Families have asked the Congress of Traditional Leaders and the Human Rights Commission to intervene after waiting years to bury their loved ones
With South Africa on the fiscal precipice, the president needs to take hard decisions instead of focussing on re-election
South Africa’s nurses are moving to the private sector or being recruited to high-income countries that are affected by the global shortage of healthcare professionals
The chairperson of the state capture commission and acting chief justice said he had no bias in favour of the president or any against his predecessor, but proceeded on the basis of evidence, without thought as to whether it could deny him the post of chief justice
Privatisation stands to deepen inequalities. But some experts say collaboration between business and government can work in everyone’s interest
The acting chief justice suggested, in his interview with the Judicial Service Commission for the post of chief justice, that the next round of interviews in April with candidates would be an opportunity to do so
The volume of new mortgage applications reached multi-year highs amid record low interest rates
The Gauteng judge president’s words turned prophetic as he came under sustained political attack in his interview for the post of chief justice
The former Transnet group chief executive was one of the key architects of the capture and looting of the state-owned entity
The Zondo commission’s second report deals with the capture of Transnet through the ‘Gupta racketeering enterprise’
The former minister was found to have played a strategic role in ensuring the ground was fertile for the Guptas to plunder Denel
If Ramaphosa is casting about for good news, he must address the biggest beacon for hope: the just transition
The Zondo commission found evidence to suggest that Transnet was the primary site of state capture in financial terms.
The former president, cabinet ministers, board members and executives all played a role in the Gupta family looting the state company of billions.
Private prosecutions have been described as exceptional and onerous, with a legal requirement that the prosecutor put up security for the costs of the accused’s defence
The Zondo commission’s second report deals with the capture of Transnet through the Gupta racketeering enterprise
They have, as a matter of principle, opposed the suggestion that an NWC member, Gwen Ramokgopa, be seconded as coordinator in the ruling party’s engine room.
Former PEC member Peter Nyoni has thrown his hat in the ring in what is expected to be a fierce contest for party chair in Mpumalanga
The retail firm has not established why the contents of the 3 000-page report is privileged, counsel argued. And even if it had, the report’s release is ‘in the public’s interest’
Mthimkhulu, who caused Prasa to spend R2.6-billion for trains unsuitable for the country’s rail network, faces a lengthy jail sentence
Inflation fears should have inspired a run on gold, but the asset may have lost its relevance
South Africa discharges up to 250 000 tonnes of rubbish into the oceans every year
Judges Mbuyiseli Madlanga, Mandisa Maya, Dunstan Mlambo and Raymond Zondo are all strong candidates to become chief justice
If the high court in Cape Town rules for an interim interdict in the River Club project to halt building on heritage land, Amazon is likely to pull out
More revelations in multimillion-rand Mayfair kidnapping
A basic income grant could add 0.5% to GDP growth by 2025, according to a report commissioned by the National Economic Development and Labour Council.
ANC MP Mervyn Dirks has asked Busisiwe Mkhwebane to investigate Ramaphosa’s ‘failure to report corruption’
Not ‘trial ready’: 386 Special Investigating Unit referrals lead to just one case in court so far
Eskom chief operating officer Jan Oberholzer says the utility will continue with planned maintenance, even at the risk of load-shedding
The monetary policy committee has voted to lift the repo rate by another 25 basis points as advanced economies mull policy tightening
The brilliance of Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga’s mind and his transformative judgments can prove salutary at a time when the judiciary is under populist attack, his peers hope.
The union wants the court to decide whether the policy of enforcing vaccinations at UFS holds water.