Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana during a media briefing. 2 minutes Senior Policy Specialist Neil Coleman has called on Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to resign for misleading the country. Godongwana has been criticized for suggesting reducing the COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grants or raise the Value Added Tax (VAT). This issue has dominated public…
[File photo] 1 minute A ninth witness for the state has been called to the stand in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping trial in the Western Cape High Court sitting in Saldanha. Kelly Smith, her boyfriend, Jacquen Apollis and Steveno van Rhyn are facing charges of kidnapping and human trafficking. Seven-year-old Joshlin went missing from her…
[FILE IMAGE]: A bus on its side following an accident. 2 minutes Limpopo Transport MEC Violet Mathye has wished speedy recovery to 90 bus passengers who were injured when the bus overturned at Monsterlus in Limpopo. The injured were taken to various hospitals and some treated at the scene. The crash happened yesterday but only…
Scene of a bus accident on the R21 northbound near the OR Tambo International Airport in the East Rand, Gauteng on March 11, 2025. 3 minutes The City of Ekurhuleni’s Emergency Management Services (EMS) says the bodies of two people are still inside the wreckage of a bus that crashed on the R21 northbound near…
ANC NWC’s visit to the Free State 1 minute The state of municipalities was discussed at a meeting between the ANC National Working Committee (NWC) and the party’s Free State Provincial Executive Committee. Speaking on the sidelines of the meeting at Bloemfontein, ANC national spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri says the National Working Committee is wrapping up…
Limpopo police in conjunction with other law enforcement agencies, between Monday, 03 March 2025 to Sunday 09 March 2025. 1 minute More than 800 suspects have been arrested in Limpopo over the past week for their alleged involvement in various crimes. Police spokesperson Malesela Ledwaba says the suspects were arrested for robbery, attempted murder, assault,…
[File photo] A van with a hail of bullets from a cash-in transit heist. 1 minute The Cash-in-transit Association in South Africa has called for high intelligence to deal with the scourge of cash-in-transit (CIT) robberies. KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) has emerged as the most dangerous province in South Africa when it comes to CIT robberies. More…
Tax-related material on a desk 5 minutes The ACDP says it expects a form of smaller VAT increase when Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana tables the budget on Wednesday. The party says it thinks hiking the tax with a smaller percentage will not cause harm to the poor. Earlier the party was against the tax increase….
Ulsan Hyundai coach Hong Myung-bo before the Asian Champions League quarter final second Leg match against Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors at Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium, Ulsan, South Korea on March 12, 2024. 2 minutes South Korea coach Hong Myung-bo has called up 28 players for home World Cup qualifiers against Oman and Jordan later this month…
SARB logo 2 minutes uMkhonto weSizwe Party Chief Whip, Mzwanele Manyi has accused the South African Reserve Bank of not supporting black owned financial services. Manyi’s comments come as the party marches to the Reserve Bank in the City of Tshwane today, following the liquidation of Ithala Bank. The party will also march to Treasury…
