Acolytes of the ex-president gear up take-back regions in Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal and North West before the ANC mid-term meeting
Teaching coding in primary school could increase inequality if other skills are not prioritised
New research details how the department was broken, profiting a select few and leaving a third of South Africa’s population without clean water
Cosatu rejects job losses and a wage freeze for public servants, calling this ‘a declaration of war’
The former PIC chief muses over PIC debt-for-equity, privatisation and selling off power stations
SOEs must be dynamic growth enablers if they are to be deemed strategic assets for the economy
Disparate lobby groups (I Am For The Arts, for one) and think-tanks within the arts are stepping up to fill the void, creating the kind of groundswell that is known to make politicians hot under the collar and speaking nervously
There has been an effort by the state to expand the TVET college sector. But the reality is that the systems at many of these colleges are simply not working
Cape Town’s largest passenger rail line has been closed for months, hitting people’s pockets and adding to road traffic congestion in the city
The finance minister must tread a tightrope to fix the economy as he prepares for next week’s budget speech
He’s apologised now, but my week was ruined when I had to delve into his past
In his Sona response, the president apologised for the weaponising of gender-based violence, saying the attack on the red beret leader was “uncalled for”
He must end the Mantashe problem and execute his strategy rather than keep the ANC onside
The president disclosed a development U-turn but the Special Economic Zones and China’s carbon intensive interests are likely to prevail
Sona was a mixed bag but there were some meaningful announcements
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/ 19 February 2020
Cape Town’s largest passenger rail line has been closed for months, hitting people’s pockets and adding to road traffic congestion
ANC MPs test the EFF’s disruptive tactics on the leader of the Red Berets in Sona reply
However, the president says even if he has a conflict of interest, another Cabinet member could suspend the public protector
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/ 17 February 2020
Some political analysts say President Cyril Ramaphosa is taking too long to mend the country, others says it is the ANC itself that must be fixed
Apartheid’s last president walks back comments that definition was a Soviet plot
Four Sonas on, he is still to enforce his will upon the governing party and the state
His visionary pragmatism and his aim – together with SA’s citizens — is to build a capable state
The country is being pushed to develop more SEZs. But is this a viable strategy, given unemployment and ‘deglobalisation’?
The poor condition of state-owned enterprises remains a blight on growth forecasts
“We will fear nothing,” Ramaphosa says
The Mail & Guardian Data Desk has compiled a graphic which puts numbers to the words of President Cyril Ramaphosa after he delivered his state of the nations address
The president delivers his second state of the nation address since he was elected last May
Ramaphosa and his role model Nelson Mandela became presidents of South Africa in very trying times
On Thursday, President Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver the state of the nation address at Parliament in Cape Town. His speech will be delivered under the theme: “Following up on our commitments: making your future work better”.
Live updates from the 2020 State of the Nation Address
Julius Malema’s 44-member caucus stick to their guns: ‘Fire Pravin or else’
The airline’s employees in Durban have been told to join the unemployment queue on March 1 because the city’s route will be closed at the end of February