A fire at parliament’s old assembly building was put out in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The extent of the damage is yet to be determined
The ANC chairperson has instructed its caucus ahead of the vote to establish a committee to investigate the public protector’s fitness to hold office
Everything you need to know about South Africa’s options for holding municipal polls — and the dangers we face.
The health minister said supply may be constrained but the department was finalising more vaccine deals
The provinces cite limited capacity and funds to implement the regulations
Its court application to force disclosure of donations to Cyril Ramaphosa may mask a bid to portray him as a capitalist puppet
The finance minister has said it’s not an austerity project. But the numbers and economists disagree
The official opposition’s leader John Steenhuisen has called its mission to slash the ANC voter share unrealistic during a parliamentary meeting, as the party deals with financial challenges
and a fresh round of staff retrenchments
The public protector was wrong to think legal review was the remedy for incompetence on her part; it is, in fact, removal, an independent report concludes
Former state security minister walks free after judge finds there is not sufficient evidence of attempted bribery to scupper Eskom probe
At a portfolio committee meeting on Tuesday, developing a sustainable funding model for the SABC was top of the agenda
Peter Mbati’s appointment at Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University in Pretoria is under the spotlight
The sole remaining witness flounders on the first day of the higher education portfolio committee investigation into SMU vice-chancellor Professor Peter Mbati
EFF leader warns judges they will be ‘overthrown’ for bias in favour of the ruling establishment
The department of public enterprises touched on issues related to Covid-19 at its SOEs, as the acting director general briefed parliament
Salary arrears owed to SAA staff will be paid by 19 February, and the public enterprises department commits to reskilling affected employees.
Only 50 people will be present and everyone else will attend online, which is likely to save the state some money
Covid disrupted the 2020 academic year but catchup plans have been hatched in the nine provinces, including extra lessons, earlier class times, and subject-specific boot camps
Busisiwe Mkhwebane ‘allowed her important office to be used to try and resuscitate a long-dead fake news propaganda fiction’, the court ruled
The party wants the court to rule on the secret ballot issue first, with the case set to be heard in early February
In part two of a series on the lives of farm dwellers, Tshepiso Mabula ka Ndongeni finds a community haunted by the scourge of eviction
Home affairs minister admits South Africa has weak borders, and that the Bushiris had 10 passports between them
The president was answering questions before parliament, where he also told the EFF to allow the courts to decide on the matter of the CR17 bank statements
The department of agriculture has received a plethora of online applications after it released about 500 000 hectares of land last month
Graduates are being left in the lurch by a higher education department that is simply unable to deliver the crucial certificates proving their qualifications – in some cases dating back to 1992
Land ownership and its equitable distribution has floundered. Changes to a section of the constitution and the expropriation act are now before parliament, but do they offer any solution?
According to the Presidency, the plan aims to expedite, in a sustainable manner, the recovery of South Africa’s economy
In 100 days of presidency, Lazarus Chakwera has been mostly well received despite a few glitches
The currently proposed hybrid ‘fair use’ principle does not do nearly enough to protect artists, and will bankrupt them if it forces them to litigate each instance of copyright infringement
‘Stand aside’ rule implemented for people facing charges as provincial integrity commission process stalls
Too often, governments talk the talk on gender equality, but fail to walk the walk
Kenny Motsamai, a parolee who is also an EFF MP, could be sent back to jail if correctional services finds he violated his parole conditions