Browsing: Jacob Zuma

South African bonds plunged the most since December and the rand weakened for a second day after a report said finance minister Pravin Gordhan had been summoned by police, raising concern the national

The candidate of South Africa’s main opposition party was elected mayor of Johannesburg, ending the ruling ANC’s control of the nation’s economic hub as well as the capital, Pretoria, after its worst electoral performance

Universities have been forced to put their budgets on hold pending the announcement of fee increases for next year, causing serious delays in operational matters. The tertiary institutions have warned that anything below an

South Africa’s two main opposition parties agreed to informally band together in local governments, shutting the ANC out of the management of several major cities, including Johannesburg and

The ANC’s senior leaders absolved President Jacob Zuma of blame for the ruling party’s worst performance in an election, choosing to take collective responsibility and risking further eroding support before a

Communications regulator Icasa was wrong to push ahead with a planned spectrum auction in the absence of government policy on the issue and should withdraw an invitation to operators to apply for access until that policy

South Africans were politically preoccupied when it came to news and social media during the week local government elections took place, media monitoring company ROi Africa said on Sunday. “Almost 90%

The ANC lost its stranglehold on South African politics as voter discontent over the struggling economy, a scarcity of jobs and scandals surrounding President Jacob Zuma cost it control of key cities and buoyed the