South African economy enters recession as Q4 GDP contracts 1.4% . South Africa entered its second recession in two years in the final quarter of last year, as agriculture, transport and construction contracted, data showed on Tuesday.

Statistics South Africa (Stats...

IPID gets a new acting head . The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) has a new acting head, at least for the next two months.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, the police ministry said Police Minister Bheki Cele ...

'Growth first', BEE – 4 questions answered on the DA's draft economic justice policy . "A policy which would address the legacy of economic exclusion while simultaneously freeing South Africans from apartheid race classification." This is the ambitious goal of the Democratic Alliance's (...

Covid19: SA citizens in Wuhan heading back home – how ready is SA? . With the immediate repatriation of 151 South Africans from Wuhan in China, the government says it has already started implementing plans to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in South Africa.

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Ramaphosa says key state wage bill savings will stem from lower wage growth, not job cuts . President Cyril Ramaphosa says that the state's plan to cut the costs of the public sector wage bill do not mean that it also intends to "dramatically" cut the size of the civil service.

In his weekl...

Ramaphosa directs evacuation of SA citizens from China following Coronavirus . President Cyril Ramaphosa has directed the repatriation of South African citizens from Wuhan city in Hubei province, China, following requests for assistance from families in the city, the Presidency s...

2 South Africans test positive for coronavirus on Japanese cruise ship . Two South African citizens working on a Japanese cruise ship have tested positive for the Covid-19 virus, known as the coronavirus, the health ministry said on Friday.

"The South African government h...

Moody's voices warning on Mboweni's budget . Moody's ratings agency on Friday warned that the economic forecasts contained in finance minister Tito Mboweni's 2020 budget had been rendered uncertain by the liabilities placed on the state by strick...

Mboweni: Private pensions should also be used to help cut Eskom's debt . Finance Minister Tito Mboweni said on Wednesday that a Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) proposal to transfer some of Eskom's debt to State-asset manager the Public Investment Corporation...

ANC, EFF must follow the law to remove Tshwane speaker – DA . Gauteng Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Moody says opposition parties must follow the law if they want Tshwane speaker Katlego Mathebe removed.

"We don't have a mayor and within seven days, we s...