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The Guptas, the “spy tape” saga and now the constitutional court’s Nkandla ruling are all blows that President Jacob Zuma is trying to deflect, political expert Daniel Silke said on Thursday. “The nature of the constitutional court judgment, the

President Jacob Zuma visited the United Arab Emirates to drop off R6bn belonging to the Guptas, Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema claimed on Thursday. “Zuma was in [the] UAE recently, in Dubai. That was not an official visit, it

A little more than a month after the constitutional court heard arguments in the Economic Freedom Fighters’ and Democratic Alliance’s application for an order that President Jacob Zuma repay some of the R246m spent on his Nkandla home, the court

The rand has broken the R15/US$ ceiling on Wednesday after US Fed chair Janet Yellen surprised on Tuesday night with dovish comments, depreciating the dollar against most currencies. “A need for caution is all it took from Janet Yellen in a speech

Former finance minister Des van Rooyen said on Wednesday he does not believe billionaire Johann Rupert influenced his redeployment a few days after his appointment as minister. An EWN reporter quoted the cooperative governance minister on Twitter

President Jacob Zuma told members of the ANC’s national executive committee at the weekend that if they wanted him to step down they should tell him, the Mail & Guardian said on Tuesday. “He told us we should tell him directly if we wanted him to step down