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Godongwana controversially allocates R321 million to Western Cape
In a surprising move, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has allocated an additional R321 million in basic education funding exclusively to the Western Cape, sparking concerns and calls for transparenc...Published: 31 Oct 2024 at 11:58hrs | 1650 | by Staff reporter
BRICs payment system being tested
A new digital payments system, BRICS Pay, debuted for live testing at this week's BRICS Business Forum at the International Trade Center in Moscow.During the trial - on 17 and 18 October - for...Published: 19 Oct 2024 at 15:54hrs | 1749 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's Cabinet - Full list
President Cyril Ramaphosa has finally named his Cabinet, which comprises representatives from the Government of National Unity (GNU) signatories.Ramaphosa named the National Executive in a...Published: 01 Jul 2024 at 08:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Ramaphosa to meet in Musina today
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will today meet his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa, during the launch of the neighbouring country's Border Management Authority (BMA) in Musina, Limpopo Province....Published: 04 Oct 2023 at 23:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA to upgrade Beitbridge to meet Zimbabwe standards
South Africa has set plans in motion to upgrade six of its major ports of entry including the Beitbridge Border Post which handles more than seven million travellers annually, a cabinet minister has s...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 18:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA's troubles are mounting, IMF warns
The IMF has warned that SA faces "mounting economic and social challenges" as economic growth recedes, consumer and business sentiment remain weak, and energy and logistics crises deepen. It a...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 18:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Economic sanctions continue to place Zimbabwe further into unsustainable debt
Finance minister Enoch Godongwana says the government supports Zimbabwe's implementation of key reforms to resolve its debt problems and end 21 years of sanction.If successful, such moves can ...Published: 26 May 2023 at 16:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe commits to resolve debt, arrears
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday committed to resolve Zimbabwe's long overdue debt arrears, and re-engaging with development partners and creditors to reposition the economy for sustained growth anchored...Published: 25 May 2023 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bleak future for Zimbabwe's returning citizens
ZIMBABWEANS expected to return from South Africa in four months' time after the expiry of the Zimbabwean Exemption Permits (ZEPs) face a bleak future as the government has failed to put in place socia...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 15:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's money laundering scandal, South Africa greylisted
South Africa, whose President Cyril Ramaphosa has been implicated in money laundering scandal, has been greylisted by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an intergovernmental body that sets global...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 20:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
US treasury boss heads for Africa
THE United States (US) Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen's visit to Senegal, Zambia and South Africa from January17 to 28, 2023 has been confirmed by the US Department of the Treasury's Office of...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa is 'useless, spineless', must resign says South African billionaire
Calls for President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign are mounting, though he is showing signs that he is not fazed.This time South African billionaire Rob Hersov has said Ramaphosa was an embarrassme...Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 22:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe -SA frosty relations hit new low
RELATIONS between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa continue to deteriorate amid growing anger in the neighbouring country over the immigration crisis at a...Published: 04 Sep 2022 at 15:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's Finance Minister accused of sexual harassment
South Africa's Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has revealed that a case of sexual harassment has been opened against him. In a statement released in his personal capacity on Saturday, 13 August 2022...Published: 15 Aug 2022 at 17:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
South Africans face another fuel price increase as well as interest rate hike
There seems to be no reprieve for South African wallets as another hefty fuel increase is predicted for next week, as well as economists anticipating further interest hikes.The Organisation Un...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 19:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
South Africa set to upgrade Beitbridge Border Post
SOUTH Africa has announced plans to upgrade its side of the Beitbridge Border Post, a development the transport and shipping industry said was a positive step towards achieving a one-top border post f...Published: 28 Feb 2022 at 05:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's ministers to sell Eskom coal plants
Key South African government ministers have reached a broad agreement to sell some of the power utility's coal-fired power plants to help reduce its debt burden, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said...Published: 15 Nov 2021 at 05:23hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's piecemeal approach to Cabinet reshuffling lands former unionist as new Finance Minister
Unionists across the African continent and in particular the Acting President of NMWUZ - Mine Workers' Union of Zimbabwe Mr Kurebwa Javangwe Nomboka have hailed President Cyril Ramaphosa's recent Cabi...Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 19:33hrs | | by Maxwell Teedzai
Mboweni says Ramaphosa ship sailing in the wrong direction
Tito Mboweni is no longer South Africa's finance minister as he was replaced by Enoch Godongwana.President Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed on Thursday night he had accepted a "long-standing request"...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 12:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa appoints scandal-ridden Godongwana as finance minister
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa announced 10 changes to his cabinet, including the appointment of close political ally Enoch Godongwana as his new finance minister.Godongwana succ...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 10:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa will take no further action against minister over controversial Zimbabwe flight
President Cyril Ramaphosa said he would not be taking further disciplinary action against Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula for a controversial flight that ferried ANC delegates to Harare in Se...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa flip flops on Mapisa-Nqakula's trip to Zimbabwe
President Cyril Ramaphosa admitted to the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) that the ministerial handbook is often flouted when he approves ministers' requests for travel abroad on "urgent" busines...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 19:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA's white party demands minutes of meeting between Mapisa-Nqakula and Zimbabwean counterpart
The DA wants to see the minutes of the meeting between Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula and her Zimbabwean counterpart, Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri, during a visit last mont...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 17:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa sanctioned Mapisa-Nqakula's controversial trip to Zimbabwe
President Cyril Ramaphosa gave "verbal approval" for Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula's controversial trip to Zimbabwe, where she "ferried" ANC officials along with her on an SA Air Force flig...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 09:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's delegation to Zimbabwe cost ANC more than R105 000
The ANC has been slapped with a bill of more than R105 000 for its officials' trip to Zimbabwe aboard an air force jet with Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula.This ...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 19:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF trashes ANC in explosive meeting
FRESH details have emerged from last week's stormy meeting between Zanu-PF and South Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), revealing that the two former liberation movements main...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa sweats over ANC Zimbabwe trip
South Africa's Defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has provided President Cyril Ramaphosa with a report on the circumstances that led to ANC officials flying to Zimbabwe for a fact-finding missio...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa, Mapisa-Nqakula cross swords over ANC trip to Zimbabwe?
