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Gordhan to take Mkhwebane's ruling in Sars pension matter on review

32 days ago

In a statement on Friday Gordhan’s lawyers said they had advised their client that “the Public Protector’s findings, are totally wrong both in fact and in law”.

IEC: SG Maluleke’s report reveals ‘negligible risks’ from double voting

40 days ago

It said the validation exercise was conducted independently by Statistics South Africa based on voting station result data from 1,020 voting stations.

Chris Maroleng ‘devastated’ by dismissal from SABC

63 days ago

The public broadcaster's board met on Tuesday to consider the findings and recommendations of his recent disciplinary hearing.

PIC denies report it’s considering Kennedy Bungane as CEO

68 days ago

Citing unnamed people, 'Bloomberg' reported that the PIC is considering Kennedy Bungane, formerly of Absa as its new CEO.

Sibanye-Stillwater, Amcu seal wage deal

69 days ago

Amcu agreed to take a 5.5% pay rise for the first year and 5.5% or the consumer inflation rate, whichever is the greater, in years two and three.

SA tourism body optimistic government will regulate ‘unfair’ Airbnb

71 days ago

Tourism Business Council of South Africa said it had spoken to the tourism department about its concerns and was optimistic about an upcoming amendment to the Tourism Act.

Man shot outside JHB primary school

71 days ago

It is understood the victim had been picking up a pupil when the shooting occurred.

Eskom thanks SA for ‘understanding’ as grid remains vulnerable

75 days ago

The cash-strapped utility says it’s battling capacity shortages, due to problems at its power stations.

Several JHB northern suburbs without power

81 days ago

The utility says its technicians and those from Eskom are working to restore power, but they are not yet able to say when electricity will be fully restored.

BP found guilty of building filling stations without clearance

82 days ago

A guilty verdict could mean jail time or - more likely in this case - a fine based on multiples of the value of the filling stations the company built.

Financial support for Eskom is not enough, warns Moody's

84 days ago

Earlier this year, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni allocated a R69 billion financial support package over the next three years to help Eskom service its debts.

Tourism CEO Sisa Ntshona suspended - report

84 days ago

According to Fin24, the SA Tourism board is investigating allegations made against Sisa Ntshona via its anonymous tip-offs reporting mechanism.

Govt condemns attacks on foreign nationals in KZN, Limpopo

89 days ago

This follows attacks on foreign nationals in the two provinces over the last two days which resulted in some of them seeking refuge at police stations and a mosque.

Sars obtains interim court order against striking employees

89 days ago

Nehawu and PSA members went on strike earlier on Thursday demanding an 11% salary hike while Sars is offering 7%.

UN hits out at IAAF plan to classify female athletes by testosterone levels

92 days ago

South Africa’s Olympic 800-meter champion Caster Semenya is challenging the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) over its bid to restrict levels of testosterone in female runners.