The fledgling Red Cross Military Identification Programme aims to collaborate with non-state and state military groups to establish DNA profiling of combatants before deployment
We are tired, disillusioned and disbelieving of yet more promises that fail to materialise. That’s the state we’re in
With the country’s economy on the brink, the president assured the nation that ending load-shedding is his government’s top priority
Coal still dominates the domestic energy mix, providing 81.4% of the total system load, according to the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
Presidency says Mabuza is still second in command while he waits for Ramaphosa to release him with Mashatile waiting in the wings
The rolling blackouts are estimated to have cost the country R1 billion a day in 2022, according to the minister
Obsessive consultation is a pronounced feature of Ramaphosa’s leadership style, however, it has done him – and the country – few favours
The government has struggled to claw back business confidence after the state capture years.
Mahendren Munsamy calls charges against him ‘an assault’ on black fuel sellers
The president is at his most powerful in the ANC, but his strategy of playing the long game could work against him
Director of public prosecutions Shamila Batohi asked to drop charges in the fraud case involving the bank and the chemicals firm
The party wants the presidency to co-ordinate all responses to the energy fiasco
President says the party needs to get into election mode ahead of 2024 poll
With Eskom and most other entities in states of disrepair, the relevance of the department of public enterprises is questioned
Investigations have shown that there is excessive ash slurry build-up, which has compromised the integrity of the flue and the chimney
The state charges that Iqbal Sharma’s firm massively defrauded the state and R19 million was laundered into a UAE account controlled by a family friend
In 1997, the warning bells were ringing that South Africa faced a dark future because Eskom would run out of capacity to supply a growing populace and an expanding economy
Reserve Bank’s inflation forecast likely to be pushed up, with Eskom set to increase the price of electricity by 18.65% from April
ANC MPs blurred party and state lines by summoning Eskom’s top brass to a caucus meeting
Opposition parties and other organisations aim to take Eskom to court over the crippling power cuts
The president successfully argued that submitting to an unlawful summons would be would be a violation of his right to freedom
It required self-awareness and reflection of what whiteness signified and an understanding that the struggle itself was a place of learning
The president is likely to follow party and state processes before making changes
Markus Jooste is still challenging JSE fines totalling R15 million for his role in the balance sheet scandal
The president said Zuma’s defence of his private prosecution bid relied on political innuendo but missed the legal argument
ANC member who got the boot says he will work with ‘parties on the left’ to transform South Africa
Implementing the country’s many masterplans demands capacity and focus from a department that has been pulled in different directions
Ruling party’s alliance partners unhappy with the lack of action taken to improve the lives of workers and other South Africans
So far 151 vultures have been poisoned in the Zululand region in 2022
2022 was a clear indication that the worst is yet to come for the embattled power utility and South Africans
A few foes of the president were elected into the national executive committee of the ruling party on Thursday, yet the numbers stack in his favour
The question for Ramaphosa, who would be 75 by the year 2027, is, just what are you going to do to salvage your legacy as the ANC’s 14th president and the country’s fifth since the dawn of democracy