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The second phase aims to reach 570,000 people and has introduced some new programmes
The changes on the margins in this election will be important signs of what is to come
SA gets 18 months to improve its capacity to track and prosecute money laundering and terrorist financing or face ‘grey listing’
Additional supply from Kelvin power state announced as electricity shortages become a key election issue
Party brings out big guns with John Steenhuisen and Helen Zille addressing manifesto launch
The 2016 DA victory was a major upset for the ANC as the Eastern Cape has always been its stronghold
Eskom proposes to decommission coal power stations in return for concessional financing but the government is dragging its feet
Top court ordered changes by June 2022 after it was declared unconstitutional
The party seems likely to get its just desserts in the upcoming local government elections
Eskom CEO puts viable, albeit expensive, plan on table for shift to cleaner energy
Operation Vulindlela, the joint delivery unit in the treasury and the presidency, is overseeing a review of the work permit regime, which has been a constraint on growth and investment for at least two decades
Ministers following their own agendas without being overruled during the Zuma era has not been corrected
There are two lessons the government can learn from this debacle
ANC is under pressure to meet Monday’s deadline
It is becoming virtually impossible to get funding for new coal generation, says Eskom CEO
