Busisiwe Mkhwebane ‘allowed her important office to be used to try and resuscitate a long-dead fake news propaganda fiction’, the court ruled
The lawyer failed to make his Indian racist argument and the politician refused to admit he had no direct evidence
The cross-examination of the public enterprises minister by Tom Moyane’s lawyers at the state capture inquiry went on well into overtime on Monday evening
The public enterprises minister is being cross-examined by Tom Moyane’s lawyers at the state capture inquiry, as both men seek to defend their reputations
Kenny Motsamai, a parolee who is also an EFF MP, could be sent back to jail if correctional services finds he violated his parole conditions
Under the spotlight will be the Economic Freedom Fighters’ behaviour at the State of the Nation address and during the public enterprise department’s budget speech
Former finance minister Des van Rooyan said he did not have Mohamed Bobat’s CV when he appointed him as a special adviser
Draft agreement document spells out that R1.5-billion will be needed to fund severance packages for 2 400 of the airline’s employees
The Constitutional Court said it welcomed robust debate but criticised the populist rhetoric in the battle between Busisiwe Mkhwebane and Minister Pravin Gordhan
The department of public enterprises is concerned that the proposed sale of assets threatens its plans to engineer SAA 2.0
Airline brought back from the brink as rescue practitioners and Gordhan agree to work on a rescue plan by the end of June
During discussions between unions and business rescue practitioners and the government, it was decided that the national carrier would be closed and a new airline formed
The minister is also expected to announce talks with unions towards a new airline after the shut-down of the cash-strapped national carrier
As SAA subsidiaries declare hardship to staff, business-rescue practitioners urge them to sign agreements to save severance payouts
Practitioners inform staff that the government’s rejection of R10-billion bailout last week almost guarantees that the prospect of rescue is now impossible
Despite R50 billion being pumped into the state airline, the current collapse was always likely thanks to political appointees, corruption and the ANC not deciding what it wanted out of SAA, writes Sabelo Skiti
A falling out between partners in the controversial R100-million contract to do boiler tube maintenance at Eskom’s Medupi power station is threatening to scupper the entire project. The Mail & Guardian has learned that a falling out between former Eskom chairperson Jabu Mabuza’s relative Nomvula Mabuza and her former partner Drazan Vrca has escalated to […]
The former PIC chief muses over PIC debt-for-equity, privatisation and selling off power stations
The airline’s business rescue practitioners ignored a warning not to announce route closures and possible job cuts ahead of a restructuring plan
He must end the Mantashe problem and execute his strategy rather than keep the ANC onside
Apartheid’s last president walks back comments that definition was a Soviet plot
The poor condition of state-owned enterprises remains a blight on growth forecasts
Ramaphosa and his role model Nelson Mandela became presidents of South Africa in very trying times
Julius Malema’s 44-member caucus stick to their guns: ‘Fire Pravin or else’
The treasury’s rejection of South32’s proposal to increase the value of its Eskom contract by R1.2-billion could spark a coal shortage for the parastatal
The ambush will take place at an NEC meeting about Eskom. But the real target is Cyril Ramaphosa
Eskom’s woes are often because of boiler problems at its power plants. R50-billion has been set aside to fix them, but some of the contracts are going to questionable entities
To improve the South African economy, we need to institute practical measures to effect change
The blackouts are man-made and the result of corruption, crony politics and mismanagement
After years of pumping billions into the airline, government picked business rescue to prevent a wider fallout at Eskom and other state entities
The move potentially draws a line under the crisis — if a rescuer can be found
The sugar tax is helping to reduce obesity and its related diseases in South Africa