This year’s budget will be a balancing act, but the treasury needs to prioritise restoring South Africans economic agency
Instigators took to social media to stoke fears among police officers, the police minister told the South African Human Rights Commission hearings on Monday
The police minister said he received no formal crime intelligence briefings despite it being clear that the ‘dark clouds were gathering’
In the meantime, government will mull the best options to replace this grant with another form of income support
As the president spoke about state capture, opposition MPs murmured disparagingly in a manner previously reserved for his predecessor Jacob Zuma
The president’s strategy to stop the unemployment crisis from spiralling includes cutting red tape and focusing on infrastructure investment
Talk is over, the country needs action says Chief Zwelivelile Mandla Mandela ahead of the State of the Nation address
The police minister insisted that nobody should think the country was under any form of attack
Ramaphosa’s dithering, as well as a failure by the country’s intelligence and police services, aided the two-week carnage
The ratio of private security members to citizens is 1:106, whereas that of police officers to citizens is 1:413
Privatisation stands to deepen inequalities. But some experts say collaboration between business and government can work in everyone’s interest
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Beset by political instability, the region is also the canary in the climate change coal mine
The presidency said the move required input from legal experts but analysts suggests it may in some way have been precipitated by the fire at parliament
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We must overhaul a justice system that does not work for Africa and Africans. Immediate land reform is crucial now
Covid-19 cast the economy adrift, but a less punishing new phase of the pandemic could set it back on track
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‘The whole operation … was a process of confusion and a total lack of command … and control’
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As the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) concludes its first leg of the inquiry into the July unrest in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, the testimonies have laid bare the dysfunctional state of South Africa’s justice, crime prevention and security cluster. During the inquiry, members of the cluster engaged in buck-passing and blame-gaming, with no one […]
The court set aside Arthur Fraser’s decision to release the former president on medical parole, rejecting his reasons as unconstitutional and irrational
The largest drops in the third quarter were in the agriculture sector, trade and manufacturing.
The minister again accused the commissioner of being missing in action when the violence raged in KwaZulu-Natal
KZN police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi took no prisoners as he accused former defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula of perjury at hearings into the unrest
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No members of the police, defence force or state security have been implicated ‘at this stage’ in ongoing investigations into the July unrest in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng
Whoever organised the unrest in response to the pending arrest of Jacob Zuma was responsible for the lethal violence that followed, the KZN police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi said.
Minister of police only receives information from national commissioner that relates to him, commission hears
The official unemployment rate rose to 34.9% in the third quarter of 2021 — the highest since 2008
The central bank has been criticised for hiking interest rates to the detriment of employment
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“They called us Zuma’s dogs” and the K-word, Human Rights Commission told on day seven of hearings into July unrest
Former defence minister says top KwaZulu-Natal cop was reluctant to share information with her
The suspended national police commissioner told the SAHRC it was the first time the country had seen unrest that began at a level aimed at debilitating the police’s available resources
Critics have said the repo rate hike will jeopardise already sluggish economic growth, but others say the gradual increase will have little effect
Indian residents deny ‘massacre’ label; black survivors claim violence and orchestration
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In the three-month period 6 163 murders occurred, a 20.7% increase from the same period last year, and 9 556 rapes were reported, a rise of 7.1%. The number of sexual offences was 11 964, up 4.7%