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At Solidarity’s behest, FF Plus reports Lamola to clearing house over handling of US talks
Comments Gift article Bookmark 0:00 Subscribers can listen to this article The Solidarity Movement has lobbied the FF Plus and DA to report the Minister of International Relations, Ronald Lamola, to the GNU clearing house. Soeren Stache/picture alliance via Getty Images Read this for free Be among those who shape the future with knowledge. Uncover exclusive stories that captivate your mind and heart with our FREE 14-day subscription trial.
At Solidarity’s behest, FF Plus reports Lamola to clearing house over handling of US talks
You have 5 articles to share every month. Send this story to a friend! Enter recipient email address Subscribers can listen to this article The Solidarity Movement has lobbied the FF Plus and DA to report the Minister of International Relations, Ronald Lamola, to the GNU clearing house. Read this for free Be among those who shape the future with knowledge. Uncover exclusive stories that captivate your mind and heart with our FREE 14-day subscription trial.
Government will seek supervisory order on implementation of ConCourt Refugee Act ruling
21m ago Share Comments Gift article Bookmark Add as a preferred source on Google Share your Subscriber Article You have 5 articles to share every month. Send this story to a friend! Loading, please wait... 0:00 Subscribers can listen to this article Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi says government has approached the courts for help. GCIS/Supplied. Read this for free Be among those who shape the future with knowledge.
Government will seek supervisory order on implementation of ConCourt Refugee Act ruling
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Lawyers question Brink’s defence of Tshwane raid as ‘clickbait’ stunt rattles DA
3h ago Share Comments Gift article Bookmark Add as a preferred source on Google Share your Subscriber Article You have 5 articles to share every month. Send this story to a friend! Loading, please wait... 0:00 Subscribers can listen to this article DA Tshwane mayoral candidate Cilliers Brink has told News24 that what transpired at a property in Lynnwood was not a raid but a search. Gallo Images/Rapport/Deon Raath Read this for free Be among those who shape the future with knowledge.
Lawyers question Brink’s defence of Tshwane raid as ‘clickbait’ stunt rattles DA
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Elections Poll ’26 | DA ahead of ANC in Tshwane
1h ago Share Comments Gift article Bookmark Add as a preferred source on Google Share your Subscriber Article You have 5 articles to share every month. Send this story to a friend! Loading, please wait... 0:00 Subscribers can listen to this article ActionSA mayor Nasiphi Moya is viewed more favourably than her own party. Gallo Images/Frennie Shivambu Read this for free Be among those who shape the future with knowledge.
DA says IEC neither neutral nor right in PR lists court wrangle
Comments Gift article Bookmark 0:00 Subscribers can listen to this article DA MP Ashor Sarupen says the IEC should be concerned about the constitutional implications of the decision by ActionSA, the EFF, the MK Party and the GOOD Party. Storm Simpson/News24 Read this for free Be among those who shape the future with knowledge. Uncover exclusive stories that captivate your mind and heart with our FREE 14-day subscription trial. Dive into a world of inspiration, learning, and empowerment.
IEC says DA’s list case is meritless and risks disrupting election
Comments Gift article Bookmark 0:00 Subscribers can listen to this article IEC CEO Sy Mamabolo says the DA’s bid to set aside four parties’ proportional representation lists lacks merit and, if granted, would disrupt the upcoming elections. Sharon Seretlo/Gallo Images Read this for free Be among those who shape the future with knowledge. Uncover exclusive stories that captivate your mind and heart with our FREE 14-day subscription trial. Dive into a world of inspiration, learning, and empowerment.
DA is trying to invent law where there is none, parties counter in PR list challenge
1h ago Share Comments Gift article Bookmark Add as a preferred source on Google Share your Subscriber Article You have 5 articles to share every month. Send this story to a friend! Loading, please wait... 0:00 Subscribers can listen to this article ActionSA and three other parties have countered that the DA’s court challenge to their single-candidate PR lists has no basis. Laird Forbes/Gallo Images Read this for free Be among those who shape the future with knowledge.
Dirco demarches US ambassador to SA Bozell, again, after media blitz
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Ekurhuleni facilities lying fallow for years because of ANC failures, DA says
33m ago Share Comments Gift article Bookmark Add as a preferred source on Google Share your Subscriber Article You have 5 articles to share every month. Send this story to a friend! Loading, please wait... 0:00 Subscribers can listen to this article Ekurhuleni city manager Kagiso Lerutla says infrastructure projects worth more than R500 million remain unused due to delays connecting them to municipal services.
