214 Germany has backed South Africa’s participation in the upcoming G20 summit in Miami, despite US President Donald Trump’s decision not to invite Pretoria. According to BusinessTech, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz urged…
Category: Politics
Godongwana threatens to cut off failing municipalities as local elections loom
159 Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has warned failing municipalities to fix their finances or lose funding as government enforces payment discipline and ends fiscal bailouts that deliver no results. Tabling the Medium-Term…
DA-ActionSA war erupts over Joburg coalitions as Zille attacked for arrogance
182 The opposition battle for Johannesburg has exploded into open war, with DA mayoral candidate Helen Zille warning that divided opposition votes will keep the ANC in power after 4 November 2026,…
Parties mixed on Godongwana’s mid-term budget as fuel relief fails to cool anger over growth, jobs
268 Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) has split political parties and labour, with temporary fuel levy relief welcomed but dismissed as too little to fix unemployment, weak growth…
Godongwana defends R516m for Madlanga and Khampepe commissions as cost of confronting corruption
144 Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has defended a R516 million allocation for the Madlanga, Khampepe and Nkabinde commissions of inquiry, framing the expenditure as unavoidable and essential to restoring integrity in South…
Mabandla denies ordering NPA to shelve TRC cases, cites Selebi-Pikoli fallout
147 Former Justice Minister Brigitte Mabandla has told the Khampepe Commission she never ordered the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to put apartheid-era cases on ice, pushing back against claims of political interference…
Maotwe affidavit: Tshwane mayor, manager face SAPS probe over Bronk water scandal
171 EFF MP Omphile Maotwe has filed a sworn affidavit asking the South African Police Service to investigate Tshwane Executive Mayor Dr Nasiphi Moya and City Manager Johann Mettler over the Bronkhorstspruit…
Treasury’s big test and what Wednesday’s MTBPS will reveal for the poor
170 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…
Mnguni: Rise Mzansi will stop government thieves”and clean up Joburg’s criminal rot
228 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
164 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….