Author: President Cyril Ramaphosa

Cooperation between China and South Africa can be a source of development and mutual benefit between both countries. This is according to President Cyril Ramaphosa through his weekly newsletter released ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Official State Visit to South Africa on Tuesday. Diplomatic relations between South Africa and the Asian powerhouse span some 25 years with cooperation in several sectors including trade and investment, energy and tourism. “We are encouraged by China’s ongoing commitment to supporting African countries to meet the aspirations contained in the African Union’s Agenda 2063, and to the success of the African Continental Free…

President Cyril Ramaphosa says it is critical that South Africa remains on par with other countries that have taken steps to incentivise manufacturers to invest in the production of electric vehicles in the country. This after global auto manufacturer BMW announced that it will be investing some R4.2 billion to equip its Rosslyn Plant in Tshwane to build the next generation BMW X3 hybrid plug in vehicle. This will be the first locally produced electric vehicle to be produced on South African soil. President Ramaphosa emphasised that government, civil society, business and labour must work together to ramp up production…

Dear Fellow South African, For every person living in this country, the past two weeks of load shedding have been extremely frustrating and challenging. The widespread public anger is wholly justified. With Eskom forced to once more implement load-shedding to protect the national grid, individuals, households and businesses have had to contend with power interruptions for up to four hours at a time. Loadshedding is beyond an inconvenience. It has dire consequences for nearly every part of our society from education to public safety to the provision of health services. Large and small businesses alike are losing money and the…