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Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla appeared in the Durban High Court on Thursday 14 August in connection with the unrest and public violence that occurred in July 2021, in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal. (Photo supplied by the National Prosecuting Authority)

Duduzile Sambudla-Zuma to stand trial in November over July 2021 unrest

Jacob Zuma’s daughter has argued that the charges against her are motivated by the current regime ‘settling political scores’ with her father

  • Eyaaz
2 min read
Julius Malema, leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), during the party’s manifesto launch in Durban, South Africa, on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. Photo: Leon Sadiki/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Give us land, we will vote for you, Phoenix residents tell Malema

The Economic Freedom Fighters leader criticised the NHI Act, arguing that the government was outsourcing its responsibility

  • Lizeka Tandwa
4 min read

Department of Finance

The journey to full-blown austerity is marked by changes to an economy presided over by a government adrift

  • M&G Digital
10 min read
Distress: A bridge (above) north of Durban was one of many destroyed by the 2022 floods. Infrastructure to roads alone is estimated at R5.6-billion. (Marco Longari/AFP)

Government budgets for natural disasters

A report by treasury and the World Bank estimated the average funding gap for financing disaster response in South Africa at R2.3 billion

  • Eyaaz
2 min read