# The GOOD Party has welcomed the released amendments to the City of Cape Town’s draft budget. The party’s, Anton Louw, says as a result of public pressure during the initial comment period, the amended budget includes tangible relief for some residents. He says these include the pensioner rates rebate threshold raised from 22-thousand-rand to […]
# Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke says the state of financial and performance management disciplines in local government leaves much to be desired. Local government has lost 17.6-billion-rand over the past three years to fruitless and wasteful expenditure. The Auditor-General found that only 41 out of 257 councils received a clean audit in the 2023/2024 financial year. […]
# The US Court of International Trade has ruled that president Donald Trump overstepped his authority to impose sweeping global tariffs on imports. The three-judge panel in New York stated that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, a 1977 law that Trump cited to justify the tariffs, does not give him the power to impose […]
# Die ANC-koukus in die Stad Ekurhuleni het GCR Ratings se bevestiging van die metro se kredietgradering, asook die hersiening van die vooruitsigte van negatief na stabiel verwelkom. Die verbeterde vooruitsigte word toegeskryf aan Ekurhuleni se bestendige bedryfsprestasie ten spyte van kapitaaluitgawe-beperkings. Die ANC sê dit dui op vertroue in die metro se fiskale trajek […]
# Die EFF beskuldig die minister van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging, Parks Tau van korrupte optrede in die toekenning van die lisensie aan Sizekhaya Holdings om die Nasionale Lotery en Sport-wedpoel te bedryf. Altesaam agt maatskappye het gebie om die multi-miljard-rand lisensie oor te neem. Die Goldrush-groep, ‘n filiaal van Goldrush Holdings wat op die […]
# Die DA het die minister van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging, Parks Tau, se aankondiging dat Sizekhaya Holdings aangewys is as die nuwe operateur van die Nasionale Lotery, verwelkom. Sizekhaya vervang Ithuba Holdings wat die Lotery sedert 2015 bestuur het. Die maatskappy het ʼn agtjaar-lisensie. Toby Chance van die DA sê die aankondiging moes lankal […]
# The ANC Caucus in the City of Ekurhuleni has welcomed the affirmation of the metro’s credit ratings by GCR Ratings, as well as the revision of the rating outlook from negative to stable. The improved rating outlook is attributed to Ekurhuleni’s steady operational performance, despite capital expenditure constraints. The ANC says this outcome reflects […]
# The EFF has accused minister of Trade, industry and Competition, Parks Tau, of acting in a corrupt manner for awarding Sizekhaya Holdings the licence to operate the National Lotteries and Sports Pool. A total of eight companies made bids to take over the multi-billion-rand licence. Goldrush Group, a subsidiary of JSE-listed Goldrush Holdings, is […]
# The DA has welcomed Trade, Industry, and Competition minister Parks Tau’s announcement that Sizekhaya Holdings has been picked as the new operator of the National Lottery. Sizekhaya replaces Ithuba Holdings, which has managed the Lottery since 2015. The company has been granted an eight-year licence. The DA’s, Toby Chance, says this announcement is long overdue:
