Gavel in court. 1 minute The Western Cape High Court has sentenced four men to life in prison for the murder of two law enforcement officers in 2019. The officers were on duty in the Samora Machel informal settlement when they were gunned down by Ashwin Kennedy, Ndumiso Lutshetu, Bongani Mvamveki and Siyabonga Witbooi and…
[FILE IMAGE]: A pair of male elephants is seen in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. 4 minutes The community of Ekudubekeni in KwaCeza near Ulundi has approached the national parliament to intervene in removing stray elephants, which are threatening the lives and property of residents. The elephants are believed to be members of an original herd…
Home Affairs’ offices in Cape Town 3 minutes The Department of Home Affairs says it has no legal obligation to formulate legal representation for undocumented foreign nationals in South Africa. The department was updating the Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs on issues of state funded legal representation for undocumented foreign nationals. This includes its…
Finance Minister Enouch Godongwana and his entourage ahead of the Budget Speech in Parliament. 2 minutes Apartheid activist and clergyman, Allan Boesak, has blamed the current government for what he calls an austerity budget. He formed part of a media briefing addressed by leaders from organised labour and community-based organisations ahead of the Budget Speech….
Road construction 2 minutes Over the medium term, government plans to allocate over R1 trillion to infrastructure projects across the country, this is according to Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana. “This budget invests over R1 trillion in critical infrastructure to lift economic growth prospects and improve access to basic services,” he said while iterating the third…
Petrol attendan fills fuel into a vehicle. 2 minutes Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has proposed a revised National Budget that abandons the VAT hike and introduces new tax proposals generating R18 billion in additional revenue in 2025/26, and R19 billion in 2026/27. While presenting Budget 3.0 on Wednesday, Godongwana told Parliament that he would be…
United States’ (US) Scottie Scheffler poses for a photo with the Wanamaker Trophy after winning the PGA Championship golf tournament at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, North Carolina, US on May 18, 2025. 1 minute World number one golf champion, Scottie Scheffler, has captured his third major title, winning the PGA Championship by five strokes at…
1 minute The Rand held firm against the US dollar ahead of the budget speech this afternoon, a pivotal day for the South African economy. This is according to Statistics South Africa’s release of the Consumer Price Inflation data for April. Inflation dropped sharply to 2.7% in March, the lowest since June 2020. On Tuesday…
1 minute Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s third attempt at tabling the Budget, following a standoff over a VAT hike which National Treasury has since withdrawn. LIVE |
Chalkboard with debt written on it 1 minute South Africa’s debt servicing costs are projected to reach R426.3 billion in the current financial year. According to Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana, this means that 22 cents of every rand collected in revenue will go toward paying off debt. Godongwana made the announcement while presenting the 2025/26…
