# The Freedom Front Plus says president Cyril Ramaphosa’s meeting with US president Donald Trump exposed South Africa as a country plagued by violence, a struggling economy, collapsing infrastructure and overall stagnation. In the meeting at the White House on Wednesday, Trump confronted Ramaphosa with false claims of genocide against whites, including allegations of mass […]
# Parliament’s standing committee on Finance chairperson, Joe Maswanganyi, has warned against the promotion of populist agendas, including opposition to tax policy. This comes as some political parties have rejected the fuel levy increase announced by Finance minister Enoch Godongwana in his amended budget this week. The fuel levy increase is to fund the budget […]
# Die EFF sê hy verwerp die Wysigingswet op die Ekonomiese Regulering van Vervoer in sy huidige vorm. Die wet wil ekonomiese groei en die welstand van Suid-Afrikaners bevorder deur ʼn doeltreffende en produktiewe vervoersektor. Dit sluit in ʼn Vervoer-ekonomie Reguleerder wat verantwoordelik is vir die regulering van pryse in die vervoersektor, wat klagtes ondersoek, […]
# Die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, sê hy begin sy veldtog in die kabinet wen vir die ondersteuning van fiskale konsolidasie. Gekonsolideerde regeringsuitgawes in die minister se gewysigde begroting het van 2,60-duisend-miljard tot 2,58-duisend-miljard-rand gedaal. Godongwana sê die regering bestee 1,2-miljard-rand aan die skuld. Hy sê fiskale konsolidasie is ‘n moeilike taak wat vereis […]
# The EFF says it rejects the Economic Regulation of Transport Amendment Act in its current form. The act seeks to promote economic growth and the welfare of South Africans by promoting an effective and productive transport sector. That includes establishing a Transport Economic Regulator responsible for regulating prices in the transport sector, investigating complaints, […]
# Finance minister Enoch Godongwana says he is beginning to win the battle within the cabinet to support fiscal consolidation. Consolidated government expenditures in the minister’s amended budget have gone down from 2.60-trillion to 2.58-trillion-rand. Godongwana says the government is spending 1.2-billion-rand servicing debt. He says fiscal consolidation is a difficult exercise that requires the […]
# Die DA sê die wanfunksionele strafregstelsel laat gemeenskappe op die Kaapse Vlakte in Kaapstad in die steek, met ‘n skokkend lae skuldigbevindingskoers van vyf persent vir onwettige vuurwapensake. Volgens die party belemmer mislukkings met ondersoeke en vervolgings pogings om bendebedrywighede te beveg. Hulle beplan om die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag na die Parlement te roep. Glynnis […]
# The DA says the dysfunctional criminal justice system is failing communities on the Cape Flats in Cape Town, with a shockingly low five-percent conviction rate for illegal firearm cases. According to the party, investigative and prosecutorial failures are hampering efforts to fight gangsterism. They plan to summon the National Prosecuting Authority to Parliament. The […]
# The National Prosecuting Authority remains confident in its case against former Free State premier Ace Magashule’s personal assistant at the time, Moroadi Cholota, in the 255-million-rand asbestos corruption trial. NPA national spokesperson Mthunzi Mhaga stated sufficient evidence was presented to dismiss Cholota’s special plea challenging her prosecution in the trial-within-a-trial, addressing jurisdictional concerns:
