The decision to support a motion to amend the Constitution has drawn opposition within and outside South Africa’s borders.
Despite the naysayers, South Africa’s new president has pulled astute moves in a short time
The gathering is being described in Parliament’s corridors as Ramaphosa’s attempt to show Zuma that there are no hard feelings
The Mail & Guardian understands that Myeni will be replaced by businessperson JB Magwaza who has been appointed as the new board chairperson.
In a shock announcement on Tuesday morning President Jacob Zuma announced that he had reshuffled his Cabinet.
Even a secret vote to oust Zuma may scupper ANC careers and opposition hopes for power
In its Quarterly Labour Force 2016, Statistics South Africa revealed that the country’s unemployment rate stood at 26.7%.
Zwane claimed that Cabinet established a committee to consider allegations that certain banks colluded when they closed the Guptas’ bank accounts.
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/ 19 November 2009
The Cabinet has announced a new anti-corruption ministerial team, warning that it will act strongly to root out public-sector graft.
Ministers’ lavish car allowances will be reconsidered as a part of a review of government spending, the minister in the presidency said on Thursday.
The newly enlarged Cabinet appointed by President Jacob Zuma has a chance to prove that size does matter, said UDM leader Bantu Holomisa.
Jacob Zuma’s Cabinet team may not be the same one that ends its term in 2014, write Mandy Rossouw and Mmanaledi Mataboge.
Twenty-seven members (42%) of President Jacob Zuma’s new executive — including himself — are registered as having private business interests.
The ANC on Tuesday commended the FF Plus for making available its president, Pieter Mulder, to serve in President Jacob Zuma’s Cabinet.
Deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe was sworn in by President Jacob Zuma at the Presidential Guesthouse in Pretoria on Monday.
FF Plus leader Pieter Mulder’s acceptance of a deputy ministerial post is a betrayal of all opposition party voters, the DA said on Monday.
Cosatu and South African Communist Party leaders featured prominently in Jacob Zuma’s new Cabinet announced in Pretoria on Sunday.
Judge John Hlophe expects elevation to the Constitutional Court and Sandile Ngcobo is positioning himself for the role of chief justice.
Lynley Donnelly considers what JZ has to do to cook up his own Cabinet.
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/ 23 January 2009
With the ANC’s electoral list-making process nearing finality, Jacob Zuma and his top officials must walk a fine line.
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/ 23 September 2008
Six of the Cabinet ministers who quit on Tuesday are willing to serve again, it has emerged, while the deputy defence minister has also resigned.
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/ 23 September 2008
Finance Minister Trevor Manuel is among 11 Cabinet ministers and three deputy ministers who have resigned.
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/ 23 September 2008
The resignations of President Thabo Mbeki and Finance Minister Trevor Manuel have shocked many, but some have welcomed the news.
Cabinet on Thursday highlighted strategies it says are necessary to deal with rising food prices and reduce the country’s reliance on food imports.
Threats by supporters of ANC president Jacob Zuma to make the country ungovernable should he be sent to jail were cause for concern, said the Cabinet.
Kgalema Motlanthe, appointed by President Thabo Mbeki to Cabinet last week, attended his first meeting of the executive on Tuesday.
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa cannot ignore Eskom’s request for a 53% tariff increase, a business research and consulting firm said on Thursday. ”If the country expects the electricity utility to resolve the current capacity crisis, it must be given the resources to do so,” said Frost & Sullivan.
Seven new Bills have been approved by South Africa’s Cabinet to be submitted to Parliament. They include the already controversial Expropriation Bill. The Expropriation Bill seeks to replace the Expropriation Act of 1975, which, Cabinet spokesperson Themba Maseko said on Thursday, does not conform with the Constitution.