Representational image of tax. 3 minutes Parliament’s Standing Committee on Finance has adopted its report on the fiscal framework that was tabled in Parliament by the Finance minister, Enoch Godongwana, last month. The budget includes a zero-point-five percentage point VAT increase over the next two financial years. The committee adopted the report with recommendations proposed by ActionSA,…
Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Dean Macpherson speaking in Parliament. 2 minutes Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Dean Macpherson, says his department is working closely with various communities to deal decisively with the so-called construction mafias. Macpherson says these are organized groups that extort money from construction companies. They are targeting construction companies…
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on on the day of a meeting with U.S. ambassadors at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 25, 2025. 5 minutes The world is bracing for a seismic announcement from the United States on Wednesday, 2nd April, that will impose reciprocal tariffs on countries that trade with the…
[File Image]: A man casts his vote during elections 1 minute By-elections got off to a smooth start in Gauteng with 29 candidates from 16 political parties contesting in six wards across Gauteng, Limpopo, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. Speaking outside a voting station in Ward 82 in the City of Johannesburg Municipality, Provincial Electoral Officer…
DA leader John Steenhuisen and ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa. 4 minutes President Cyril Ramaphosa and Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen are meeting today as the deadline looms for the 2025/2026 budget to be voted on in Parliament on Wednesday. The meeting is aimed at breaking a deadlock between the parties. Taking to social media…
Manchester City’s Erling Haaland falls. 1 minute Manchester City’s Erling Haaland sustained an ankle injury in their FA Cup quarter-final at Bournemouth over the weekend, the Premier League club said yesterday, with the striker requiring further tests to determine the full extent of the injury. Haaland was replaced in the 61st minute of Sunday’s 2-1…
A placard displayed at a march in solidarity with rape victims at the East London City Hall, Eastern Cape on April 2, 2025. 1 minute Civic organisations and political parties in the Buffalo City Metro are calling for the protection of the DNA samples of the possible suspects in the rape case of a seven-year-old…
[File Image]: Pit toilets at a school in South Africa. 1 minute Advocacy group, Section27 has lamented a lack of political will and provinces’ continued under-spending in infrastructure grants as reasons for failure to eradicate pit toilets in schools in the country. This comes as Basic Education Minister, Siviwe Gwarube is expected to visit Limpopo’s…
SAPS logo 3 minutes National Police commissioner, Fannie Masemola, has tasked the Head of the Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Investigations unit to oversee the ongoing investigation into the alleged rape of seven year-old girl in Matatiele in the Eastern Cape. The seven year-old girl was allegedly raped in October last year and to…
The South African Weather Service graphic showing the outlook for April 2-3, 2025. 2 minutes Meteorologist Azwi Tuwani says the cold snap experienced in parts of the country is caused by clouds covering the systems, that are moving along the coastal areas and pushing in cooler air to the interior. Gauteng, Free State and the…
