Amanda Khoza Presidency reporter

Amanda Khoza is a political reporter at the Sunday Times covering the Presidency. She is passionate about the fair and just treatment of all South Africans.

Amanda Khoza Presidency reporter
Government a step closer to ending state of disaster: Phaahla

Health minister Dr Joe Phaahla has confirmed that the government is a step closer to finalising regulations that could see the national state of ...

Amanda Khoza Presidency reporter
Cyril Ramaphosa on working visit to DRC

President Cyril Ramaphosa is on a working visit to Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where he will participate in the 10th high-level ...

Amanda Khoza Presidency reporter
'Not too shabby': Criticism and praise for Godongwana’s budget speech

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana’s maiden budget speech has met with mixed reaction, with some political parties saying it was a damp squib, while ...

Amanda Khoza Presidency reporter
Coega investigation into parliament blaze on track, says Patricia de Lille

Minister of public works and infrastructure Patricia de Lille on Tuesday confirmed the fire in the National Assembly building caused significant ...

Amanda Khoza Presidency reporter
We are owed R9.2bn, says public works minister Patricia de Lille

Public works and infrastructure minister Patricia de Lille has called on South Africans to improve the culture of payment.

Amanda Khoza Presidency reporter
Health minister breathes new life into national health department

Joe Phaahla says vacancies are being filled and they are looking at breaking down public/private healthcare barriers

Amanda Khoza Presidency reporter
Heads must roll for failed 1 Military Hospital revamp project: defence minister

Defence minister Thandi Modise has promised to leave no stone unturned in making people accountable for irregular expenditure of more than R156m for ...

Amanda Khoza Presidency reporter
R350 social relief of distress grant has cost taxpayers R45bn since start of ...

It has cost taxpayers R45bn to pay out the R350 social relief of distress grant to about 10.5-million South Africans affected by the Covid-19 ...

Amanda Khoza Presidency reporter
President Ramaphosa participating in AU-EU summit in Belgium

President Cyril Ramaphosa is in Brussels, Belgium, to participate in a two-day sixth African Union-European Union Summit.

Amanda Khoza Presidency reporter
The reality is that the private sector creates more jobs, says Ramaphosa

President Cyril Ramphosa believes the government can have its economic cake and eat it.