Nuclear energy in South Africa is a highly contentious issue. The decision on whether to proceed with the construction of a fleet of nuclear power plants is destined to become the financially most far-reaching and consequential defining
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Thuli Madonsela was called a CIA spy by a deputy minister and received death threats as she pursued politicians in her role as South Africa’s graft ombudsman. Now she’s planning a last round of potentially explosive revelations before she
South Africa’s cabinet has become dysfunctional. This highest executive body charged with managing the state’s daily affairs has 35 members. The cabinet is responsible for, among other things, “developing
Controversial SABC boss Hlaudi Motsoeneng was paid an R11,4m bonus after tax this week, the first part of a three-year set of payments that will total R33m, the City Press newspaper reported on Sunday. The payments were
Splits within the ANC may cause it to lose power at the next national elections in 2019, according to a senior cabinet member. “If the situation stays as it is, the risk of losing power is there,” Malusi Gigaba, the home affairs minister, said
The fundamental problem confronting South Africa today is a political culture that is defective and out of kilter with the needs of the majority of the people. Innovative thinking about transforming the economy is stunted by political
A report on the Gupta family will be ready before outgoing public protector Thuli Madonsela finishes her term, she said on Wednesday. Speaking at the Rhema Bible Church’s Truth Be Told conference, Madonsela told journalists
The head of economic transformation in the ANC has backed finance minister Pravin Gordhan, saying charges relating to setting up an illicit tax surveillance unit are “concocted” and politically motivated
Deputy finance minister Mcebisi Jonas is “worried” about the impact of a perception that state institutions are being used to advance political agendas, saying the issue is a distraction to efforts to expand the economy. “Political behaviour does
It’s hard to know who’s leading South Africa. Last week, the presidency repudiated the mines minister when he caused a storm of protest from business leaders by saying the cabinet authorised a judicial