Cyril Ramaphosa

President Cyril Ramaphosa has decided to skip the international World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, to deal with the domestic national power ...

[@CyrilRamaphosa]has cancelled his working visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos. Currently, the President is convening a meeting with leaders of political parties represented in parliament, NECCOM and the Eskom board.” Financial services company BNP Paribas predicts that energy insecurity in the country will worsen, slowing economic growth, with power outages increasing to 200 days in 2023.

President Cyril Ramaphosa was scheduled to travel to Davos for the World Economic Forum summit, an annual meeting of world leaders, business and civil ...

Ramaphosa was scheduled to travel to Davos for the World Economic Forum summit, an annual meeting of world leaders, business and civil society which gets underway from Monday until Friday. President Cyril Ramaphosa was scheduled to travel to Davos for the World Economic Forum summit, an annual meeting of world leaders, business and civil society which gets underway from Monday until Friday.

A vast majority of electricity in South Africa is supplied by the beleaguered utility that even now rely mainly on an ageing fleet of coal-fired power ...

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President Cyril Ramaphosa has cancelled his planned trip to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, at the eleventh hour in a bid to address ...

We are going to showcase to the world our country’s capabilities and investment opportunities.” More briefing sessions to key stakeholders will take place during this coming week.” Ramaphosa was supposed to lead a SA delegation of government ministers and captains of industry to the annual pilgrimage in Davos to plead South Africa’s case as an investment destination.

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday announced he has cancelled his working visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, due to the the ongoing ...

This is not the first time that Ramaphosa has interrupted his overseas visits to deal with the energy crisis. The delegation to WEF was expected to add the country’s voice to discussions about global issues, with the overall aim to position South Africa as a competitive business destination. President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday announced he has cancelled his working visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, due to the ongoing energy crisis.

President Cyril Ramaphosa will no longer attend the World Economic Forum in Davos due to the ongoing energy crisis.

The beleaguered Eskom supplies the vast majority of South Africa’s electricity, relying mainly on an ageing fleet of coal-fired power stations that are unreliable and prone to faults. The power cuts are a major source of public frustration with the ANC and a brake on economic growth in the country. “Currently the president is convening a meeting with leaders of political parties represented in parliament, Neccom (the National Energy Crisis Committee) and the Eskom board,” presidential spokesman Vincent Magwenya said.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has approached the courts for relief from Jacob Zuma's private prosecution of him in his matter against State prosecutor, ...

"This prosecution is prima facie unlawful. Ramaphosa has approached the courts for relief from Zuma’s private prosecution of him in his matter against State prosecutor, Billy Downer, and journalist, Karyn Maughan. President Cyril Ramaphosa has approached the courts for relief from Jacob Zuma’s private prosecution of him in his matter against State prosecutor, Billy Downer, and journalist, Karyn Maughan.

Gauteng High Court will deliver judgment on President Ramaphosa's application to halt the former president's private prosecution.

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The Gauteng High Court is due to give its ruling this morning, 16 January 2023, on whether President Cyril Ramaphosa will have to appear in a criminal court ...

Ramaphosa cannot give him that assurance — it would literally undermine his entire presidency, and what he claims it stands for, as he claims his entire presidency is about the rule of law, no matter the political consequences. He has claimed that the ANC is trying to “renew” itself, and that this process is “irrevocable”. One of Zuma’s chief concerns must be his own freedom, and he is unlikely to be able to accept anything that does not guarantee him that. There is clear evidence that Zuma is trying to reverse this process. Just by forcing judges to rule on cases relating to Ramaphosa, and because Ramaphosa wins these cases (as they should not have been brought in the first place), he can somehow claim that the judges are biased in favour of Ramaphosa. It also does not appear to have issued the legal certificate that Zuma would need for his case to proceed. It may also be that he is trying to demonstrate some residual political power, despite the fact that the ANC’s recent conference shows that his constituency has shrunk into a vanishingly small space. A man who has shown himself to be capable of doing almost anything to bring pressure on his enemies, including burning KZN and half of Gauteng in July 2021, Zuma was certainly hoping to force Ramaphosa into making mistakes. Ramaphosa’s spin machine would be quick to equate him with Mandela in this case. Any such plan is unlikely to succeed. While Zuma successfully convicting Ramaphosa is a legal impossibility, the case brings to the fore the relationship between the two presidents, and asks more questions about Zuma’s real intentions. Literally no one has faced a private criminal prosecution based on their actions in office.

JOHANNESBURG - President Cyril Ramaphosa will find out if Jacob Zuma's private prosecution will go ahead on Thursday. The High Court in Johannesburg hands ...

