The Guptas and Duduzane Zuma resigned from Oakbay Investments and Oakbay Resources and Energy on Friday to facilitate the sale of the Optimum coal mine from Glencore to Oakbay, the Democratic Alliance claimed. Their resignation “is an insult
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It has been a turbulent time for the ANC as its leadership wrestles in the face of mounting pressure for President Jacob Zuma to step down or for the party to take action. The calls for Zuma to resign have increased since the constitutional court’s judgment regarding
The ANC has gone through episodic crises in its century of existence. Right now, the media and commentators are seized with debate about whether or not it is in a crisis and whether it is as serious as any other. The party has survived tumultuous times, including
National treasury was praised for managing to attract interest in its new US$1,25bn 10-year bond issuance on the international capital market on Friday. South Africa issued its first international bond in two years on Thursday to fund its budget
President Jacob Zuma was booed on Thursday evening in Pretoria when he was leaving the council chambers where the National House of Traditional Leaders held a debate. A large crowd had gathered at the Sammy Marks Square to get a glimpse
Opposition parties will try every legal avenue to remove President Jacob Zuma from office, they said on Tuesday. Following a defeat in parliament of the motion to have Zuma removed
The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has postponed all by-elections in the country as it battles to provide a voters’ roll that has people’s correct addresses. It took the decision as it was still not clear whether the absence of voters’ addresses would
The price of petrol will rise by 88c/l on Wednesday, said the department of energy. In Gauteng, a litre of 95 unleaded petrol and lead-replacement petrol will increase by 88c, while that of 93 ULP and LRP will increase by 86c. Diesel (0,05%) wholesale will
Jacob Zuma apologised on national television just before 8pm on Friday evening after a dramatic 36 hours that ended with him hanging onto power by a thread. The day before his televised apology the country’s highest court, the constitutional court
The constitution is the social contract between government and the people and it determines how the country moves towards a better future, finance minister Pravin Gordhan said on Monday. “Once our actions are seen to be incongruent with this