Today, as the country awaits the next update on the state of its public purse, the prospect of a debt crisis seems more imminent than before. This is as South Africa’s fiscal position has deteriorated markedly during the course of this year, a dilemma that could see the treasury inflicting another round of spending cuts.
The All Blacks were winning the battle for both territory and possession but the Springboks drew on their reservoirs of self-belief to win 12-11
The governing party also retained a ward in Mpumalanga in Wednesday’s round of by-elections
The ANC embarked on a programme of renewal in 2017 after it emerged that it had been complicit in state capture.
Collaboration between the government and academia could help mitigate climate change in South Africa, professor says
Developed nations need to deliver on the funds they pledged in the past
The defence questions Constable Nkosingphile Maphumulo’s professionalism after he admits to not taking notes
Polls by three organisations paint bleak electoral picture for the ANC
The integrity committee chairperson has said that ruling party leaders implicated in state capture have failed to appear before the disciplinary committee
The pressure of playing for South Africa and its myriad problems will be an obstacle to the Springboks beating New Zealand’s All Blacks
The global financier announced that it had approved a $1 billion loan to help the country’s shift to cleaner forms of energy
The National Prosecuting Authority countered that the courts had confirmed the former president’s line of defence in the arms deal trial deserved this epithet
South Africa’s trade, industry and competition minister said member countries are asking that the pact be renewed for another 10 years
Legislation will compel the government to act on climate change but there are still several concerns
Opposition from the ANC eThekwini region and a lack of clarity from above put paid to the attempt to intervene in the city
Ancient brittle stars from the supercontinent of Gondwana unearthed in 410-million-year-old rocks in Eastern Cape
The measure cannot guarantee independency of the entity because it fails to address the reliance of the National Prosecuting Authority itself on the justice ministry
The Social Research Foundation finds support for the governing party has dropped since July 2022
MEC Siboniso Duma wanted to move funds from other departments to pay for the glitzy event
The former president is again seeking the prosecutor’s removal from the arms deal trial, in doing so reviving old claims he leaked information to the media
The Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry has urged eThekwini to partner with the private sector to fix its ageing water infrastructure
The Democratic Alliance elections in the province will see Bonginkosi Madikizela go up against the current acting leader, Tertius Simmers
Chief electoral officer Sy Mamabolo said he had discussed setting a date between May and August with the president
An initial letter from the suspended judge president revisited arguments he raised in his failed court bid to overturn a finding of impeachable misconduct
Lieutenant Colonel Nkosikhona Hadebe testified that the accused had no visible injuries and said he had not been assaulted
The state-owned logistics entity, plagued by R130 billion in debt and neglected infrastructure, has presented a turnaround plan to claw its way back to profitability
Political analyst, Professor Mcebisi Ndletyana, says he believes the promise of audits is ‘rhetoric for public relations’
The former president said the ANC was the only party able to bring ‘real change’ to South Africa
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
Central banks’ contribution to climate change-related aims, and their role in the transition, depend on government policy
But a state witness, who is an interpreter, told the court that accused number two Bongani Ntanzi was eager to speak
The electricity minister says having both generating units at the nuclear power station offline would be a disaster