It is not clear whether the ANC will vote with its government of national unity partners
The president will consult the leaders of other parties before he makes the appointments
The NF party wants a provincial cabinet seat in return for its support
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Now that the report cards have been handed out, cynicism and uncertainty rule
Among the PA’s manifesto promises is to put God back into schools. It is now looking to 2026 to win local government seats
The EFF leader said the party’s key takeaway for the election was that the MK party had helped achieve its goal of depriving the ANC of its outright majority
Cancer accounted for about 32.3% of all insurer Liberty’s claims for 2023
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Links have been found between the procurement manager and beneficiaries of lucrative tenders
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The president admitted the ruling party had made mistakes in the past 30 years, but said it had also done a lot of good
ArcelorMittal SA expects to make a final decision by August on the closure of its long steel operation, which puts 3 500 jobs at risk
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The ANC has been under pressure to up its game in the province since Jacob Zuma announced last year that he would endorse the MK party
Pockets of excellence still exist: we must just learn how to harness them
Despite being a preventable and curable disease, about 150 people died from TB every day in South Africa in 2022
The Economic Freedom Fighters leader said the party’s secretary general, Marshall Dlamini, would replace Shivambu as its national deployee in the province
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The EFF leader has said that the door was still open to collaboration with the DA and MK parties after the elections, but not with Ramaphosa
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ANC head of elections Mdumiseni Ntuli believes the president’s approval rating provides an advantageous platform for campaigning
The water and sanitation minister said the metro needed to build resilience into its water supply system given the flood risks
The uMkhonto weSizwe Party wants Jacob Zuma back in office despite the Constitution barring this
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The South African Weather Service has issued a level 5 warning for KwaZulu-Natal as flooding leaves the province at a standstill, and schools close early
A severe storm system left a trail of destruction in eThekwini, KwaDukuza and Ndwedwe
Political analysts believe that EFF’s growth in KwaZulu-Natal will be marginal
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Corruption, lack of employment and empty promises are among the reasons behind young people not wanting to vote
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Alcohol and food parcels are allegedly being used by the ANC to entice the fighters
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Municipalities collectively owe Eskom more than R1 billion and are mired in unauthorised and wasteful expenditure and lack of consequence management
As they start recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic, FlySafair and SAA have launched new routes and are leasing additional aircraft
The country’s taxi industry aims to register its own security company and to work in collaboration with the police and the private security sector
South Africa is one of the largest operational regions for the US food and beverage giant
Senior leaders in KwaZulu-Natal say scandal findings are too big to shake off
The country is grappling with the H5 and H7 variants of the disease, which were first recorded in the Western Cape in April but have spread to other provinces
A Social Research Foundation poll has found the former president is favoured by 80% in the province’s ANC
But the party contends it has moved on from internal strife and is focused on the 2024 polls
The KwaZulu-Natal chair said provincial leaders’ polling was likely to change in the coming weeks