Pretoria: As the 2025 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations reach the halfway mark, the Department of Basic Education (DBE) has reported that the overall administration of the exams continues to proceed smoothly, with stability, integrity and efficiency across all nine provinces. More than 920,000 candidates are currently writing their final

Rome: President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for a renewed global spirit of solidarity, equality, and shared humanity to confront the world’s growing social, economic, and environmental challenges. Delivering a message to His Holiness Pope Leo XIV on Saturday at the Vatican, President Ramaphosa said the world faced immense trials that

Pretoria: Deputy President Paul Mashatile has reaffirmed government’s commitment to scaling up training, accountability and pathways into real economic opportunities for participants in public employment programmes. The Deputy President made this statement while chairing the inaugural meeting of the Public Employment Programmes Inter-Ministerial Committee (PEP-IMC). The committee was established to

Ekurhuleni: As South Africa prepares to host the 2025 G20 Summit, civil society is mobilizing to ensure that the voices of ordinary people are heard at the Civil 20 (C20) South Africa Summit taking place from 12 – 14 November 2025 in Ekurhuleni. The Civil 20 (C20) South Africa Summit

Pretoria: The South African government has dismissed comments made by United States President Donald Trump on his Truth Social platform, describing his post as ‘regrettable’ and ‘not substantiated by fact’. In a statement issued on Saturday, the Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) said it had noted the content

Pretoria: President Cyril Ramaphosa has been elected as the interim Chairperson of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) following the regional bloc’s virtual Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government held on Friday, 7 November 2025. The decision was made after the Republic of Madagascar decided to relinquish its