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2 Feb 18
South African president Jacob Zuma has asked prosecutors to drop corruption charges against him, the state prosecutor said on Thursday.
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29 Jan 18
South Africans will have to “bear some pain” as a result of the “tough decisions” made in the budget to stabilise the country’s debt, the finance minister has said.
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22 Jan 18
A South African public health campaign group has pledged to hold the government to account for the “health crisis”.
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17 Jan 18
The South African government will offer free university education to students from poorer backgrounds, the finance minister has said.
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15 Dec 17
South Africa’s high court has ordered president Jacob Zuma to pay the legal costs for trying to block a demand for an official inquiry into allegations against his government.
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28 Nov 17
South African president Jacob Zuma has asked the minister of finance to identify measures to “urgently” address economic challenges, the president’s office said yesterday. ...
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13 Nov 17
The South African government should increase spending on higher education to at least 1% of gross domestic product, a presidential commission report released on Monday said.
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26 Oct 17
South Africa’s growth outlook for this year has been slashed from 1.3% to 0.7% , the country’s finance minister has announced.
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19 Oct 17
South Africa’s currency weakened shortly after the president announced on Tuesday another surprise cabinet reshuffle.
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29 Sep 17
South Africa’s finance minister has said he won’t “dip into pensions” to bail out struggling state-owned companies, despite reports suggesting the treasury is seeking $7.50bn...
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24 Aug 17
Zambia and South Africa intend to collaborate in tax administration, treasury management, revenue collection, trade and revenue leakage prevention.
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24 Jul 17
South Africa’s economy has registered tremendous progress over the past 20 years but needs wide-ranging structural reforms to revive economic growth, a report from the Organisation for Economic...
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17 Nov 16
South Africa has a grand vision for healthcare: free and equitable access for all citizens. However, difficult questions over funding remain unresolved
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26 Oct 16
South Africa’s National Treasury has launched the Municipal Money open local government budget data website.
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17 Oct 16
The African Development Bank has approved a loan of 570m rand to help finance affordable housing in South Africa.
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11 Aug 16
After holding the position for more than two years, Nigeria has lost the title of Africa’s largest economy in dollar terms to South Africa, Bloomberg reported yesterday.
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30 Oct 15
Citizens have taken to the streets in South Africa to protest against corruption. Whilst there are reasons to be concerned, experts stress that it is not all doom and gloom
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1 Oct 15
Critics say plans to end South Africa’s energy crisis by spending billions on nuclear power are being hatched in the dark
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25 Sep 15
“Massive and transformational” universal health coverage programmes are reducing the number of people impoverished by paying for the health care, a World Bank report has found.
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20 Jul 15
Developing capacity for better government accounting: a panel debate recorded at the CIPFA International Seminar in London on 7 July 2015:
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29 Jun 15
South Africa’s chronic power outages are threatening the country’s productivity, economic performance and competitiveness
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27 May 15
Problems with the reliability of South Africa’s electricity supply could hurt economic growth, according to the country’s finance minister Nhlanhla Nene.
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9 Oct 13
South Africa’s Department of Social Development received a clean audit report for the 2012/13 fiscal year, a senior government minister revealed today.