A look outside Parliament. 1 minute The National Assembly has adopted the 2025 Fiscal Framework and Revenue Proposal as tabled by Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana, by a slight majority. The adopted framework includes recommendations that Treasury must be given 30 days to come up with alternatives to tax hikes, while scrapping the VAT hike and…
[File photo] A worker counts money 3 minutes Labour unions representing the majority of Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) workers are threatening strike action over a wage dispute. This after the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu) and The United National Transport Union (Untu) declared a dispute of mutual interest with…
DA leader John Steenhuisen 1 minute The Democratic Alliance (DA) says it will take the VAT hike in the 2025 Fiscal Framework and Revenue Proposals to court. This followed the adoption of the report as tabled by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana by the National Assembly with a slight majority. The adopted frame work includes recommendations…
Tshwane Mayor Dr Nasiphi Moya addressing the council. 1 minute Tshwane residents must brace themselves for new tariff hikes soon. This as the City’s debtor’s book remains shockingly high, despite efforts to increase revenue collection. The Tshwane Mayor and her mayoral committee briefed the media in Pretoria, on the City’s service delivery milestones since the…
Oncology therapy 1 minute The Gauteng Department of Health says it is taking legal action against a recent Johannesburg High Court judgment related to radiation oncology services. The court’s decision was in response to a case brought by the Cancer Alliance a week ago. The Department has filed a Notice of Application for Leave to…
A voter casts their vote in a ballot box 1 minute Residents of Ward 28 in KwaDukuza on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast say they want a councillor that will ensure they get basic services such as running water and electricity. People are complaining about water and electricity outages in this local municipality. The municipality been…
White Ball Head Coach, Rob Walter. 1 minute The coach of the South African limited-overs men’s cricket team, Rob Walter, has stepped down with immediate effect. Walter has attributed his resignation to personal reasons, which Cricket South Africa (CSA) has accepted. Walter, who has held the position since March 2023, has played an instrumental role…
1 minute National Secretary-General of the ANC Women’s League, Nokuthula Nqaba says GBV should be declared as a national disaster. Speaking during a Women’s League march in Cape Town, Nqaba said gender-based violence and femicide is a pandemic and nothing is being done in terms of an action plan. “What then stops government to declare…
[File photo] City of Tshwane Mayor Dr Nasiphi Moya. 1 minute The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality has told residents to brace themselves for new tariff hikes which will be implemented soon. This as the city struggles to increase its revenue collection. Briefing the media in Pretoria yesterday, Tshwane Mayor Dr Nasiphi Moya said: “Alongside our…
