President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Tuesday deliver the eulogy at the Special Official Funeral of the late business leader Dr Richard Maponya in Johannesburg, Gauteng.

Maponya passed away last week Monday after a short illness. He was 99 years old and is survived by 10 children, 25 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. Maponya was held in high regard by South ...

Ramaphosa said Maponya established a number of business during the apartheid era, when it was almost impossible for black people to do so. “Fifty years ago, the very idea that a black man could ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa changed his tune that the ongoing civil unrest was caused by ethnic mobilisation. Community members, who have been defending Maponya Mall in Soweto, were addressed by ...

Maponya’s funeral service is to be held at the University of Johannesburg Soweto Campus on Tuesday morning. Ramaphosa declared the funeral a Special Official Funeral, category 2 – which meant ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has described the late Richard Maponya as a fighter for the liberation of black South Africans. The businessman died on January 6 after a short illness and was laid to ...

A visitor views a 1966 ‘Volkswagen Rat Rod’ car during an event for automotive enthusiasts at the Miami International Mall in Miami, Florida, USA, 17 November 2024.

Ntate Richard Maponya, renowned for building a business empire despite apartheid-era restrictions, was on Thursday wished "a happy 99th birthday" by President Cyril Ramaphosa.

The young men from across Gauteng schools addressed Ramaphosa on a range of issues affecting them as young people as well as their fellow female counterparts.

Maponya’s business success in retail and property development is well-known, with one of his crowning moments being the opening of the Maponya Mall – Soweto’s largest shopping centre – by ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa in a statement on Monday expressed his condolences to the family of esteemed business leader Dr Richard Maponya, who passed away early on Monday morning, a few days after his ...