In his ruling, the presiding judge characterised the Office of The Premier’s attitude as amounting to betrayal

The civil society group said the bills were probably being written by legislators with ‘self interest and expediency’ in mind

The president said the fund would not be an additional burden to taxpayers because it would be financed by dividends from ‘well managed’ state-owned entities

The public works and infrastructure minister said the government was not prepared to negotiate with the construction mafia because you don’t negotiate with people who commit violence, murder and extortion

The impeached judge and uMkhonto weSizwe party MP said he would turn to the high court to challenge his removal from the bench

Rodgers, the new finance MEC, said he would cut subsistence and travel by 25%. In the last financial year, under the ANC, R1 billion was spent on S&T