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
The curfew is shorter, alcohol sale times almost normal and more people can meet at religious, social, political and cultural gatherings
The president says the message to Jacob Zuma will be a simple one: respect the rule of law
Phuti Mahanyele-Dabengwa, chief executive of global internet company Naspers, has held senior posts in investment and development banking. She tells Tshegofatso Mathe about her family life in Soweto and her career, including with Cyril Ramaphosa before he went back to politics
The guidelines must be ‘timeless, uniting and not capable of being abused,’ says ANC veteran
The treasury forecasts 3.3% growth, but warns this will fall to 1.6% if the fledgeling vaccination programme fails to stem successive Covid waves
The Development Bank of Southern Africa plans to use the booming market to finance its climate projects and invest in infrastructure
Hlophe? Mogoeng? Judge Judy? Zuma’s selection of judges could mutate as fast as versions of Jacques Pauw’s weekend
You’ll feel a slight pinch, nothing more.
About 80 000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine have been sent to about 50 sites for health workers to be vaccinated
I want you to fully disclose the topic of climate change in your response to the Sona debate
EFF leader warns judges they will be ‘overthrown’ for bias in favour of the ruling establishment
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says selling on the vaccines will stem wasteful expenditure, but people close to the discussions with AU say they will be sold on the cheap
After six bumpy years the communications ministry is determined the project will be completed by March 22
Reselling the jabs will prevent money being wasted on a vaccine that is not particularly efficacious on the variant that is dominant in South Africa
During a podcast discussion, the ailing power utility’s chief executive said there would be efforts to avoid further hurting distressed businesses
The nature of the ANC’s deployment policies and corruption rooted in the party will undermine Cyril Ramaphosa’s plan for South Africa
Covid-19 has increased South Africa’s already dire child malnutrition levels, and the extension of the R350 special grant is not enough to change this
A North West ANC leader has written to Ace Magashule, asking that the NEC abide by a court ruling to disband the interim provincial committee
Country can’t lose sight of the threat climate change poses, President Ramaphosa says.
The president’s focus is on fixing the economy — infrastructure build and local manufacturing are two priority areas
The president’s latest energy commitments were meant to have been met years ago, but he struggled to get Gwede Mantashe on board
Ramaphosa says regaining learning time lost to the coronavirus pandemic will be a priority this year, but does not specify how
The presidency confirms spokesperson Khusela Diko has been suspended; meanwhile, her full salary was paid while she was on ‘special leave’
The EFF’s top brass have spoken out about Malema’s engagement with Zuma, calling it ‘a disappointment’
The president focuses on the economy and Covid-19 in his 2021 Sona, but his pledge of SA’s rebirth is undermined by corruption and factionalism
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The continental body has thrown its weight behind calls to improve access to Covid-19 vaccines
We spoke to experts, looked at the data and relistened to the health department’s briefings to break down the revised roll-out plan