Detractors of Minister Pravin Gordhan are expected to use the recent rounds of blackouts said to have affected the ANC’s election results as a launching pad to call for his removal
But Paddy Harper is afraid that pre-polling ‘superspreader’ meetings could lead to a rise in infections
The Tembisa 10 may be a figment of somebody’s imagination, but Eskom’s Misery Twins are not
Stage four load-shedding rolled out to ensure the polls on Monday 1 November are energy secure
The case Zuma refused to answer before Zondo
Recent cyberattacks at the department of justice and the space agency highlight the extent of our naïveté
The expansion of the Port of Durban will cost approximately R100-billion over 10 years
It became hard to suspend disbelief as Ramaphosa repeatedly told the Zondo commission that he did not know of the abuses ripping through the state machinery while he was deputy president
The machinations around the finance ministry at the time clearly posed the risk that the treasury would be captured, to disastrous effect, Ramaphosa said.
Additional energy will take demand pressure off Eskom’s strained supply, but the downside will be a reduction in revenue for the power utility
UDM leader Bantu Holomisa says the organisation is seeking an urgent application to set aside the sale of SAA to Takatso
Sipho Makhubela assures that the private equity firm has what it takes to raise the capital to get SAA flying again
Four unhappy high-ranking party members say the SAA sale was never discussed at the NEC
Interest in the beleaguered national carrier, which has received billions of rands in public funding, means criticism is inevitable
Takatso consortium will now own 51% of the airline and the state 49%
The Prince of Darkness is load-shredding us and, with ANC elections ahead, in KZN the guns are coming out
The Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution argues that politicking tainted the Judicial Service Commission’s selection process
Johannes Mahlangu’s torture by police and charge for a murder he didn’t commit should never have happened
A 827-page register compels members of parliament publicly to declare anything worth more than R500, and it makes for interesting reading
The minister addresses the future of the country’s state-owned entities and speculation they may be moved from his portfolio
The power utility will keep the peace with organised labour, André de Ruyter has assured
Thursday. It’s Day 385 of the Covid-19 lockdown. Like most of my fellow South Africans, I’m wondering when, if ever, it will be my turn to get vaccinated. There’s no real answer coming from President Cyril Ramaphosa — or Health Minister Zweli Mkhize — at this stage. Lots of ifs, buts and maybes. There are […]
Public enterprises minister denies that he tried to influence the appointment of a judge and friend to the SCA in 2016
Judges Fayeeza Kathree-Setiloane, Jody Kollapen and Bashier Vally complete the list, while Dhaya Pillay fails to make the cut
The judge, who has been singled out by former president Jacob Zuma for attack, faced scrutiny over her friendship with Pravin Gordhan
High court dismisses the public protector’s bid to appeal a ruling striking down her findings against Pravin Gordhan on Ivan Pillay’s Sars retirement
The deputy chief justice has signalled his ‘extreme concern’ at the disrespectful manner in which the lawyer treated the commission
President Cyril Ramaphosa may axe a few of his struggling cabinet ministers and move some of the beleaguered state-owned enterprises to other portfolios
Symington returned to bizarre ‘hostage drama’ and implicated the former Sars commissioner in fabricating charges against Pravin Gordhan with the Hawks
Former Sars commissioner Tom Moyane’s cross-examination digs up the ‘rogue unit’ narrative to attack minister’s character
EFF leader warns judges they will be ‘overthrown’ for bias in favour of the ruling establishment
As the testimony about how Eskom was captured is heard, former high ranking officials feign shock and can’t explain how multimillion-rand contracts were paid before a single deliverable was met