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EDITORIAL | Stakes are high as Bela Bill ...

Should Gwarube be fired for going against the ANC?

WATCH | Steenhuisen irked by Mashatile’s push for ...

The deputy president 'should respect the processes within the GNU', says DA leader.

By SINESIPHO SCHRIEBER

BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI | ‘Cabinet reshuffle’ a blatant ...

A leader who defends, covers up or fails to act against serious misdemeanours levelled against one of his underlings is ...

Opinion & Analysis Editor's Choice

JUSTICE MALALA | The days of the ANC's free pass are over

The party has not realised that our world and our country have changed and it is living on borrowed time, writes ...

TEBOGO KHAAS | If the buck doesn’t stop with Batohi, where does it stop?

The history of the NPA is painted on a canvas imbued with a complex mix of courage, poor decision-making, ineptitude, ...

By TEBOGO KHAAS

CARTOON | Ramaphosa cabinet reshuffle ‘a change that changes nothing’

President Cyril Ramaphosa has "applied his mind" as he "made a change that changes nothing" with his latest cabinet ...

By Brandan Reynolds

WILLIAM GUMEDE | ‘Informalisation’ thrives as legal economy withers

The breakdown of the rule of law in South Africa has caused the increasing informalisation of the economy, rather than ...

MICHAEL BEAUMONT | GNU needs to be kept in check ...

On the occasion of 100 days of the government of national unity (GNU) I coined the term “instagram government” which ...

By Michael Beaumont

‘Tito agreed that GNU gives power back to white people’: Ramatlhodi

Former ANC NEC member Ngoako Ramatlhodi shows text messages revealing what late finance minister Tito Mboweni thought ...

Firing education minister will signal the end of GNU, says Steenhuisen

Steenhuisen said he rejected any attempt by a faction of the ANC to influence the president to fire Gwarube, or any ...

News Editor's Choice

Axe hangs over Gwarube as pressure piles on Ramaphosa to fire her

President Cyril Ramaphosa is under intense pressure from the ANC to dismiss the DA's basic education minister Siviwe ...

By LIZEKA TANDWA and KGOTHATSO MADISA
Opinion & Analysis Editor's Choice

EDITORIAL | Simelane move reveals Cyril's weakness

Few will believe his claim that the mini reshuffle was in the interests of a more effective executive

By Sunday Times Editorial
News Editor's Choice

Showdown in GNU over SABC Bill

Wrangle over whether new cabinet rule came too late to block DA minister Solly Malatsi's withdrawal of bill

Thabo Mokone
Parliamentary editor

MICHAEL BEAUMONT | GNU needs to be kept in check by the opposition

On the occasion of 100 days of the government of national unity (GNU) I coined the term “instagram government” which ...

By Michael Beaumont

NEWSMAKER | GNU optimism pays dividends for the JSE

JSE executive Sam Mokorosi says investors have been heartened by the coalition government’s record so far

By CHRIS BARRON

‘Tito agreed that GNU gives power back to white people’: Ramatlhodi

Former ANC NEC member Ngoako Ramatlhodi shows text messages revealing what late finance minister Tito Mboweni thought ...

OPINION | South Africa is on a path to prosperity

It is critical that growth translates into inclusive socioeconomic development, bolstering the fight against the three ...

By Duncan Wanblad

WATCH | Steenhuisen irked by Mashatile’s push for ...

The deputy president 'should respect the processes within the GNU', says DA leader.

By SINESIPHO SCHRIEBER

WILLIAM GUMEDE | Toxic leadership turns deadly — just another day for ...

Consumers have been left vulnerable to mishaps and gaps in regulations, whether in the formal or informal sectors

LUCKY MATHEBULA | The ANC’s member integrity management system needs ...

It is crucial that President Cyril Ramaphosa, as the leader of the ANC, takes decisive action against corruption to ...

Turbulent times ahead for Thabazimbi residents as ANC searches for a ...

Red berets vow to put best foot forward ahead of talks with ANC, saying their current representatives in local ...

Sisanda Mbolekwa
Politics reporter

Public protector launches probe into McKenzie's R800k Paris Olympics trip

The public protector's office has announced an investigation into allegations of possible misuse of state funds by ...

'Some things won't go our way in the GNU': ...

Ramaphosa's announcement that qualifying Nigerian businesses would be granted a five-year multiple entry visa to ...

Presidency calls out Zille’s ‘unprogressive right-wing’ statements over US ...

