President Cyril Ramaphosa is said to be looking for someone who can bridge the gap between his office and the media.
Whether national security should be located inside or outside the presidency must be considered based on functionality and constitutional values
Political analyst Ralph Mathekga’s new book, The ANC’s Last Decade: how the decline of the party will transform South Africa, is one of the few researched publications bold enough to offer specific timelines for the end of the ANC’s dominance
Our previously great reputation as the ‘land of Mandela’ has been tarnished by increasing state corruption and poor moral standards
Land that cost less than R1m in 2007 was bought by the Eastern Cape government just six years later for R23m, despite a land claim case hanging over it. And then the building tender went sour…
A March 2020 directive from the Gauteng premier is at the centre of an SIU civil case to recover money lost due to alleged unlawful procurement
The former president requires surgery, which has been put off for the past 18 months, according to his doctor
The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union alleges that work on the Northern Cape legislature’s building was not completed and, despite this, the company was given another tender worth R22-million
The former president was moved to an ‘outside’ facility on Thursday morning
Mkhize’s resignation and the top six meeting are the clearest indicators yet that Ramaphosa is intending to make a much-anticipated cabinet reshuffle
The president has signed a proclamation for the Special Investigating Unit to investigate R474-million in tenders
For six weeks Ramaphosa has told us he is following process and Mkhize continues to get a fat ministerial salary as he relaxes on special leave.
In its court document, the SIU sets out its case against the alleged fraudulent and corrupt relationship between Digital Vibes, Mkhize and the health department — and asks for a tender worth R150-million to be set aside and money paid back
The ANC’s suspended secretary general believes the state’s witness is, in fact, the defence’s witness
‘I will come out and explain to the nation exactly how I will deal with [the SIU] report,’ Ramaphosa said during a walkabout at vaccine sites in Gauteng
Rebuilding is crucial, but democracies cannot allow themselves to be held to ransom by the destruction of anarchists in dictating where public funds should be spent
The NPA argued there was no need for Zuma to testify in the special plea application to have Billy Downer removed as prosecutor and, hence, no need to postpone the matter
Gauteng health chief director Thandiwe Pino has been axed for her role in awarding ‘irregular contracts’
Taxi boss Mandla Gcaba went on radio at the weekend to deny his taxis would be used to shuttle protesters to support his cousin, Jacob Zuma
The Hawks and the NPA want to boost forensic investigative capacity to get back more money lost to corruption
The freedom struggle and labour veteran says the law is soft on criminals and perpetrators must be punished
Inquiry leader and former deputy chief justice Dikgang Moseneke emphasised the need for democratic processes not to falter because of the pandemic.
Seventeen investigative reports, undertaken by Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s office, detail gross negligence and maladministration in government structures
Many ANC leaders and officials have been implicated in allegations of corruption and other wrongdoing; Zuma’s is merely the most prominent case
The social security agency has ‘lost’ R2-billion on unnecessary salaries and through wasteful expenditure
The auditor general paints a dire picture of Mangaung’s finances
The state has added racketeering to the charges faced by the former eThekwini mayor and 21 others, but logistics are likely to delay their trial until mid-2022
The Durban high court will set a date for the former mayor’s corruption trial to go ahead
Analysis of news coverage in May shows a governing party that is broke — and bitterly at war with itself
Stabilisation committee on track to recover around R10-billion from the department of human settlements, water and sanitation
Administrators exert political influence in the recruitment process, the Public Service Commission says
R10-billion in capital investment is needed for prioritised mitigation actions until 2050, as well as an annual operating budget of about R25-billion for the same period