The president said he was hoping to speak to Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy
The Minister has asked Ramaphosa if the Presidential Climate Commission can oversee the consultation process
An agreement could not be reached at cabinet level on new regulations
Public science organisations were allegedly instructed over email on 1 March by a senior department of science and innovation official not to comment on the invasion
If properly structured, the committee could introduce an era of accountability that is desperately needed in the governing party
Ramaphosa did not say if he had accepted the mediation role, nor did he expand on what it would entail
The National Prosecuting Authority risks reputational damage if it fails to act and donor money is part of the answer — as long as there was transparency
Last month’s budget was positive about the trajectory of the economy but near-term growth projection are only slightly higher than during South Africa’s darkest years
President Cyril Ramaphosa has rejected a recommendation from the JSC that he appoint Supreme Court of Appeal president Mandisa Maya as head of the judiciary
The motions of no confidence were tabled by the African Transformation Movement and the Democratic Alliance
The application, widely seen as desperate, was dismissed with costs, burying her adverse findings against Ramaphosa over funding to his leadership campaign
Provincial task team co-ordinator Lindiwe Ntshalintshali has dared members threatening to challenge the conference to try their luck as she rebukes Mandla Ndlovu for early endorsement
Party ropes in outsiders to boost its image, with Vusi Pikoli mooted for a position on disciplinary committee and Khensani Kubayi for a crucial economics post
The acting chief justice’s directive that Gwede Mantashe and former president Jacob Zuma be probed for corruption spells more complications for the president in the coming leadership battle
Will the government be able to retain its principled non-aligned stance as a humanitarian crisis looms and pressure on Vladimir Putin mounts?
The resignation of former finance minister Nhlanhla Nene after it emerged he had omitted that he had met the Guptas for tea was one of far too few occasions in which we’ve had a prominent ANC member relinquish their duties honourably.
Russia’s 1998 debt default sent emerging market indices plummeting. But now, emerging markets, including South Africa, are better shielded
Cape Town draped its city hall in blue and yellow, the colours of Ukraine.
Vladimir Putin has breached international law and South Africa argues that the matter must be resolved through dialogue — but this assumes the autocrat and rogue leader will participate in good faith
NEC members say the renewal commission should start its work now or risk losing 2024 elections
Nyawose believes the ANC eThekwini region can lead the party’s renewal process at the national elective conference in December
Much is at stake for South Africa in a conflict that has geopolitical ramifications beyond Ukraine
Politics have come in the way of South Africa upholding its commitment to international criminal justice as the ANC reconsiders its 2016 threat to leave the international criminal court
National police commissioner Khehla Sitole, who’s had a tense standoff with police minister Bheki Cele, has been shown the door
As Russian troops entered Kiev, the president said if ever there were a time for the security council to intervene it was now, adding that he planned to speak to both Moscow and Washington
The president described the figure as ‘staggering’ at the inaugural meeting of the intergovernmental litigation forum meant to co-ordinate the state’s response to lawsuits and contain costs
A long-term basic income relief measure will depend on spending cuts and improved revenue performance, the finance minister said in his guarded words on the subject
Persistently high joblessness, the budget notes, has emerged as a key weakness in economic performance
Advisers – not consultants – can help close critical gaps in government where the loss of key skills leaves the president desperately needing to enhance the state’s capacity to secure his reforms
Instigators took to social media to stoke fears among police officers, the police minister told the South African Human Rights Commission hearings on Monday
Umlazi branch secretary Thulani Shusha was gunned down on his way home from an ANC meeting on Saturday
South Africa is facing a deepening unemployment crisis and experts warn that climate change threatens the country’s shrinking jobs.