Long droughts may result in dams unable to adequately supply the industrial heartland
A new study says the river’s wetlands have accumulated toxic pollutants from mining for more than a century
The partly state-owned firm has battled the odds to become the third-biggest mobile operator in SA
Water and housing entities are likely to see political appointments reversed after the cabinet reshuffle
Outgoing Eastern Cape chairperson Oscar Mabuyane is ready to lead the province for another term. The ANC provincial heavyweight and one of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s loyal allies said that when the province holds its conference in December, he will put his hat back in the ring. Mabuyane leads one of the ANC’s biggest provinces after […]
The new finance minister has a difficult task, but analysts say his political capital will help him hold a hard line on state spending
The government’s vision for mined land: farms, tourism and self-generation of electricity
The new plant can’t meet World Bank’s loan conditions or sulphur emissions limits
Mogoeng chided for tongue-lashing
The Development Bank of Southern Africa was appointed in 2019 as the implementing agent to accelerate infrastructure projects for the defence department.
1 Military Hospital is in a serious state of disrepair and the report of a forensic investigation into who is to blame for the mess remains under wraps
This is an extract from a new book Flight of the Diamond Smugglers: A Tale of Pigeons, Obsession, and Greed Along Coastal South Africa
It became hard to suspend disbelief as Ramaphosa repeatedly told the Zondo commission that he did not know of the abuses ripping through the state machinery while he was deputy president
Mobile sites are a national initiative to take Covid-19 vaccines to rural communities. The Mail & Guardian visited one such site
for farmworkers in the Western Cape
The zero greenhouse gas goals are a mainstream expectation for all large institutional investors
Nine years later, the government has not finalised damages claims, but has paid millions for Phiyega to contest the scathing findings against her
Adam Damons argues he has faced unfair discrimination, and that the City’s promotions policy did not make provision for discrimination based on disability
The president was presented with evidence about state capture that it was hard to believe escaped the attention of those in power, including himself
This move comes after allegations that the initial deliberations to fill two vacancies at the apex court were compromised by blatant politicking
The project will extend operating life of South Africa’s only nuclear power plant by another 20 years
Zuma’s mystery illness has given TV viewers time to watch his successor swap ministers and be astonished about the extent of state capture
The blight on our past and our future must haunt us as much as it haunts the victims left behind
Covid-19 variants are new versions of the virus that are smarter at surviving. But before we can understand what these changed forms mean for vaccines, we first need to go back to the basics. We take you through the evolution of the virus and what this means for your body’s defences.
The president’s claim that he served as deputy president under Zuma as a way of stemming corruption came up short against prior evidence of witnesses who said he failed to help them do so
Kgothatso Montjane speaks to Athandiwe Saba about her becoming the first black woman South African player to reach the Wimbledon final, her ‘robotic’ leg, being a DJ and the love of her parents
Statistics South Africa, the number of houses hit has increased from 2.1-million in 2015-16 to 2.3-million in 2019-20
Perhaps this will turn out to be a strategic masterclass by the South African office which will lead to a much more innovative nation
The parastatal has struggled with financial constraints for some time, partly blamed on wasteful expenditure and the inability to create revenue
The Msunduzi local municipality in KwaZulu-Natal is on permanent life support and shows no sign of being cured
The machinations around the finance ministry at the time clearly posed the risk that the treasury would be captured, to disastrous effect, Ramaphosa said.
Court hears that the case against the accused in Free State asbestos case, including Magashule, relies on inadmissible Zondo commission testimony
Things can happen much quicker if the arteries of land reform are unblocked