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  General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) will leave office on May 29 after eight uneventful years. We hope it is the last time we hear from a man who rode to power eight years ago promising to end insecurity, strengthen the economy and fight corruption, none of which he achieved. Thankfully, he has vowed not to intervene in our national life and expressed his willingness to disappear to Niger Republic if we request accountability after almost a decade of ruinous leadership.        

Secretary-general of the ANC, Fikile Mbalula, chides interviewer for defining the ANC ‘by one single issue’, namely load-shedding.

Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) wants to grill more witnesses in relation to the allegations of corruption made by former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter.

A.    Issues in the Environment 1.    Energy 1.1.    Cabinet noted the progress made in the

Gordhan said the current transmission network was expensive and did not cover important parts of the country like the Northern Cape.

During a briefing yesterday in the Select Committee on Security and Justice, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) revealed that a lack of facilities and legal powers is hindering the ability of the Investigating Directorate (ID) to conduct complex investigations into financial crimes outlined with the Zondo Commission reports. There is an urgent need for the ID to be made permanent in order to secure its future stability, and outstanding legislation which will give the ID greater powers rema...

Of state capture sitting around the cabinet table with them. we take action, and i think we should be judged on that. you have also made a big stand on foreign policy. you have accused cyril ramaphosa of cosying up to vladimir putin. you say you would take a very different approach. you made a very high—profile trip last year yourself to kyiv. is your message to south africans that they need to reorient south africas foreign policy away from the brics, that sort of close alliance with russia, ...

In South Africa, with very rapid growth in renewables, one thing we do not need is an unreliable transmission network. If we do not focus closely on where new power sources are going to appear, plan ahead for expanding the network and ensure that new capacity fits in, we will see the sort of pr...

I have the honour to present the Budget Vote for the Department of Public Enterprises for the 2023/24 financial year.

The President recently signed the Employment Equity Amendment Act (EEAA) into law, ostensibly to improve ‘transformation’ in the private sector.