# The Board of Healthcare Funders will today challenge the National Health Insurance Act in the High Court in Pretoria, accusing the government of using stalling tactics to delay the case. They argue the act is vague, unconstitutional, and unaffordable, warning that it could harm healthcare services and lead to a mass exodus of professionals. […]
# Private companies have criticised the South African Post Office for its inability to adapt. This comes after the Department of Communications requested Treasury’s support for a task team to find partners for a public-private partnership. Critics believe that its future depends on its ability to adapt to the digital world. Independent analyst Khaya Sithole […]
# Die EFF-leier, Julius Malema, het berigte verwerp dat sy party met die ANC onderhandel oor die voorgestelde styging in Belasting op Toegevoegde Waarde in die begroting. Volgens die Sunday Times, het die ANC gewaarsku dat indien die DA nie voorgestelde BTW-styging van 0,75-persent aanvaar nie, sal hy by die EFF aanklop vir steun om […]
# EFF leader Julius Malema has rejected reports that his party is negotiating with the ANC regarding the proposed value-added-tax increase in the budget. According to the Sunday Times, the ANC has warned that if the DA does not accept a new proposed VAT increase of 0.75-percent, it will seek the EFF’s support to pass […]
# President Donald Trump van Amerika se oorkoepelende tariewe van 25-persent teen Mexiko en Kanada tree vandag in werking en berei die weg vir ʼn handelsoorlog. Die tariewe volg op wat Trump beskou as die buurlande se roekelose hantering van die suidelike en noordelike grens, wat insluit dat fentaniel Amerika binnekom. Kanada het uit weerwraak […]
# US president Donald Trump’s blanket 25-percent tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada have come into effect today, setting the stage for a trade war. The tariffs are in response to what Trump views as the neighbouring countries’ irresponsible handling of the southern and northern border, including fentanyl entering America. In retaliation, Canada has […]
# Die parlementêre komitee oor Samewerkende Regering se voorsitter, Zweli Mkhize, sê ʼn verhoging in BTW moet slegs ʼn laaste uitweg wees. Die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, se begrotingsrede is verlede maand uitgestel nadat talle kabinetsministers gekant was teen ʼn BTW-verhoging van twee persentasiepunte. Mkhize sê ʼn BTW-verhoging sal die armes die swaarste tref […]
# Parliament’s Cooperative Governance committee chairperson, Zweli Mkhize, says increasing the value-added tax rate should only be implemented as a last resort. Last month, Finance minister Enoch Godongwana’s budget speech was postponed after several cabinet ministers objected to a proposal to increase VAT by two percentage points. Mkhize says a VAT increase will hit the […]
# Die Kaapstadse burgemeester, Geordin Hill-Lewis, het die minister van Vervoer Barbara Creecy aangemoedig om die privaat sektorvennootskap vir die stad se hawe in die komende Versoek om Inligting-proses wat hierdie maand vrygestel word, te prioritiseer. Navorsing dui aan dat verbeterings kan lei tot 20-duisend nuwe poste en uitvoere met ses-miljard-rand kan opstoot. Hy sê […]
