168 Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana faces his toughest Mid-Term Budget Policy Statement yet on Wednesday, as South Africans buckling under fuel shocks, joblessness and a relentless cost-of-living crisis look to Treasury for…
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Mnguni: Rise Mzansi will stop government thieves”and clean up Joburg’s criminal rot
222 RISE Mzansi Johannesburg mayoral candidate Lukhona Mguni has laid out a hardline anti-crime and anti-corruption agenda for South Africa’s economic capital, declaring that his administration would purge criminals embedded in City…
Ramaphosa to lead virtual extraordinary SADC Heads of State Summit Wednesday
161 President Cyril Ramaphosa will open and chair a Virtual Extraordinary Summit of Southern African Development Community (SADC) Heads of State and Government on Wednesday, from Cape Town, the Presidency has announced….
ActionSA hits back in Tshwane water war of words over Bronkhorstspruit saga
199 Tshwane’s Bronkhorstspruit water crisis has sparked a war of words inside the city’s coalition government, with ActionSA hitting back at both the DA and the EFF over their handling of the…
ANC Peter Mokaba Region vows outright majority in Polokwane, puts accountability at centre of mayoral pitch
189 POLOKWANE – Confident of securing an outright majority in Polokwane and ruling out any coalition, the ANC’s Peter Mokaba Region says it will anchor its next administration on dependable basic services…
Ramaphosa Warns SA Could Lose AGOA Trade Benefits
192 President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa must prepare for the possibility of losing access to a key United States trade programme, warning that the impact on jobs could be severe. According…
Mabandla next as Khampepe Commission adjourns after Mbeki passes buck to NPA
196 Former Justice Minister Brigitte Mabandla is next to face the Khampepe Commission on Wednesday, after former President Thabo Mbeki told the inquiry that the blame for more than 300 unprosecuted TRC…
Patriarchy keeps rural women off land, CGE tells MPs
218 Rural women in parts of the Eastern Cape are being charged anything from R100 to more than R100,000 for land, yet many still lack secure rights to the properties they occupy…
Shinga vows to take NFP seat battle to Supreme Court of Appeal
203 National Freedom Party (NFP) KwaZulu-Natal MPL Cynthia Mbali Shinga has vowed to take her fight to the Supreme Court of Appeal after the Pietermaritzburg High Court dismissed her bid to appeal…
Duduzile identifies Zuma ’s new partner in complaint to SAPS
184 Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla has identified Siphokazi Xuma as her father, former president Jacob Zuma’s partner, in a formal complaint calling for an investigation into concerns about his security and medical care. In…