GNU cabinet meeting 1 minute The Democratic Alliance (DA) Federal Executive says it will meet later today, to make a decision on it’s future in the Government of National Unity (GNU). The party expressed its unhappiness following the adoption of the Fiscal Framework report by the Standing Committee on Finance last night. The ANC, IFP,…
[FILE IMAGE]: President Cyril Rmaphosa shares a light moment with DA leader and Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen as well as DA MP and Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube. 2 minutes The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) says today’s events at the National Assembly are a clear indication that the so-called Government of National Unity (GNU) is…
ANC NEC Media Briefing at Birchwood in Boksburg. 2 minutes The African National Congress (ANC) says it will not conform to the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) demands just to garner the party’s support for the proposed budget which the National Assembly will vote on today. The ANC says the DA is willing to support the 0.5…
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,…
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…
Economic Freedom Fighter MP Sinawo Tambo. 2 minutes The Economic Freedom Fighters(EFF) say they have written to the Speaker of the National Assembly, Thoko Didiza, requesting for the urgent withdrawal of the report on the 2025 fiscal framework in Parliament this afternoon. On Tuesday, the Standing Committee on Finance adopted its report on the budget…
Locals are seen outside a polling station during tense local municipal elections. 1 minute Twenty-nine candidates from 16 political parties will contest by-elections in the Eastern Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo today. Candidates from ANC, EFF, Umkhonto weSizwe, the DA and Al Jama-ah amongst others will battle against each other for the heart and soul…
DA MP Dr Mark Burke says,“With the ANC’s refusal to agree to the DA’s reasonable, Growth and Jobs Budget plan, I have been mandated to go into the Finance Committee meeting to amend the Fiscal Framework such that there will be no VAT increases.” 2 minutes The African National Congress (ANC) and the Democratic Alliance…