Ramaphosa condemns ‘white genocide’ lobbying, language that ‘glorifies killing’
19m ago Share Comments Gift article Bookmark Add as a preferred source on Google Share your Subscriber Article You have 5 articles to share every month. Send this story to a friend! Loading, please wait... 0:00 Subscribers can listen to this article US President Donald Trump speaking to President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House last year. Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images Read this for free Be among those who shape the future with knowledge.
Ramaphosa replied to Trump, say SA negotiators, in response to Bozell’s barrage
Comments Gift article Bookmark 0:00 Subscribers can listen to this article US President Donald Trump greets President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa as he arrives to the White House on 21 May 2025 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Read this for free Be among those who shape the future with knowledge. Uncover exclusive stories that captivate your mind and heart with our FREE 14-day subscription trial. Dive into a world of inspiration, learning, and empowerment.
US refugee programme for Afrikaners is Apartheid 2.0 – Lamola
Comments Gift article Bookmark 0:00 Subscribers can listen to this article International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola, with South Africa’s ambassador to the United States Roelf Meyer, at the South African Embassy in Washington, DC. X/@RSAinDC Read this for free Be among those who shape the future with knowledge. Uncover exclusive stories that captivate your mind and heart with our FREE 14-day subscription trial. Dive into a world of inspiration, learning, and empowerment.
US refugee programme for Afrikaners is Apartheid 2.0 – Lamola
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New law offers public service a shot at redemption: PSC chair
8m ago Share Comments Gift article Bookmark Add as a preferred source on Google Share your Subscriber Article You have 5 articles to share every month. Send this story to a friend! Loading, please wait... 0:00 Subscribers can listen to this article PSC chairperson Somadoda Fikeni says the Public Service Commission Act has been 19 years in the making. Supplied/Department of Communications and Digital Technologies Read this for free Be among those who shape the future with knowledge.
New law offers public service a shot at redemption: PSC chair
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Lamola in talks in the US in wake of sanctions
2m ago Share Comments Gift article Bookmark Add as a preferred source on Google Share your Subscriber Article You have 5 articles to share every month. Send this story to a friend! Loading, please wait... 0:00 Subscribers can listen to this article International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola (pictured) has embarked on diplomatic engagements in America following US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's targeted visa restrictions.
Lamola in talks in the US in wake of sanctions
You have 5 articles to share every month. Send this story to a friend! Enter recipient email address Subscribers can listen to this article International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola (pictured) has embarked on diplomatic engagements in America following US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's targeted visa restrictions. Read this for free Be among those who shape the future with knowledge. Uncover exclusive stories that captivate your mind and heart with our FREE 14-day subscription trial.
Meyer says SA wants to continue talking despite dramatic downturn in US relations
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Lamola links US visa restrictions to Afrikaner lobbying, says bilateral talks will continue
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Lamola links US visa restrictions to Afrikaner lobbying, says bilateral talks will continue
You have 5 articles to share every month. Send this story to a friend! Enter recipient email address Subscribers can listen to this article International Relations Minister Ronald has linked visa restrictions to misguided lobbying by groups pretending to represent Afrikaner interests. Read this for free Be among those who shape the future with knowledge. Uncover exclusive stories that captivate your mind and heart with our FREE 14-day subscription trial.
Bozell threatens further sanctions as Washington puts pressure on SA
1h ago Share Comments Gift article Bookmark Add as a preferred source on Google Share your Subscriber Article You have 5 articles to share every month. Send this story to a friend! Loading, please wait... 0:00 Subscribers can listen to this article International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola (right) met US Ambassador Leo Brent Bozell. Bozell has indicated Washington is ready to escalate its diplomatic standoff with South Africa.
Bozell threatens further sanctions as Washington puts pressure on SA
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Roets’ think tank to place crosses in DC, petition for dedicated US envoy for Afrikaners
Comments Gift article Bookmark 0:00 Subscribers can listen to this article Ernst Roets, founder of Lex Libertas, is behind plans to install 3 000 white crosses on the National Mall in Washington, DC, to protest the alleged murder of white farmers in SA. Gallo Images/Netwerk24/Deaan Vivier Read this for free Be among those who shape the future with knowledge. Uncover exclusive stories that captivate your mind and heart with our FREE 14-day subscription trial.
Emsie Ferreira | Nostalgia and autocracy: SADC’s past is cancelling its future
Comments Gift article Bookmark 0:00 Subscribers can listen to this article South African President and Chair of SADC, Cyril Ramaphosa, during the 46th SADC Summit at the Durban ICC on 17 August. Rajesh Jantilal/AFP via Getty Images Read this for free Be among those who shape the future with knowledge. Uncover exclusive stories that captivate your mind and heart with our FREE 14-day subscription trial. Dive into a world of inspiration, learning, and empowerment. You can only trial once.
