In peacetime, South Africa’s defence force’s core responsibilities have morphed somewhat. There’s the role of securing our borders, including warding off pirates intent on plundering our, and our neighbours’, territorial waters for ever-dwindling marine resources....
One cannot escape the catchphrase “state capture” when considering the year that was for the department of public enterprises. It is the department most severely affected by 10 years of Jacob Zuma’s presidency and his bid to aid his cronies, the Gupta family. It is...
There’s no doubt that this has been a tough year for Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies, whose task of attracting investment and stimulating employment was made more difficult by unstable domestic and global economic conditions. Davies found himself putting out...
From major underspending on his budget to having the head honchos of his department implicated in shady dealings, Senzeni Zokwana has struggled to keep his house in order. A power struggle between the director general, Mike Mlengana, and deputy director general,...
In November, the department of telecommunications and postal services, under Minister Siyabonga Cwele, was merged with its more controversial sister, the department of communications, under Minister Nomvula Mokonyane. Mokonyane was shuffled off to the environment...
