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Parliament’s Select Committee on Security and Justice and the African National Congress (ANC) have expressed appreciation for the visibility of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) in ...

The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Johannesburg has rejected the proposed adjustment budget, saying it will continue to fight ...

The month of January marked a surprising resilience in South Africa’s mining sector, with overall production up 4.6% year-on-year despite severe flooding in Mpumalanga and Limpopo. The January ...

The Democratic Alliance (DA) on Thursday questioned whether accountability and consequence management are prioritised in the ...

Click here to read the full judgment on Saflii [1] The applicant (AMCU) seeks leave to appeal against the dismissal of its application.

The United States is signing bilateral health deals with African countries. By the end of February 2026, deals worth US$19.8-billion had been signed in new health funding. Of this amount, the US has ...

In his 2026 budget speech, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana highlighted the need to remove bottlenecks in South Africa's ports. This follows the statements by President Cyril Ramaphosa in his 2026 ...

South Africa and Eswatini have signed a revised treaty on the development and use of the water resources of the Komati River Basin. This followed Eswatini’s Minister of Natural Resource and Energy ...

Senegal says it has enough cash to make nearly half-a-billion-dollar debt payments due on Friday, but spending cuts and, according to five sources, delayed payments to other lenders as well as nascent ...

Solidarity warns Ramaphosa on NHI implementation; Nersa publishes new municipal tariff application deadlines; And, Parly committee, ANC support SANDF deployment as operations underway ...

The Republic of Congo heads to the polls on Sunday in a presidential election expected to keep longtime ruler Denis Sassou Nguesso in power, with his challengers hampered by voter apathy and what ...