A hostile response signals the start of the treasury’s struggle to avoid amendments to the 2025 budget

Sources say the ANC’s latest intervention in the province is aimed at replacing the secretary general’s opponents with loyalists

Those penalised included the minister in the presidency responsible for planning, monitoring and evaluation, Maropene Ramokgopa

Zulu royal family members labelled as “rebels” for challenging King Misuzulu kaZwelithini say they are “deeply concerned” over the mayhem experienced by the monarch.

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana didn’t take kindly to being called “rogue” in parliament after defending his decision to increase VAT.

This move is in line with the Economic Freedom Fighters’ plan to survive beyond the 2026 local government election

Senior members of the amaZulu royal family will on Friday hold a media briefing to discuss the power battles within the family.

EFF MPs have criticised social development deputy minister Ganief Hendricks for allegedly using artificial intelligence to answer parliamentary questions.

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana is on Friday appearing before parliamentary committees responsible for finance.

Budget approval hangs in the balance and resistance to it is set to play out in the legislature’s finance committees

European Union leaders announced a €4.7bn (R93.31bn) investment package during a visit to South Africa on Thursday, at a time when both are on worse terms with the US than they have been for decades.

Top figures in the DA say the ANC’s now ‘pushed the price higher’, while EFF shows no signs it would be willing to negotiate with Ramaphosa’s party

SA’s budget can only afford to employ 800 of 1,800 unemployed doctors, despite vacancy rates for public sector facilities ranging between 5% and 22%

The deal was announced days after the United States withdrew support for the country’s just-energy transition

The DA has welcomed the Southern African Development Community’s decision to withdraw troops from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula briefs the media on the 2025 national budget.

SA could place itself at the centre of diplomatic tensions with Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit

Finance Minister has tabled a budget that proposes hefty tax increase on alcoholic beverages

The Democratic Alliance said the budget would struggle to pass in parliament, given the ANC’s lack of a majority

To address the ongoing crisis of hijacked and abandoned buildings in Johannesburg, public works deputy minister Sihle Zikalala has called for the buildings to be expropriated without compensation.