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[Read] The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) will host a multinational maritime exercise with Russia and China over a 10-day period to strengthen the already flourishing relations between the three countries
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[Read] The Stilfontein Regional Court has sentenced at least 87 illegal miners to a combined 696 years imprisonment
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President Zuma: I have therefore come to the decision to resign as the president of the Republic
#ZumaPresser
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[Read] The Department of Home Affairs has dismissed the Chief Director who recommended that self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his family be issued with Permanent Residence Permits - with immediate effect
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[Watch] The Minister is currently being briefed by senior Eskom officials at the Kusile Power Station
@Eskom_SA
@Kgosientsho_R
#LeaveNoOneBehind
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President Cyril Ramaphosa paying a courtesy call on Her Majesty the Queen at the Windsor Castle. GCIS
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[Read] The
@thedpsa
has issued a circular to all national and provincial departments giving notice that job applicants are no longer required to submit certified copies of their educational qualifications and other relevant documents on their applications
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Minister calls for South African to avoid all cold meat products such as Viennas, frankfurters, sausages
#Listeriosis
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[Read]
@HomeAffairsSA
Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, has welcomed the swift arrest of a Refugee Status Determination Officer (RSDO) based at the Desmond Tutu Refugee Reception Centre in Pretoria on Tuesday
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[Read] The national Department of Transport announced on Thursday that South Africa has granted Turkey's Karpowership access to the three ports of Ngqura, Durban and Saldanha Bay for 20 years
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South Africa calls for increased efforts to find a solution that will help de-escalate tensions and avert armed conflict in the Russia-Ukraine conflict
#RussiaUkraineConflict
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Government sets record straight on
#100MenMarch
, saying it has not invited
#ArthurMafokate
to be part of the march
@ArthurMafokate
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Final preparations underway at Orlando Stadium ahead of
#WinnieMandelaFuneral
tomorrow
#WinnieMandela
#WinnieMadikizelaMandela
#RIPWinnieMandela
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The
#Unemployment
rate has dropped to 34.5% in the first quarter of 2022. The results indicate that 370 000 jobs were created between the fourth quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2022.
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#CabinetReshuffle
Nhlanhla Nene returns as new Minister of Finance pending his swearing in as an MP
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President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to be in the crowd when the
#Springboks
take on New Zealand
#AllBlacks
, in the
#RWCFinal
on Saturday evening
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Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has been appointed the Minister in the Presidency responsible for Electricity.
#cabinetreshuffle
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[Read] The Office of the Chief Justice has announced that Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo has assumed responsibilities as Acting Chief Justice with effect from yesterday
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Breaking l The SANDF has commenced with pre-deployment processes and procedures in line with a request for assistance received from the NATJOINTS to assist law enforcement agencies deployed in Gauteng and KwaZulu Natal Provinces
#violentprotest
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#GlobalCitizenFestivalSA
#Mandela100
hosts include
#NaomiCampbell
,
#BonangMatheba
,
#SirBobGeldof
,
#GayleKing
,
#TylerPerry
&
#ForestWhitaker
@RadebeJeff
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[HAPPENING NOW] Deputy President
@PMashatile
is hosting his counterpart, Francia Elena Márquez, Vice President of Colombia for an Official Visit to South Africa.
#ColumbiaInSA
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The 2018
#MandelaDay
lecture will be on the 17th of July in Johannesburg and will be delivered by Barack Obama
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Professor Tulio de Oliveira: Unfortunately, we have detected a new variant, which is a reason for concern in SA. The variant has a very high number of mutations
#COVID19
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#FreeEducation
NSFAS packages already allocated to existing NSFAS students in their further years of study will be converted from loans to 100% grants effective immediately.
