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Arts Minister Nathi Mthethwa
COVID 19

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Right2Know says it is supporting artists’ right to protest after police intervened in a demonstration outside the ministry

  • Luke Feltham
3 min read
ANC chairperson Gwede Mantashe. (Oupa Nkosi)
ANC

A blunt Mantashe makes no promises during election campaigning

ANC chairperson Gwede Mantashe told people in Daveyton to stop expecting handouts from the government

  • Lizeka Tandwa
5 min read
Over the past decade, the South African Post Office has had significant business problems, including debt to creditors and poor revenue collection.
CAMERON MACKENZIE

Post Office owes R842m to worker pension fund and medical aid

There is growing concern about a possible liquidation of the entity should it not be repurposed

  • Chris Gilili
5 min read
The pandemic is testing the resilience of most economies, especially those of developing countries. (Madelene Cronjé)
CORONAVIRUS

All hands on deck, we’re trying to revive the economy

Existing government aid schemes must persist, and new ones created, at the same speed as Ters was set up, if we are to survive and thrive after the crisis

  • Duane Newman
6 min read
All of KwaZulu-Natal’s Covid-19 emergency spending has been centralised under the provincial treasury after the controversial purchase of R22-million of blankets by the social development department. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
CORONAVIRUS

Charges loom over dodgy R15-million blanket deal

KZN Premier Sihle Zikalala wants to recover R15-million of Covid-19 funds allegedly looted by service providers and civil servants

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read