The South African government has rejected claims by Ghana that a Ghanaian national was killed during anti-illegal immigration demonstrations. It says the incident was a criminal attack and not linked to the protests. Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi, who chairs the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Migration, said the shooting was misrepresented. She added that
Regional leaders have pledged to strengthen economic cooperation across Southern Africa as the SADC Finance and Investment Meetings in Harare, Zimbabwe, focused on boosting growth and shielding member states from global economic uncertainty. Zimbabwe’s Finance Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube, SADC Executive Secretary Elias Magosi and South Africa’s Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana, who also chairs the
Criticism is mounting over President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to appoint former communications minister Dina Pule as Minister of Social Development. Anti-corruption organisation Corruption Watch and opposition parties have expressed disappointment over her return to Cabinet more than a decade after she was dismissed following findings of unethical conduct during her previous stint as a minister.