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Zuma and Mantashe ‘spin’ not fooling anybody‚ says Lekota

Congress of the People leader Mosiuoa Lekota. Picture: SOWETAN
21 hour(s) ago

COPE president Mosiuoa Lekota says South Africans will no longer be gullible suckers

National

Mantashe mutes calls for Zuma’s resignation

ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe adresses the media at the ANC National Executive Committee on March 20, 2016 at the St Georges Hotel in Pretoria. Picture: AFP PHOTO / MUJAHID SAFODIEN
1 day(s) ago

Secretary-general Gwede Mantashe dismisses speculation that the ANC’s top five leaders urged President Jacob Zuma to resign

National

Zuma’s apology an 'insult', says DA’s Maimane

Mmusi Maimane. Picture: AFP PHOTO/JOHN WESSELS
1 day(s) ago

Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane describes President Jacob Zuma’s apology an 'insult' and attempt to mislead South Africans

Politics

Zuma apologises to nation over Nkandla‚ but dodges blame

Jacob Zuma. Picture: EPA/NIC BOTHMA
1 day(s) ago

Jacob Zuma concedes many matters could have been handled differently in the scandal over the estimated R246m of taxpayer cash being spent on his Nkandla homestead

Financial Services

KPMG resigns as auditors for Gupta firms

Atul Gupta. Picture: ROBERT TSHABALALA
2 day(s) ago

Firm says it has had to evaluate the provision of services to the business in the wake of recent media and political interest in the family

National

Gordhan’s relationship with Moyane a ‘work in progress’

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, left, and SARS commissioner Tom Moyane.  Pictures: TREVOR SAMSON
1 day(s) ago

At a SARS briefing on Friday, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan reiterated the importance of working together in the national interest

Americas

Obama says Trump's remarks show he doesn’t know much about foreign policy ‘or the world generally’

US President Barack Obama. Picture: REUTERS
21 hour(s) ago

US President Barack Obama urges people pay attention to the American elections.

ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe adresses the media at the ANC National Executive Committee on March 20, 2016 at the St Georges Hotel in Pretoria. Picture: AFP PHOTO / MUJAHID SAFODIEN

Skeletons will keep tumbling out now the ANC door is ajar

Self-preservation is a strong instinct in all living creatures, none more so than the species Homo politicus, writes Allister Sparks

Columnists

Gareth van Onselen: Chief whip Mthembu faces a paradox — after years of defending the president, he will now have to direct oversight of his actions

The Jackson Mthembu paradox

Columnists

Judgment will conclusively put to rest the debate over the public protector's powers — the one who 'guards the guards', writes Natasha Marrian

Zuma’s lapdogs played a role in watchdog judgment

National

Archbishop Ndungane rejects Zuma’s 'litany of lame excuses'

1 day(s) ago

Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Njongonkulu Ndungane describes Zuma’s apology as a deep disappointment to the people of SA‚ particularly the poor and marginalised

Economy

Tax revenue collection exceeds projections

Tom Moyane. Picture: TREVOR SAMSON
1 day(s) ago

The amount collected for the fiscal year that ended on March 31 was R2bn higher than was estimated in February

National

No end to Pikitup strike in sight

Pikitup workers. Picture: FREDDY MAVUNDA
1 day(s) ago

Waste management company says disciplinary processes against employees on an unprotected strike have been delayed due to a lack of union participation

African Business

Zimbabwean minister says banks have credible plans to sell stakes to locals

Patrick Chinamasa. Picture: REUTERS/PHILIMON BULAWAYO
22 hour(s) ago

Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa says empowerment plans from Barclays, Standard Chartered, Old Mutual, Standard Bank and Ecobank are consistent with the law

Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: GCIS

A tale of rival coups in Banana Land

It is now, in effect, a civil war within the ANC and the only sure outcome is that this scrap will get vicious, writes Bryan Rostron

Science & Environment

Water demand will exceed supply for about another 20 years, study shows

Water treatment plant. Picture: SUPPLIED
2 day(s) ago

Despite all the planned interventions, SA’s water supply needs to be increased by nearly 2.5km³ by the year 2035

Business

Vilakazi Madoda appointed executive director of Nedlac

Picture: SUNDAY TIMES
1 day(s) ago

Vilakazi formerly worked within the trade union movement and the government, and has extensive experience in negotiation, Nedlac says

Europe

European PMIs show manufacturing sector continues to struggle

Chemical company BASF's factory in Ludwigshafen, Germany, is shown in this February 24 2012 file photo.  Picture: REUTERS
2 day(s) ago

Greece contracts for a second month, Germany has its worst quarter in more than a year, and companies’ price cuts fail to stoke new orders in France and Spain

National

Maimane calls for Zuma’s impeachment to ‘give legislature back its teeth’

1 day(s) ago

Jacob Zuma’s failings range from appointing NPA boss Menzi Similane, state capture and Sudan President Omar al-Bashir’s freedom of movement, says Mmusi Maimane

