Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan is expected to extend the timeframe for balancing SA’s books — laxity that is unlikely to sit well with markets.
New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum has won the toss and chosen to bowl in the third and deciding Twenty20 international against South Africa.
M&G editor-in-chief Nic Dawes talks us through his predictions for the 2012 budget speech.
Energy Minister Dipuo Peters says her department will focus on energy efficiency in municipalities and will address results of lowered revenue.
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/ 21 February 2012
South Africa’s young people are worst affected by the country’s unemployment problem, leading some to think there will be a call for a revolution.
King Goodwill Zwelithini has slammed the protests carried out by Democratic Republic of Congo expatriates at Parliament, calling them unacceptable.
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/ 20 February 2012
R2-billion has been set aside for an ethanol plant to help South Africa’s budding biofuels sector, which could reduce its reliance on imported fuel.
Awarding a R350-million Transnet contract to a black-owned firm is a major step in transforming the auditing profession, says minister Malusi Gigaba.
The latest Traditional Courts Bill could place rural people under the legal jurisdiction of the rulers of their former homelands.
Civil servants are paying more for their chronic medication dispensing fees than the maximum amount mandated by the health minister.
ANC Youth League president Julius Malema has called on young people to rise up and fight for the "unbanning" of the youth league.
With ambitious state projects planned, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan faces a tough call in his 2012 budget speech: Should he raise taxes or not?
The Young Communist League has called for deputy agriculture minister Pieter Mulder to resign after comments he made about land reform redistribution.
Growing outrage over the killing of a Soweto teenager, apparently by a student police officer, has put police brutality under the spotlight again.
The Johannesburg City Library reopened its doors following a R68-million facelift. The M&G attended the opening to speak to those involved.
Although opposition parties criticised President Jacob Zuma’s acceptance of education and employment statistics, they were less scathing this year.
A day after SanParks reported 52 rhinos have been killed this year in South Africa, police say they have arrested five suspected rhino poachers.
The DA has readied itself for its pursuit of the records that led to the suspension of corruption charges against President Jacob Zuma.
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/ 13 February 2012
Deputy Transport Minister Jeremy Cronin says government is considering taking the responsibilities of Prasa and handing it to cities for management.
The president says he wants to review the powers the Constitutional Court holds, saying judges had different views and were influenced by the media.
Conference on how to curb carbon emissions generates tonnes of the stuff.
ANC Youth League heads Julius Malema, Floyd Shivambu and Sindiso Magaqa’s arguments to lessen their disciplinary sentences is due to begin on Monday.
Southern African foreign ministers discussed the deadlocked polls for a new African Union head and to chart the bloc’s strategy for the next vote.
The rand tumbled over 2% against the dollar after the Reserve Bank announced there would be an important weekend statement.
We catch up with ANC ministers and opposition party leaders following President Zuma’s State of the Nation address.
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe says the ANC and its youth league should be speaking to each other, and not through the media, when problems arise.
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/ 10 February 2012
South African stocks booked their first weekly decline since the beginning of 2012, falling 1.3% on Friday as investors cashed in resources firms.
In Julius Malema’s "farewell speech", he didn’t hesitate to criticise the leadership of the ANC.He clarified, we haven’t heard the last word on nationalisation.
Julius Malema has thrown caution to the wind, opening the ANCYL’s lekgotla with digs aimed at President Zuma, and renewed calls for nationalisation.
Analysts say the infrastructure drive unveiled by President Zuma must be combined with other programmes if it is to succeed in growing SA’s economy.
High security and aggressive policemen made a mockery of SA’s so-called "People’s Parliament" before the State of the Nation address on Thursday.
President Zuma has delivered one of his better State of the Nation speeches since taking office in 2009. Our politics team breaks it down for us.