President Ramaphosa's spokesperson said Zille is creating unnecessary hype and uncertainty around a very key and ...

Lizeka Tandwa
Digital Politics Editor
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Our agreement is legal, the president can't renege: Solidarity on Bela ...

CEO Dirk Hermann warns that Solidarity will take this battle to the courts should Ramaphosa proceed with full ...

Sisanda Mbolekwa
Politics reporter
Opinion & Analysis Editor's Choice

EDITORIAL | Ramaphosa is walking a tightrope with the Simelane matter

The reshuffle on one hand is a measured move, but shifting her to a different department given the seriousness of ...

Moody’s affirms South Africa outlook as stable

Ratings agency says it expects low economic growth and a stable government debt ratio of 80%

Hilary Joffe
Columnist

Why Ramaphosa kept Simelane in the executive ...

Mmamoloko Kubayi will now be the minister of justice, while Simelane will take over the human settlements ministry

Opinion & Analysis Editor's Choice

KHUMO KUMALO | The Bela Bill divide: can education reform survive ...

‘Incredibly immature’ wrangle over bill has been a major obstacle to the GNU, worsening tensions between the ANC and DA

By Khumo Kumalo
Opinion & Analysis Editor's Choice

TOM EATON | Business as usual, but where’s the DA? The silence is unusual

The famously raucous opposition is nowhere to be seen while the ANC fawns at autocrats

Tom Eaton
Columnist

PALI LEHOHLA | Study your enemy: the Smuts-Bijl nexus can teach South ...

Rail, alongside race, maize, gold and war, was one of the critical components to fast-tracking development in the 1800s ...

By PALI LEHOHLA

JUSTICE MALALA | Forget the G20 — we have a lot to fix right here at home

What matters is not what South Africa can do on the international stage with the G20 chair, writes Justice Malala

Parliament’s R31m stately dome in a parking lot

After MPs’ complaints over the Southeaster, a structure used for Nelson Mandela’s funeral is being repurposed.

Thabo Mokone
Parliamentary editor

Mtolo in trouble for calling Cyril weak

KwaZulu-Natal leader in the doghouse with some in the ANC for his elections analysis.

By LIZEKA TANDWA and KGOTHATSO MADISA

TSAKANI MALULEKE | Government must heed critical insight from the AG’s ...

On Tuesday, auditor-general Tsakani Maluleke released the 2023-24 consolidated general report on the audit outcomes ...

By Tsakani Maluleke

SONGEZO ZIBI | SA needs an army that is well-funded

We cannot expect old, unfit soldiers to take knives to the gunfights the military are pushed into, writes Songezo Zibi.

By Songezo Zibi

LAWSON NAIDOO | Corruption cases: the buck doesn't stop at Batohi

Criticism of state institutions is necessary in a healthy democracy, which we aspire to be. The principles of ...

By Lawson Naidoo

MAKHUDU SEFARA | Politicians should spare us the ...

We have fallen prey to meaningless activities by predator politicians instead of judging them by the outcome of their ...

Makhudu Sefara
Editor: Sunday Times and TimesLIVE
Politics Editor's Choice

WATCH | ‘We will work closely with the US’: Ramaphosa after Trump ...

Trump on Saturday took jabs at the Brics bloc, saying initiatives to move away from trading in the dollar would sour ...

By SINESIPHO SCHRIEBER

PETER BRUCE | Mr President, a ‘to do’ list would be nice

Cyril Ramaphosa has a lot of plans and speeches but it’s hard to measure any of their success, writes Peter Bruce.

Peter Bruce
Editor-at-large & columnist

It has no influence: Ramaphosa on Gwarube’s Bela Act deal with AfriForum ...

Presidency says the Bela Act is now law and Gwarube 'is enjoined to work towards its implementation'.

Politics Editor's Choice

Ramaphosa pushes expanded VAT-free food plan

The move could polarise economists and policymakers, with some likely to see it as unaffordable

By Hajra Omarjee

WATCH | Dlamini-Zuma shoots down GNU, turns on MK ...

Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma pours cold water on GNU and says MK Party unsuccessfully tried to recruit her

Sibongakonke Shoba
Politics editor: Sunday Times

Losi questions alliance's role

Trade union federation’s leader rebukes ruling party for failing to implement Bela Act and NHI

Lizeka Tandwa
Digital Politics Editor

FM LUCKY MATHEBULA | Capable municipalities are the ultimate coalface of ...