World

Scientists make important breakthrough in Zika research

This image from Purdue University/Kuhn and Rossmann research groups shows a representation of a near-atomic level map of the Zika virus illustrating its structure. Picture: AFP PHOTO/ PURDUE UNIVERSITY/KUHN AND ROSSMANN RESEARCH GROUPS
1 day(s) ago

US researchers announce the first three-dimensional map of the virus, an advance that some hope will speed efforts to develop a vaccine

Americas

FBI testing hacking method on other phones

iPhone apps are used to research diabetes, asthma, Parkinson’s disease, breast cancer and cardiovascular disease, but privacy concerns remain. Picture: REUTERS
1 day(s) ago

Federal Bureau of Investigation tests the method used to crack San Bernardino gunman’s iPhone to see how many other versions of the device it can open

National

FULL SPEECH: Zuma responds to the Constitutional Court judgement

Jacob Zuma. Picture: NTSWE MOKOENA
1 day(s) ago

President Jacob Zuma’s original response to the Constitutional Courts judgement on Nkandla’s security upgrades on Friday

African Business

Uber to start operating in Ghana, Tanzania and Uganda

Picture: BLOOMBERG/ANDREW HARRER
22 hour(s) ago

Uber began its African operations in SA and has doubled its passenger numbers roughly every six months

Energy

Energy firm banking on innovative system to provide power

Solar energy. Picture: REUTERS/REGIS DUVIGNAU
1 day(s) ago

Build Africa Corporation’s power supply system can harvest power from solar panels, a windmill, the grid or even a generator

Europe

Britain raises minimum wage

Picture: THINKSTOCK
1 day(s) ago

Rebranding exercise by Conservative government denounced by critics as largely symbolic in an era of state austerity

Industrials

Sales of new cars stall in March

Picture: SOWETAN
1 day(s) ago

New vehicle sales in the first three months of 2016 are down 9.8% year on year, from 160,002 to 144,352 units

Americas

US presidential circus comes to New York

Democratic US presidential candidates Senator Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton wave before the start of the Univision News and Washington Post Democratic US presidential candidates debate in Kendall, Florida. Picture: REUTERS
1 day(s) ago

Adoptive daughter Hillary Clinton and native-born sons Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders to do battle to win state’s most important primary in decades

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Cartoons

Picture: THINKSTOCK

Three ways to stop wasting your time on phone calls

Work calls kill productivity and it can also be hard to make good decisions in the moment if a request surprises you

Arts & Entertainment

Magnificence of the inner workings of the human body on display for all

King David High School, Victory Park Ice Skaters.   Picture: SUPPLIED
1 day(s) ago

The breathtaking Body Worlds exhibition is a marvel for children and unforgettable for adults, writes Allan Seccombe

Health

‘Benefits’ of booze back on the table

Picture: ISTOCK
3 day(s) ago

Many studies showing moderate drinkers live longer than nondrinkers suffer from a big flaw, writes John Tozzi

Opinion

Entrepreneurs of the soil could not be more different

Artist and ‘cultural entrepreneur’ Jonathan Freemantle, an obsessive documenter of the archetypal ‘sacred mountain’, invokes a sense of place

Allister Coetzee. Picture: GALLO IMAGES

Naming of the Springbok coach delayed

Meyer attempted briefly to change the Boks’ approach between 2012 and 2015 and had some success

Soccer

Pirates bank on Cup run to get into Africa

Orlando Pirates coach Eric Tinkler. Picture: SYDNEY MAHLANGU/BACKPAGEPIX
2 day(s) ago

The Nedbank Cup provides the likely only remaining route to Caf club competition for the club next season

Soccer

England mates set to resume title race rivalry

GO-TO STRIKER: Harry Kane celebrates scoring against Bournemouth before the international break. Picture: REUTERS/ DARREN STAPLES
2 day(s) ago

Main protagonists Leicester City and Tottenham Hotspur resume Premier League title race at testing fixtures

Other Sport

Nishikori downs Monfils to secure place in Miami Open semifinals

Japan's Kei Nishikori shakes hands with Gael Monfils after his three-set Miami Open quarterfinal victory over the Frenchman, in Key Biscayne, Florida, on Thursday, March 31 2016. Picture: GETTY IMAGES/AFP
2 day(s) ago

Two-time Grand Slam champions Victoria Azarenka and Svetlana Kuznetsova reach the Miami Open women’s final with straight-set triumphs

Rugby

Lions set to focus on their game, not flattery

Jaco Kriel is back for the Lions to face the Crusaders tonight having recovered from concussion suffered in the early minutes against the Cheetahs two weeks ago. Picture: EPA
2 day(s) ago

Ackermann was flattered by Blackadder’s plaudits, but it will not win you rugby games

Opinion

Lions roaring and Stormers building as Sharks get into the right mind-set

Three South African teams show promise but the Jaguares — like the Pumas at the World Cup — appear to be the people’s favourite

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