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Parliament has given one of its political bosses national assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula 10 working days to respond to a range of alleged governance breaches related to remuneration of the institution’s CEO Xolile George.

Serial failure on the part of the ANC to create jobs is driving young people to plan their exit from the country in search of opportunity, writes S'thembiso Msomi.

Godongwana didn’t hike the personal income tax rate, but inflation will give him the cash just the same

Blue Label Telecoms may do a new empowerment equity deal for struggling mobile operator Cell C in the future, to strengthen the company’s status.

At the upcoming Caribbean Community (CARICOM) meeting in Guyana, the US will push for more support for a security mission to Haiti, State Department official Brian Nichols said on Friday.

At least nine people returning home to Mpumalanga after the ANC election manifesto launch in Durban were killed in a bus crash early on Sunday outside Paulpietersburg in KwaZulu-Natal.

Four men were charged on Thursday in connection with a vessel that was intercepted by the US Navy in January while allegedly transporting Iranian-made weapons, the US Justice Department said.

On Saturday, the party presented its blueprint to curb raging unemployment and poverty by providing comprehensive social security and basic services for households.

Now that the election date has been officially announced, it is open season for politicians to go around kissing babies, dishing out free party T-shirts to grannies, and making promises they don’t intend keeping.

The most unusual element of this year’s National budget also illustrates the National Treasury’s failed approach to budget policy and its unwillingness to leverage the budget as a vehicle for growth, employment and development, writes Gilad Isaacs.