LIVE: Media briefing on registration of spaza shops
1 minute Small Business Development Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams updates the media on the registration of food outlets including spaza shops. Live stream below:
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Limpopo spaza shop owners warned against operating without papers
JMPD conduct inspections on spaza shops in the Johannesburg CBD on December 8, 2024. 1 minute The Limpopo Department of Economic Development has issued a warning to spaza shop owners in the province, cautioning them against continued operations without proper registration. As from Friday all unlicensed spaza shops will be expected to close down their…
Budget Office urges govt to reveal alternative revenue sources
A calculator and pen depicted in the picture. 2 minutes The Parliamentary Budget Office says the government must reveal its alternative sources of revenue should the ANC-proposed two percentage points in value-added tax not be approved. Last month, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s budget policy statement was postponed to the 12th of this month. This after…
Rand trading at R18,48 to US dollar
South African R100 notes. 1 minute The rand is trading at R18,48 to the US dollar; R23,28 to pound sterling, and R19,23 to the euro. The euro is trading at $1,04, and the dollar is trading at 150,5-5 Japanese yen. In China, a dollar is changing hands at 7-yuan-28 and in India at 87-rupees-41. Now…
Gauteng Education under fire for non-payment of electricity
Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane and his team at the School Safety Imbizo in Ratanda, Heidelberg. 1 minute The Gauteng Education Department has come under fierce attack for failing to pay municipalities for electricity. The non-payment has led to power being switched off at schools, leaving them vulnerable to burglaries, especially at night. The department…
Ndabeni-Abrahams to give update on spaza shops registration
City of Johannesburg MMC’s lead a joint inspection with Environmental Health Practitioners, SAPS and JMPD at Siyabonga Supermarket, Naledi in Soweto on January 27, 2025. 1 minute Small Business Development Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams will today update the media on the registration of food outlets including spaza shops. Economic Cluster MECs will join her in the…
There are other revenue streams besides VAT increase : Parliament
Minister Enoch Godongwana delivering the 2024 Budget Speech in Parliament. 2 minutes The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) says there are alternative revenue streams that Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana can tap into if the proposed VAT increase is shut down. The Executive Director of the Parliamentary Budget Office, Dr Dumisani Djantjies, says Parliament must also push…
COSATU raises concerns over UIF’s lack of internal controls
Cosatu members at a rally on March 23, 2023. 2 minutes The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) has raised concerns over the Unemployment Insurance Fund’s (UIF) lack of internal controls. This after the Special Investigative Unit (SIU) revealed that the UIF paid out about R57-billion in fraudulent payments to government employees during the…
‘Registration deadline applies to existing spaza shop owners’
File image: A spaza shop in the Johannesburg CBD. 1 minute The Township Economic Commission says yesterday’s registration deadline does not affect people intending to open new food outlets and spaza shops. President Cyril Ramaphosa had ordered the registration in November last year in response to issues of food safety after at least 20 people…
‘Msiza influenced municipalities to invest in the now defunct VBS’
[File photo] 2 minutes The Polokwane Special Commercial Crimes Court in Limpopo has heard that former African National Congress (ANC) Treasurer in Limpopo, Danny Msiza used his political power to influence municipalities to invest in the now defunct VBS mutual bank. A key witness in the looting of the bank was testifying anonymously in the…