South Africa president Cyril Ramaphosa has cancelled plans to attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos over the ongoing energy crisis in his country, ...

"Due to the ongoing energy crisis, President @CyrilRamaphosa has cancelled his working visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos," Magwenya wrote on Twitter. Ramaphosa was due to lead a government delegation to the WEF event in the Swiss Alps next week but will instead remain home to hold talks with Eskom and political leaders, said presidential spokesman Vincent Magwenya. South Africa is experiencing record blackouts due to troubles at state-owned power utility Eskom over the past 12 months.

The judgment means that President Cyril Ramaphosa will not have to stand in the dock this week as an accused.

The judgment means that Ramaphosa will not have to stand in the dock this week as an accused. The judgment means that President Cyril Ramaphosa will not have to stand in the dock this week as an accused. JOHANNESBURG - The Johannesburg High Court has granted President Cyril Ramaphosa an interim interdict against the private prosecution brought against him by former President Jacob Zuma.

Former President Jacob Zuma's attempt to drag President Cyril Ramaphosa before a privately funded criminal court later this week was blocked by the ...

The harm lies not in the temporary inconvenience of physically attending a hearing, if only for a postponement. It was argued [by Zuma] the harm of appearing in a criminal court on 19 January was not material. Zuma initiated the private prosecution of Ramaphosa on 15 December, the day before the governing ANC was to start its national elective conference. Said Sutherland: “In our view, a prima facie case of the right to personal freedom being violated has been shown. This opens the door for private prosecutions to be launched. “This we take to be axiomatic as it would require [Ramaphosa] to appear before criminal court and by so doing implicitly submit to a process which he claims is unlawful.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has cancelled his travel plans to Davos, Switzerland, in order to deal with the current load shedding crisis in the country.

Currently, the President is convening a meeting with leaders of political parties represented in Parliament, NECCOM [National Energy Crisis Committee] and the Eskom board,” Magwenya said. More briefing sessions to key stakeholders will take place during this coming week,” Magwenya said. President Cyril Ramaphosa has cancelled his travel plans to Davos, Switzerland, in order to deal with the current load shedding crisis in the country.

President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the keynote address at the opening ceremony of the World Science Forum in at the Cape Town International Convention Centre in ...

The court further found in the President’s favour on the violation of rights to personal freedom based on a prima facie defective summons.” It was argued that the harm of appearing in a criminal court on the 19th of January was not material, this contention misses the point. The harm lies not in the temporary inconvenience of physically attending a hearing if only for a formal postponement.

President Cyril Ramaphosa will not have to appear in the dock on Thursday, after the Johannesburg high court on Monday interdicted former president Jacob ...

Zuma had charged the president with being an “accessory after the fact” to an alleged crime that the former president is pursuing in a private prosecution against prosecutor Billy Downer and journalist Karyn Maughan. Ramaphosa’s alleged crime is being an “accessory after the fact” because when Zuma’s lawyers wrote to the president to complain about Downer and demanded an investigation, Ramaphosa allegedly failed to act. President Cyril Ramaphosa will not have to appear in the dock on Thursday, after the Johannesburg high court on Monday interdicted former president Jacob Zuma from taking any further steps in his private prosecution of the president.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa canceled his attendance at this year's World Economic Forum to deal with an escalating energy crisis that's hobbling ...

JOHANNESBURG - President Cyril Ramaphosa will hold a series of emergency meetings this week in a bid to resolve the country's worsening energy crisis, ...

ALSO READ: In a short statement posted on social media, presidency spokesperson Vincent Magwenya said Ramaphosa had already met with the leadership of Eskom and the national energy crisis committee. Ramaphosa had already met with the leadership of Eskom and the national energy crisis committee.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has welcomed the judgement interdicting former president Jacob Zuma's from taking any further steps in his private prosecution ...

"There is a prima facie case of the applicant’s rights to freedom being violated…The respondent [Zuma] suffers no harm if there is a delay of the trial…The application is urgent. “Herein lies the key factor that demonstrates the urgency relied on upon this matter. There were other grounds of urgency relied upon but one is sufficient, if the aim is having to avoid to appear, even if merely for a formal postponement, the matter before this court is urgent.

Eskom postponed its media briefing scheduled to have taken place this afternoon due to an urgent meeting with President Cyril Ramaphosa.

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Residents unable to light their homes or run their businesses blocked streets at the weekend in protest at rolling blackouts that by some estimates are costing ...

