Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, previously the defence minister, replaces Thandi Modise, who was deployed as the minister of defence in last week’s cabinet reshuffle.
Despite agreement that it would be politically ‘unwise’ for the president to remove the health minister before the Special Tribunal makes its decision on the application by the Special Investigating Unit, he may have just done so
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The president is expected to announce changes to his cabinet
There are calls for the president to act against ministers said to be responsible for the state’s slow response to the unrest, but his hands are tied
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South African scientists’ contracts were allegedly not renewed because of a funding gap
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Ramaphosa is said to be considering appointing former Gauteng health MEC Dr Gwen Ramokgopa or Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma as the minister of health
President Cyril Ramaphosa may axe a few of his struggling cabinet ministers and move some of the beleaguered state-owned enterprises to other portfolios
Funds will be diverted from the higher education department to help cover the NSFAS shortfall
Premier Sihle Zikalala needs to keep all factions onside ahead of the local government elections
The curfew is shorter, alcohol sale times almost normal and more people can meet at religious, social, political and cultural gatherings
Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane’s bold reshuffle is sure to ruffle feathers when the party heads to its elective conference this year
We can’t be sure about dud drugs, divine intervention, or Sona promises but we can be sure the power will go off exactly on time
President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to announce that alcohol can be sold — but with restriction — when he addresses the nation on Monday evening
In 100 days of presidency, Lazarus Chakwera has been mostly well received despite a few glitches
Lazarus Chakwera’s post-election honeymoon did not last long
The municipality leaves it up to its executive committee and councillors to follow their conscience and contribute what they want to the city’s Covid-19 relief fund.
I’m going fishing on Friday. Watch the sun rise, smoke a spliff, tangle a line in the sea. Unless NDZ is tempted to do a level U-turn
The local government minister has laid out how lockdown level three will work, but she warned that it comes with a danger of Covid-19 spreading further
With little money to respond to Covid-19, the government is looking at other sources of funding
The infrastructure entity is slated to be terminated after years of poor performance
The process of appointing the public protector is flawed, and led by politicians who don’t seem to have paid attention to the law. This has to change
The cost of placing South African evacuees from Wuhan in quarantine in Limpopo will cost an estimated R6.7-million
Draft regulations do not allow for commercial cultivation or sale, but policy could change this
The ANC in the Western Cape has agreed, in principle, to discuss a move to call for the increase in the number of seats for elected public representatives. Following an interim provincial leadership committee meeting last weekend, the party said it is willing to discuss the matter, and raise it with the party’s national leadership. […]
The move potentially draws a line under the crisis — if a rescuer can be found
We should hold SA’s politicians to account and not just offer them our unthinking deference
South Africa’s manager, like Arsenal’s, starts his season of political football poor and with a team of own-goalers
Displays of conspicuous frugality replace flashy inaugurations as leaders promise delivery
The appointment is a massive boost to De Lille who resigned from the DA in October last year
Seemingly breaking from tradition, the new Cabinet followed an exhaustive consultation process which has been described as “unlike any other”
Former Cape Town mayor Patricia De Lille was announced as President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Public Works Minister in Pretoria on Wednesday.
Consultation process by President Ramaphosa described as a massive break from the past and unlike that of any other recent ANC president