The state’s failure to act as a source of moral or political authority creates a vacuum that ‘seductive’ populist movements are happy to fill
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Masemola’s appointment as the country’s top cop comes amid allegations of meddling levelled against Police Minister Bheki Cele.
The president will announce Khehla Sitole’s successor
But opposition MPs spoke eloquently to popular discomfort with a ruling collective that includes ministers fingered for corruption
President Cyril Ramaphosa has underlined the importance of expanding digital access to help to grow the economy
Operation Dudula has carried out a crackdown against illegal immigrants in Jo’burg, a drive that has resonated with mainly poor, angry South Africans
More legislation will not protect women when the police cannot, researchers say, following the proclamation of amendments to gender-based violence laws
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If President Cyril Ramaphosa extends the state of disaster again, it’s time to lawyer up and bring out the freaks.
President Cyril Ramaphosa announces the scaling back of restrictions and lifts the need to wear masks outdoors
Sale of mobile telecommunication spectrum is ‘a significant milestone in our reform agenda’ — Ramaphosa
Medical experts and political and economic analysts have slammed the latest extension to the Covid-19 State of Disaster as a “power grab”
The organisation notes complaints against Mpofu following the interviews with candidates for chief justice and set out guidelines of fairness, but said he was not treated fairly within its own ranks
Experts say South Africa and Botswana lag behind countries in the East and West Africa in promoting continental integration.
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Even though other countries are letting people bare their faces, we are clinging on to the State of National Disaster
President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday the war in Ukraine could have been avoided if Nato had heeded caution not to expand eastwards, as he reiterated that South Africa was ready to mediate. Replying to a question in parliament, Ramaphosa suggested that it was partly South Africa’s historical perspective on the alliance’s expansion and partly […]
The president took his time to announce the country’s new chief justice. What took him so long, and did he make the best choice?
The president said he was hoping to speak to Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy
The Minister has asked Ramaphosa if the Presidential Climate Commission can oversee the consultation process
An agreement could not be reached at cabinet level on new regulations
Public science organisations were allegedly instructed over email on 1 March by a senior department of science and innovation official not to comment on the invasion
If properly structured, the committee could introduce an era of accountability that is desperately needed in the governing party
Ramaphosa did not say if he had accepted the mediation role, nor did he expand on what it would entail
The National Prosecuting Authority risks reputational damage if it fails to act and donor money is part of the answer — as long as there was transparency
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Last month’s budget was positive about the trajectory of the economy but near-term growth projection are only slightly higher than during South Africa’s darkest years
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has rejected a recommendation from the JSC that he appoint Supreme Court of Appeal president Mandisa Maya as head of the judiciary
The motions of no confidence were tabled by the African Transformation Movement and the Democratic Alliance
The application, widely seen as desperate, was dismissed with costs, burying her adverse findings against Ramaphosa over funding to his leadership campaign
Provincial task team co-ordinator Lindiwe Ntshalintshali has dared members threatening to challenge the conference to try their luck as she rebukes Mandla Ndlovu for early endorsement
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Party ropes in outsiders to boost its image, with Vusi Pikoli mooted for a position on disciplinary committee and Khensani Kubayi for a crucial economics post
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The acting chief justice’s directive that Gwede Mantashe and former president Jacob Zuma be probed for corruption spells more complications for the president in the coming leadership battle
Will the government be able to retain its principled non-aligned stance as a humanitarian crisis looms and pressure on Vladimir Putin mounts?
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The resignation of former finance minister Nhlanhla Nene after it emerged he had omitted that he had met the Guptas for tea was one of far too few occasions in which we’ve had a prominent ANC member relinquish their duties honourably.