South African Tribune

His Excellency President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered the SoNA to a Joint Sitting of the two houses of Parliament – the National Assembly and National Council of Provinces – at the Cape Town City Hall on Thursday, 9 February 2023.In his opening remarks, the President said: “It is a great honour to stand before you this evening…

Construction of the landmark steel bridge at Ga-Malekana set to commenceLimpopo Premier, Mr. Chupu Stanley Mathabatha, will spearhead the sod-turning of the construction of steel bridge over the Steelpoort River at Ga-Malekana on 21 February 2023.Premier Mathabatha will be joined by MEC for Public Works, Roads and Infrastructure Ms Nkakareng…

Rail networkThe rail network has suffered from many years of underinvestment, lack of maintenance, criminal activity and inefficiency. To address this, last year, government adopted the National Rail Policy to guide the modernisation and reform of the rail sector, providing, among other things, for third-party access to the rail network.Government is working across government…

Post-EXCO Lekgotla of 17 February 2023The Limpopo Provincial Government has come out of its Provincial Executive Committee Lekgotla with renewed zest after assessment of the 2022/2023 performance as well as recommending plans for 2023/2024. The final planning session before the State of the Province Address, held at Meropa on 17 February 2023, cemented…

Premier Mathabathe holds consultations ahead of the State of the Province AddressThe Premier of Limpopo, Mr Chupu Stanley Mathabatha, has successfully held stakeholder engagements ahead of the State of the Province Address. The Premier met with the Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa, Limpopo House of Traditional Leaders, South African Council of Churches,…

Infrastructure developmentSouth Africa’s infrastructure build programme is gaining pace through the work of the Infrastructure Fund and Infrastructure South Africa, which has been established to support strategic infrastructure projects.One of the greatest obstacles to infrastructure investment is the lack of technical skills and project management capacity. To fix this, Infrastructure South Africa has been allocated…

President Ramaphosa extends deepest condolences to the Zulu nation on the passing of Princess Alice President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed his heartfelt condolences on the sad passing of Her Royal Highness Princess Alice, the daughter of King Solomon kaDinuzulu.Princess Alice is the sister to the late King Cyprian Bhekuzulu kaSolomon who…

Address by Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi during the State of the Province Address, Gauteng Provincial Legislature JohannesburgMadame Speaker Ntombi Mekgwe;Deputy Speaker Vuyo Mhlakaza-Manamela;Chief Whip of the Governing Party Lesego Makhubela; Members of the Executive Council;Members of the Provincial Legislature and NCOP Delegates; Executive Mayors of Gauteng Municipalities;Provincial Leadership of SALGA…