Now that a VAT increase has been ruled out, the finance minister must find another way to plug a R75bn gap or risk collapsing public services and investor confidence
The president is attempting to shift the election campaign focus away from the government’s failures towards a promise to deliver more, although its track record suggests it cannot
The NEC allegedly suggested that President Cyril Ramaphosa explore giving the electricity minister more powers at Eskom
The minister’s conduct was called into question during this week’s national working committee meeting, sources said
The minister’s leadership style is marred by micro-management and interference, according to industry leaders
Andy Mothibi tells MPs the former Eskom CEO could face legal action
During a media briefing, business leaders said their work with government could deliver the growth needed to arrest the economic crisis
Only the rich have unrestricted access to medical care but the state’s ability to deliver universal health is rightly questioned
Business Unity South Africa’s chief executive has accused the organisation’s president of throwing the lobby under the bus in a meeting with the president
Captains of industry may appear the benevolent saviours of a state in decline, but we ought to question their intentions
The decision came after President Cyril Ramaphosa’s security adviser, Sydney Mufamadi, said the former CEO never told him the report implicated a senior ANC politician in corruption at the utility
BLSA on Eskom investigation: ‘We don’t go out of our way to meddle”
President announces reforms aimed at attracting investors to the country as he opens conference
The government has shown that it is willing to explore introducing a basic income grant, which would mark a big step towards achieving growth
The power utility’s board and management need reinforcements to ready it for the future, the public enterprises minister said
The president’s strategy to stop the unemployment crisis from spiralling includes cutting red tape and focusing on infrastructure investment
An already low sentiment will be set back by the Covid-19 pandemic, thin reforms and this week’s violence
Business Unity South Africa is eager to talk to its social partners at Nedlac about how the spiralling public-sector wage bill can be tamed. And the organisation says these talks need to happen soon