President Jacob Zuma contradicted senior members of the ANC on Friday in calling for the constitution to be changed to ensure greater access to land for the nation’s black majority and indicating that the government may consider
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Finance minister Pravin Gordhan held his ground in a feud with President Jacob Zuma over control of the nation’s finances as he stuck to deficit targets and warned his detractors not to “mess” with the national treasury. In the budget presented
Government budgets across the world are often delivered with some fanfare. South Africa is no exception. In February every year, South Africa’s minister of finance presents his budget speech to parliament amid national excitement. As the
Finance minister Pravin Gordhan said he is “not indispensable” as he prepares to present the annual budget following almost a year of speculation that he might lose his job. “We are just humble civil servants,” Gordhan said in an interview
The chief parliamentary whip of the ANC threw his support behind deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa as the party’s next leader and said the ANC is in danger of losing national power in two years. While the ANC has told its members not
Brian Molefe is set to become a member of parliament for the ANC, prompting speculation that President Jacob Zuma intends installing the former Eskom CEO as the new minister of finance, replacing Pravin Gordhan. Parliament said late
The election of the next leader of the ANC looks set to be a two-horse race. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, the former chairwoman of the African Union Commission, has an early edge in the battle to take over the helm of the party from her
The opposition Democratic Alliance is scrambling to save its reputation as a party capable of governing in South Africa’s richest province following a series of gaffes by its mayor in Johannesburg. The DA assembled a task
Zimbabwe’s crippling cash shortage has left a black hole in the financial system that’s crushing the rest of the economy. “We deposit the cash and it becomes theoretical, ephemeral,” Mohamed Salam, who owns several small stores selling building supplies
The ANC is “under severe strain” and is being undermined by disunity, mistrust and organisational weakness, according to deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa. In power since Nelson Mandela led the party to victory in the