A Cosatu May Day rally poster is seen in Mpumalanga ahead of Workers’ Day celebrations. 1 minute The National Allied Health and Workers’ Union (Nehawu) says it supports the decision of the South African Communist Party (SACP) decision to contest next year’s local government elections outside the tripartite alliance. Nehawu’s first Deputy Secretary-General, Mavuso December, was speaking…
Members of the ANC are seen at the party’s Sekhukhune 9th Regional Conference in Limpopo on 25 April 2025. 2 minutes There is uncertainty on whether the African National Congress (ANC) regional elective conferences scheduled to get underway this weekend in Limpopo will go ahead. The party’s Vhembe and Mopani regions are scheduled to elect regional leaders on Saturday…
National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza 3 minutes The Economic Freedom Fighter (EFF) is threatening another court litigation against the Speaker of the National Assembly Thoko Didiza. The party says if the consultation time for the tabling of the revised Budget is not extended further to include the public to make the inputs, the party will…
ANC Deputy Secretary General, Nomvula Mokonyane. 2 minutes The African National Congress’s (ANC) Subcommittee Chairperson on International Relations, Nomvula Mokonyane says that the party reaffirms their commitment for the liberation of Palestinians. She spoke at a press briefing in Constitution Hill in Johannesburg during the launch of Week4Palestine, an initiative that brought activists, students and…
Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana delivers the 2025 Budget Speech before the National Assembly on March 12, 2025. 1 minute The African National Congress (ANC) national spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri says the call for Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s resignation can only be justified if there is a failure to adhere to specific policies. Her comments follow the…
EFF leader Julius Malema briefs the media on the suspension of the VAT increase. 2 minutes The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has welcomed the Western Cape High Court’s decision to suspend the half a percentage point VAT increase, preventing the tax hike from taking effect on Thursday. The court issued this ruling on Sunday, also…
Artists perform at the National Freedom Day commemorations in Ermelo, Mpumalanga on April 27, 2025. 1 minute Acting President Gwede Mantashe has used his Freedom Day address to call for unity among different races in the country. Mantashe delivered the keynote address at the National Freedom Day commemorations in Ermelo, Mpumalanga yesterday. This after he…
Economic Freedom Fighter MP Sinawo Thambo. 1 minute The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) says it welcomes the cancellation of a meeting of Parliament’s Standing Committee on Finance, following the party’s letter to the Speaker of the National Assembly, Thoko Didiza. The party’s spokesperson, Sinawo Thambo, says a meeting, that was scheduled for the processing of…
Tax-related material on a desk. 1 minute The Umkhonto weSizwe party says the Western Cape High Court’s decision to suspend the VAT increase only addresses a symptom of a deeper crisis that includes aggressive austerity, restrictive monetary policies and a privatization agenda that the party says is being brutally imposed on South Africans. The MKP…
[FILE IMAGE] 2 minutes The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has welcomed a court order suspending the planned 0.5% Value Added Tax (VAT) increase that was set to take effect on 1 May 2025. The suspension comes after the Western Cape High Court set aside Parliament’s approval of the fiscal framework enabling the hike. SARS…
