Higher oil prices can increase the costs of living and doing business, and South Africa’s oil imports will also likely rise in the second half of 2021, but there are a few reasons to remain positive too
The World Bank is funding a plan to deal with air pollution in Ekurhuleni, Tshwane and Johannesburg
The firm believes the second-hand vehicle business will thrive in a post-Covid world
Starving StatsSA of its ability to measure inequality may be a short-term face-saving strategy but it does not make the inequality disappear
A special annual week showcases the talents of black people who love – and work with – plants
Covid-19 bans on alcohol and the recent violence have exposed just how important booze sales are to retailers that once only filled trolleys with food
Crematoriums, funeral parlours and cemeteries were forced to close, leaving the families of those who died during the unrest to live with their bodies.
As more vaccines arrive in the country, South Africa could administer 420 000 doses a day
The North West premier has defied the interim provincial committee’s decision
Three weeks ago, a second term for the president seemed a safe bet, but the insurgency has thrown the puzzle pieces in the air
The court also found that the term hurtful should be excised from the Equality Act in that it did not meet the justification threshold in the Constitution and gave Parliament 24 months to do so
Zondo wanted to know why tenders were awarded to a company that was publicly known to have been involved in corruption
Deputy Finance Minister David Masondo says his comments were not the treasury’s official stance, but out-of-the-box thinking was needed to deal with the utility’s hefty debt
The blame for our current crisis must be laid at the door of the ANC — but it can still redeem itself
In its court document, the SIU sets out its case against the alleged fraudulent and corrupt relationship between Digital Vibes, Mkhize and the health department — and asks for a tender worth R150-million to be set aside and money paid back
The faculty is the first of its kind in the battle against climate change
Pfizer will deliver 1.5-million doses on Sunday and a further 5.6-million doses by Wednesday and 1.4-million J&J vaccines will arrive by Monday
Emerging markets need $3-trillion to 4-trillion a year in low-carbon investments over the next 15 years to meet their climate mitigation commitments
It is becoming clear SA needs a BIG, as many ANC cabinet members, opposition parties and experts agree. But there is still dissent from some quarters
Two months before the long-serving higher education director general was suspended, he reported Nzimande to the bargaining council
The ANC’s suspended secretary general believes the state’s witness is, in fact, the defence’s witness
The flare-up of the taxi war in the Western Cape has again shown the industry’s ability to hold commuters, the state and the local economy to ransom
Provincial government says it cannot deal with the magnitude of the damage to infrastructure alone
Veteran actor James Ngcobo, who is also a director, recently scooped his fourth South African Film and Television Awards accolade for his role as a corrupt leader on Netflix’s Queen Sono
In Parliament on Thursday, the police minister and national police commissioner lamented that officers had become hesitant to execute their duties
‘I will come out and explain to the nation exactly how I will deal with [the SIU] report,’ Ramaphosa said during a walkabout at vaccine sites in Gauteng
Improved private sector coordination would go a long way in rising to the problems South Africa faces
Protecting our loved ones from harm and destruction is brave and noble but the insistence on framing the brutality in Phoenix in terms of the protection narrative is disingenuous
The Zuma family also urged people to continue to desist from destroying infrastructure, adding that it opposed the arrest of Ngizwe Mchunu
The public protector has called for the impeachment process against her to be halted with immediate effect
According to an Afrobarometer survey of 1 600 people, the majority of people do not trust the government to deliver safe vaccines
Parliament will conduct a formal hearing into what transpired in the National Assembly in March between EFF and DA MPs