Malusi Gigaba resigns as Home Affairs minister without giving reasons
Opposition parties have welcomed the resignation by Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba. Having failed to persuade the President that he should keep his job, Gigaba quit on the eve of Cyril Ramaphosa’s trip to the European Parliament in Strasbourg and South Africa- European Union summit in Brussels. Just last week, Malusi Gigaba vowed he would […]
Fancy vivid pink diamond from South Africa fetches record price on auction in Geneva
A pink diamond discovered in South Africa more than a century ago has fetched a record price on auction in Geneva. The stone weighing almost 19 carats was once owned by the Oppenheimer family. It took only five minutes of bidding at Christie’s for the hammer to fall on a $50 million bid by the […]
Ramaphosa joins Macron in taking a backhander at U.S. President Donald Trump
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s warns of the international rise of racism and xenophobia cloaked in the mantle of nationalism. His speech to the European Parliament in Strasbourg carries a cautionary note similar to that of French President Emmanuel Macron last Sunday and is seen as a backhander to U.S.President Donald Trump. President Cyril Ramaphosa says the […]