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The institute’s head of justice and violence prevention, Gareth Newham, said that there were various factors that drove murder and other crimes but the root of it was that people had normalised violence in South Africa. Police car/van. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter. CAPE TOWN – The Institute for Security Studies (ISS) said that police work must be […]

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni warned that public finances needed to be rehabilitated as efforts went into helping the economy to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown. Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivers his Medium-Term Budget Policy Speech in Parliament on 28 October 2020 in Cape Town. Picture: GCIS CAPE TOWN – Finance Minister Tito Mboweni […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa is in isolation after he came into contact with someone who tested positive. FILE: President Cyril Ramaphosa visits Mpumalanga province to assess the province’s state of readiness for COVID-19. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – President Cyril Ramaphosa‘s office on Wednesday said that he would only test for COVID-19 once he showed symptoms while […]

Treasury plans to close the country’s consolidated budget deficit, which now stands at 15.7% of GDP, through various measures but at the top of this is its plan to close the tap on public sector wage increases. Cosatu President Zingiswa Losi leads the march to Treasury in Pretoria for the national strike on 7 October […]

Deputy President David Mabuza said that he was not aware of any investigation involving him and he would cooperate with law enforcement agencies should he be asked to. On Thursday 3 September 2020, Deputy President David Mabuza took questions in the national council of provinces, his first appearance in Parliament after a lengthy bout of […]

The EFF leader was speaking outside the Randburg Magistrates Court on Wednesday after he and his colleague, Mbuyiseni Ndlozi, attended their trial hearing. FILE: Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema addresses supporters after appearing in the Randburg Magistrates Court on 13 October 2020. Picture: @EFFSouthAfrica/Twitter RANDBURG – Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema […]

They face 69 counts of corruption, fraud, theft, money laundering, and contravention of the Public Finance Management Act. FILE: ANC MP Bongani Bongo. Picture: parliament.gov.za JOHANNESBURG – Papers filed in the Nelspruit Magistrates Court showed an intricate web that 15 suspects and companies used to loot money from the Mpumalanga Human Settlements Department. African National […]

SAA is not the only state-owned enterprise (SOE) that will get funds from the fiscus. Various SOEs will be funded to the tune of more than R20 billion over the next few years. South African Airways planes. Picture: Facebook.com CAPE TOWN – Government is redirecting funds from other state programmes and departments to fund South […]

Inside the 2020 medium-term budget policy statement Abigail Javier | Take a look at the key figures announced by Finance Minister Tito Mboweni during his medium-term budget policy statement on 28 October 2020. __your iOS or Android device.

GALLERY: EFF members support Malema and Ndlozi at assault trial Xanderleigh Dookey | The trial of EFF leader Julius Malema and EFF member of Parliament Dr Mbuyiseni Ndlozi began at the Randburg Magistrates Court on 28 October 2020. They are accused of assaulting a police officer in 2018. __your iOS or Android device.