Tax revenue boost paves way for inflation-linked tax relief

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana during a press briefing A boost in tax revenue has given the National Treasury room to offer the first inflation-linked tax relief since the 2023/24 financial year. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana says revenue for the current financial year is projected to come in higher than previously forecast. This has been supported…

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Free State ranks second in initiation school deaths

Initiates walking. 3 minutes The Free State has been singled out as a province with the second highest number of fatalities emanating from circumcisions at initiation schools, after the Eastern Cape. This was said at the launch of the Safe Customary Initiation Awareness Campaign for the 2025 initiation season in Bloemfontein. The Cooperative Governance and…

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South Africa’s anti-corruption efforts lag behind global average: CPI

A graphic depicting corruption. South Africa’s anti-corruption efforts continue to hover below the global average despite a global decline in corruption. This is according to the Anti-Corruption organisation, Transparency International’s latest Corruption Perception Index (CPI). The index shows that South Africa’s score has remained unchanged at 41 over the last three years since 2024. The…

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Ramaphosa condemns killings of traditional leaders

[File image] SAPS murder case graphic. 2 minutes President Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned the killing of traditional leaders in some parts of the country. He has described it as an ‘affront to the nation’. Addressing Traditional and Khoi-San Leaders in Parliament on the official opening of the National House of Traditional and Khoi-San Leaders on…

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Application for postponement Nkabinde Enquiry opposed

Court room gavel and a book. An application for a postponement by evidence leaders in the Nkabinde Enquiry has been opposed by legal representatives for suspended South Gauteng Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Andrew Chauke The evidence leaders requested a postponement to next week, citing the absence of key witnesses. They also stressed that legal…

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CGE, PSC to probe NW’s male-dominated HOD appointments

North West provincial legislature building The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) and the Public Service Commission (PSC) have committed to investigating the appointments of Heads of Departments in the North West provincial government.  This comes after the Provincial Legislature’s portfolio committee on Premier and Finance revealed a shocking imbalance in the appointments for departmental heads…

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