SAA's R10.5bn bailout does not cover aircraft lessors, other creditors . Debts to aircraft lessors and some creditors of South African Airways are not covered by a R10.5-billion government bailout, administrators said, raising the prospect that future state budgets will hav...

South African government to deport foreign nationals . South Africa’s home affairs department said on Friday it had started the process of deporting 20 foreign nationals who were among hundreds of asylum seekers and refugees that staged protests over their...

Tshwane's new mayoral committee announced . The newly elected Tshwane Mayor has appointed his first mayoral committee and it includes former MMCs and some new faces.

On Thursday, Mayor Randall Williams, who was elected during a special council...

KZN’s Zikalala wants to appeal Supreme Court ruling against BEE ‘rule book’ . KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala wants the government to appeal against a Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) ruling that rendered procurement regulations in the broad-based black economic empowerment (B...

Ramaphosa to address South Africans on Covid-19 strategy next week . President Cyril Ramaphosa will next week update South Africans on the government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu said on Thursday.

Mthembu told a post-...

French firms set to make R14bn in fresh investment pledges to South Africa . French Foreign Trade and Economic Attractiveness Minister Franck Riester, who is leading a business delegation to South Africa this week, reports that French firms will follow-up their R20-billion in i...

Gauteng health department reviewing security vetting for senior officials amid PPE scandal . The health department in South Africa’s Gauteng province is reviewing all security vetting processes for senior officials, amid concerns among opposition legislators that some have been appointed witho...

Cosatu says there is money for extending TERS benefit . The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) on Wednesday said it would cost some R8-billion to extend the temporary employer/employee relief scheme relating to the Covid-19 pandemic for another...

EFF calls on Tanzania to respect human rights amidst disputed election results . South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) on Tuesday called on the government of Tanzania and the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi party, which scored a landslide election victory last week, to respect ...

Embattled SA post office searching for an expert to turn things around, says Ndabeni-Abrahams . Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams says the government is looking for an expert to fix the SA Post Office (SAPO).

SAPO's turnaround plan will be similar to the recovery plan which is bei...