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[Read] President Cyril Ramaphosa will unveil two statues of the Father of the Nation on 18 July 2023 in Mthatha, Eastern Cape, as part of the International Nelson Mandela Month celebrations
#MandelaDay
#MandelaMonth
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[Read] The four
#MotiBrothers
who were abducted in Limpopo in October, have been reunited with their family, the South African Police Service (SAPS) said
@SAPoliceService
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South Africa has lent its support to the candidature of the Speaker of the National Assembly of Tanzania, Dr
@TuliaAckson
, to be the President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
#IPU
#sadc
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The nation eagerly awaits
#BarackObama
to deliver the 16th
#MandelaLecture
#NMAL2018
. Madiba's influence spread across the world and inspired greatness. Watch the lecture live at 2pm on SABC 2, and .
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News just in: The ANC has announced that the National Executive Committee has taken the decision to recall President Jacob Zuma
#ZumaRecall
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BRIEFING ALERT | PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA TO MAKE ANNOUNCEMENT ON NATIONAL EXECUTIVE
#cabinetreshuffle
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President Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver the 2022 State of the Nation Address on Thursday, 10 February 2022, at 7 pm. Here is why SONA Matters:
#SONA2022
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Residents warned to be vigilant when buying from spaza shops
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Ministerial special award goes to Tshepo Makwela from Rivoni school for the blind in Limpopo.
#MatricResults2022
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[Read] In its ongoing clean-up operations, the Department of Home Affairs has dismissed two employees for fraud relating to the selling of South African identities to foreign nationals who do not deserve such documents
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Deputy President Ramaphosa, Sports Minister Nxesi and Deputy Minister Oosthuizen arrive in London for World Cup bid presentation
#Rugby2023
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Dr Tshepo Motsepe, the spouse of President
@CyrilRamaphosa
and First Lady of SA, arrives at Edward L Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, for her official visit to the USA ahead of
#UNGA
.
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#Drake
in Johannesburg. He briefly spoke to youth about achieving their dreams
#youthmonth2016
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President Jacob
#Zuma
, Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, Ministers and Deputy Ministers at the scheduled routine meetings of Cabinet Committees in Cape Town. GCIS
#SONA2018
@PresidencyZA
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President
@CyrilRamaphosa
will at 2pm announce
#MercedesBenz
’s new investment into South Africa’s
#vehicle
#manufacturing
industry at the Mercedes-Benz plant, 7 Settlers Way, Gately, East London.
@PresidencyZA
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Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies: Ms Khumbudzo Ntshavheni
#cabinetreshuffle
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Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Thembi Nkadimeng
#cabinetreshuffle
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Among those who have arrived at
#SAInauguration19
are the people’s doctor Dr Sindi Van Zyl, musician PJ Powers and Gauteng Premier David Makhura .
#SAInauguration19
#Democracy25
@sindivanzyl
@David_Makhura
@GautengProvince
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that there are now more than 900 confirmed cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in SA
#Covid19SA
#CoronavirusInSouthAfrica
#21daysLockdownSA
#StayHomeSA
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[Read] President
@CyrilRamaphosa
on Thursday evening outlined his vision for government for the next five years, emphasising that a strong social compact was needed “if we are to achieve the South Africa we want”
#SONA2019
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[Read] Home Affairs Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, has commended the officials involved in the bust of a passport syndicate in Krugersdorp
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Let this Women's Month be the best yet to bring about the change the country needs to push gender equality. Let us all work together to make women empowerment a reality for the rocks of this nation.
#WomensMonth
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The KZN Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs has begun negotiations with
#Spar
KZN management, with the view of terminating the contracts of franchise owners who are involved in price hiking during the
#CoronavirusOutbreak
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Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, President Cyril Ramaphosa will today, 26 March 2020, deliver well wishes to the
@SAPoliceService
and the South African National Defence Force ahead of the National Lockdown
#21daysLockdownSA
#StayHomeSA
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Large gatherings, especially those which involve the consumption of alcohol, are a major risk and undermine our efforts to contain the spread of the virus, Cabinet said
#postcabinetbriefing
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#FreeEducation
Fully subsidised full cost of study will include Tuition Fee, Prescribed Study Material, Meals, Accommodation and/or Transport.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned an alleged violent racist incident at the Maselspoort Resort, just outside Bloemfontein on Christmas day
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President Ramaphosa on a working lunch with Senior International Investors and Business Leaders held at Bloomberg Studio in London.
