South African politicians have paid tribute to Pope Francis, who passed away on April 21, 2025, at the age of 88, after ...

South Africa's rand firmed on Friday as investors awaited clarity amid a dispute over the national budget that has rattled ...

Economist Dawie Roodt joins Bronwyn Nielsen to discuss South Africa’s VAT hike, political tensions, and economic stagnation.

The South African government on Thursday canceled a proposed tax increase that had threatened to collapse the unity government after a pushback from various political parties.

While the short-term focus is on whether the national coalition will survive, the main axis of our politics may be shifting beyond the current dynamic. It now looks as if our medium-term future could ...

The Democratic Alliance claimed victory for the reversal of the VAT increase, but other political parties are not impressed ...

When Anglican archbishop Thabo Makgoba talked in his Easter sermon of the “grandstanding and political one-upmanship” of SA’s ...

The South African rand was stable on Thursday after the finance ministry said it was withdrawing a contentious increase in ...

Or we can walk through lightly, with little luggage, ready to imagine another world. And ready to fight for it.” Novelist Arundhati Roy Following on my earlier post on "SA Politics after Covid-19" I ...

“The politicians can’t have it both ways. They can’t not intervene and then complain when there’s a shortage.” Muller added that there are still areas in KwaZulu-Natal that have had no ...

He reposted footage shared by Mr Bushiri which showed the self-proclaimed pastor ask hundreds of worshippers at his Jesus Nation church to welcome the South African politician. Under the ...