Tax-related material on a desk 5 minutes The ACDP says it expects a form of smaller VAT increase when Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana tables the budget on Wednesday. The party says it thinks hiking the tax with a smaller percentage will not cause harm to the poor. Earlier the party was against the tax increase….
The kidnapping and human trafficking trial of Joslin Smith will commence on the 3rd of March 2025. 2 minutes A second witness, a police detective, has been called to the stand to testify in the trial of Joslin Smith in Saldanha Bay Circuit High Court in the Western Cape. Seven-year-old Joslin went missing a year…
FILE : A smart electricity meter. 1 minute The Mkhondo Local Municipality in Mpumalanga says it has successfully restored electricity supply to 70% of the area after a recent storm, that caused significant damage to the electrical infrastructure. The storm resulted in explosions at the Gerling, Engelbrecht and Lunenburg substations. However, the municipality’s spokesperson, Howard…
The ED2030 slogan has not only left ordinary Zimbabweans on the edge, but has also divided opinion among party activists. AN ambitious campaign to push President Emmerson Mnangagwa to extend his term in office beyond 2028 suffered a major setback when a major Zanu PF party arm failed to endorse the move in its resolutions…
File image: Koeberg Nuclear Power Station in Cape Town. 1 minute Eskom has successfully synchronised Unit 2 of the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station in Cape Town to the national grid. This follows a maintenance programme which will increase the unit’s lifespan by 20 years. The power utility says in a statement that the unit will…
Eskom client loading electricity on prepaid meter. 1 minute Build One South Africa’s leader, Mmusi Maimane, will spearhead a picket today against Eskom’s application to the National Energy Regulator (NERSA) for a 36.1% electricity tariff increase. Eskom has applied to NERSA to approve a 36.1% electricity price hike from April 2025, an 11.8% price increase…
NA Speaker Thoko Didiza 2 minutes Several political parties have requested National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza to withdraw the Fiscal Framework and Revenue Proposals report of the Standing Committee on Finance. The report was adopted by the majority of members in the committee last night. It was adopted with recommendations by ActionSA, that Treasury must…
Birdwatching at The Loeries Episode 1 focuses on that five percent difference, with special guests Wayne Naidoo, CEO of the Duke Group, Marc Algranti from Algranti Music and Nkanyezi Masango, chief creative officer from Dentsu Creative.
Three killed and one critical in head-on collision on the N3 near Ladysmith. 1 minute One person has died, and eleven others have been injured in a head-on collision between two vehicles at High Gate in East London, Eastern Cape. Provincial Transport Department spokesperson Makhaya Komisa says the injured passengers have been taken hospital and…
Defence lawyer Advocate Thulani Mngomezulu is pictured at the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on 30 October 2023. 1 minute Legal expert Nthabiseng Dubazana says the death of a defence lawyer in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial is a huge blow to the case. Advocate Thulani Mngomezulu’s family confirmed his death yesterday. He fell ill last month and this prevented…
