<a href="https://www.google.com/url?client=internal-uds-cse&amp;cx=006054055338965708568:09spwrlibei&amp;q=https://www.wionews.com/videos/south-africa-election-ramaphosa-celebrates-election-victory-218237&amp;sa=U&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiTn-P01Z3iAhWLqo8KHdO8DagQFjAHegQIBhAC&amp;usg=AOvVaw1q4EzoSHJnSn3jVnL8Z0Rx">South African President Cyril Ramaphosa</a> pledged Wednesday to use his<a href="https://www.google.com/url?client=internal-uds-cse&amp;cx=006054055338965708568:09spwrlibei&amp;q=https://www.wionews.com/india-news/pm-modi-greets-south-african-president-ramaphosa-on-being-re-elected-218716&amp;sa=U&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiTn-P01Z3iAhWLqo8KHdO8DagQFjAEegQIBBAC&amp;usg=AOvVaw1gg4mkF_WdDv_ywtHSiZ50"> victory in last week's election</a> to impose faster reforms to boost the economy and turn around Eskom, the state's ailing power company.

Ramaphosa spoke at a gathering of chief executives hosted by the Goldman Sachs investment bank in Johannesburg, signalling his pro-business stance after he took over from scandal-tainted Jacob Zuma last year.

"We identified a number of reform issues that we needed to address, we are now going to do that with greater speed," Ramaphosa said after the ruling<a href="https://www.google.com/url?client=internal-uds-cse&amp;cx=006054055338965708568:09spwrlibei&amp;q=https://www.wionews.com/world/south-africa-ramaphosas-economic-reforms-in-focus-as-anc-adjusts-to-smaller-majority-218386&amp;sa=U&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiTn-P01Z3iAhWLqo8KHdO8DagQFjAJegQIABAC&amp;usg=AOvVaw3yCOZHz5lRImdir6E2CCmS"> ANC party won</a> the May 8 election with its thinnest majority since the end of apartheid.

"We are going to ensure that the certainty that investors want to see is there," the president&nbsp;said.

"We are going to continue with the reforms of our state-owned enterprises because a number of them have held us back", he added.

Ramaphosa said corruption had "set itself into Eskom" and that proper management processes had been "completely destroyed" at the company, which is teetering on the edge of collapse with debts of $30 billion.

"We are going to proceed to clean it up," he vowed, promoting his plan to restructure the company and tackle its vast debts.

"In the end, Eskom is too big to fail. The plan is in place, it is credible... If Eskom fails, this economy fails, this country also fails, so we are not going to allow that",&nbsp;Ramaphosa said.

Ramaphosa also said South Africa's 27 per cent unemployment rate "keeps me awake at night," adding,&nbsp;"The key mandate I have as president is to make sure that our focus is on jobs."

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa pledged Wednesday to use his victory in last week's election to impose faster reforms to boost the economy and turn around Eskom, the state's ailing power company.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa pledged Wednesday to use his victory in last week's election to impose faster reforms to boost the economy and turn around Eskom, the state's ailing power company. Ramaphosa spoke at a gathering of chief executives hosted by the Goldman Sachs investment bank in Johannesburg, signalling his pro-business stance after he took over from scandal-tainted Jacob Zuma last year. "We identified a number of reform issues that we needed to address, we are now going to do that with greater speed," Ramaphosa said after the ruling ANC party won the May 8 election with its thinnest majority since the end of apartheid. "We are going to ensure that the certainty that investors want to see is there," the president said. "We are going to continue with the reforms of our state-owned enterprises because a number of them have held us back", he added. Ramaphosa said corruption had "set itself into Eskom" and that proper management processes had been "completely destroyed" at the company, which is teetering on the edge of collapse with debts of $30 billion. "We are going to proceed to clean it up," he vowed, promoting his plan to restructure the company and tackle its vast debts. "In the end, Eskom is too big to fail. The plan is in place, it is credible... If Eskom fails, this economy fails, this country also fails, so we are not going to allow that", Ramaphosa said. Ramaphosa also said South Africa's 27 per cent unemployment rate "keeps me awake at night," adding, "The key mandate I have as president is to make sure that our focus is on jobs."

