As the ruling African National Congress prepares for its elective conference in December the focus is now on the contested slot of Deputy President as rival factions fail to groom a credible candidate to challenge President Cyril Ramaphosa...

Buoyed by higher prices for its commodity exports South Africa's economic growth has picked up this year but President Cyril Ramaphosa's government has to finance a far-reaching renewal of the country's energy industry road and rail networks to maximise its ability to take advantage of new market opportunities...

7bn) for new projects which added to previous year's pledges is about 95% of President Cyril Ramaphosa's goal set in 2018 of raising R1...

Britain responded with a travel ban on South Africans without consulting President Cyril Ramaphosa's government; a move followed by several other European Union states...

Lambasted by his opponents in the ruling party for being too close to western capitals and multinational companies President Cyril Ramaphosa has been agonising over his government's 'neutral' position on Moscow's invasion of Ukraine...

In appointing Acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo as the new Chief Justice President Cyril Ramaphosa used his constitutional powers to trump a populist cabal in the 23-person Judicial Services Commission (JSC) which was backing the respected Justice Mandisa Maya President of the Supreme Court of Appeal as the committee's favoured candidate...

That proved way too optimistic as Cyril Ramaphosa found himself outmaneuvered in so many ways by the Zuma-cheerleaders that the former leader had installed in the system...

We hear that Pandor got broad approval from President Cyril Ramaphosa to make a statement but the exact text was not agreed before release and her call for Russia's 'immediate withdrawal' was deemed to have over-stepped the mark...

But after 24 February when the President hosts several African leaders including South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa for a summit he is likely to turn his attention back to local matters...