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The crisis swirling around South Africa’s system of welfare payments to the poorest third of its people has become a game of chicken.
Government’s decision to stall plans championed by President Jacob Zuma to build nuclear plants has exposed his waning authority.
South Africa delayed plans to build new nuclear power plants over concern about their cost and the waning demand for additional electricity.
The ruling party leadership has rallied around President Jacob Zuma despite the release of the State of Capture report.
Ramaphosa and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma are regarded as front-runners to take over from Zuma as ANC president next year, and possibly president in 2019.
The ruling party is divided over President Jacob Zuma’s leadership and a decision by prosecutors to charge Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan.
The repeated crises have raised question marks over whether the country’s leaders have the ability to do their jobs and what motivates them.
The president will reportedly look to patch up ties with business leaders on Tuesday – just two days before the State of the Nation address.
The Cape Argus Cycle Tour held this past weekend was estimated to have contributed R450-million to the Western Cape’s economy.
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has urged the business sector to get more involved in the economy through infrastructure and job creation projects.
The DA has accused Sactwu of shielding Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel from the fallout of R100-million worth of workers’ pension funds.
Cosatu is planning protests over what it says is government’s failure to implement job commitments with the importing of solar panel components.
The DA’s Cabinet report card has given President Jacob Zuma an ‘F’ while giving Cabinet a ‘D’, saying Zuma has failed to defend the Constitution.
People who think they only need three days’ leave between Christmas and New Year’s Day are in for a shock — they actually need to apply for four.
Government has made regulations effective allowing the trade and industry department to designate that only locally produced services are procured.
The eurozone crisis poses a serious threat to the SA economy, President Jacob Zuma says, and it will take a collective effort to cushion the country.
SA’s current fiscal predicament is partly due to the severity of economic shocks but also because of the inefficiency of product and labour markets.
The Auditor General says the public works department is unable to account for R2.1-billion of goods and capital expenditure during 2010/11.
A government committee has been formed to help municipalities recover debt the national government owes them, which could be as much as R64-billion.
South Africa has not recognised Libya’s new leaders, President Zuma has reiterated on the eve of an AU meeting, being held in SA, about the country.