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa vows to speed reforms after election win

Indian government filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court today to oppose&nbsp;the practice of polygamy and triple talaq (divorce) in&nbsp;the Muslim community.&nbsp;

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In the affidavit, the Indian ministry of law and justice said that there is no reason that&nbsp;women in India should be denied their constitutional rights, Indian news agency ANI reported.

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&quot;Validity of Triple Talaq and polygamy have to be seen in light of gender justice, equality and dignity of women,&quot; the affidavit read.&nbsp;

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The affidavit also referred&nbsp;to the&nbsp;constitutional principles like gender equality, secularism, international covenants, religious practices and marital law prevalent in various Islamic countries to urge the country&#39;s top court that triple talaq and polygamy should be adjudicated upon afresh by the apex court, Indian news agency PTI reported.&nbsp;

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&quot;It is submitted that the issue of validity of triple talaq, nikah halala and polygamy needs to be considered in the light of principles of gender justice and the overriding principle of non-discrimination, dignity and equality,&quot; the affidavit filed by Mukulita Vijayawargiya, additional secretary in the ministry said.&nbsp;

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&quot;The fundamental question for determination by this court is whether, in a secular democracy, religion can be a reason to deny equal status and dignity available to women under the Constitution of India,&quot; it said.&nbsp;

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The affidavit also referred to the principles of the&nbsp;Indian constitution, saying that &quot;any practice by which women are left &#39;socially, financially or emotionally vulnerable&#39; or subject to the whims and caprice of men-folk is incompatible with the letter and spirit of Article 14 and 15 (Right to Equality) of the Constitution&quot;.

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Linking the issue with the Right to Life and Personal Liberty, the central government in its 29-page affidavit also mentioned that &quot;gender equality and the dignity of the women are non-negotiable, overarching constitutional value and can brook no compromise.

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&quot;These rights are necessary in letter and in spirit not only to realise the aspirations of every individual woman who is an equal citizen of this country but also for the larger well-being of the society and progress of the nation, one-half of which is made up by women,&quot; the ministry further mentioned.&nbsp;

 
(WION with inputs from PTI)&nbsp;

The ministry of law and justice in an affidavit said: 'Gender-equality and the dignity of the women are non-negotiable'

Indian government filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court today to oppose the practice of polygamy and triple talaq (divorce) in the Muslim community. In the affidavit, the Indian ministry of law and justice said that there is no reason that women in India should be denied their constitutional rights, Indian news agency ANI reported. "Validity of Triple Talaq and polygamy have to be seen in light of gender justice, equality and dignity of women," the affidavit read. The affidavit also referred to the constitutional principles like gender equality, secularism, international covenants, religious practices and marital law prevalent in various Islamic countries to urge the country's top court that triple talaq and polygamy should be adjudicated upon afresh by the apex court, Indian news agency PTI reported. "It is submitted that the issue of validity of triple talaq, nikah halala and polygamy needs to be considered in the light of principles of gender justice and the overriding principle of non-discrimination, dignity and equality," the affidavit filed by Mukulita Vijayawargiya, additional secretary in the ministry said. "The fundamental question for determination by this court is whether, in a secular democracy, religion can be a reason to deny equal status and dignity available to women under the Constitution of India," it said. The affidavit also referred to the principles of the Indian constitution, saying that "any practice by which women are left 'socially, financially or emotionally vulnerable' or subject to the whims and caprice of men-folk is incompatible with the letter and spirit of Article 14 and 15 (Right to Equality) of the Constitution". Linking the issue with the Right to Life and Personal Liberty, the central government in its 29-page affidavit also mentioned that "gender equality and the dignity of the women are non-negotiable, overarching constitutional value and can brook no compromise. "These rights are necessary in letter and in spirit not only to realise the aspirations of every individual woman who is an equal citizen of this country but also for the larger well-being of the society and progress of the nation, one-half of which is made up by women," the ministry further mentioned. (WION with inputs from PTI)

'Women should not be denied constitutional rights': Indian government opposes triple talaq in Supreme Court

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