South Africa is a multi-jurisdiction democratic state. While many would want to believe that it operates within a ...

By FM Lucky Mathebula

‘No, we want it now’: Mashatile pushes back on DA demands on Bela Act

Deputy President Paul Mashatile has assured ANC supporters the party is pushing back against the DA’s demands to have ...

By Sinesipho Schrieber

There is no ‘agreement’ on Bela: Mashatile

Deputy President Paul Mashatile has rubbished the apparent signing of an agreement on the contested sections of the ...

Ramaphosa faces opposition in NCOP over ANC ...

Several NCOP members from parties such as the DA and the MK Party tore into Ramaphosa during in the debate that focused ...

GNU has been worth it, says Rise Mzansi's Songezo Zibi

One of the advantages of the GNU is that capacity is being bolstered as the ANC is no longer governing alone, says Rise ...

Thabo Mokone
Parliamentary editor

National dialogue postponed, ANC confirms

In October, Deputy President Paul Mashatile announced the national dialogue, promised when the government of national ...

By SINESIPHO SCHRIEBER
Politics Editor's Choice

Government targets 5% growth by 2029

Growth scenario depends on accelerated reforms over the next five years

Thando Maeko
Political Reporter

DA calls for SIU investigation into potential grant fraud

Sassa’s ICT systems are vulnerable to attack, report presented to parliament reveals.

Tamar Kahn
Health & Science Correspondent
Politics Editor's Choice

Morero upbeat about fixing Joburg infrastructure ...

Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero is confident the metro can “step up” and fix dilapidated infrastructure before President ...

By SINESIPHO SCHRIEBER

GNU a speed bump, not dead end, in reducing bloated cabinet: Godongwana

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana on Wednesday replied to questions in the National Assembly as part of the economic ...

Khulekani Magubane
Financial reporter
Opinion & Analysis Editor's Choice

EDITORIAL | Mapaila’s inconsistent SACP has lost all credibility

By declining ANC’s invitation to its ‘reflection’ of the GNU, the SACP were essentially announcing they would fight ...

LUCKY MATHEBULA | Has the MK Party scuppered the GNU as a RET deterrence?

Undermining, but not snuffing out, RET objectives is a plausible measure to keep the rumbles of a potential social ...

Auditor-general hails 50% jump in clean audits

Tsakani Maluleke highlights government departments’ progress and challenges

By Luyolo Mkentane
Politics Editor's Choice

Ebrahim Rasool says SA sees US as trade partner ...

Ebrahim Rasool's stint as ambassador to the US comes at a time of deep political flux in SA and the US, with Donald ...

Natasha Marrian
Business Day editor-at-large
Politics Editor's Choice

Should EFF win Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala impeachment case in ConCourt, GNU ...

Should the EFF win its case challenging parliament's decision not to hold an impeachment inquiry into President Cyril ...

By SINESIPHO SCHRIEBER
Opinion & Analysis Editor's Choice

NOLUBABALO MCINGA | Pursuit of true freedom: break the chains of economic ...

Government policy and commitments cannot only protect the interest of the wealthy and the elite at the expense of the ...

By Nolubabalo Mcinga

Police coy on next move at Stilfontein as more ‘illegal’ miners resurface

SAPS provided an update on phase three of the recovery operation as more suspected illegal miners make their way up

Opinion & Analysis Editor's Choice

TOM EATON | Oh, and by the way, I forgot to mention this earlier ...

It’s uncertain how one starts to get to grips with that intensity of derangement, writes Tom Eaton

Tom Eaton
Columnist

'Close them all': Calls for closure of ...

The African Transformation Movement is calling for the immediate closure of all spaza shops and revitalisation of the ...

Politics Editor's Choice

GNU 100 | Economic cluster

How have our ministers performed in the first 100 days following the formation of the government of national unity? ...

By Sisanda Mbolekwa
Politics Editor's Choice

‘Zuma’s behaviour exemplifies the highest form of ill-discipline’: ANC ...

In a scathing statement, the ANC accused Zuma of being disloyal and attempting to destabilise the the party when he ...

By Rethabile Radebe

DA MP Ian Cameron proposes measures to combat extortion

DA MP and parliament's police portfolio committee chair Ian Cameron has proposed a comprehensive plan to police ...

Politics Editor's Choice

Interventions to alleviate municipal financial crisis are not working, ...

