A calculator and pen depicted in the picture. 3 minutes Both the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK Party) and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have scoffed an alleged attempt by the African National Congress (ANC) to woo them to support an increase in the VAT after the Democratic Alliance (DA) openly opposed to it. Last month Finance…
Ronnie Kasrils. 1 minute Former Minister of State Security and anti-apartheid activist, Ronnie Kasrils has called for unity within trade union federation, the Congress of South African Trade Union (Cosatu). Kasrils was speaking at the 70th anniversary of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (Sactu) in Rivonia, Johannesburg today. In 2014, Numsa was expelled…
National Energy Regulator of South Africa offices in Arcadia, Pretoria. 2 minutes Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Electricity and Energy has criticised the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) for approving Eskom’s application for an increase in electricity tariffs. Last year, Nersa approved the power utility’s 12,7% tariff increase application starting from the first of…
Pensioners wait to be served at a Postbank. 1 minute Postbank CEO, Nikki Mbengashe, says they are confident that they will hit the one million mark of grant beneficiaries migrating from the Sassa gold card to the Postbank black card, within the next week. Senior officials from Postbank are appearing before Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on…
A delegation from Afriforum, Solidariteit, and the Solidarity Movement met with representatives of the Trump administration in Washington. 2 minutes Former Cosatu Deputy Secretary-General Sydney Mufamadi has lashed out at Afrikaner interest group AfriForum and Solidarity’s trip to the US, stating that both organisations want to undo the strides that have been made in post-democratic…
2 minutes Operation Dudula says it will take President Cyril Ramaphosa to court to force him to establish a commission of enquiry into the deaths of 22 children who consumed snacks from spaza shops. At a media briefing in Orlando, Soweto, on Monday, the party lamented that an inquest had been set up into the…
Pensioners wait to be served at a Postbank. 1 minute Postbank CEO, Nikki Mbengashe, says they are confident that they will hit the one million mark of grant beneficiaries migrating from the Sassa gold card to the Postbank black card, within the next week. Senior officials from Postbank are appearing before Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on…
A bus that was involved in the Free State crash. 2 minutes Free State MEC for Health, Menyatso Mahlatsi, has visited five survivors of the crash that occurred on the N6 between Smithfield and Reddersburg at Pelonomi hospital in Bloemfontein. The collision claimed 10 lives, seven women, two men and a two-year old. 22 of…
Minister Enoch Godongwana delivering the 2024 budget speech. 2 minutes The office of the Auditor General (AGSA) says it is considering the request from the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) to investigate the financial implications of the budget speech postponement last month. This is after MKP wrote to the Auditor General requesting an investigation, claiming that…
Information Regulator in South Africa seeks to help the public get access to important public information. 1 minute The Information Regulator has announced that it’s fully supporting the Minister of Justice, Mmamoloko Kubayi’s decision on halting the publication of the National Register of Sex Offenders (NRSO). The department last week delayed the publication of the…
