President’s address dusts off dormant national development plan, making an aspirational plea, tempered with South Africa’s dire economic reality
President Cyril Ramaphosa reaffirms mandate of the SARB, but says price stability while necessary is not a sufficient condition for economic growth.
Implementation is the key focus for President Cyril Ramaphosa, who admits there are limits to what can be delivered due to state of public finances
Alliance partners Cosatu and the SACP are in a tricky situation: they don’t want Magashule hawking their ideas, but they do want their ideas heard
That ANC secretary general’s statement on the Reserve Bank this week sent shivers down the country’s spine
The negotiations started before the elections and continued until the very last moment.
The Economic Freedom Fighters’ (EFF’s) role as kingmaker is not as clear-cut in the 2019 elections as it was in the 2016 polls
The ANC can’t take hard decisions about the economy and other parties don’t need to because they won’t win
Sars has been dragged into the back and forth between the Public Protector and Minister Pravin Gordhan
While at the helm of Sars, Moyane evaded accountability
Both parties are blaming each other for delays that are holding up the high court case
Once the elections are over, the power blocs will change and new allegiances will be formed
Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane has given Pravin Gordhan and Oupa Magashula seven days to reply to her questions to be submitted to her office by April 23
George Mashamba, the ANC’s integrity commission’s chairman, said the body has examined the lists and provided a report to the NEC for consideration
The IEC announced on Tuesday that only one of the 52 objections it received was upheld
Briefing journalists on the 30-day countdown toward the election, the ANC’s head of elections admitted that the campaign was not “going our way”
If the list process has not taught Ramaphosa and his backers not to let their guard down, it is uncertain what will
Mxolisi Dukwana ready to topple Ace Magashule’s house of cards at the Zondo commission
The decision by the electoral commission will make or break the party’s voting trajectory
The two unions that called the strike have accepted an 8% wage increase
The IEC has received objections to over 20 candidates on the ANC’s lists
Magashule was briefing journalists on the agenda of a special national executive committee meeting which kicked off on Monday
The Electoral Commission will listen to objections to names on electoral lists in some circumstances
Freshly appointed commissioner Kieswetter says he is up to the task of turning tax agency around
Although corruption was a factor in the party’s decline in support in the 2014 and 2016 elections, poor service delivery was also a key element.
The finance minister has come out contradicting his ANC colleagues, saying he was unhappy about Sanral’s decision
The EFF alleges that the former finance minister has a familial and business relationship with newly appointed Sars commissioner
The former deputy Sars commissioner says he is fully aware of the daunting task ahead of him
Edward Kieswetter’s appointment comes amidst intense political wrangling over control of the tax agency
The party believes Ramaphosa’s possible pick for the position was picked through a corrupt process
The Public Service Association confirmed on Tuesday night that lengthy talks between the tax agency and unions had collapsed
The opposition is being extra vigilant over ballot boxes in the 2019 polls