Eskom spent R680 billion to build new power stations and increase generation capacity, but after this investment produced less power than when it started.

An arson attack in September brought KwaZulu-Natal’s largest mushroom farm to its knees and has resulted in 315 employees being retrenched

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said the proposed NHI Bill is “missing a lot of things” and is unsure how it will work.

The government must be firm in its non-aligned position, even if Agoa is at stake, says minister

The Road Accident Fund tax and general fuel levy alone add R6.14 per litre — around 28% — to South Africa’s petrol price.

Gwede Mantashe, Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, said that the declining attractiveness of the local mining sector is due to “captains of industry bad-mouthing the country”.

Between 1964 and 1994, the government constructed 18 new dams that can store over 200 million cubic meters of water. Between 1994 and 2023, it only built two such dams in South Africa.

A culture of no accountability and consequences, ineffective resource management and inadequate planning inhibit progress, she says.

BLSA CEO Busi Mavuso says South Africa is more than equipped to fix Eskom, but politicians keep hands tied.

Transnet failings see Maersk bypass Cape Town, while ships off Durban wait 2 weeks

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has lost the confidence of a key constituency.

Botswana has received unsolicited bids from investors to build a rail line to a Namibian port that will help avoid South Africa and its disintegrating logistics network.

Former Mpumalanga premier and ANC NEC member Mathews Phosa says there are direct links between Eskom corruption and some ANC ministers and premiers.

Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa is deeply concerned that sabotage at Eskom will undermine any effort to deal with load-shedding.

Eskom engineers and technicians are leaving the power utility because of affirmative action, a lack of career prospects, cadre deployment, nepotism, and a toxic work environment.

In a surprise move, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has exempted Eskom from disclosing irregular, fruitless, and wasteful expenditure.

Four foreign banks have distanced themselves from any possible deal with the Russian bank

South Africa’s new cabinet is far larger than the world’s largest and wealthiest nations, including the United States, Germany, Japan, and the United Kingdom.

Despite investing over R230 billion in state-owned companies, government has only recieved R1 million in return.

It's the ANC government’s fault for creating an uncompetitive macroeconomic environment with their incompetence and corruption

Andre de Ruyter made explosive revelations about ANC corruption at Eskom, the involvement of senior government officials, and embarrassing behind-the-scenes information.

Renowned economist Dawie Roodt advised people to make use of every possible loophole to pay as little tax as possible in South Africa.

The eThekwini municipality has confirmed the arrival of R22m giant statues of struggle icons Oliver Tambo and former president Nelson Mandela.

The president and the ANC are treading dangerous ground when they equate legitimate political activity in an election year to a plot by Western powers, writes Pieter du Toit.

President Cyril Ramaphosa said the economy is where it is today because the Apartheid government crippled it.

Maile Ngake is the national health department's chief director for health sector bargaining, and his report is dated October 2020.

South Africa’s new National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme is set to be introduced in several stages and not all at once, says health minister Joe Phaahla.

Visit is part of SA’s plan to remain eligible for preferential access to US markets

Energy analyst Chris Yelland said not a single generation unit at Kusile Power Station is generating electricity despite an investment of R233 billion and 15 years of construction.

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula says he fails to understand why black business people don't proudly give financial support to the ANC.

The Presidency has shot down Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis's threat to declare an intergovernmental dispute if President Cyril Ramaphosa does not respond to a request to create a joint working...

National Treasury has reportedly written several proposals that would involve slashing the number of government departments in South Africa.

Government says if will procure 2 500MW of nuclear energy to begin to come on stream in 2032.

‘Inclusive growth’ is not the solution to our challenges

Shipping delays cost the industry an estimated R2.5bn in the 2021/22 season with little sign of improvement

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana has revealed the number of government employees earning over R1 million per year.

This massive budget ramshackle structure was pushed through ‘unlawfully’ and exorbitant amounts are being paid for its function.

‘We need to put in place systems to prevent the abuse of resources … so that money doesn’t end up in people’s pockets,’ the president said

The ANC has just passed, or is about to pass, three pieces of legislation that suggest it has completely lost its grip on reality: the Employment Equity Amendment Act, the National Health Insurance...

'I have often said we need to look at the post-Covid economic landscape as being equivalent to a post-war economic landscape,' says the president.

Clothing and shoes are flown in at great cost ahead of the peak season from the end of November

It's not clear how it will be funded, besides opportunities for massive corruption. Either way, the NHI Bill is headed for the courts.

South Africa’s tax base has stagnated – the government continues to ramp up social spending and the number of people receiving welfare grants.

The Warsaw affair cost us dearly in reputation and rand

Covid-19 blamed for the failure to go ahead with president's mechanism to hold officials accountable

Excessively expensive food is ordered – and many of the leftover supplies vanish mysteriously.

The ANC faces liquidation if its assets do not meet the R150 million owed to Ezulweni Investments for election material supplied to it for its 2019 election campaign.

The SA National Defence Force’s relationship with the armed forces of Cuba has come under sharp scrutiny.

South Africa’s tax collection is significantly below budgeted estimates, raising the possibility of the government raising taxes – an unsustainable way to drive economic growth.

South Africa is losing up to R15bn a year because the government is slow to move cargo from battered roads to the rail network

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Electricity Minister, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, recently bemoaned the effect “middlemen” have on Eskom’s procurement of strategic components.

Eskom board member Mteto Nyati says empowerment rules holding back Eskom must be scrapped.

The ANC’s National Executive Committee said the Reserve Bank’s trend of rising interest rates depletes consumers’ disposable income and hampers economic growth.

Backlog will take more than four months to clear, with 63 vessels waiting to be processed

The government is moving ahead with plans to set up a new state company for small businesses in South Africa, which will absorb three others that operate in the sector.

Let’s hope the bill languishes forgotten under the pile of plans in the president’s in-try