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...

Sexual offences 'cold case' team dealing with 785 000 dockets, says Ramaphosa . President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday said that a newly-established cold case task team had started "analysing" 785 000 dockets relating to sexual offences in South Africa.

"This is progress, it is a...

Covid-19 PPE money stolen from the state will be recovered – Jackson Mthembu . Monies stolen from the state by unscrupulous companies and individuals by inflating the prices of personal protective equipment (PPE) will be recovered.

That's according to Minister in the Presidency...

Cosatu plans strike on October 7 over corruption . The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) is mobilising for a general strike on October 7 to protest about corruption, and it wants President Cyril Ramaphosa to speed up prosecutions of corru...