Deputy President Mabuza to hold special meeting on farm attacks . South Africa's Deputy President David Mabuza will on Friday summon members of the inter-ministerial committee on land reform and agriculture to deliberate on the recent spike in farm attacks and murder...

SACP, partners plead with govt to urgently fight corruption . The South African Communist Party (SACP), alongside various organisations, have asked government and Parliament to take urgent measures to enhance oversight mechanisms against corrupt individuals who a...

State firms request bailouts over Covid-19 . South African State companies have requested billions of rand in funding from the government to help them weather the impact of the coronavirus crisis, a finance ministry presentation to parliament sho...

Mboweni puts to rest rumours he may resign . Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has responded to suggestions he may resign with a tweet saying he was staying put in his post and working to fix South Africa's flagging economy.

"There is a malicious r...

State Capture: Zuma's legal team in stand off with commission over appearance . Former president Jacob Zuma will not be appearing any time soon before the State capture commission as his legal team clashed with the commission over dates for Zuma to appear.

In letters seen by New...

State is falling short of expectations – Ramaphosa . As South Africa prepares to observe Public Service Month in September, President Cyril Ramaphosa admits that there are fundamental problems government is working to fix.

He pointed out that the exper...

South Africa says no extra money available for next three years . South Africa’s National Treasury says there are no additional resources available for government departments in the next three years.

Any additional allocations will have to be funded from reductions...

Ramaphosa sends condolences to family of Nathaniel Julius . President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday offered his “sincere condolences” to the family of Nathaniel Julius – the disabled teenager who allegedly died at the hands of a police officer in Eldorado Park, Gau...

Gumede asked to step aside as KZN MPL following backlash . The ruling African National Congress (ANC) Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) in KwaZulu-Natal has asked corruption accused former eThekwini Mayor Zandile Gumede to step aside from her new position a...

Disband unconstitutional task team now - high-ranking ANCYL members . Members of the African National Congress's (ANC) youth wing have again called for the disbandment of its national youth task team (NYTT), calling it a structure foreign to the constitutional prescripts...