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President Ramaphosa to welcome rugby world champs

President Ramaphosa to welcome rugby world champs

President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Thursday morning welcome the Rugby World Cup Champions, the Springboks, to the Union Buildings in Pretoria.

The Springboks won the 2023 Rugby World Cup against New Zealand in Paris, France on Saturday.

The welcome ceremony at the Union Buildings for the national team signifies the start of the Rugby World Champions’ National Trophy Tour.

The team touched down at the OR Tambo International Airport on Tuesday to a rousing welcome from the public.

The Webb Ellis Cup parade will kick off on Thursday in Pretoria, Johannesburg and Soweto, concluding at FNB Stadium; and proceed to Cape Town on 03 November 2023; Durban on 04 November 2023 before the tour ends in the Eastern Cape (East London) on 05 November 2023.

Members of the public in Pretoria are welcome to witness this event from Government Avenue, Arcadia.

President to update Parliament 

Meanwhile, President Ramaphosa will on Thursday afternoon engage with Members of Parliament (MPs) on diverse national issues when he responds to Questions for Oral Reply in the National Assembly.

Among issues MPs have raised with the President are:

• the mandate of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) and its accountability to Parliament;
• commissions of inquiry established by the President;
• combating violence against women and children;
• insights gained from the Census 2022 for macro-economic policy;
• fiscal discipline within Government.
 
The President will also discuss the state of readiness of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) and its capacity to fulfill its constitutional mandate.
 
Parliamentary Questions for Oral and Written Reply are one of the mechanisms through which Parliament holds the Executive to account.

The questions session will start at 14:00. – SAnews.gov.za

 

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Wednesday, November 1, 2023

President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Thursday morning welcome the Rugby World Cup Champions, the Springboks, to the Union Buildings in Pretoria.

The Springboks won the 2023 Rugby World Cup against Recent Zealand in Paris, France on Saturday.

The welcome ceremony at the Union Buildings for the national team signifies the start of the Rugby World Champions’ National Trophy Tour.

The team touched down at the OR Tambo International Airport on Tuesday to a rousing welcome from the public.

The Webb Ellis Cup parade will kick off on Thursday in Pretoria, Johannesburg and Soweto, concluding at FNB Stadium; and proceed to Cape Town on 03 November 2023; Durban on 04 November 2023 before the tour ends in the Eastern Cape (East London) on 05 November 2023.

Members of the public in Pretoria are welcome to witness this event from Government Avenue, Arcadia.

President to update Parliament 

Meanwhile, President Ramaphosa will on Thursday afternoon engage with Members of Parliament (MPs) on diverse national issues when he responds to Questions for Oral Reply in the National Assembly.

Among issues MPs gain raised with the President are:

• the mandate of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) and its accountability to Parliament;
• commissions of inquiry established by the President;
• combating violence against women and children;
• insights gained from the Census 2022 for macro-economic policy;
• fiscal discipline within Government.
 
The President will also discuss the state of readiness of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) and its capacity to fulfill its constitutional mandate.
 
Parliamentary Questions for Oral and Written Reply are one of the mechanisms through which Parliament holds the Executive to account.

The questions session will start at 14:00. – SAnews.gov.za

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