Domestic

South African economists have set their sights on fiscal consolidation and avoiding a credit ratings downgrade as Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba scrambles to close the R50 billion deficit when he delivers his maiden Budget Speech on Wednesday.In his

The Western Cape High Court on Monday found former Western Cape police commissioner Arno Lamoer guilty of corruption, but not guilty of racketeering and money launderingEarlier this month, Lamoer pleaded guilty to one of the corruption charges he

JOHANNESBURG, February (ANA) - South African private schools group, Curro Holdings, said on Monday that it was planning to invest up to R2.3 billion this year in a bid to to take advantage of the significant growth opportunities in the education

JOHANNESBURG, February (ANA) -Three awaiting trial prisoners escaped from Tubatse police holding cells on Monday, Limpopo police said. ''Today at about 6:30am police heard a hard knock at the cell doors and responded swiftly.They

President Cyril Ramaphosa must strengthen an inquiry into state capture by equipping it with forensic audit experts with members of the criminal justice system ready to "pounce" on those implicated, United Democratic Movement leader Bantu

PARLIAMENT, February (ANA) - President Cyril Ramaphosa could more than halve his cabinet by firing "compromised" ministers, South Africa's opposition leader, Mmusi Maimane said.Participating in the debate on Ramaphosa's state-of

South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers said on Monday another worker had died at Sibanye Stillwater's Driefontein mine outside Carletonville over the weekend, the latest in a recent spate of fatalities at the company's

WESTERN CAPE, February (ANA) - The Department of Agriculture on Monday confirmed that the highly pathogenic H5N8 avian flu has been detected among seabird populations in the Western Cape.Seven cases from six different sites across the provincial

JOHANNESBURG, February (ANA) - President Cyril Ramaphosa has received messages of congratulations from a number of heads of state and government during a round of telephone calls at his official residence in Cape Town.The Presidency said on Sunday