Why ANC Gauteng still wants no confidence motion against outgoing Tshwane mayor . The African National Congress (ANC) in Gauteng will meet with the party's Tshwane regional leadership and hold a special provincial executive committee (PEC) meeting on Sunday to discuss developments i...

Mkhwebane 'thumbsucked' facts in finding against Ramaphosa, court hears . The legal battle between President Cyril Ramaphosa and Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane got under way on Tuesday after months of strategic leaks to the media, and serious accusations of impropriety ...

Arrest warrant issued for Zuma over non-attendance at court . A lack of proper evidence showing why Jacob Zuma did not attend his corruption matter led to a warrant of arrest issued against the embattled former head of State.

The warrant has been stayed until M...

Aimless Zuma testimony an example of Zondo commission’s poor use of time, Casac tells court, wants deadline set . The judicial commission of inquiry into allegations of State capture, led by Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, must firm up its plans and give clarity on where it stands, because it's eating up milli...

Empowering women is not a favour – Ramaphosa . President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday vowed that South Africa, in its capacity as the African Union chair, plans to improve women’s representation in economic and political decision-making processes in A...

State looking to create power generation entity 'outside of Eskom' . Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe told reporters on the sidelines of the Investing in African Mining Indaba in Cape Town that the government hoped to create a new power generation...

Eskom’s transition to ‘philosophy maintenance’ will increase load-shedding risk for at least 18 months . The board at State-owned electricity utility Eskom has sanctioned a proposal to migrate the group’s unreliable coal fleet to a ‘philosophy maintenance’ model, whereby generation units are serviced in s...

Ramaphosa authorises probe of SAA Airbus deal . President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised two new probes into the affairs of South African Airways (SAA) and National Treasury, and expanded the scope of an existing investigation into cash-strapped Sta...

No Coronavirus cases in S Africa so far as WHO declares global emergency . Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize on Friday welcomed the World Health Organisation’s (WHO’s) declaration of the Coronavirus as a global public health emergency and assured South Africans that, to date, t...

Political pressure driving land expropriation amendment Bill – HSF . The drive to use the Eighteenth Amendment Bill to change Section 25 of the Constitution to allow for land expropriation without compensation is not the result of legal considerations, but of political ...