Finance minister says National Treasury’s municipal debt relief programme has not been successful

Linda Ensor
Parliamentary Correspondent
Opinion & Analysis Editor's Choice

JUSTICE MALALA | We underestimate Zuma at our ...

Without Zuma, MK Party is nothing — infighting in the party will be significant and will break it, but that won't ...

Opinion & Analysis Editor's Choice

PALI LEHOHLA | The poverty trap: how do we recover from this public ...

South Africa could learn something from the village elders who raised us (or from Brazil and Mexico)

By PALI LEHOHLA

Impeachment rules to be tested in Concourt

Case on Phala Phala controversy may have long-term implications

Franny Rabkin
Legal correspondent

Stronger winds at play than repo rate breeze

SARB’s slow and steady cycle continues

By Elna Moolman

PODCAST | 'I will take back ANC to honour my ancestors': Zuma

Former president Jacob Zuma has laid out details of an audacious plan to “take back my ANC', by uniting “black” parties ...

Sibongakonke Shoba
Politics editor: Sunday Times
Opinion & Analysis Editor's Choice

LAWSON NAIDOO & SARAH MENY-GIBERT | The focus ...

Charging the guilty is all well and good, but the fundamental problem lies in our institutional structure, write Lawson ...

By LAWSON NAIDOO and Sarah Meny-Gibert
Opinion & Analysis Editor's Choice

EDITORIAL | South Africa's G20 presidency can be a force for good

While the group has traditionally focused on economic matters, it has become accepted that this cannot exclude other ...

By SUNDAY TIMES EDITORIAL
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PETER BRUCE | Reserve Bank is correct to be cautious

Money not being invested makes no noise so it is easy to ignore, especially perhaps in these times when the noises ...

Peter Bruce
Editor-at-large & columnist

REUEL KHOZA | A timely call for a reboot of our attitudes to women

A new book analyses the GBV crisis in South Africa and spells out the urgent reforms required, from ending economic ...

By REUEL KHOZA

NPA declines to prosecute Mashatile over perjury claim

ANC insiders view case as attempt to derail deputy president’s bid for presidency in 2027.

Opinion & Analysis Editor's Choice

In Cloud Zumaland

MKP leader Jacob Zuma sticks to his well-worn shibboleths on the stolen election, blacks not being free and  other ...

Sibongakonke Shoba
Politics editor: Sunday Times

Q&A with Mikateko Mahlaule on illegal mining crisis

The illegal mining crisis has been building for years under the ineffectual gaze of parliament. Chris Barron asked ...

By Chris Barron

BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI | Batohi has become poster child of the failure to ...

Ineptitude has eroded NPA's credibility and given ammunition to those implicated in wrongdoing to undermine it to get ...

WILLIAM GUMEDE | Sue the government for its failure to enforce health and ...

The recent deaths of 22 children from poisoning shows the extent to which a culture of corruption, incompetence and ...

DUMA GQUBULE | Instead of a tragedy, ‘illegal’ mining could be an industry

After 30 years of failed economic policies and an ANC electoral collapse, the government has entered a new phase, ...

Duma Gqubule
Columnist

Trips, wine and shares: ministers declare

Ministers in economics cluster make annual declarations in parliament’s Register of Members’ Interests

Khulekani Magubane
Financial reporter

EDITORIAL | It’s high time for Ramaphosa to deal with Simelane

The Simelane matter will not disappear, and it's time for the president to act

By TIMESLIVE PREMIUM EDITORIAL
News Editor's Choice

Biggest district in KZN has no GBV shelter

Commission for Gender Equality calls on various sectors to account for systemic failures in dealing with gender-based ...

By LWAZI HLANGU
Business Editor's Choice

Gauteng water crisis and construction mafia are big worries for business

With SA’s energy woes having subsided, the water crunch facing Gauteng has been making more headlines

Kabelo Khumalo
Companies & Markets Editor

Ramaphosa sends surveillance bill back to parliament

President has concerns about Rica Amendment Bill’s constitutionality

Linda Ensor
Parliamentary Correspondent
Politics Editor's Choice

'MKP is not a Zulu nationalist party': Shivambu ...

MK Party secretary-general Floyd Shivambu has attempted to dispel the notion that his new home is a Zulu nationalist ...

Ramaphosa sends surveillance bill back to parliament

President has concerns about Rica Amendment Bill’s constitutionality

Linda Ensor
Parliamentary Correspondent

Bumped-up salaries for Joburg executive approved in council

248 councillors were present to debate the contentious matter brought before council to propose pay hikes for members ...

