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Home affairs will not be destroying any uncollected IDs until after the local government elections, minister Malusi Gigaba said on Thursday. This was to ensure that prospective voters could still

This afternoon, finance minister Pravin Gordhan will arguably give the most significant speech of his political career when he delivers the budget for 2016/2017 in parliament. Economically speaking

For the second year in a row, the national budget has provided few details on a project to connect municipalities to broadband technology. Finance minister Pravin Gordhan delivered the 2016 national budget speech in parliament

From 1 April this year, all companies that intend to do business with government will need to be registered on the government’s central supplier database. Finance minister Pravin Gordhan on Wednesday said transparency with government

The 9,6GW nuclear energy new build programme will only proceed after a “thorough and transparent tender process”, according to treasury’s budget review. Following on from President Jacob Zuma’s state of the nation address

Finance minister Pravin Gordhan delivered a surprise during Wednesday afternoon’s national budget presentation in parliament by not hiking the personal income tax rate. Tax rates for companies and VAT were not increased either. However, as part of fiscal

The South African Post Office says it is taking on board public protector Thuli Madonsela’s damning report on corruption at the parastatal. Madonsela’s report, dubbed “Postponed Delivery”, said the Post Office’s acquisition of a

Customers who use Telkom’s mobile transactional services, such as airtime recharges, could run into issues on Wednesday amid a hardware glitch. Telkom said on Wednesday morning that a hardware failure is disrupting its

A Zimbabwean bank is battling to contain a flight by depositors after a social media hoax message advised those banking with NMB Bank to withdraw their money. The message alleged that

The newly appointed CEO of the South African Post Office has promised serious financial controls after years of instability at the struggling parastatal. Former banker Mark Barnes, who became Post Office CEO last month, told parliament’s