Statistics South Africa is set to conduct a trial of the first digital census. The Census 2021 trial will test online and telephonic data collection to prepare for remote data collection in next year’s census.
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South African investigators are seeking to recover more than R400-million from German software giant SAP for two government contracts they allege were entered into unlawfully, court documents show.
The SIU is going after members of the Gupta family, and former Eskom executives, board members and other associates in an effort to recoup R3.8-billion that the power utility lost when the Gupta family acquired Optimum Coal.
The International Monetary Fund approved R71-billion in emergency funding for South Africa, the largest emergency disbursement for any country yet to assist with fighting the coronavirus pandemic.
The CEO of South Africa’s beleaguered state-owned defence firm, Denel, will step down on 15 August, the company said on Monday.
South Africa can fix Eskom’s balance sheet by transferring its guaranteed debt to the government’s balance sheet, according to the former CEO of Goldman Sachs Group in sub-Saharan Africa.
Communications minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has thrown a spanner in the works over the appointment of six new councillors to Icasa at a critical juncture for the regulator as it gears up to license new broadband spectrum.
If you’ve been waiting a long time for a parcel from the Post Office, the state-owned postal service says it is experiencing hold-ups due to Covid-19 restrictions.
Finance minister Tito Mboweni said national treasury has no plans to boost income tax, corporate tax or VAT even as the coronavirus decimates the nation’s finances.
Too rich for debt relief available to most African nations and hobbled by its politics, South Africa is facing a public financing crisis.