Sisanda Mbolekwa
Politics reporter

ANC denies MK Party claims of a possible coalition in KZN

MKP says it is preparing to govern the province with the backing of the ANC and the National Freedom Party

Opinion & Analysis Editor's Choice

EDITORIAL | Blitz is good, but long-term strategy is key to ending ...

Will the new regulations to save lives cost scores of jobs as informal traders close their doors and are plunged into ...

By TIMESLIVE PREMIUM EDITORIAL
Business Editor's Choice

Construction mafia disrupted projects worth R63bn ...

The deputy finance minister says the demand for up to 30% of a contract’s value delays critical infrastructure delivery.

By Sashni Pather

Focus on prosecuting the culprits behind spaza shop deaths: FMF

“Virtually everything in the bylaw is already law in some form or another. These informal, often unregistered, shops do ...

By Ernest Mabuza

Is South Africa one of the most politically polarised countries in the ...

The country remains divided in many ways. Yet it is not polarised into irreconcilably antagonistic camps with wildly ...

By Roger Southall

Treasury welcomes surprise S&P decision to raise SA credit rating ...

The agency has been see-sawing between positive and stable outlooks over the past few years.

By Andrew Linder and Hilary Joffe
News Editor's Choice

Senior ANC leaders push for Bela Act to be implemented as is

The fight over the implementation of the Bela Act reached the high echelons of the ANC as senior party leaders pushed ...

Politics Editor's Choice

GNU 100 | Human and social development cluster

How have our ministers performed in the first 100 days following the formation of the Government of National Unity? ...

By Sisanda Mbolekwa

FM LUCKY MATHEBULA | GNU coalition has blurred ideological differences

The South African political coalition experiment at the national level is facing challenges that might induce its ...

By FM Lucky Mathebula
Opinion & Analysis Editor's Choice

WILLIAM GUMEDE | SA’s foreign policy needs a shot of pragmatism

Since the we have a multiparty government, the ANC with its eye on the past should not call the shots on its own.

Q&A with Cogta minister Velenkosini Hlabisa on water crisis

The department of water & sanitation this week blamed South Africa’s water crisis on municipalities. Chris Barron asked ...

By CHRIS BARRON

ANC says Jabu Mbalula not taking over from scandal-hit Letsoha-Mathae as ...

Corruption-accused Maqueen Letsoha-Mathae takes one-month sick leave as brother of party SG is sworn in as acting ...

By SINESIPHO SCHRIEBER

We must be engaged on foreign policy, Hlabisa says

This comes after the ANC and DA went head to head last month when President Cyril Ramaphosa referred to Russia as a ...

By LIZEKA TANDWA

'Gayton pretends to be happy, but prison has its own traumas': Malema

EFF leader Julius Malema has taken a swipe at PA leader and sport, arts and culture minister Gayton McKenzie's ...

WATCH | MK Party and construction mafias one and the same: Macpherson

Public works & infrastructure minister Dean Macpherson says the MK Party and construction mafias are "one and the same".

By SINESIPHO SCHRIEBER

KGAUGELO MASWENENG | Ramaphosa: a shockingly absent and aloof president

While the government of Ramaphosa remains inept, we the citizens do nothing about it, passively accepting our ...

Kgaugelo Masweneng
Deputy Opinions Editor: TimesLIVE

South Africa's ratings stuck in 'junk' despite investor optimism

South Africa will be unable to shed its "junk" credit rating for years to come, credit analysts said

By Reuters

LISTEN | Zuma inviting me for a fight and I’m not ...

'Keep your distance, I’m not scared': EFF leader to Jacob Zuma

Bulelani Nonyukela
Audio producer

MPs angry as police minister Senzo Mchunu leaves during Q&A session

'That's disrespectful to parliament,' says EFF MP Omphile Maotwe

Fallout over Brink leads to DA hardline stance in KZN

A racial insult against one of its members, reinstatement of an EFF councillor and an attack against the party are some ...

By LWAZI HLANGU

Economists say positive factors at play can spur job creation

Stats SA data show economy created 294,000 jobs in third quarter.

By Luyolo Mkentane

GNU aims to review bilateral trade agreements

SA wants stronger diplomatic, bilateral and trade relations with its trading partners to jumpstart economic growth.

By Hajra Omarjee

SACP discussion document concedes to diminished ...

