Month: July 2024
News24 | School’s out: Police and defence led by teachers in GNU Cabinet shake-up
The critical security cluster ministries of police and defence – both bedevilled by a legacy of resource constraints and state capture – have new leadership in the form of Senzo Mchunu and Angie Motshekga.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Rand rallies below R18/$ as Godongwana retains finance post
South Africa’s rand extended a post-election rally after President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a new cabinet that he said would prioritise rapid and sustainable growth.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Cape Town doctor sentenced to house arrest for selling, distributing medication worth R5m to US
A Kenilworth doctor has been sentenced to an effective three years house arrest, while being ordered to pay back the R5 million proceeds he made after being found guilty of selling and distributing scheduled medications.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘Walking into fire’: Key infrastructure job for new Cabinet blood Dean Macpherson
At the heart of the government's economic stimulus plans are major infrastructure projects. New minister, Dean Macpherson of the DA, has been tasked with a weighty portfolio.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Senzo Mchunu a massive loss to water ministry as former ANC chief whip Pemmy Majodina takes over
President Cyril Ramaphosa's decision to pull Senzo Mchunu out of the water and sanitation portfolio is a big blow to the sector.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Mashatile stays on as deputy president as DA, IFP and FF Plus bring new faces to the GNU fold
News24 profiles the new deputy president and the ministers after President Cyril Ramaphosa announced his new government of national unity Cabinet on Sunday night
Continue ReadingNews24 | Cyril Ramaphosa | Entering a new era of partnership and national unity
The GNU is an opportunity for all South Africans to work together more closely and with greater purpose to ensure that we build a South Africa for all, writes Cyril Ramaphosa in his weekly newsletter.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Two ANC ministers demoted as DA secures six ministers, six deputy ministers in new-look Cabinet
Two ANC national ministers have been demoted to deputies and replaced by members of the DA in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s government of national unity (GNU).
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘Confront the most brutal facts’: New Naspers CEO on culture, comfort zones and AI
As the 46-year-old Brazilian Fabricio Bloisi takes the reins at Naspers and Prosus this week, he brings with him an entrepreneurial approach that balances optimism with "brutal facts".
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘We are being allowed to reset’: Hope and caution as bloated, reconfigured GNU Cabinet announced
President Cyril Ramaphosa has unveiled a bloated and dramatically reconfigured government of national unity Cabinet.
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