Government Opinion Pieces
Dear Fellow South African, Recent outbreaks of cholera in Hammanskraal in Gauteng and in the Free State have shown the vital importance of safe and effective water and waste water management.The...
Dear Fellow South African, After the devastation caused by the COVID pandemic to our local tourism industry, the latest figures on tourist arrivals show that the industry is...
Dear Fellow South African, Since the advent of democracy nearly 30 years, South Africa has pursued an independent foreign policy. With the outbreak of Russia-Ukraine conflict, however, there has...
Dear Fellow South African, One of the most important features of an effective democracy is a free media. We should therefore be encouraged by the release last week of the latest World Press...
Dear Fellow South African, The country is faced with both an electricity crisis and a climate crisis, which we must tackle together. As we intensify our efforts to address the electricity...
Dear Fellow South African, The 5th South Africa Investment Conference, which was held in Johannesburg last week, provided a huge boost to the country’s digital economy. In addition to significant...
Dear Fellow South African,
Many young people in South Africa find it difficult to get jobs because they don’t have any work experience. They come out of school, university or college with...
Dear Fellow South African,
We have reached the end of Human Rights Month.
It is a time in which we reflect on the sacrifices that were made in the struggle for freedom, but also on...
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...
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 economic...
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 corruption at...
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 with itself...