Pravin Gordhan says he will go to court to protect himself if necessary as Zuma and ANC express confidence in the finance minister.
MPs will debate a motion of impeachment against the president on September 1 for allowing Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to leave South Africa.
The 7th Brics summit this week will see a deepening of relations in the emerging markets bloc as member nations sign a range of new agreements.
The defence force rejected reports that South African National Defence Force troops in Darfur were threatened to prevent the arrest of Omar al-Bashir.
The Local government Association declared a dispute with Treasury to release of R1-billion to 39 municipalities whose funding is being withheld.
ANC national chair Baleka Mbete is the uncontested new speaker of the National Assembly after receiving more than 70% of the votes.
Parliament’s 400 new and returning MPs have been sworn in, with newcomers including Julius Malema and Floyd Shivambu.
Prosecutor Gerrie Nel has accused Oscar Pistorius of faking emotional distress while being cross-examined about shooting Reeva Steenkamp.
A police investigator says he had moved objects on the scene where Oscar Pistorius shot Reeva Steenkamp as a legitimate part of the investigation.
A forensic expert has disputed Oscar Pistorius’s claim that he was wearing his prosthetic legs when he broke down a door to reach Reeva Steenkamp.
A former girlfriend of Oscar Pistorius has told the court he was obsessed with firearms and that he cheated on her with Reeva Steenkamp.
In a dramatic testimony, a neighbour of Oscar Pistorius has told a court that he found the athelete crying next to the dying Reeva Steenkamp.
Having fought and won a string of high-profile criminal cases, lawyer Barry Roux’s reputation will be tested when he defends Oscar Pistorius.
Ahead of former president Nelson Mandela’s state funeral in Qunu next Sunday, SA has begun its preparation to welcome international leaders.
The National Assembly has referred the Protection of State Information Bill back to the ad hoc committee because of procedural failures.
The ANC has pushed the final admendments to the Protection of State Information Bill through the National Council of Provinces, despite protests.
The ANC has adopted the final draft of the Protection of State Information Bill in the absence of opposition parties, who walked out.
The ANC proposed changes to the contentious Protection of State Information Bill again, this time tending to the liberal.
The ANC has agreed to some of State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele’s hawkish proposals on the Protection of State Information Bill.
The justice department is footing the R75-million bill for the Farlam commission but the cost to the cash-strapped department may well escalate.
Opposition parties have accused the ANC of retracting concessions made in recent weeks on the espionage section of the secrecy Bill.
The Protection of State Information Bill has been rewritten to general relief, but the latest draft still makes for a messy clash of laws.
Auditor general Terence Nombembe has found that secret service funds were used to pay for a security wall built around Nathi Mthethwa’s private home.
Parliamentarians have held heated final deliberations on draft legislation to restructure the Hawks in line with a Constitutional Court judgment.