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We are hopeful that there will be a negotiated settlement that will bring an end to the nightmare, and we want it sooner rather than later - in fact, we want to call for a ceasefire - an immediate ceasefire is what the whole world needs so that this horrible war can come to an end with immediate effect.

— President Cyril Ramaphosa, speaking on the sidelines of a government gathering in KwaZulu-Natal

The cost of what they contributed to our struggle is incalculable. We cannot even begin to count what it cost for us to be where we are. In stone and bronze, we continue to write our history. Not the history of those who held power unjustly but the history of those who refused to let injustice have the final word.

— Cyril Ramaphosa on the Mandela and Tambo statues, Durban, March 4, 2026.

South Africa welcomes the African Union’s Peace and Security Council report.

— President Cyril Ramaphosa stated this during the 39th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly in Addis Ababa, where he presented his views on peace and security across the continent.