President Cyril Ramaphosa wants a detailed report, within 48 hours, from Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula after an ANC delegation accompanied her to Zimbabwe on a SA N...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 08:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is in a mess, says ANC
SOUTH AFRICAN President Cyril Ramaphosa's special six-member delegation, which left Harare on Wednesday after a closed-door meeting with top Zanu-PF officials, has painted a gloomy picture of the situ...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
SANDF defends use of air force jet by an ANC delegation that travelled to Harare
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) said on Thursday that Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula travelled to Zimbabwe for official work and gave her ANC colleagues a lift.This,...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 15:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF in major climbdown
SOUTH African President Cyril Ramaphosa's emissaries yesterday held a closed-door meeting with Zanu-PF officials and later indicated that they would be back in the country "in a month"to engag...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans must not pin hope on ANC
THE African National Congress (ANC) has dispatched a six-member delegation of its national executive committee to have bilateral discussions with the leadership of Zanu-PF. The world of former liberat...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 07:10hrs | | by Phillan Zamchiya
ZANU-PF, ANC tackle social media abuse
SOCIAL media machinations by fugitives who are running phantom accounts to drive a wedge between ZANU-PF and South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) are not only designed to harm the image of Z...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
IN FULL: Communique of ANC and ZANU-PF Harare meeting
COMMUNIQUE OF THE ZIMBABWE AFRICAN NATIONAL UNION PATRIOTIC FRONT (ZANU-PF) AND THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS (ANC) BI-LATERAL MEEETING CONVENED ON 09 SEPTEMBER 2020.The ZANU-PF-ANC Bilateral ...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 20:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
ANC delegation to defy Zanu-PF and meet Chamisa's MDC?
THE ANC delegation jetted into Harare Tuesday evening amid reports the South African ruling party was strongly concerned over the continued influx of Zimbabweans fleeing their country during the curre...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ANC delegation to raise complaints over influx of Zimbabweans in SA
THE ANC delegation jetted into Harare Tuesday evening amid reports the South African ruling party was strongly concerned over the continued influx of Zimbabweans fleeing their country during the curre...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, ANC in crucial crisis talks
A DELEGATION of the South African ruling African National Congress (ANC) party, which arrived in Harare last night, will today hold a crucial indaba with the Zanu PF Central Committee to discuss chall...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Ramaphosa dispensed patronage to those who backed him'
A political analyst has said the leaked emails and financial statements from the CR17 campaign have shown how President Cyril Ramaphosa dispensed patronage to those who backed him."These guys ...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 08:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zuma stands firm on calls for land expropriation without compensation
President Jacob Zuma took a strong stand at this weekend's national executive committee (NEC) meeting in Irene in Gauteng, defending his position on the issue of land expropriation without compens...Published: 26 Mar 2017 at 11:42hrs | | by City Press
South Africa's radical Zimbabwe-style economic plan
Johannesburg - Local mining houses may be forced to give up 49 percent of their companies to blacks if the Gauteng ANC's plans to table a policy proposal that recommends Zimbabwe-style ownership laws ...Published: 11 Aug 2014 at 11:08hrs | | by Mogomotsi Magome
'Motlanthe's position in government secure,' says Zuma
PRETORIA - President Jacob Zuma has dismissed concerns that his deputy in government, Kgalema Motlanthe, will leave his post following his failed bid for the African National Congress (ANC) presidenc...Published: 15 Jan 2013 at 05:51hrs | | by BDLive
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