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DIRECTOR GENERAL

Social development appoints acting DG after Ramaphosa’s scathing rebuke

Minister of Social Development Sisisi Tolashe was forced to retract a DG vacancy post she defended after President Cyril Ramaphosa clarified that the power to appoint someone in…

  • Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
2 min read
Minister of Public Service and Administration Mzamo Buthelezi
CABINET REPORT CARDS 2025

Mzamo Buthelezi: Public Service and Administration

SCORE: C Minister for Public Service and Administration Mzamo Buthelezi has stepped up efforts to reform South Africa’s public service, placing a strong focus on fighting…

  • MG Reporter
1 min read
Public Service and Administration Minister Mzamo Buthelezi. (Photo by Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
CABINET REPORT CARDS 2024

Mzamo Buthelezi

SCORE: C Public Service and Administration Minister Mzamo Buthelezi has, so far, managed to avoid a deadlock with unions for the 2025-26 and beyond wage negotiations. In October,…

  • MG Reporter
1 min read
ANC NEC member, Parks Tau, at the National Election Debate, hosted by the Mail & Guardian and University of Forte Hare. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy
ACTION SA

ANC’s message to medical aid users: Stop ‘resistance’ to R200bn NHI plan

Deputy Minister Parks Tau reiterated the government’s stance that medical aid tax breaks will be forfeited to fund the proposed universal health care plan

  • Khaya Koko
3 min read
Several sources have told the Mail & Guardian, the Inkatha Freedom Party is tipped to take the position. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)
IFP

IFP leadership nomination is ‘not divisive’

The IFP’s presidential hopeful says he is tasked with preserving Mangosuthu Buthelezi’s legacy

  • Given Sigauqwe
3 min read
IFP pick could backfire
BUTHELEZI ARCHIVES

IFP pick could backfire

The party’s veteran leader has backed an outsider to succeed him, sparking possible dissension

  • Given Sigauqwe
3 min read