The South African Communist Party has been at odds with its alliance partner, the ANC, after it entered into a GNU ...

Lizeka Tandwa
Digital Politics Editor
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EFF to rethink its position in coalition participation after GNU snub

The party's conference in December will not only elect new leadership but will also table critical policy direction ...

Sisanda Mbolekwa
Politics reporter

EFF blames media and funding of new parties for thwarting its path to ...

The assertions appear in discussion documents on hot-button issues to be debated when the red berets formulate policies ...

Opinion & Analysis Editor's Choice

LUKHONA MNGUNI | The national dialogue could be a Damascus moment

The national dialogue must go beyond politicking towards being responsive to the crisis of inequality and its ripple ...

By LUKHONA MNGUNI

RECORDED | Dirco minister Lamola on implementation of foreign policy

Minister of international relations and co-operation Ronald Lamola is on Tuesday briefing the media on the ...

By TimesLIVE
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MMAMOLOKO KUBAYI | The GNU is a political ...

A stranger from Mars looking at South Africa today could wrongly conclude that our democratic system is coming apart at ...

By Mmamoloko Kubayi

PODCAST | ‘It’s a coalition — the ANC knew it would go with the DA’

Prof Susan Booysen says the government of national unity (GNU) is a coalition with the DA but the ANC invited other ...

Mike Siluma
Sunday Times deputy editor
Politics Editor's Choice

GNU 100 | JUSTICE CLUSTER

How have our ministers performed in the first 100 days following the formation of the Government of National Unity? ...

By Sisanda Mbolekwa
Politics Editor's Choice

'The ANC hates the GNU': Fikile Mbalula

“The question of GNU, it's a decision of us all and when it comes to the ANC, I can tell you now that we hate GNU,” ...

Politics Editor's Choice

‘You can leave the GNU tonight if you wish’: Fikile Mbalula dares DA, ...

“We need to make it clear: if the DA wants to leave the GNU, they can leave tonight or tomorrow. Any time they want to ...

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GNU a disaster for black people, says Popcru

Union warns of 'disastrous future marked by political instability and lacking political agenda’.

By Luyolo Mkentane

R3.2m for McKenzie's meeting with Khoi-San leaders, department accounts ...

Sport, arts and culture minister Gayton McKenzie detailed the department’s spending in a parliament question and answer ...

By SINESIPHO SCHRIEBER

LUCKY MATHEBULA | The GNU is more of a hegemonic risk than a tactical ...

The rise of personalities as figures of political power is detrimental to the ideological growth of the ANC as the ...

By LUCKY MATHEBULA

Helen Zille's outbursts prove we were right: SACP's Solly Mapaila on GNU

SACP general secretary Solly Mapaila has harshly criticised the ANC for failing to rein in the DA's Helen Zille, saying ...

Sisanda Mbolekwa
Politics reporter

Popcru slams Treasury for using 'bloated wage bill' as scapegoat

Police and prisons civil rights union Popcru says the conditions in which workers and the poor live are akin to ...

Sisanda Mbolekwa
Politics reporter

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OPINION | How to take on the problem of the ...

This is a response to the article that appeared in the Sunday Times entitled ‘Rudderless’ GCIS gets blame for GNU PR ...

By Oupa Ngwenya

‘Leaders with an alternative view do not have to feel threatened’: ...

"The GNU is the tactic we unanimously adopted as ANC leadership. We have no knowledge of an alternative yet," says ...

Modiegi Mashamaite
Multimedia reporter

MAVA SCOTT | Communications conundrum in the GNU is a signal to talk ...

To place the blame squarely on the doorstep of the Government Communications and Information System, is to avoid the ...

By Mava B Scott

SAM MKOKELI | Could Treasury have done more for GNU honeymoon?

Ask the Kaizer Chiefs boss, the road to growth is a long one for Godongwana

Sam Mkokeli
Columnist and contributor

Mampara of the week: Solly Mapaila

Exit left, Blade and Gwede, asks Hogarth.

By Hogarth

‘Rudderless’ GCIS gets blame for GNU PR failures

Some in the ANC point fingers at the state information service for the fact the DA ministers are winning the GNU ...

By Kgothatso Madisa and Lizeka Tandwa

Educational matters occupy politicians’ minds

GNU prompts members to look for blackboards in the cadres’ pawnshops, writes Hogarth.

