Author: Agency Staff

The Guptas, the “spy tape” saga and now the constitutional court’s Nkandla ruling are all blows that President Jacob Zuma is trying to deflect, political expert Daniel Silke said on Thursday. “The nature of the constitutional court judgment, the

President Jacob Zuma visited the United Arab Emirates to drop off R6bn belonging to the Guptas, Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema claimed on Thursday. “Zuma was in [the] UAE recently, in Dubai. That was not an official visit, it

Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane has called for President Jacob Zuma to be impeached following the constitutional court’s finding that he had flouted the constitution. “This morning we have already filed a motion to say Zuma must be

The rand has briefly touched R14,80/US$ after the constitutional court ruled that President Jacob Zuma must pay back a portion of the money spent on security upgrades at Nkandla. At the time the ruling was concluded at around 11am on Thursday, the rand

A little more than a month after the constitutional court heard arguments in the Economic Freedom Fighters’ and Democratic Alliance’s application for an order that President Jacob Zuma repay some of the R246m spent on his Nkandla home, the court

The rand has broken the R15/US$ ceiling on Wednesday after US Fed chair Janet Yellen surprised on Tuesday night with dovish comments, depreciating the dollar against most currencies. “A need for caution is all it took from Janet Yellen in a speech

Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema will graduate from Unisa on Wednesday with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Malema will attend the official graduation ceremony in Pretoria, at the Unisa main campus, on Wednesday evening

Legal documents indicate that South Africa did sign a nuclear deal with Russia, environmentalists who have taken the government to court alleged on Wednesday. In its legal proceedings against the department of energy, Earthlife Africa and the Southern African