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WATCH: Former President Thabo Mbeki receives a rousing welcome
#SAInauguration19
#Democracy25
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WATCH: Kieswetter announces that taxpayers earning below R500 000 are now no longer required to submit returns. This is an increase from the previous threshold of R350 000
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Hundreds of
#Springboks
supporters are at the O.R. Tambo International Airport to welcome the 2019 Rugby World Cup-winning Springbok squad
#StrongerTogether
#RCW19
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[Read] President Cyril Ramaphosa has successfully held an audience with both Russian and Ukrainian leaders putting forward elements of the African Peace Mission Initiative.
#AfricanPeaceMission
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#Justice
and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola has appointed 158 new magistrates for courts around the country
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President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation this evening on his response to the State Capture Report
#StateCapture
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Today, Pres Cyril Ramaphosa and German Chancellor Angela Merkel attended the official handover of 5 BMW vehicles that will be used to fight against Gender-Based Violence and Femicide
#GBVF
#GermanyInSA
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The recall of food products is for the companies Enterprise and Rainbow foods
#Listeriosis
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JUST IN: National Assembly Speaker Baleka
#Mbete
announces that the
#NoConfidenceVote
will be held by
#SecretBallot
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Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs will be Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, with two deputies
#CabinetAnnouncement
#Cabinet2019
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[WATCH] Head of the Presidential Protection Services Major General Wally Rhoode, briefs the media meant to cover President Ramaphosa on the
#AfricanPeaceInitiative
about the delays and challenges encountered in Poland.
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President Zuma
@PresidencyZA
hosted the 16th annual Jacob Zuma RDP Education Trust Senior Citizens' Christmas Party at Mnyakanya High School, KwaNxamalala,
#Nkandla
in KZN, on Wednesday. GCIS
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Former President FW de Klerk has cast his vote at Sea Point in Cape Town. He said: “Everything is not dark in South Africa. If the ANC wins &
@CyrilRamaphosa
keeps his promises, things will get better”.
#SADecides2019
#SAElections2019
#VotingDay
#VOTE19
@IECSouthAfrica
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Anti-apartheid activist Dennis Goldberg has just cast his vote at the Sentinel Primary School in Houtbay, Cape Town. Goldberg is one of surviving Rivonia trialists - with struggle stalwart Andrew Mlangeni. Others who were tried in 1963 include Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, etc
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Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Land Reform Zoleka Capa
#cabinetreshuffle
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Breaking I President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation on the outbreaks of violence
#violentprotest
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President
@CyrilRamaphosa
declares Special Official Funeral Category 2 for struggle veteran
#ZondeniSobukwe
.
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[Photos] Arrival of Heads of State
His Excellency Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in South Africa for the
#BRICSSummit2023
received by Deputy President Paul Mashatile
#BRICSza
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[READ FULL STATEMENT] BY PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA ON PROGRESS IN THE NATIONAL EFFORT TO CONTAIN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, TUYNHUYS, CAPE TOWN, 28 DECEMBER 2020
#COVID19
#Level3
@PresidencyZA
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President
@CyrilRamaphosa
receiving courtesy call from the
#BRICS
Foreign Ministers ahead of the BRICS Ministerial Meeting at the OR Tambo Building, Pretoria.
@DIRCO_ZA
@LindiweSisuluSA
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[WATCH] President
@CyrilRamaphosa
visited the Polish capital, Warsaw, to pay a courtesy call on President Andrzej Duda, who leads a country that shares borders with Ukraine and Russia and is deeply affected by the regional conflict.
#AfricanPeaceInitiative
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Deputy President
@DDMabuza
will today at 12pm welcome 260 Cuban-trained medical students who are returning to South Africa at a reception ceremony to be held at the OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg.
@PresidencyZA
@ortambo_int
@HealthZA
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[Pics] President-elect
@CyrilRamaphosa
assesses the state of readiness for the Presidential Inauguration to be held tomorrow at the Loftus stadium in Pretoria.
#SAInauguration19
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