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The GNU in its current form is not likely to last, with pointed comments from the Presidency. “You can’t be part of a government whose Budget you opposed,” said the Presidency spokesperson Vincent ...

So, the DA now has to decide whether it intends to stay in the GNU, about which we will presumably hear much more in due course. In the meantime, both the DA and the EFF have challenged the passing of ...

If we are serious about delivering services and deepening democracy, we must properly equip and support local municipalities financially and institutionally.

If the GNU unravels - primarily because of the fracas over the VAT hikes in the budget - South Africa's political risk profile for investors will take a dramatic U-turn for the worse at a time when ...

Political deadlock stalls progress in South Africa’s Government of National Unity as negotiations over the fiscal report hit a wall over the proposed VAT increase. Follow the blog here for updates and ...

Agoa, enacted in 2000, was designed to boost African exports by granting duty-free access to the US market. For South Africa, it has had beneficial but not extraordinary results. Primarily, Agoa has ...

People who live near Thusong District Hospital, which closed in 2022, and the Christiana District Hospital, which was destroyed by fire in 2021, told Spotlight they were frustrated over long ambulance ...

Black and coloured communities have been left with no choice but to take matters into their own hands and occupy land when the state refuses to engage with them in good faith.

Myanmar's junta said on Wednesday its troops fired warning shots at a Chinese Red Cross aid convoy, underlining the challenge of delivering relief amid a civil war as aid groups called for better ...

Gold stays near record highs as investors brace for Trump’s tariff announcements, heightening trade war fears.