QUOTES

‘They were brutally assassinated (in a) cold-blooded murder.’

– The Centre for Democracy and Human Rights on the killing of Mozambican lawyer and lawmaker Elvino Dias and Venâncio Mondlane in Maputo this weekend

‘The shortcomings of the UN Security Council have had a disastrous impact on the African continent and global south. For as long as the veto exists, it is a privilege and a prerogative that should be extended to all new permanent members as well.’

– President Cyril Ramaphosa, who said the shortcomings of the UN Security Council have been disastrous for Africa

‘Malaria is as old as Egyptian civilisation itself, but the disease that plagued pharaohs now belongs to its history.’

– WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus after Egypt was certified malaria-free by the WHO

‘The government allocated $35m in the 2024 budget for compensating former farm owners who are part of the Global Compensation Deed signed in 2020.’

– The Zimbabwean Government, which said it will begin compensating white farmers whose land was seized in 2000 and led to the decimation of agriculture and the economy. The government has cleared 444 former commercial farm owners to receive payment for improvements made on the land before they were evicted. 

‘We remain committed to the dialogue for democracy in eSwatini, and we have played our role through the SADC for all the parties to find each other and to continue with that dialogue,’ he said. He said that SA had shown its commitment to African peace by deploying soldiers to eastern DRC as part of a SADC intervention force to try to stabilise the area.

– SA's International Relations & Co-operation Minister Ronald Lamola who defended Pretoria’s global diplomatic strategy, saying that President Cyril Ramaphosa has not focused on conflicts on other continents at the expense of peacekeeping and good governance efforts in Africa