FRIDAY, 08 AUGUST 2025, 15:26
Promoting “the unity of the nation and that which will advance the republic” will inform President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision on who to appoint as South Africa’s next ambassador to the United States.
Pope Francis advanced a world view of inclusion, equality and care for marginalised individuals and groups, said President Cyril Ramaphosa as he offered his condolences on behalf of the government and South Africans to Catholics on the passing of the pontiff.
An Eastern Cape royal family has outright rejected Premier Oscar Mabuyane’s recognition in the gazette last month of Prince Freeman Dumelani Sigcau as the acting king in the deeply divided AmaMpondo kingship.
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation has denied that US special envoy Mcebisi Jonas granted an interview to news website Semafor, calling his reported quotes “fabricated” and “entirely unfounded”.
International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola is confident of restoring ties with the USA.
The ANC’s dominance is diminishing even further while the DA is emerging as a viable alternative for voters, according to recent polls from three organisations.
For this year’s Mail & Guardian God Edition, we asked a number of the country’s prominent politicians what role faith plays in their lives
The party has proposed a R512.8bn revenue strategy and refuses to agree to a VAT increase
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The Economic Freedom Fighters say the ANC only holds discussions with them during times of political crisis
An internal investigation has been launched by the municipality following claims of interfering with recruitment documents
The former deputy finance minister has to salvage ties with Washington amid a diplomatic deep freeze and global trade war
The parties remain divided over an increase in VAT, which the DA says South Africans cannot afford
The stand-off between the two parties dates back to 19 February when DA leader John Steenhuisen made clear the party would not support a national budget that proposed a two percentage point increase in VAT
ANC MPs who were absent during the 2 April parliamentary sitting to adopt the 2025 fiscal framework and revenue proposals could face disciplinary action.
DA KwaZulu-Natal leader Francois Rodgers believes the national and provincial governments of unity will survive, despite disagreements between the ANC and DA over the fiscal policy at a national level.
The leader of one of two parties that helped the ANC get the Budget and fiscal framework over the line when it voted in support of it in the National Assembly has taken the party’s proposed alternatives to the 0.5-percentage-point VAT increase to the ANC.
Deputy President Paul Mashatile compared the DA to a “crocodile” in an allegory he made while speaking about the government of national unity during the commemoration of Chris Hani in the Eastern Cape.
While electoral reform could improve the accountability, stability and inclusivity of the South African political system, ultimately, it would be up to the voters to “punish failed and corrupt leaders, and reward progress”, Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber said on Wednesday.
Another point of contention between government of national unity (GNU) partners – the ANC and DA – is brewing as the DA lobbies the public to object the draft regulations for the private security industry that Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has recently published for comment.
The EFF believes the incumbent fiscal framework entrenches crises ranging from fiscal consolidation, rising debt-service costs, and the “regressive” value-added tax increase, among other things.