The citizens of South Africa need to show this government that enough is enough.” Many small businesses cannot afford generators or fuel during the power cuts. [Cyril Ramaphosa](https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/africa/2022/12/04/south-africas-cyril-ramaphosa-not-resigning-despite-cash-scandal/) is facing growing public outrage and calls for mass protests as the country endures six hours or more each day without electricity. Children cannot do homework at night and traffic lights switch off, causing long queues in urban areas. Blackouts have since worsened to their highest level yet. Instead, he will meet leaders of opposition parties, the national energy crisis committee and the board of Eskom, the state-owned national power generator.

Several political party leaders with seats in Parliament did not attend President Cyril Ramaphosa's urgent meeting to discuss the country's dire electricity ...

[joining the application](https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/president-ramaphosa-cancels-trip-to-world-economic-forum-as-load-shedding-crisis-deepens-20230115) to take Eskom and the state to court over load shedding. [march to Luthuli House](https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/scene-of-the-crime-da-to-march-to-luthuli-house-against-the-anc-engineered-electricity-crisis-20230114) next week over the energy crisis, while the ANC Youth League said it would march to Eskom and the National Energy Regulator of SA over electricity challenges. This arrangement will be confirmed in due course. Apology for the late notification. "The meeting will be on a virtual platform, and the link will be shared as soon as possible. - UDM leader Bantu Holomisa did not attend the meeting because he was finalising documents to drag Eskom and the government to court over load shedding.

The president successfully argued that submitting to an unlawful summons would be would be a violation of his right to freedom.

In this instance, specifically, the question is whether Ramaphosa could be pursued criminally for not causing an inquiry into the alleged misconduct of the prosecuting authority and the media. “Their conviction is a necessary condition for criminal liability by the applicant.” Zuma obtained the certificate in question in November but served summons on 15 December. Our history instructs us that it is a matter of pride that South Africans value and assert our freedom above all other considerations, in the face of whatever adversity we chance to meet. It is common cause that he was not given the opportunity. He has argued that such a certificate must name the persons the NPA has elected not to prosecute in relation to a particular matter in order to be valid. Ramaphosa is on record as saying he referred the complaint to justice minister Ronald Lamola, who has final oversight over the NPA. Since he could not, the argument went, the nolle prosequi, could not be valid. The court said this ground alone was sufficient to establish urgency. The court dismissed the basis for Zuma’s argument that the urgency in the matter was self-created as “specious, to say the least” as the president initiated an exchange of legal letters as soon the summons was served. “This contention misses the point. “That value which is foundational to our Constitutional order may never be treated lightly.

Zuma wanted Ramaphosa prosecuted as an accessory after the leaked medical documents chronicle. This means that Ramaphosa will not have to appear in a ...

However, Ramaphosa remains charged, that is not in dispute and Ramaphosa was charged before the ANC’s 55th National Conference commenced, so in terms of the ‘step-aside rule’ he was not eligible to stand as candidate for the ANC presidency. “The ruling is an outrage. We hand down this judgment, which will be uploaded online within the email to such parties.” Selective justice is not justice at all: it is injustice. 21st of December 2022 to pursue the private prosecution. “The application is urgent on the ordinary forms and service provided for the uniform rules of court on the specimen.

Former president Jacob Zuma has expressed disappointment at the South Gauteng High Court ruling to grant an urgent interdict application in favour of Cyril ...

History will record this sad era as a shameful one in the development of our constitutional democracy," he said. "The court further found in the President’s favour on the violation of rights to personal freedom based on a prima facie defective summons," he said. In a short statement, Ramaphosa's spokesperson, Vincent Magwenya, said the court affirmed all of the president’s key contentions, namely on jurisdiction of the court to hear the interdict application; the urgency of the matter against a court appearance date based on a prima facie unlawful nolle prosequi. Manyi said it was "glaringly strange" that judges say the very idea of a person being charged for conduct performed while in office is a "novel idea". [a full bench of judges in the Johannesburg High Court](https://www.iol.co.za/the-star/news/full-bench-of-south-gauteng-high-court-to-hear-president-ramaphosas-interdict-application-against-former-head-of-state-zuma-ca321dfe-da53-48dd-a774-57845501acf3) granted Ramaphosa an urgent interdict, meaning Ramaphosa will not have to appear in a criminal court on Thursday. [Zuma accused Ramaphosa of being an “accessory after the fact](https://www.iol.co.za/the-star/news/president-cyril-ramaphosa-wins-court-interdict-against-predecessor-jacob-zuma-in-private-prosecution-712033e2-020b-41a2-8d57-4afe783c41af)” in a criminal offence charge levelled against advocate William Downer and journalist Karyn Maughan, who is accused of improperly sharing information in terms of the NPA Act.