Trade, industry and competition minister Parks Tau says while South Africa and China have made in-principle agreements to enhance trade ties, this should not be seen as a quick solution to the trade ructions with the US.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says the US decision to impose a 30% tariff on South African imports highlights an urgency for the country to adapt to the increasingly turbulent headwinds in international trade.

The presidency said this was part of the government’s “clean cities and towns campaign” aimed at ensuring that communities across the country live in clean and healthy environments.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Dunstan Mlambo as deputy chief justice with effect from Friday.

One of the alleged masterminds in the murder of former ANCYL secretary-general Sindiso Magaqa will remain behind bars after his case was postponed in the Umzimkhulu magistrate’s court on Friday.

The probe into allegations of fraud and corruption against KwaZulu-Natal health and education MECs Nomagugu Simelane and Sipho Hlomuka is gaining momentum after the two officials submitted responses to the premier’s office.

An application by former president Thabo Mbeki and former justice minister Brigitte Mabandla to intervene in the R167m constitutional damages litigation, brought by victims and families of victims of apartheid-era atrocities, has been dismissed.

Government will set up a package to support companies vulnerable to the 30% tariff imposed by the US on South African products.

The MK party had gone to the apex court to challenge Ramaphosa’s handling of Police Minister Senzo Mchunu’s suspension, accusing him of shielding allies

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Deputy President Paul Mashatile has been fined R10,000 for failing to declare a diamond gift his wife Humile received from a controversial businessman Louis Liebenberg back in 2023.

EFF leader Julius Malema has taken a swipe at former ANC MP Jacob Boy Mamabolo, claiming he was his “ice boy” — a person who is broke and acts as an errands runner for wealthier friends.

Prof Firoz Cachalia is set to be sworn in at the Union Buildings on Friday before taking up his new role of acting police minister, the Presidency has announced.

A fourth suspect has been arrested in connection with the murder of the Eastern Cape’s Emalahleni local municipality chief whip Xoliseka Lali, after an intensive investigation by the provincial serious violent crime investigation and tracing unit.

Apex court says case should not have come directly to the highest court

In a surprise twist in uMngeni local municipality councillor and DA chief whip Nhlalayenza Ndlovu’s murder case, one of the suspects has turned state witness.

GOOD party councillor Roscoe Palm has called on Cape Town council speaker Felicity Purchase to step aside after witnessing a violent scuffle in the council chambers.

The party argued that the president’s placing Senzo Mchunu on special leave and appointing Firoz Cachalia, who was not a member of the cabinet, as acting minister was unconstitutional

The president says by virtue of staying in government, the DA was making empty threats