Miracles R Us flops – like Spurs’ title challenge
Companies are withholding investment – despite the commodity boom’s bounty – in the face of constraints to exports and exploration
South Africa need not accept a political culture that offers up leaders who are out of touch with the nation’s realities
In a hint of what will come in his cabinet reshuffle, the president sidelined Mantashe with plan to appoint energy minister in the presidency
More funds expected for SAPS, the National Prosecuting Authority and the Special Investigating Unit in the government’s effort to combat crime
With the country’s economy on the brink, the president assured the nation that ending load-shedding is his government’s top priority
Complete ceremony format at a cool R8 million expected at #Sona2023 after last year’s parliament fire caused some events to be cancelled
The president delivers this year’s address from the Cape Town City Hall
Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh chats with Lukhone Mnguni about loadshedding, South Africa’s governance crisis, the 55th ANC National Conference, and SONA
A critical lesson in the ANC’s near 30-year rule is that we should find policy measures to shield the state and its functioning from the turbulence that factionalism breathes
The M&G and the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung would like to invite you to join us and a panel of experts at the Critical Thinking Forum that will discuss Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation address
A team led by the ministers of employment and labour, trade, industry and competition, and finance have been meeting social partners to map out the priorities that must be reflected in the new social compact
Presidency says Mabuza is still second in command while he waits for Ramaphosa to release him with Mashatile waiting in the wings
Five years after being told to fix South Africa’s unconstitutional cannabis laws, the state has failed to do so
Electricity was the biggest cause and driver of service delivery protests in 2022
The president is likely to follow party and state processes before making changes
While the president’s predicament is creating uncertainty, the work of forging a durable social compact has struggled to gain traction. Why?
The government has had many plans to boost the economy since 1994 but none have achieved their targets
After 14 years of blackouts, the president has promised to expedite load-shedding’s finale
An investigation by the auditor general investigation has found that out of R10.5-billion of unnecessary spending, the department could neither provide a cause nor hold anyone accountable for the R1.5-billion
The document, drafted ahead of the governing party’s policy conference later this year, poses the need for broader public-private collaboration
The National Prosecuting Authority risks reputational damage if it fails to act and donor money is part of the answer — as long as there was transparency
Proposed amendments to the Cannabis for Private Purposes bill allow for the creation of a commercial recreational cannabis industry
The government has finally started to recognise the importance of SMMEs in job creation, the business bounce-back scheme being a case in point
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana must lay out tangible, clear and coherent strategies to make good on the president’s State of the Nation promises
Political culture, and not the Constitution, is an impediment to a better life for all South Africans
The private sector, experts say, cannot alone be entrusted with the important task of stopping South Africa’s unemployment tailspin
The request comes as Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana is due to present his budget to parliament.
President concedes that South Africa is on a long and difficult journey ‘to renew the promise of our democracy’, but cites strengthening the NPA’s capacity as one example of progress
A basic income grant requires higher taxes. But the government will struggle to convince taxpayers to give it more when they see little in return
‘Large parts of the president’s speech are straight from the DA’s playbook’ – Steenhuisen
But Greenpeace Africa says the president must let go of ‘gas fantasies’