President Cyril Ramaphosa offers his deep condolences to the families of 18 people who lost their lives in a weekend mass shooting incident at Ngobozana village at Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape.
 
The President’s thoughts are also with the survivors of the shootings which occurred in two attacks in the same street and in which most of the victims were women.
 
President Ramaphosa assures the families of the deceased that the South African Police Service has mobilised maximum resources to ensure the perpetrators are brought to book.
 
A team of specialist detectives and forensic science experts have been deployed to the crime scene to assist with the investigation.
 
In addition, Police Minister Senzo Mchunu and the national leadership of the South African Police Service are due to visit families and engage with residents on this tragedy.
 
Excluding the current case, 38 people have been killed under similar circumstances during a period of two years, while 25 suspects remain in custody.
 
President Ramaphosa said: “I feel deeply for all the families and members of the broader community affected by this attack and on behalf of all of us as South Africans, I offer you our deepest sympathies.
 
“While we are united in our grief, we are also united in our outrage and condemnation of this excessive criminal assault which will not go unpunished.
 
“The South African Police Service has proven its effectiveness in dealing with random and organised crime and I am confident the Lusikisiki case will be added to the successes recorded recently by our police service.
 
“Community members should therefore feel free to provide investigators with information that can help police apprehend the attackers and prepare a watertight case for our courts to process.
 
“We will not allow criminals to prevail.”
 

Media enquiries: Vincent Magwenya, Spokesperson to the President – media@presidency.gov.za

Issued by: The Presidency
Pretoria
 

Deputy President Shipokosa Paulus Mashatile has today, Sunday, 29 September 2024, arrived in London, United Kingdom of Great Britain (UK), for the second leg of his working visit,  scheduled to take place on 30 September - 04 October 2024. The purpose of the visit is to improve trade and investment relations between South Africa and the United Kingdom.

This visit follows a successful working visit to Ireland, which was aimed at advancing cooperation between South Africa and Ireland with regard to improving trade and investment, and building on the significant progress made in the fields of science, innovation, as well as education and skills development.

The UK is one of South Africa’s most significant bilateral partners, particularly in trade, investment, skills development, science, innovation, the Just Energy Transition and tourism, among others.

Under the theme: “ Building investor confidence in South Africa and driving foreign direct investment into SA ”, the Deputy President continues to engage with various local and international private sector partners to mobilise investment support and strengthen public-private partnerships to realise the country’s economic growth and transformation objectives.

The Deputy President will also use the opportunity to advance the strategic priorities of the Government of National Unity (GNU) – creating sustainable economic growth, addressing poverty and the high cost of living; and building an ethical, capable developmental state.

During this visit, the Deputy President will engage with representatives from several organisations, including Bloomberg Media, Financial Times, Sasol, Brand South Africa, the London Stock Exchange, Investec’s Investors Roundtable, Standard Bank, JP Morgan, City Bank, Goldman Sachs and the South African Chamber of Commerce.

The Deputy President will also pay a courtesy call on the Duke of Edinburgh, and meet with the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Ms Angela Rayner. 

The Deputy President is leading a delegation comprising; the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Mr Ronald Lamola; the Minister in the Presidency Responsible for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Ms Maropene Ramokgopa; the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Mr Dean Macpherson; the Minister of Small Business Development, Ms Stella Ndabeni Abrahams; the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Ms Rosemary Capa; the Deputy Minister of Finance, Mr David Masondo; the Deputy Minister in the Presidency, Mr Kenneth Morolong and the Deputy Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Mr Andrew Whitfield. 

Media enquiries: Keith Khoza, Acting Spokesperson to Deputy President Mashatile on 066 195 8840

Issued by: The Presidency
Pretoria
 

President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Tuesday, 01 October 2024, launch on behalf of government the phase 2 of the Business and Government Partnership.

The partnership was established over a year ago with the aim of securing progress in energy, transport and logistics, and the combating of crime and corruption as enablers of economic growth and the creation of jobs.

The partnership has made substantial progress thus far, particularly in the significant reduction in loadshedding. 

President Cyril Ramaphosa and senior government and business leaders will provide feedback on progress to date and ambitions for the year ahead.

Members of the media are invited as follows: 
Date: 1 October 2024
Venue: Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), 19 Fredman Drive, Sandton
b:  17h00 ( Media to arrive at 16h00) 

For RSVP please contact: 
Khutjo Sebata - Khutjo@presidency.gov.za / 079 898 4621 
Or
B4SA:
Sandra Sowray - B4SA media: 079 167 6863 / sandra@prologconsulting.co.za
Dani Cohen - B4SA media: 082 897 0443 / dani@prologconsulting.co.za 

Media enquiries: Vincent Magwenya, Spokesperson to the President - media@presidency.gov.za

Issued by: The Presidency
Pretoria