Gabon braces for election results

The oil-rich West African state’s capital was deserted on Tuesday night as citizens await results of the presidential poll both Ali Bongo and his main rival, Jean Ping, say they’ve won

Denel fires broadside at Treasury’s move against Gupta-linked venture

Denel slams the National Treasury over threats to take the state-owned arms manufacturer to court over its partnership with VR Laser Asia, said to be a Gupta-linked firm

NFP woes continue as MPs vow to fight suspension

National Freedom Party serves suspension letters to Maliyakhe Shelembe and Sicelo Mabika who failed to co-operate over financial mismanagement allegations

Pupils return to school in Vuwani as protests subside

But MPs worry that lack of finality on municipal demarcation may cause violent disruptions in future

Fears new bill will censor the internet in South Africa

Right2Know’s Mark Weinberg says proposed legislation is unconstitutional and overly restrictive, but many welcome the outlawing of ‘revenge pornography’

Court rejects union’s call to stop Telkom cutting jobs

Labour Court dismisses Communication Workers Union application and rules consultation processes on job cuts were procedurally fair

WATCH: How to cope with criticism

Critics are often not the best judges of your actions and can stunt healthy risk-taking

Enzo Scarcella said to be bound for MTN

According to people with knowledge of the matter, the chief marketing officer at Telkom will join MTN as chief operating officer in SA

Jason Rohde gets bail after appearance in connection with his wife’s death

After saying last week that new evidence could increase the seriousness of the charges against Rohde‚ prosecutor Carien Theunissen instead said they would not change

Financial illiteracy stifles many of SA’s consumers

Research work says ‘finance-for-poverty-reduction’ initiatives must include guidance on where to find the right information about money and investments

Marius Fransman must go, ANC Western Cape demands

The ANC provincial executive committee wants contentious chairman Marius Fransman placed on suspension and disciplinary processes against him expedited

Why did electorate reject the ANC? Alliance partner SACP counts the reasons

SACP says it was a big mistake to make discredited and unpopular Zuma the face of the campaign

Apple faces multibillion tax bill in EU ruling

The company will have to pay billions of euro in back taxes to Ireland as the European Commission moves against aggressive tax avoidance by multinationals

GlaxoSmithKline makes audacious bet on its HIV ‘game changer’

Glaxo executives hope their UK-based drug company’s latest HIV pill is powerful enough to suppress virus with help of just one other drug, rather than current two

Overcrowded varsities the result of state policy, says DA

The government’s enforced ‘massification’ — tertiary institutions taking in more students than they can handle or afford — and funding cuts are at the heart of the fees crisis, says DA MP Belinda Bozzoli

Co-operation key to ending SA’s housing shortfall

The disconnect between financial institutions who provide housing loans and those who build them perpetuates the affordable housing crisis, says analyst

Eskom is shocked at Treasury’s accusation of lack of co-operation

Eskom says Treasury started investigating its contracts with Gupta-controlled Tegeta Resources in July last year and electricity supplier responded to all requests

Mzwandile Masina faces protest action

As young people protest against termination of their EPWP contracts in November, Ekurhuleni spokesperson denies that permanent positions were promised

Dilma Rousseff urges Senate to vote against ‘coup’

The suspended Brazilian president says in emotional testimony to her accusers that Brazil’s democracy is under threat, but she’s unlikely to survive Senate vote

Fight between Eskom and National Treasury hots up

Brian Molefe finds himself at centre of claims that Eskom seeks to obstruct inquiry on coal supply contracts with mining company owned by Gupta family

No conclusive Treasury report on Gupta coal deals, says Eskom

Eskom says the National Treasury’s findings into its coal contracts are inconclusive — including a reported deal worth R134m involving a Gupta-owned mining company for coal the power utility could not use

ANC stalwart warns ‘monsters’ in the party are enriching themselves

Cheryl Carolus and Baleka Mbete call for UDF members to back the ANC’s effort to renew party before the 2019 general election

NPA quashes reports of Gordhan’s imminent arrest

NPA denies media reports that the Hawks could soon charge the finance minister for corruption in a case linked to a covert investigative unit set up within SARS

Boks’ decline to mediocre Test team almost complete

Boks first ever defeat in Argentina shows they are just another mediocre Test team capable of the odd upset, writes Craig Ray

Trade data likely to show another surplus in July

Economist says SA’s trade account is forecast to have yielded a R5bn surplus in July‚ following surpluses of R18.4bn in May and R12.5bn in June