bill and stressed that the ANC must not act unilaterally.
- The president emphasized the need for a stable coalition and stated that threats against the government are unhelpful.
Jacob Zuma's MK party to join South Africa's opposition alliance: MK says it will lead the resistance to the "unholy alliance" of the ANC and the Democratic ...
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Key FactsZuma denounces National Unity Government as white-led alliance, vows to expose "white agents"
Jun 16, 2024 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
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- Umkhonto Wesizwe (MK) Party leader, Jacob Zuma criticized the newly formed Government of National Unity through the party's spokesperson in a media address on Sunday night.
- Zuma intends to expose "white agents" who allegedly planned to lead the country back into apartheid.
- According to Zuma, the GNU is an agreement for the markets and not for the people, sponsored by large corporations.
- Reportedly, the Patriotic Alliance, GOOD, and the Inkatha Freedom Party have all signed the statement of intent to form a government of national unity.
Eskom interventions 'did not rely on state of disaster': electricity minister
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We are in a state of despair and hopelessness in South Africa: South Africa and its people find themselves in a place of hopelessness as it leaps from one crisis ...
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OP-ED: The dogs of war are back – but is Ramaphosa finally seeing the light on Wagner?
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Frank Chikane to take over as chair of ANC Integrity Committee: The ANC’s National Executive Committee held a special meeting on Monday to appoint heads of ...
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OPINIONISTA: The moral case to overthrow the abusive ANC – it is beyond rehabilitation
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Broad agreement at ANC lekgotla to declare state of disaster on energy crisis — Ramaphosa
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Key FactsHead and shoulders above — Cape Town's success may become a key issue in the 2024 elections
Apr 11, 2023 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
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Summary created with AI assistance
- Meanwhile, the City of Cape Town appears to be making progress in press release after press release.
- Statistics South Africa, for example, has confirmed that life expectancy in the Western Cape is higher than in other provinces.
- The question of whether the DA will be able to translate its apparent success in governance in Cape Town into votes in other parts of the country remains unanswered.
- Also, convincing people in Mahikeng that Cape Town is a working example of how things will turn out if the ANC is ousted may be difficult.
‘While we all desperately want to, we cannot end load-shedding overnight’ — Ramaphosa
timeslive.co.za/politics/2023-01-23-while-we-all-desperately-want-to-we-cannot-end-load-shedding-overnight-ramaphosa/
Calls for Ramaphosa to step down increase amid stage six load-shedding: Opposition parties and other organisations aim to take Eskom to court over the crippling ...
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Malema: ‘Everything has collapsed under Ramaphosa and we look like a helpless nation’
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IN FULL | Cyril Ramaphosa announces key reforms to stop state capture: Here is the full address by the president responding to recommendations of the state ...
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8 times Cyril Ramaphosa promised progress on Eskom – and stressed its urgent importance – including in 2015
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