EFF, DA challenge VAT hike and fiscal framework in court

EFF Treasurer General, Commissar Omphile Maotwewith other EFF regional leaders at the Western Cape High Court. 3 minutes The Western Cape High Court is hearing the court case brought by the Democratic Alliance (DA) and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) on the Finance Minister’s 0.5 percentage point VAT increase. The two parties took their battle…

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BOSA wants water shedding to be declared unconstitutional

BOSA members seen with placards calling for an end to water shedding. 2 minutes Build One South Africa (BOSA) has launched a litigation initiative to declare water shedding unconstitutional, in commemoration of Human Rights Day. The party will take this legal fight to the Constitutional Court. BOSA Deputy President Nobuntu Hlazo-Webster says that the party…

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Khumalo to testify at the Madlanga Commission

The South African Police Service (SAPS) Divisional Commissioner in the Crime Intelligence, Lieutenant General Dumisani Khumalo appears before the Pretoria Regional Court on June 27, 2025. Crime Intelligence head Dumisani Khumalo will take to the witness stand at the Madlanga Commission in Pretoria on Monday, which is looking into allegations of corruption and political interference…

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LIVE | Madlanga Commission of Inquiry | 27 October 2025

SABC Digital News The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry into allegations of criminality, political interference and corruption in the criminal justice system goes into its eighteenth day of hearings with a new witness on the stand. The witness, Brigadier Mishak Mkhabela, is SAPS National Head of the Ballistics Section, stationed at the Forensic Science Laboratory in…

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Mbeki calls for implementation of inclusive national dialogue

[File Image]: Former ANC, SA President Thabo Mbeki. 2 minutes Former president Thabo Mbeki has urged government to implement an inclusive national dialogue. Mbeki addressed the South African Communist Party (SACP) conference in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg on Saturday. Mbeki says the country has been stricken by massive unemployment, poverty and lawlessness. He added that…

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