# The GOOD Party says it will seek leave to appeal the Electoral Court ruling that it breached the Party Political Funding Act. The court found the party and its Secretary General, Brett Herron, failed to disclose a 900-thousand-rand donation received ahead of the 2021 local government elections. GOOD has been ordered to pay 50-thousand-rand for […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Social Development asks the Postbank and social security agency SASSA for a clear account of the state of readiness ahead of Monday’s card deadline. The migration from SASSA’s gold cards to the Postbank’s black cards is being driven by security concerns. Chairperson Bridget Masango says she has previously raised concerns […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Water and Sanitation says the water value chain can only function effectively if all its components are effective, and currently, municipalities are a weakness. The committee received an update on progress made by the Department of Water and Sanitation through Section 63 interventions of the Water Services Act. Chairperson Leon Basson […]
# Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee will meet today to continue deliberations on its draft report. The committee is investigating concerns of national security following allegations of political interference, corruption and criminal infiltration in the South African Police Service. The evidence gathered through testimony before the committee revealed systemic governance weaknesses within SAPS; governance of specialised […]
# Die minister van Landbou, Willie Aucamp, het die registrasiedatum verleng vir plase en voerkrale wat slagvee lewer vir rooivleisuitvoere na die Verenigde Arabiese Emirate. Plase en voerkrale het nou tot 31 Desember om die nodige stelsels te implementeer en te voldoen aan die regulasies van Veeartsenykundige Prosedurele Kennisgewing nommer 59. Aucamp sê die departement […]
# Die Konstitusionele Hof hoor vandag die DA se aansoek aan dat ʼn uitspraak van die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof aanvaar word wat ʼn artikel van die Wet op Belasting op Toegevoegde Waarde ongrondwetlik bevind het. Die artikel laat die minister van Finansies toe om die BTW-koers in die begroting aan te pas. Dit volg na verlede […]
# 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 […]
# Minister of Agriculture, Willie Aucamp, has extended the registration deadline for farms and feedlots supplying livestock for slaughter for red meat exports to the United Arab Emirates. Farms and feedlots now have until the 31st of December to ensure they have put the necessary systems in place to comply with the Veterinary Procedural Notice […]
# Die Verkiesingshof het bevind die GOOD-party het die Wet op Politieke Befondsing oortree wat ʼn onverklaarde veldtog-skenking van 900-duisend-rand betref. Die party het versuim om die skenking, om T-hemde en promosie-items te koop voor die 2021 munisipale verkiesing, te verklaar. Die hof het die party beveel om 50-duisend-rand te betaal vir oortreding van Artikel […]
