Treasury officials will model the effect of the grant on the fiscus if the need arises
Only a handful of attempts to blockade roads took place in response to Monday’s shutdown call
Fielding councillors charged with corruption, along with Zandile Gumede, would bring the party into disrepute.
The ANC in the North West is scrambling to oust its premier after a ‘bungled’ process
The new finance minister now has an opportunity to support SMEs with more than words
The ANC and the DA have blamed the Electoral Commission of South Africa for ‘waking up late’ to request a postponement of the local government elections
Former defence minister voted in ahead of the Democratic Alliance’s Annelie Lotriet
Previously, the government had said people aged between 18 and 35 years would be eligible to be vaccinated only from September
What energy mix will make up for the loss of South Africa’s coal power over the next decade or two? Will renewables alone fill the gap, or is nuclear power needed?
The party’s deputy secretary general said the step-aside resolution must be applied without deviation
The expansion of the Port of Durban will cost approximately R100-billion over 10 years
In Nkaneng the memory of the 44 people murdered will not leave the community
The Electoral Commission of South Africa’s new facility ran for only two weeks before it asked the constitutional court to delay the elections
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Outgoing Eastern Cape chairperson Oscar Mabuyane is ready to lead the province for another term. The ANC provincial heavyweight and one of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s loyal allies said that when the province holds its conference in December, he will put his hat back in the ring. Mabuyane leads one of the ANC’s biggest provinces after […]
The new finance minister has a difficult task, but analysts say his political capital will help him hold a hard line on state spending
It became hard to suspend disbelief as Ramaphosa repeatedly told the Zondo commission that he did not know of the abuses ripping through the state machinery while he was deputy president
Nine years later, the government has not finalised damages claims, but has paid millions for Phiyega to contest the scathing findings against her
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The president was presented with evidence about state capture that it was hard to believe escaped the attention of those in power, including himself
This move comes after allegations that the initial deliberations to fill two vacancies at the apex court were compromised by blatant politicking
Zuma’s mystery illness has given TV viewers time to watch his successor swap ministers and be astonished about the extent of state capture
The blight on our past and our future must haunt us as much as it haunts the victims left behind
The president’s claim that he served as deputy president under Zuma as a way of stemming corruption came up short against prior evidence of witnesses who said he failed to help them do so
The machinations around the finance ministry at the time clearly posed the risk that the treasury would be captured, to disastrous effect, Ramaphosa said.
Court hears that the case against the accused in Free State asbestos case, including Magashule, relies on inadmissible Zondo commission testimony
Things can happen much quicker if the arteries of land reform are unblocked
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, previously the defence minister, replaces Thandi Modise, who was deployed as the minister of defence in last week’s cabinet reshuffle.
Additional energy will take demand pressure off Eskom’s strained supply, but the downside will be a reduction in revenue for the power utility
The mining industry is riding a wave that will eventually crash, analysts warn
Ramaphosa needs to build broad political consensus if he is to have any chance of pursuing his fiscal and structural reform agenda
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ANC economic policy head Enoch Godongwana takes over the finance portfolio
Mkhize’s resignation and the top six meeting are the clearest indicators yet that Ramaphosa is intending to make a much-anticipated cabinet reshuffle
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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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