How SA diplomat put daylight between himself, Zuma, Ajay Gupta
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How SA diplomat put daylight between himself, Zuma, Ajay Gupta
Comments Gift article Bookmark 0:00 Subscribers can listen to this article South Africa’s high commissioner to India, Anil Sooklal (pictured), said he had no direct interaction with Ajay Gupta beyond a group photograph at a religious ceremony attended by Jacob Zuma. Supplied/Dirco Read this for free Be among those who shape the future with knowledge. Uncover exclusive stories that captivate your mind and heart with our FREE 14-day subscription trial.
Meyer says SA wants to continue talking despite dramatic downturn in US ties
You have 5 articles to share every month. Send this story to a friend! Enter recipient email address Subscribers can listen to this article Pretoria’s ambassador to Washington, Roelf Meyer, says South Africa wants to pursue negotiations with the US, following the Trump administration’s announcement of visa restrictions. Read this for free Be among those who shape the future with knowledge. Uncover exclusive stories that captivate your mind and heart with our FREE 14-day subscription trial.
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma apologises to Lamola for accusing him of vote buying
Comments Gift article Bookmark 0:00 Subscribers can listen to this article Former Cabinet minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has apologised to International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola after attributing a voice note to him while discussing alleged vote buying at the ANC’s 2017 elective conference. Thahasello Mphatsoe/News24 Read this for free Be among those who shape the future with knowledge. Uncover exclusive stories that captivate your mind and heart with our FREE 14-day subscription trial.
Ramaphosa’s SADC chair debut marred by migration crisis as SA pushes free-movement protocol
Comments Gift article Bookmark 0:00 Subscribers can listen to this article President Cyril Ramaphosa issued a public apology for the discrimination and violence foreign nationals endured. Bastien Ohier/Hans Lucas/Hans Lucas via AFP Read this for free Be among those who shape the future with knowledge. Uncover exclusive stories that captivate your mind and heart with our FREE 14-day subscription trial. Dive into a world of inspiration, learning, and empowerment. You can only trial once.
US offers funding for research into hate speech, Afrikaner persecution
Comments Gift article Bookmark 0:00 Subscribers can listen to this article The US State Department has opened applications for a $1.97 million grant to document violence and hateful rhetoric affecting minority communities in South Africa. Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images Read this for free Be among those who shape the future with knowledge. Uncover exclusive stories that captivate your mind and heart with our FREE 14-day subscription trial. Dive into a world of inspiration, learning, and empowerment.
Emsie Ferreira | Pretoria’s gamble: Can SA’s own transition story save South Sudan?
Comments Gift article Bookmark 0:00 Subscribers can listen to this article South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir speaks during another round of peace talks between the South Sudan government and rebel groups at the State House in Nairobi. Tony Karumba/AFP Read this for free Be among those who shape the future with knowledge. Uncover exclusive stories that captivate your mind and heart with our FREE 14-day subscription trial. Dive into a world of inspiration, learning, and empowerment.
AU summit debate on xenophobia in SA would be zero-sum game – Lamola
Comments Gift article Bookmark 0:00 Subscribers can listen to this article The African Union Conference Centre and Office Complex in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. International Realations Minister Ronald Lamola said attacking South Africa at an AU summit over attacks on migrants would be zero-sum game. Gunter Fischer/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Read this for free Be among those who shape the future with knowledge.
After Zuma’s India frolic, Lamola proposes review of ex-presidents’ travel perks
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After Zuma’s India frolic, Lamola proposes review of ex-presidents’ travel perks
Comments Gift article Bookmark 0:00 Subscribers can listen to this article International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola says his department is drafting a framework that will set stricter conditions for state support for foreign travel by former heads of state. Yolanda Mdzeke/News24 Read this for free Be among those who shape the future with knowledge. Uncover exclusive stories that captivate your mind and heart with our FREE 14-day subscription trial.
Lamola, Bozell meet as Meyer gets to work in Washington
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Lamola, Bozell meet as Meyer gets to work in Washington Original
Comments Gift article Bookmark 0:00 Subscribers can listen to this article International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola (right) met US Ambassador Leo Brent Bozell (left) in Pretoria on Tuesday as South Africa and the United States continued efforts to improve diplomatic relations. X/@DIRCO_ZA Read this for free Be among those who shape the future with knowledge. Uncover exclusive stories that captivate your mind and heart with our FREE 14-day subscription trial.
