South Africa is once more experiencing periodic power cuts. These typically take the form of scheduled supply interruptions, for two to four hours a day, whenever the country’s electricity system is overloaded. Such overloading currently happens on 40-50 days a year. Eskom, the country’s power utility, recently admitted that such interruptions are likely to persist […]
The Act, which regulates political party funding, came into effect on 1 April and aims to make donations transparent.
ANC secretary general Ace Magashule plans to canvas for support from branches in an attempt to gain sympathy and walk away from step-aside decisions
Travelling during the pandemic: Tala was rocked by mismanagement and then Covid-19, but proved to be resilient
It’s time for major shifts in local politics, given the DA’s lacklustre efforts, the EFF’s faux workerist pose and the ANC’s factionalism
Aside from slight tweaks to alcohol regulations and measures on religious gatherings, not much has changed as South Africans prepare for the long weekend
ANC secretary general Ace Magashule’s chess moves are limited after the Ramaphosa faction dealt him and his allies a heavy blow at this weekend’s NEC
As the national executive committee squabbled over the ‘step aside’ resolution, employees at Luthuli House contemplated strike action
The power utility’s former chief executive prefaced his testimony by asking if the president would have to answer to claims that he meddled in Eskom
The Western Cape high court has found that Speaker Thandi Modise applied her mind when rejecting the ATM’s demand
Zondo commission’s legal counsel tells top court a suspended sentence would allow the former president to run rings around the inquiry — again
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s allies are gearing up to move against ANC secretary general Ace Magashule in crucial meeting
The president will give evidence both in his capacity as the head of state and as the leader of the governing party
Vice-chancellors tell parliament that there needs to be a lasting national solution to the funding issues as they cannot deal with them on their own
The EFF pleaded public interest, but the Financial Intelligence Centre says releasing the records it provided would breach the law
Counsel for the Economic Freedom Fighters are seeking to force the disclosure of records showing who bankrolled the CR17 campaign
The ANC chairperson has instructed its caucus ahead of the vote to establish a committee to investigate the public protector’s fitness to hold office
A lack of precedent has raised concerns about the future of the Ingonyama Trust after the death of the king, its sole trustee
Magashule has received at least five letters from ANC caucus members unhappy with the chief whip’s backing of a vote against the public protector
The KZN government has closed for a week to mourn the monarch
Research by retail bank BNP Paribas estimates that unemployment will linger for longer in emerging markets
KZN premier appoints Jomo Sibiya as human settlements MEC and shifts Peggy Nkonyeni to the vacant transport and public safety portfolio
The former president won’t appear before the Zondo inquiry into state capture, even if Ramaphosa and Mantashe do
The ANC’s disciplinary hearing against Dr Bandile Masuku has started; however, the matter against Khusela Diko has been shelved after her husband’s death
Its court application to force disclosure of donations to Cyril Ramaphosa may mask a bid to portray him as a capitalist puppet
Experts say there is no evidence yet to show that government-funded employment schemes work long term
The threat to the president’s rule comes not from the opposition, but from within the ANC
President Ramaphosa’s speech at the National House of Traditional Leaders outlines a master plan for traditional governance, but it’s crucial this plan protects citizens from abuse
Former Eskom chief executive paints himself as the victim of a plot at the hands of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s former business associates
The Eastern Cape ANC chair says he will stand for a second term despite a campaign against him as part of an agenda to paralyse the province
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention only launched in 2017, but between Ebola, measles and the Covid-19 pandemic, it has had its work cut out for it. The agency’s director Dr John Nkengasong speaks to The Continent about the vaccine rollout and the turn of the tide in Tanzania
The former president has one week to file answering papers in the application that also seeks a prison sentence imposed on him