By HOGARTH
Opinion & Analysis Editor's Choice

EDITORIAL | It’s time to step back from the fiscal cliff

Enoch Godongwana rocked into parliament on Wednesday sporting his signature fedora and flanked by two deputy ...

By Sunday Times Editorial
Opinion & Analysis Editor's Choice

BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI | Hollering GNU rivals need to learn the value of ...

A shift in mindset by all concerned may be necessary. The people in the cabinet room may come from different parties, ...

ANC gets first bloody GNU nose in parliament

Rules committee votes for oversight of Presidency by dedicated portfolio panel.

Thabo Mokone
Parliamentary editor

THABANI KHUMALO | GNU must fix its communications

Its success will not be measured by portfolio performance, but on how they govern together and communicate that, writes ...

By Thabani Khumalo

KHUMO KUMALO | It's time for unity and collective government action that ...

There needs to be a shift from political promises to accountability and action to bring South Africans back into the ...

By Khumo Kumalo
Politics Editor's Choice

GNU 'clearing house' sets up team to iron out disagreement on Bela Act

Deputy President Paul Mashatile's office says members of the unity government's "clearing house" mechanism met on ...

By TIMESLIVE
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‘Mark my words’: Godongwana bets on full GNU term after its first medium ...

"We agreed on the strategic thrust of fiscal consolidation. All of us," says finance minister on the government of ...

Khulekani Magubane
Financial reporter

Budget 2024 | SA sees wider deficits, higher debt in budget review

The government on Wednesday forecast wider budget deficits and higher debt over the next three years, even as it ...

By Kopano Gumbi, Tannur Anders and Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo

How the GNU plans to achieve 3% growth

DA leader John Steenhuisen spoke virtually to investors at the SA Tomorrow Investor conference in New York.

By Hilary Joffe

Budget 2024 | DA welcomes budget, EFF decries its 'prioritising of private ...

While the DA beamed at the focus on involving the private sector as the government's partner in economic reform, the ...

Politics Editor's Choice

Mbalula blue-ticks Zille’s request for regular meetings

“I would love to meet Fikile Mbalula on a regular basis. Please can you ask him to respond to his mail and honour his ...

Godongwana may need to do more than just chart fiscal view for GNU

Investors and businesses want developments in energy, logistics and water infrastructure, but households and civil ...

Khulekani Magubane
Financial reporter
Business Editor's Choice

Growthpoint bemoans surge in rates and taxes while service delivery fails

Commercial property owners forced to make substantial investments in water and power as municipalities flounder.

Noxolo Majavu
Companies Reporter

81 employers and illegal foreigners arrested in ...

The labour and employment department has conducted thousands of inspections leading to 81 arrests, increased the budget ...

Politics Editor's Choice

SA and Ukraine visa waiver on hold ‘for more consultations’

Presidency says DA home affairs minister Schreiber was dishonest about pact, President Ramaphosa did not formalise ...

Thando Maeko
Political Reporter

EFF and MKP urge Ramaphosa not to sign SA and Ukraine visa agreement

EFF spokesperson Leigh-Ann Mathys condemned the move as a “betrayal” of South Africa's solidarity with Russia.

Presidency challenges Schreiber for taking credit for SA and Ukraine ...

Home affairs minister Leon Schreiber has been challenged by President Cyril Ramaphosa's office for announcing having ...

Modiegi Mashamaite
Multimedia reporter
Politics Editor's Choice

‘ANC cabinet must do the work and talk about it’: Mantashe wants party to ...

Gwede Mantashe highlighted the party’s challenges and the importance of restoring its image and political dominance.

Modiegi Mashamaite
Multimedia reporter

EDITORIAL | DA and ANC should not forget the GNU ...

There is no time to pity the former sole ruling party as it is caught in squabbles with John Steenhuisen’s party

By TIMESLIVE PREMIUM EDITORIAL

LISTEN | 'Schreiber is disrespecting ANC but I know Matamela will never ...

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula says the DA is disrespecting the ANC and the president will sign the visa-free ...

Bulelani Nonyukela
Audio producer

SAM MKOKELI | A national dialogue needs to preclude the pettiness of the ...

Ramaphosa and his mandarins must lead dialogue to re-imagine SA instead of petty muzzling of Mbeki

Sam Mkokeli
Columnist and contributor

MZIMASI MABECE | SA better off than February, but problems of decay remain

When navigating fiscal consolidation, optimism and the reality of growth challenges will collide

By Mzimasi Mabece