RAMAPHOSA CALLS FOR UN SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM

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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa called for broader reforms of the United Nations, criticising the lack of representation in the Security Council, during a speech in Barcelona on Saturday.

ITHETE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO RAMAPHOSA

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Namibia's High Commissioner to South Africa, Nangula Ithete, has presented her letters of credence to President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Ithete was one of the 20 foreign envoys who handed their letters of credence from heads of mission-designate.

The ceremony was held in Pretoria.

AFRICAN LEADERS URGE DIALOGUE AMID MIDDLE EAST ESCALATION

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Arican leaders and continental organizations have called for restraint, dialogue, and adherence to international law as tensions continue to rise in the Middle East following military exchanges involving Iran, the United States, and Israel. 

G20 Declaration sets four high-level priorities, says Ramaphosa

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The G20's newly adopted Declaration outlines four high-level priorities, which President Cyril Ramaphosa says position the bloc on "how we can organise ourselves to be more focused on our core mandate."

The declaration was unanimously adopted at the opening of the leaders' summit. 

Ramaphosa rejects Western Cape secession efforts

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President Cyril Ramaphosa says there is no part of South Africa's land that can be allowed to secede.

Ramaphosa said this in criticism of the planned trip to Washington D.C by the Cape Independence Advocacy Group, a pressure group that is seeking to secede the Western Cape from the rest of South Africa.

President Mbumba attends Ramaphosa's inauguration

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President Nangolo Mbumba has extended his support to the government of South Africa as he joins other heads of state at the 2nd inauguration of that country's President-Elect, Cyril Ramaphosa.