No sanction for SA diplomat who visited Indian temple with Zuma and Ajay Gupta
25m ago Share Comments Gift article Bookmark Add as a preferred source on Google Share your Subscriber Article You have 5 articles to share every month. Send this story to a friend! Loading, please wait... 0:00 Subscribers can listen to this article Anil Sooklal, South Africa’s high commissioner to India. Supplied/Dirco Read this for free Be among those who shape the future with knowledge. Uncover exclusive stories that captivate your mind and heart with our FREE 14-day subscription trial.
No sanction for SA diplomat who visited Indian temple with Zuma and Ajay Gupta
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Court to hear challenge to ‘broken’ land expropriation law at heart of US-SA standoff
Comments Gift article Bookmark 0:00 Subscribers can listen to this article DA leader Geordhin Hill-Lewis has said in a statement on Sunday his party will be in court because the right to own property is fundamental to freedom. Rosetta Msimango/News24 Read this for free Be among those who shape the future with knowledge. Uncover exclusive stories that captivate your mind and heart with our FREE 14-day subscription trial. Dive into a world of inspiration, learning, and empowerment.
Emsie Ferreira | ANC-DA bid to lock out fringe parties too late to get over the line
Comments Gift article Bookmark 0:00 Subscribers can listen to this article There is little consensus on how to curb the instability that coalition rule has brought to municipalities of late, with 70 hung councils elected five years ago and less than four months left to do anything. Graphic: Sharlene Rood/News24. Images: Alona Horkova/iStock/Getty Images Plus; Millionsphotos/iStock/Getty Images Plus. Read this for free Be among those who shape the future with knowledge.
SA cautions Ghana on disinformation, refutes reports of visit rejected over xenophobia
You have 5 articles to share every month. Send this story to a friend! Enter recipient email address Subscribers can listen to this article President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office has denied reports that Ghana rejected a request for a state visit, saying no such request was made. Read this for free Be among those who shape the future with knowledge. Uncover exclusive stories that captivate your mind and heart with our FREE 14-day subscription trial.
Ramaphosa picks Ayanda Dlodlo as new ambassador to France Original
President Cyril Ramaphosa will appoint former minister Ayanda Dlodlo (pictured) as South Africa's new ambassador to France ahead of his official visit to Paris. Gallo Images/Sunday Times/Moeletsi Mabe President Cyril Ramaphosa will appoint Ayanda Dlodlo, a veteran of Cabinet and the liberation struggle, as South Africa’s new ambassador to Paris.
Lamola demands answers after diplomat is pictured with Zuma and Gupta in India
Comments Gift article Bookmark 0:00 Subscribers can listen to this article International Relations and Cooperation Minister Ronald Lamola has requested an internal report after Anil Sooklal (third from right) appeared at an Indian temple with former president Jacob Zuma and Ajay Gupta. Screengrab via X/@sachingupta Read this for free Be among those who shape the future with knowledge. Uncover exclusive stories that captivate your mind and heart with our FREE 14-day subscription trial.
Cops say Ghanaian’s death linked to extortion, not xenophobia, as Accra protests
Comments Gift article Bookmark 0:00 Subscribers can listen to this article Diplomatic tension is soaring between South Africa and Ghana over the murder of a Ghanaian national in Cape Town. Matthew Ashton/AMA/Corbis via Getty Images Read this for free Be among those who shape the future with knowledge. Uncover exclusive stories that captivate your mind and heart with our FREE 14-day subscription trial. Dive into a world of inspiration, learning, and empowerment. You can only trial once.
Ramaphosa to meet with Macron in Paris after G7 diplomatic bother
What do you make of John Steenhuisen’s allegations against current and former DA leadership? Please select an option Oops! Something went wrong, please try again later. He’s right to call out betrayal It’s sour grapes after his demotion DA infighting is damaging the party Results He’s right to call out betrayal 11% - 1219 votes It’s sour grapes after his demotion 41% - 4388 votes DA infighting is damaging the party 48% - 5190 votes
Ramaphosa to meet with Macron in Paris after G7 diplomatic bother
31m ago Share Comments Gift article Bookmark Add as a preferred source on Google Share your Subscriber Article You have 5 articles to share every month. Send this story to a friend! Loading, please wait... 0:00 Subscribers can listen to this article French President Emmanuel Macron hugs President Cyril Ramaphosa at the G20 Summit in 2024. Buda Mendes/Getty Images Read this for free Be among those who shape the future with knowledge.
Emsie Ferreira | We don’t want to become America on migration, and every other freedom
21m ago Share Comments Gift article Bookmark Add as a preferred source on Google Share your Subscriber Article You have 5 articles to share every month. Send this story to a friend! Loading, please wait... 0:00 Subscribers can listen to this article The rise of xenophobic sentiment it is more politicised and dysfunctional than ever. Gallo Images/Luba Lesolle Read this for free Be among those who shape the future with knowledge.
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