My Vote Counts warns of money-grab by political parties if amendments to Party Funding law are passed
By: Thabi Shomolekae 12th March 2024 Non-governmental organisation My Vote Counts called on members of the National Assembly to reject amendments relating to the Electoral Matters... →
Angola president to visit China, Chinese foreign ministry says
By: Reuters 12th March 2024 Angola's President Joao Lourenco will visit China from March 14 to 17, the Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. The ministry in... →
ActionSA announces Beaumont, Trollip and Lerato Ngobeni as Parliamentary candidates
By: Thabi Shomolekae 11th March 2024 ActionSA president Herman Mashaba announced the party’s national chairperson Michael Beaumont, Eastern Cape provincial chairperson Athol Trollip... →
Eskom mulls integration of Vgbe report recommendations into revised recovery plan but hints at ‘inaccuracies’
By: Terence Creamer 11th March 2024 Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says Eskom’s new CEO, Dan Marokane, will offer a comprehensive outline of a revised generation recovery... →
South African gold producer to go public in combination with US group
By: Martin Creamer 11th March 2024 South African gold producer Aurous, which owns and operates the Blyvoor gold mine and the Gauta tailings retreatment project on Gauteng's West... →
ANC likely to lose parliamentary majority in May vote, survey shows
By: Reuters 11th March 2024 The African National Congress is likely to lose its parliamentary majority in May for the first time since Nelson Mandela led it to power at the... →
ANC Integrity Commission clears Ramaphosa, Mantashe as they stand as party candidates
By: Thabi Shomolekae 11th March 2024 African National Congress secretary-general Fikile Mbalula noted on Monday that President Cyril Ramaphosa and party national chairperson Gwede... →
Sudan army general rules out Ramadan truce unless RSF leaves civilian sites
By: Reuters 11th March 2024 A top general from Sudan's army has ruled out a truce in the Islamic holy month of Ramadan unless the paramilitary group it is battling leaves... →
Hard times in Nigeria as reforms deepen cost of living crisis
By: Reuters 11th March 2024 Blessing Joseph has been weaving bags, sandals and jewellery earning enough money to feed her son and send him to school. But since November, she... →
ARM CEO commends workforce for heeding clarion call to improve volume, cost, grade
By: Martin Creamer 11th March 2024 Full ownership and execution of factors that are within management’s control are being elevated to the highest possible level by African Rainbow... →
RISE Mzansi announces Axolile Notywala as Western Cape Premier Candidate
By: Sashnee Moodley 11th March 2024 Accepting his nomination as RISE Mzansi’s Western Cape Premier candidate in Khayelitsha, Axolile Notywala stressed the importance of equality and... →
GDP figures cap decade of negative GDP per capita growth – BLSA
By: Schalk Burger 11th March 2024 While the gross domestic product (GDP) growth for the fourth quarter of 2023 was 0.1%, growth was negative in terms of GDP per capita, given that... →
Ramaphosa assures Eskom working on increasing electricity generation capacity
By: Thabi Shomolekae 11th March 2024 President Cyril Ramaphosa noted on Monday that Eskom, under the leadership of its new Group CEO, is finalising an agreement with business to deploy... →