National Reconciliation Day was adopted at the start of our democracy when it was envisioned that reconciliation, peace and stability would be a defining character of our new democratic dispensation. Each year we have an opportunity to reach out to one another to deal with our...

The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign is an international campaign that’s takes place each year from 25 November to 10 December.

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Programme Director,

Distinguished Guests,

Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is a great pleasure to welcome you to the third South Africa Investment Conference.

I would like to extend a...

Dear Fellow South African,

Yesterday, the country celebrated Women’s Day. This occasion marks the anniversary of the day in 1956 when 20,000 women marched to the Union Buildings – a great sea of womankind speaking many languages, from different places...

South Africa commemorates Women’s Month in August as a tribute to the more than 20 000 women who marched to the Union Buildings on 9 August 1956 in protest against the extension of Pass Laws to women. The Government of South Africa declared August women’s month and 9 August is...

REMARKS BY H.E. DR. NALEDI PANDOR, MINISTER OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND COOPERATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA AT THE INFORMAL MEETING OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON THE OCCASION OF THE FORMAL RECOGNITION OF THE TWO UNITED NATIONS NELSON ROLIHLAHLA MANDELA...

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My dear friends, President Cyril Ramaphosa,...