Oil has driven up the price of office and residential space in the continent’s commercial cities.
There are some big surprises in the most recent tax statistics, but there’s no escaping the endemic disparities in income everywhere.
We looked at the data to see if Zuma had lived up to promises he made in the seven speeches leading up to this year’s State of the Nation address.
Economic growth is slower than expected, government debt is rising. Here’s what the new finance minister plans to do about it.
President Jacob Zuma received more than 140 gifts this past year, including boxes of fruit and Nguni cattle. But money for Nkandla? Mum’s the herd.
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/ 26 September 2014
There have been 177 permanent and acting directors general in 45 government departments over the past five years.
Who earns how much and what exactly do we spend it on?
A high turnover of government’s senior civil servants has led to poor performance and as much as R44-million a year for them to twiddle their thumbs.
What does the government do with its inconveniently placed DGs? Banish them to the State Information Technology Agency, of course.
The ANC’s diminishing share of the vote in the metropoles, particularly in Gauteng, has inspired a burst of soul-searching in the ruling party.