Covid-19 had an immediate effect on informal businesses, which fell from 1.6-million enterprises in the first quarter of 2020 to 1.2-million in the second
The country risks ‘pariah status’ for approach to global plastic waste crisis
The fact that the ANC’s rule 25.7 may have been a narrowing of the party’s 2017 resolutions on corruption did not render it unlawful, Wim Trengove argued for the ruling party
It’s been 30 years since South Africa signed the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and stuck to it
Refusal of project shows there is ‘no space for tick-box exercises’ by environmental consultants
Magashule’s inability to grasp the difficult position in which he puts the ANC demonstrates his disregard for party discipline and unity in the pursuit of individual interest
The shift to renewable energy makes financial sense
The businessman and alleged underworld figure claims he is ‘severely prejudiced’ by his ‘lack of knowledge’ of the charges against him
The ANC is searching for alternatives to end months of negotiations with the EFF on the land question
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Magashule is expected to argue that the step-aside rule 25.7 is unconstitutional and unlawful
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Despite the public interest in the ruling, the commission’s deadline has become irrelevant as it abandoned hope of forcing the former president to testify
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The decuplets were a fiction, and Ramaphosa’s iPad wasn’t stolen after all. Paddy Harper’s vaccine, however, is still MIA, but he’s feeling hopeful he’ll get one soon
Even noble intent could not rescue the step-aside rule, counsel for the suspended secretary general told the Johannesburg high court, but in fact there was only factionalism
Tighter measures are necessary to contain Covid-19’s spread in Gauteng, but returning to level-five restrictions is not on the cards, says Makhura
Democracy is everyone’s responsibility to defend. Now is a critical time to double up efforts to guard this nation’s constitutional integrity
The judge recognised the delegation of power located in the ANC’s national executive committee to the secretary general and the deputy secretary general
Our system is still not conducive for dealing with community transmissions. Harsher restrictions and constant lockdowns are not the answer
Department of forestry, fisheries and environment refuses to grant environmental authorisation for gas-to-power projects
A report commissioned by South African National Parks has ruled out natural causes and negligence as reasons for the blaze
The suspended secretary general is said to be adamant that he would pursue the court action against the advice of his allies in the national executive committee
During a webinar on Wednesday evening, the former finance minister said the country needs a stronger social compact and a more detailed recovery plan
Mines turn to solar power because of Eskom’s unreliable coal-generated electricity supply
The state alleges Modack ‘managed’ illegal operations between October 2019 and September 2020
Covid-19 has forced newsrooms to find new business models, but the public has turned to the news more in the last year
The former public enterprises minister says he was deliberately removed from state companies’ dealings and could not have learned of the looting
The Special Investigating Unit said it would ask the tribunal to declare the health department’s contract with the company unlawful
The hearings will be open to the media and the public, under strict level-three regulations
People who have had Covid-19 in the past 30 days or who have had a flu shot in the past 14 days will be vaccinated at a later date
The former apartheid security police officer’s attempt to use political interference as a reason not to stand trial for murder has failed
The former ANC provincial treasurer says the donation was used to pay for its conference in 2008
Last month, the department of agriculture issued a notice saying that the slaughter and dressing of game meat at any place other than an abattoir was prohibited, and that those not complying could be fined or imprisoned
While officials remain entangled in bureaucratic knots, clinicians warn that the continued closure of the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital risks a ‘humanitarian disaster’