Despite asset growth to R3.7 trillion, questions persist over distressed loans and legacy investment scandals

The communist party has rejected overtures from its alliance partner and will contest the 2026 local government elections independently

The South African Communist Party leader continues his tirade against alliance partner ANC for bringing the Democratic Alliance into the unity government

Only 5% of entities, departments and municipalities have initiated blacklisting for offenders

Godongwana has pursued the austerity measures implemented by his predecessors to reduce debt and Ramokgopa is partly credited with the current relief from load-shedding

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Operation Vulindlela is forging ahead with its next phase amid ongoing wrangling over positions in his executive

The Democratic Alliance says the president must stick to the letter of the coalition pact and divide cabinet posts among parties in line with the number of seats in parliament

The deputy finance minister also says liberalising the energy sector is key to growing the economy

Only the uninitiated or the hopelessly optimistic would have been merely disappointed by last night’s long and needlessly delayed cabinet announcement

Horse trading and negotiations begin in earnest as the real battle starts for party positions ahead of the elective conference

The nominations have set the stage for the ANC race for top six, and horse trading and negotiations will take place in earnest

The party’s decision to relook at the deployment process could result in a broadening of the pool of candidates for positions.

Government department accounting officers can now authorise contract deviations that previously had to go through the treasury

At least 19 councillors have been identified by the embattled Mangaung ANC regional interim committee for defying the party, with ten expected to get the axe soon

The head of the OR Tambo School of Leadership believes the current organisational structure of the party must be changed to link the ANC to people on the ground

Deputy Finance Minister David Masondo talks to the Mail & Guardian about change in ANC policy.

The EFF president says he has grown — and matured — along with the country’s third-largest party

The chief executive believes climate change is an opportunity for the utility to pivot from coal

Deputy Finance Minister David Masondo says his comments were not the treasury’s official stance, but out-of-the-box thinking was needed to deal with the utility’s hefty debt

The South African Revenue Services didn’t gazette the EU quota rates for about month, with no reasons given – and then suddenly published them