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International forces are worried about the irregularities in the amount of violence used against Mozambican citizens during the post-election protests. The 27th of November (Wednesday) saw another deadly round of protests, with anti-government protesters and law enforcement clashing and fighting in different parts of the country. The northern city of Nampula, which is the capital …

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Former President of South Africa and Patron of the Thabo Mbeki Foundation, His Excellency Thabo Mbeki;Former Prime Minister of Australia, His Excellency Tony Abbott;Former Prime Minister of Mali, His Excellency Moussa Mara;Former Minister of Commerce and Industry, India, Honourable Anand Sharma;Chairman, Observer Research Foundation, India, Mr Sunjoy Joshi;President, Observer Research Foundation, India, Mr Samir Saran;Chief …

Read more “Address by Deputy President of South Africa, H.E. Shipokosa Paulus Mashatile, at the 2nd Cape Town Conversation”

President Cyril Ramaphosa will brief the media on Monday, December 2, 2024, about South Africa’s Group of Twenty (G20) Presidency. During the recent G20 Rio Leaders’ Summit in Brazil, President Ramaphosa officially accepted South Africa’s responsibility for the G20 Presidency in 2025. This will be the first time an African economy leads the G20 for …

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MFWA (Media Foundation for West Africa – an international non-governmental organization based in Accra, Ghana, founded in 1997, an organization that campaigns against violation of freedom of the press in West Africa) welcomes the Ghana electoral commission’s decision to consult election Accreditation. The MFWA has read with relief the statement from the Electoral Commission (EC), …

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Voting in Namibia started at 7H00 on Wednesday with polls closing at 21H00. The youngest Of Namibia’s candidates is a 37-year-old professor Job  Amupanda, the oldest being Henk Mudge at the age of 72. Netumbo Nandi Ndaitwah is the only woman in a race where most women vote. Namibians are waiting for the results of …

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Government welcomes the latest national and provincial audit outcomes from the Auditor-General (AG) of South Africa, which reveal a remarkable leap in the number of clean audits across national and provincial government departments. These results show progress that has been made in strengthening financial and performance management in these two spheres of government. The notable …

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On the 9th of October, elections were held to elect the next president of Mozambique, with 250 members of the Assembly of the Republic and the members of the ten provincial assemblies. The ruling party, FRELIMO, led by Daniel Chapo, has increasingly been marked with concerns of authoritarianism and impunity aimed controversies around the 2023 …

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The Deputy Minister Alvin Botes will co-chair the South Africa-Poland Political Consultations with his counterpart, H.E. Mr Andrzej Szejna, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, on 29 November 2024 in Warsaw, Poland. The consultations will provide an opportunity for the Deputy Minister and his counterpart to review …

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