President Cyril Ramaphosa has repeated his call for wealthy G7 countries to ensure Covid-19 vaccine patent waivers.

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southcoastherald.co.za

Ramaphosa again calls on rich G7 countries to support Covid-19 vaccine patent waiver

President Cyril Ramaphosa's urged G7 leaders to provide the necessary financial support to help fight the pandemic.

enca.com

Ramaphosa calls on G7 nations to pay up

Mineral resources & energy minister Gwede Mantashe is understood to have agreed very reluctantly with President Cyril Ramaphosa to free up the licensing regime to allow companies to generate their own power up to 100MW and connect to the grid.

Times Live

How Ramaphosa twisted Mantashe's arm on SA's new energy plan

Prime Minister Boris Johnson met President Ramaphosa of South Africa at the G7 summit in Cornwall.

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GOV.UK

PM meeting with President Ramaphosa of South Africa: 13 June 2021

Late in the week President Cyril Ramaphosa issued a statement that he has placed Mkhize on special leave until investigations against him have been concluded

Dramatic week in SA politics as Zweli Mkhize placed on special leave

After the initial euphoria over President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement on Thursday that the licensing for independent power producers (IPP) would be increased from 1MW to 100MW, it’s still a long game before we see an end to load shedding.

Even with private power, SA's electricity problems will take time to fix

Ten-fold increase in the threshold exemption of renewable energy power generation projects widely hailed.

Moneyweb

Is this Ramaphosa’s most decisive economic decision since taking office?

President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Thursday that Schedule 2 of the Electricity Regulation Act would be changed to allow providers to generate more power without having to go through a long-drawn-out licencing process.

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