ANC chief whip speaks on SoNA, Eskom 'coming to its senses' and not entertaining EFF 'anarchy' . Seven months after President Cyril Ramaphosa tabled the first State of the Nation Address (SoNA) after last year's elections, the African National Congress (ANC) is expecting a progress report on how h...

Zuma’s trial is a product of blatant politicking – Carl Niehaus . The Radical Economic Transformation (RET) President Zuma Support Group’s Carl Niehaus on Wednesday called for former President Jacob Zuma’s justice, insisting that white privilege, preferential treatme...

Make 2020 a year of action – Archbishop Makgoba . The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation will on Wednesday lead a public rally at the St George's Cathedral, in Cape Town, calling for those who have looted the State to be brought to book.

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Ramaphosa must show he can take hard decisions at SoNA, says business lobby group . Business Unity South Africa (Busa) says it would like to hear President Cyril Ramaphosa make "urgent pronouncements on far-reaching economic structural reforms" to grow South Africa's economy and attra...

Ports of entry beefed up to detect coronavirus – NICD . The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) on Tuesday assured South Africans that all ports of entry from China have been strengthened to detect any persons carrying the coronavirus.

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EFF cries police conspiracy, vows to disrupt parliament opening . The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) said on Tuesday it had learnt of a plan to bring police into Parliament, disguised as members of the legislature's protection services, in response to its plan to pr...

From business rescue to court action: Other unions react to Cosatu's plan to cut Eskom's debt . As talks continued this week around proposals first put forward by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) to cut the debt of power utility Eskom, other labour organisations have reacted by...

It is vital that we remain united – Ramaphosa . President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday reflected on the thirtieth anniversary of the release from prison of late former South African President Nelson Mandela, during apartheid, admitting that the country...

Eskom loses R69bn urgent-relief battle, but war continues . Judge Jody Kollapen on Monday turned down Eskom’s application for urgent relief in relation to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa’s (Nersa’s) controversial treatment, in its most recent tari...

Mantashe’s take on SAA 'disgraceful' and 'ill-informed' – SACP . The South African Communist Party (SACP) has slammed Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe for claiming that the beleaguered South African Airways (SAA) should be sold to private buyers ...