The governing party is likely to poll between 43% and 45% nationally in next year’s elections, Brenthurst Foundation poll says
The president said South Africa could relate to the plight of Palestine
Independents will need budgets to match their egos if they are to contest the elections
The presidency reiterated that South Africa is ready to help negotiate a lasting peace settlement in the Middle East
Naledi Pandor appeared to put that at risk, but neutrality is neither a just demand nor a way to bring Israel to the negotiating table
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Secretary general Fikile Mbalula says the heavily criticised international relations minister was doing her job as a diplomat to advance peace during call with Hamas leader
Sixty percent of votes in the National Assembly is needed to approve the appointment of Kholeka Gcaleka.
However, Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa believes green hydrogen technology still needs to mature.
South Africa is ready to help negotiate a lasting settlement in the region, the president said
The ATM leader says the party has been growing since playing a pivotal role in holding President Cyril Ramaphosa accountable over the Phala Phala scandal
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The presence of democratically elected leaders in the Judicial Service Commission is critical
Nxamalala really does love a lawyer’s letter — as long as it’s not addressed to him
Tensions over Tshwane between ActionSA and the Democratic Alliance are not expected affect the multi-party pact
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The king’s uncle has moved to cut his legal funding and wants the state to stop his salary
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The presidency says it is another spurious legal bid to harass Ramaphosa
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A Social Research Foundation poll has found the former president is favoured by 80% in the province’s ANC
The effort, needed for renewable capacity to come online, will cost about R210 billion
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Parliament will this month hold hearings against Economic Freedom Fighters accused of disruptive behaviour during President Cyril Ramaphosa’s budget vote speech last year
The time for sod-turning and ribbon-cutting is nearly upon us
Ten years after its adoption, the government has failed to achieve the targets set out in the National Development Plan. Looming spending cuts will render the NDP even more futile
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With most of the NDP targets way off the mark, our fiscal path defers the NDP goals by another decade, if we are lucky, while an incapable state will spell its death
Jacob Zuma’s lawyer, Dali Mpofu said the former president’s criminal trial would not proceed soon, because he would again ask for the removal of state prosecutor Billy Downer
A 10-year review of the NDP lays bare the extent to which the economy has regressed, as its targets slip further from the government’s grasp
The former deputy international affairs minister helped develop South Africa’s foreign policy in the post apartheid era
The report found that South Africa’s overall trend over recent years was one of ‘worsening instability’ and economic crisis
Group wants dubious transactions as far back as 2015 investigated
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The infrastructure is there but it has to be maintained, upgraded and used appropriately
The fund, announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa in 2020, may have helped protect the fiscus from a long-term debt crisis
A review of the NDP notes that the economy has not performed adequately to rid the country of poverty, inequality and unemployment by 2030
State capture implicated businessman Edwin Sodi was awarded a contract to the value of R291 million for the Rooiwal upgrade, which didn’t take place
eThekwini council wants the issuing of title deeds completed within two months
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The ruling party’s economic transformation head Mmamokolo Kubayi said the resolution for state entities to be moved to line ministries remained intact
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