President Cyril Ramaphosa launched South Africa's revised White Paper on Local Government on Oct. 22, proposing powers matched to each municipality's capacity, ring-fenced utility revenue and licences for all water and electricity providers.
Cyril Ramaphosa urged employers to give young South Africans a first job, saying "Let us stop treating a lack of experience as a lack of ability," with 5.0 million people aged 15 to 34 out of work.
SADC chair Cyril Ramaphosa opened a virtual Extraordinary Summit on Oct. 21, calling for inclusive dialogue in Madagascar, peace in eastern Congo and preparation for a new El Niño, as leaders met to appoint a deputy executive secretary and elect the security organ's incoming chair.
South Africa's 2026 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement cuts this year's growth forecast to 1.2 percent from 1.6 percent, puts the deficit at 3.9 percent of GDP and cuts the fuel levy by R3 a litre on diesel and R1.50 on petrol from Nov. 4.
President Cyril Ramaphosa will launch South Africa's Cabinet-approved Revised White Paper on Local Government on Oct. 22 in Ekurhuleni, replacing the 1998 framework for its 257 municipalities 13 days before the Nov. 4 local elections.
President Cyril Ramaphosa will open a virtual Extraordinary SADC Summit on Oct. 21 at 16h00, where leaders will fill the post of Deputy Executive Secretary for Regional Integration and elect the incoming chair of the bloc's security organ.
U.S. Ambassador Brent Bozell says South Africa refused three of Washington's "Five Asks," including condemning the "Kill the Boer" chant and easing race-based mining rules. A Sept. 15 visa policy and a 12.5% Section 301 tariff are in force; Pretoria has summoned him three times.
South Africa and Mozambique hold a joint ceremony at Mbuzini, Mpumalanga, on Monday to mark 40 years since President Samora Machel and 34 others died in a 1986 plane crash whose cause has never been established.
South Africa's Eastern Cape has started about 3,500 people on lenacapavir, the HIV prevention injection given twice a year, and Health MEC Ntandokazi Capa is urging young people and sex workers to come forward.
President Ramaphosa will attend Parliament on Wednesday, Oct. 21, as Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana tables the 2026 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement, the first test of February's promise of a 4 percent deficit and falling debt.
President Cyril Ramaphosa told the Bana Pele Leadership Summit that around a million children aged three to five are in no early learning programme, and set out a roadmap to universal early childhood development by 2030.
President Cyril Ramaphosa opened Vedanta's Gamsberg Phase II zinc plant in Aggeneys, Northern Cape, doubling ore capacity to 8 million tonnes, and urged South Africa to process its minerals at home instead of exporting them raw.