Dear Fellow South African,One hundred years ago, in May 1923, the first bill of rights in South Africa’s history was adopted by the African National Congress. It had no legal standing at the time…
Government Opinion Pieces
Dear Fellow South African,
Since I announced changes to Cabinet last week, there has been much discussion about the size of the executive. This is an important discussion and I welcome it.…
Dear Fellow South African,
Later this week, on 8 March, we will join the rest of the world in celebrating International Women’s Day. This is a day to celebrate achievement and progress, but…
Dear Fellow South African,Last week, South Africa was put on a ‘grey list’ by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for falling short of certain international standards for the combating of money…
Dear Fellow South African,I have just returned from the 36th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Assembly of Heads and State and Government held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.The engagements and…
By Michael Currin
There are glaring omissions of the government’s achievements in Duma Gqubule’s most recent column.
Duma Gqubule’s most recent column foretells precarious…
Dear Fellow South African,
This week will mark five years since we embarked on a new journey in the fight against corruption. In delivering the State of the Nation Address on 16 February…
Dear
Fellow South African,
The recent announcement of an increase in electricity tariffs comes at an extremely difficult time for citizens and businesses alike, who are already…
Dear Fellow South African,A week ago, the Sowetan newspaper carried a front page headlined ‘Unplugged’, listing many small businesses around the country that have been crippled by the electricity…
Fellow South Africans,
As 2022 draws to a close, we can reflect on a tumultuous year. Like for many people around the world, this has been a tough year for many South Africans.
In…
Fellow South Africans,
The announcement by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) last week that it had reached a settlement with an international company implicated in…
Fellow South Africans,
In my address to the second Presidential Summit on Gender-based Violence and Femicide at the beginning of this month, I said that we are a nation at war…
Fellow South African,
Twenty-eight years since the first democratic Parliament sat in Cape Town, we continue to have a Parliament that is activist, responsive and determined to make a…
Broad-Based Black Economic empowerment is here to stay
Fellow South African,
With the advent of democracy in 1994, a key priority of the new government was to transform the economy…
Our common future depends on climate action now
Fellow South African,
Seven months ago, parts of our country experienced a deadly natural disaster that showed how vulnerable South Africa is…
Towards a more professional and capable public service
One of the bitter lessons we take from the state capture era is how fragile our public sector can be and how we need to strengthen it…
Together we can ensure state capture never happens again
Dear Fellow South African,
Over the coming days and weeks, from hashtags to homes to the halls of Parliament, South Africans from…
Media freedom in South Africa is cause for optimism and pride
Dear Fellow South African,A free press is among the most significant dividends of our democracy, yet it is one that we perhaps take…
Early childhood development holds the key to our future
Dear Fellow South African,There are few presidential activities more fulfilling than spending a morning in the company of small children.…
A million work and livelihood opportunities, and counting
Dear Fellow South African,
Less than two years ago, we launched the Presidential Employment Stimulus to create jobs and support…
