Former Ivory Coast President Gbagbo. Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo rallied supporters in Abidjan on Saturday criticizing incumbent President Alassane Ouattara’s bid for a fourth term ahead of October’s presidential election. Gbagbo, leader of the African People’s Party of Cote d’Ivoire (PPA-CI), addressed a large crowd of chanting supporters, many holding posters with his image….
National Convention delegates at UNISA’s main campus Delegates at the National Convention at the University of South Africa (UNISA), in Pretoria are hard at work streamlining themes for discussion as well as a roadmap for the National Dialogue. One of the key citizen-led conversations at the first National Convention of the National Dialogue, hosted by…
AMCU’s Joseph Mathunjwa President of trade union, AMCU, Joseph Mathunjwa says South Africa needs a political reset. He was speaking at a gathering to mark the 13th anniversary of the massacre in Marikana near Rustenburg, in the North West. Mathunjwa says the country only needs two political parties instead of the more than 600 registered…
Children walking to school. The voices of South Africa’s children must be amplified in the community dialogues that will take place in the country over the next year. This is a proposal by a number of delegates attending the National Convention Dialogue that will outline the principles and modalities of the National Dialogue. Over 1…
South Africa’s National Convention continues to outline its modalities. Live proceedings below:
Sports, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie The South African Human Right Commission (SAHRC) has confirmed that it has launched an investigation into Sports, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie’s alleged racist remarks. [WATCH] Sport Minister and Patriotic Alliance leader Gayton McKenzie has been reported to the SA Human Rights Commission over alleged racist remarks…
President Ramaphosa delivers the keynote address at the opening of the National Dialogue Convetion. President Cyril Ramaphosa has committed to ensuring that the costs of the National Dialogue are kept down. Speaking at the National Convention taking place in Pretoria, the president is adamant that he will not allow the amount of R740 million that…
President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the keynote address at the National Convention in Pretoria on August 15, 2025. President Cyril Ramaphosa has described the first sitting of the National Convention as a platform to confront the realities of South Africa openly and constructively. He is addressing the convention under way at the University of South Africa’s…
National Dialogue 2025. The chairperson of the Chief Albert Luthuli Foundation has decried the organisation of the National Convention, saying the ANC is using it to canvass votes in next year’s local government elections. It is one of many other foundations that have withdrawn from the convention, which is taking place on the UNISA main…
Khoi and San leaders say the fact that they were not invited to form part of the National Convention starting on Friday shows that they are still not recognised by the South African government. The two-day Convention at the University of South Africa’s (Unisa) main campus in Pretoria is meant to kick-start the National Dialogue…
