The 18th Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Meeting of the Council of Ministers (COM) was held at the Southern Sun Elangeni and Maharani Hotel in Durban, South Africa on 2 November 2018 under the theme selected by South Africa for the period of its Chairmanship: “IORA: Uniting...

Excellencies

Distinguished Senior Officials and delegates; Ladies and Gentlemen

Before I begin, let me express our sincere condolences to the Government and people of Indonesia in...

South Africa  notes the adoption of Resolution 2440 (2018) by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)  to extend the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) for the next six months, effective from 01 November...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has concluded a successful working visit to the Federal Republic of Germany where he attended the G20 Investment Summit and the G20 Compact with Africa Conference.

The visit reinforced cooperation between the governments of South Africa and...

In his capacity as President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Special Envoy to the Republic of South Sudan, Deputy President David Mabuza sends his well wishes to the Government and the people of South Sudan on the joyous occasion of National Peace Celebration that is taking place in Juba in...

Chancellor Angela Merkel,

President Paul Kagame,

Prof Dr Heinz-Walter Grosse,

Your Excellencies,

Distinguished Guests,

Thank you for this opportunity to...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has commended German investors for their continued engagement with South Africa. There are around 600 German companies in South Africa, employing more than 100 000 South Africans.

The President says German companies are among those...