# Build One South Africa leader Mmusi Maimane has questioned the transparency for the continued payments of the Covid-19 relief funds to the taxi industry. A sum of 408-million-rand is allocated in the 2025/26 budget. This once-off gratuity aims to assist the remaining 53-thousand-407 qualifying operators yet to receive support. BOSA spokesperson Roger Solomons has […]
# The DA has accused Finance minister Enoch Godongwana of overstepping his constitutional powers by announcing a VAT increase without parliamentary approval. The High Court in the Western Cape is today hearing the DA’s urgent application to interdict the minister from implementing next month’s 15.5-percent VAT rate. Backed by the EFF, the DA’s legal counsel […]
# Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking has won three prestigious awards at the 2025 Global Banking and Markets: Africa Awards. The accolades are Local Currency Loan Deal of the Year for financing Cape Town’s infrastructure, ESG Bond Deal of the Year for its 2.1-billion-rand Sustainability Tier 2 Bond supporting women’s empowerment, and Real Estate Finance […]
# Die DA kritiseer die beplande BTW-verhoging van 0,5-persentasiepunte en noem dit ʼn strategie teen groei, werksgeleenthede en die armes. Die Hooggeregshof in Kaapstad hoor vandag die party se dringende aansoek vir ʼn interdik teen die beplande BTW-verhoging aan. Die DA-lid Mark Burke het buite die hof gesê hulle is gekant teen ʼn blinde en […]
# The DA has criticised the planned 0.5-percent value-added tax increase, labelling it as an anti-growth, anti-jobs, and anti-poor strategy. The Western Cape High Court is today hearing the party’s urgent application to interdict the pending VAT hike. Speaking outside the court, the DA’s, Mark Burke, says they oppose a blind and blundering budget that […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof sal na verwagting vandag ʼn dringende aansoek van die DA en EFF aanhoor om ʼn interdik te kry teen die komende BTW-verhoging van 0,5-persent. Die partye daag die wettigheid uit van die aankondiging in Maart dat ʼn BTW-verhoging deel is van die hersiene fiskale raamwerk. Die EFF se tesourier-generaal, Omphile Maotwe, […]
# The Western Cape High Court is expected to hear an urgent application from the DA and the EFF today, seeking to interdict the pending 0.5-percent value-added tax increase. The parties are challenging the legality of the VAT hike announced in March, as part of the revised fiscal framework. The EFF’s treasurer-general, Omphile Maotwe, says […]
# Oekraïne se ambassadeur in Suid-Afrika, Liubov Abravitova, vra Suid-Afrikaners om president Volodimir Zelensky se staatsbesoek Donderdag te ondersteun. Dit volg ná president Cyril Ramaphosa se formele uitnodiging aan Zelensky en sy deelname aan die komende G20-leiersberaad. Abravitova sê Suid-Afrika se leierskap van die G20 sal onvolledig wees sonder om Oekraïne te betrek en pogings […]
# Ukraine’s ambassador to South Africa, Liubov Abravitova, has called on South Africans to support president Volodymr Zelensky’s state visit on Thursday. This follows president Cyril Ramaphosa’s formal invitation to Zelensky and participation in the upcoming G20 leaders’ summit. Abravitova emphasised that South Africa’s leadership of the G20 would be incomplete without engaging Ukraine and […]
