# The South African Local Government Association has proposed the zero-VAT-rating of essential items like water and electricity. SALGA’s Sabelo Gwala says taxing luxury goods will increase government revenue, suggesting a staggered VAT approach. This comes ahead of Finance minister Enoch Godongwana’s revised budget on 12 March, following disagreements over a potential VAT increase. Gwala […]
# Save South Africa het die minister van Kleinsake-ontwikkeling, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, gekritiseer oor die versuim om ‘n verduideliking te verskaf oor die verspreiding van 500-miljoen-rand aan spazawinkel-eienaars. Die beweging eis dat die fondse aan Suid-Afrikaanse entrepreneurs gegee moet word en veroordeel die buitelandse eienaarskap van spazawinkels. Die woordvoerder, Tebogo Mashilompane, kritiseer ook die regering se […]
# ‘n Bekende Gautengse kinderchirurg is onskuldig bevind aan moord na die dood van drie kinders wat hy geopereer het. Die Hooggeregshof in Johannesburg het bevind die staat kon nie bewys dat Peter Beale op roekelose en bedrieglike wyse onnodige operasies gedoen het om sy finansiële posisie te herstel ná hy 1,5-miljoen-rand in die berugte […]
# Solidarity has launched an aid project to support workers affected by the closure of ArcelorMittal’s long-steel plants. According to the union, despite a month of discussions, the closures in Newcastle in KwaZulu-Natal, Vereeniging in Gauteng, and eMalahleni in Mpumalanga were confirmed last Friday, and retrenchment consultations are nearing completion. Solidarity’s Willie Venter criticised the […]
# Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has called for the port of Cape Town to be included in a national initiative exploring private sector investment in South Africa’s ports and rail networks. Transport minister Barbara Creecy recently confirmed that her department would issue requests for information on private sector participation. Hill-Lewis emphasised the need for […]
# A well-known Gauteng paediatric surgeon was found not guilty of murder following the deaths of three children he operated on. The High Court in Johannesburg found the state could not proof its argument that Peter Beale had recklessly and fraudulently performed unnecessary surgeries to re-establish his financial position after he lost 1.5-million-rand in the […]
# Save South Africa has criticised minister of Small Business Development Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams for failing to clarify the distribution of 500-million-rand for spaza shop owners. The movement insists that the funds should be for South African entrepreneurs and condemns foreign ownership of spaza shops. Spokesperson Tebogo Mashilompane has also slammed the government’s poor handling of the […]
# Die Inligtingsreguleerder het die minister van Justisie, Mmamoloko Kubayi, se besluit verwelkom om die publikasie van die Nasionale Register van Seksoortreders terug te hou. Die reguleerder beklemtoon hoewel die beskerming van slagoffers van kardinale belang is, moet regsprosesse gevolg word. Huidige wetgewing verbied so ‘n publikasie en kommer is geopper oor die nakoming van […]
# Die Vryheidsfront Plus sê die klagte van hoogverraad wat die Valke teen AfriForum ondersoek, is ongeregverdig en polities gemotiveerd. Die party voer aan die ANC, en nie AfriForum nie, moet ondersoek word vir sy rol in staatskaping, wat Suid-Afrika skade berokken het, insluitend die jarelange misleiding van die publiek. Die VF Plus se leier, […]
