# The Constitutional Court will today hear the DA’s application for confirmation of the Western Cape High Court order, which declared a section of the Value-Added Tax Act unconstitutional. The section in question allows the Minister of Finance to announce a change to the VAT rate in the budget. This follows last year’s fight over […]
# Golf: South Africa’s Stals Swart, who is searching for his maiden Sunshine Tour title, leads the Sunbet Challenge Wild Coast by two shots on six under par after the opening round in Port Edward, Eastern Cape. Eight players are tied for second on four under par, including South Africans Rupert Kaminski and Keagan Thomas […]
# At least 157 people have died, and more than 300 foreign nationals, including at least four South Africans, are missing after a massive flash flood and mudslide in Nepal. A huge wall of mud and rock collapsed into a river on the Himalayan border between Nepal and China’s Tibet, triggering the flash flood. In […]
# Actor Tim Curry, best known for his performances in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Clue, and the TV miniseries It, has died at the age of 80. He passed away at his home in Toluca Lake, Los Angeles. His other films included Annie, The Hunt for Red October, Home Alone 2, and Scary Movie […]
# Tennis: Three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka has received a late wildcard into the US Open men’s singles main draw. The 41-year-old Swiss, who will retire at the end of the year, was initially not given a wildcard after not entering qualifying. The United States Tennis Association received some criticism for this decision. However, American […]
# The Electoral Court has found the GOOD Party breached the Political Funding Act over an undisclosed 900-thousand-rand campaign donation. The party failed to disclose the donation to buy T-shirts and party regalia ahead of the 2021 municipal elections. The court has ordered the GOOD Party to pay 50-thousand-rand for contravening section 9 of the […]
# US president Donald Trump says he does not believe Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei is dead. The son of former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was selected to be Iran’s new leader after his father was killed during US strikes in February. The younger Khamenei has not been seen in public since. Reports suggest […]
# Build One South Africa leader Mmusi Maimane says the party’s election campaign is streamlined, professionally organised and offers voters credible candidates across the country. BOSA will contest 24 municipalities across five provinces in the November local government elections, fielding 794 candidates. Johannesburg, Tshwane, Ekurhuleni, Cape Town and Mangaung make up the bulk of its […]
# The EFF’s motion of no confidence in National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza failed yesterday. A total of 282 members of Parliament voted against the motion and 101 in favour. EFF leader Julius Malema tabled the motion in June over Didiza’s decision not to oppose president Cyril Ramaphosa’s Western Cape High Court application last month […]
