Clive Ndou

Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

Political Editor, The Witness at The Citizen (South Africa)

Journalist at The Witness

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Articles

Sadtu intensifies ‘Work to Rule’ protest

3 days ago | witness.co.za | Clive Ndou

Tensions between the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education and the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) have escalated, with the union formally launching a “Work to Rule” protest action that includes the withdrawal of participation in the department’s extra classes programme for matric pupils.
Private sector urged to tap into R1,3trillion infrastructure boom

1 week ago | witness.co.za | Clive Ndou

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on the private sector to capitalise on South Africa’s R1,3 trillion public infrastructure pipeline, urging investors to take advantage of sweeping regulatory reforms designed to accelerate public-private partnerships.
SIDSSA: Ramaphosa urges private investment in public infrastructure boom

1 week ago | witness.co.za | Clive Ndou

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on the private sector to take advantage of the country’s public infrastructure development boom by investing in the various projects being rolled out across the country.
IFP confident of regaining lost ground in uMgungundlovu

1 week ago | witness.co.za | Clive Ndou

IFP president Velenkosini Hlabisa has assured supporters that the party’s efforts to reclaim lost support in the uMgungundlovu District are gaining momentum. Once dominant in the region during the 1990s and early 2000s — particularly in Msunduzi — the IFP currently holds 20 council seats across municipalities in the district.
SA suspends Brazilian poultry products imports

2 weeks ago | witness.co.za | Clive Ndou

The South African Agriculture Department has suspended the import of Brazilian poultry meat amid an outbreak of bird flu in that country. This follows last week confirmation by the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture Ministry that there has been an avian influenza outbreak in the South American country’s state of Rio Grande do Sul. The outbreak has an impact on South Africa’s chicken industry given that the bulk of the country’s poultry imports are from Brazil.
Budget 3.0: VAT hike scrapped, fuel levy rises

2 weeks ago | citizen.co.za | Clive Ndou

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana yesterday tabled the long-delayed 2025 revised budget, successfully bridging a R75b revenue shortfall without the politically unpopular proposal to increase VAT. Instead, he turned to alternative revenue sources — raising fuel levies and allocating billions to enhance tax collection — to meet the country’s infrastructure and social spending needs while stabilising government debt.
Watch live: All eyes on Godongwana’s ‘Budget 3.0’ this afternoon

2 weeks ago | citizen.co.za | Clive Ndou

Dubbed ‘Budget 3.0’, the revised fiscal framework to be broadcast live by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana at the Cape Town International Convention Centre this afternoon follows two failed attempts to pass the original 2025 Budget.
Brazilian bird flu sparks chicken war in South Africa

2 weeks ago | witness.co.za | Clive Ndou

The outbreak of bird flu in Brazil — one of the world’s largest producers and exporters of poultry — has pitted South Africa’s chicken industry players against each other. Some local industry representatives are calling for a partial ban on Brazilian poultry imports, while others are demanding a complete prohibition on all poultry products from the South American country. Last week, the Brazilian government confirmed the outbreak of bird flu in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul.
Vulindlela community left vulnerable with only two police vans

2 weeks ago | witness.co.za | Clive Ndou

Residents of Vulindlela, outside Pietermaritzburg, say they are battling rising crime with little help from an under-resourced police station. The area, home to over 250 000 people, is serviced by only one police station — Taylors Halt — which has two police vans to cover a wide area, including distant communities like KwaHaza, 40 km away.
All eyes on Godongwana's 'budget 3.0' on Wednesday

2 weeks ago | witness.co.za | Clive Ndou

While the dispute within the government of national unity (GNU) over the 2025 budget appears to have been resolved, attention has now shifted to the trade-offs Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana is expected to make when he tables his revised budget in Parliament on Wednesday. Dubbed “Budget 3.0”, the revised fiscal framework follows two failed attempts to pass the original budget.