Sunday, November 9, 2025

Global finance reform key for sustainable development

Friday, November 7, 2025

The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Dr Dion George, has called for urgent reforms to the international financial system so that multilateral banks can provide long-term and affordable capital for sustainable development and climate action.

According to the Global Stocktake, the collective

Southern African Large Telescope marks 20 years of astronomical achievements

Friday, November 7, 2025

The Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Nomalungelo Gina, will deliver the keynote address at the 20th anniversary celebration of the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) on Monday, 10 November 2025, in Sutherland, Northern Cape.

For the past two decades, Africa’s Giant Eye on the Sky, situated at the National Research Foundation’s (NRF) South African Astronomical Observatory (NRF-SAAO) in

SABC journalists win gold for outstanding UN coverage

Friday, November 7, 2025

The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, has congratulated the South African Broadcasting Corporation’s (SABC) correspondent Sherwin Bryce-Pease, and videographer Aaron Berbrick for being recognised for their outstanding broadcast media coverage of the United Nations (UN). 

This accolade pertains to an interview conducted by Bryce-Pease and Berbrick with Tom Fletcher, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs,

South Africa strengthens trade ties with Saudi Arabia

Friday, November 7, 2025

The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic) will undertake an Outward Selling Mission (OSM) to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 10 – 12 November 2025. 

The project forms part of the implementation plan for the recently concluded Joint Economic Commission,

Civil Society unites for a just, inclusive and sustainable future

As South Africa prepares to host the 2025 G20 Summit, civil society is mobilising to ensure that the voices of ordinary people are heard at the Civil 20 (C20) South Africa Summit taking place from 12 - 14 November 2025 in Ekurhuleni

The Civil 20 (C20) South Africa Summit is set to

South Africa notes President Trump’s regrettable Truth Social post

The South African government has dismissed comments made by United States President Donald Trump on his Truth Social platform, describing his post as “regrettable” and “not substantiated by fact”.

In a statement issued on Saturday, the Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO)

President Ramaphosa elected interim Chair of SADC

President Ramaphosa.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has been elected as the interim Chairperson of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) following the regional bloc’s virtual Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government held on Friday, 7 November 2025.

The decision follows the Republic of Madagascar’s