Minister of Trade, Industry & Competition, Parks Tau. The Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau, has announced the withdrawal of the National Credit Act amendment regulations after more than 20 000 submissions opposing the amendment were received before yesterdays deadline. The proposed regulation, which would have allowed educational institutions to submit student debt…
Tax-related material on a desk 2 minutes In efforts to broaden government’s strategy to secure additional funding for several frontline functions, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana on Wednesday increased the value-added tax (VAT) rate by 0.5 percentage points in each of the next two years to 16 percent in 2026/27. In response to the tax increase,…
Bus crash on the R81 road in Sekgopo, Mopani District, August 10, 2025. Four female passengers have been killed and several others injured when a bus they were travelling in overturned on the R81 at Ga-Sekgopo outside Polokwane in Limpopo. Transport Department spokesperson Tidimalo Chuene says the injured, including a bus driver, have been taken…
Executive Mayor Dada Morero at the City of Johannesburg building. The African National Congress (ANC) in Johannesburg has lambasted several of its coalition partners, including the United Democratic Movement (UDM), Al-Jamah, the African Transformation Movement (ATM), and the African Heartlands Party (AHC). This is after they filed a motion of no confidence in Executive Mayor,…
North West Premier Lazarus Mokgosi 2 minutes Residents from the Ramotshere Moiloa Local Municipality in the North West are calling on Premier Lazarus Mokgosi to address their service delivery challenges ahead of his State of the Province Address (SOPA) this morning. Recently residents from Zeerust staged a protest, blocking key entrances to the town over…
High Court in Johannesburg. Murdered six-year-old Amantle Samane’s mother Ntombizodwa, has testified in the High Court in Johannesburg about the pain and trauma she suffered following the rape and murder of her daughter. Amantle would have turned seven years-old on Tuesday. Her mother has taken the stand in the pre-sentencing procedures under way in court….
The Goodwood Magistrates Court in Cape Town. Community activists from Elsie’s River on the Cape Flats say the brutal killing of a 14-year-old boy, who was gunned down in the area last week, has left the area distraught. The teenager was walking home from school when he was killed in a suspected gang-related incident. An…
Crime Scene. 1 minute Gauteng police have opened an inquest docket following the discovery of a body of an 11-year-old boy in Fleurhof west of Johannesburg. Police say the boy was dropped off by the scholar transport yesterday afternoon but never reached his home. A search ensued and his badly bruised body was found by…
Unemployment graphic. 1 minute University of Johannesburg sociologist, Professor Trevor Ngwane, has criticised the government for failing to address rising unemployment, accusing it of prioritising profit over job creation. Ngwane was commenting on the latest unemployment figures released by Statistics South Africa, which show a slight increase in the official unemployment rate for the first…
FILE | Sergio Perez during practice. 2 minutes Alpine is emerging as a potential option for Formula One driver Sergio Perez for the 2026 season, according to a report from the U.K.’s Daily Mirror on Friday. ESPN reported a week ago that Perez was in talks with Cadillac about potentially joining as a driver when…
