# The DA says it will push hard for a broader spending review to cut wasteful expenditure. This comes after Finance minister Enoch Godongwana reversed the proposed 0.5-percent value-added tax hike scheduled to be implemented next Thursday. The termination of the VAT hike will leave a 75-billion-rand expenditure hole in the fiscus. The DA’s Federal […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Taxiraad het dit duidelik gemaak dat voortgesette Covid-19-toelaag-betalings aan taxi-operateurs wettig is en sê streng geskiktheidskriteria word gevolg. Volgens die raad kwalifiseer slegs operateurs wat aan belastingwette voldoen en geldige bedryfslisensies het. Hulle het bewerings van onreëlmatige betalings verwerp en sê vertragings is dikwels te wyte aan lisensie-agterstande, nie wanbestuur nie. […]
# The South African National Taxi Council has clarified that continued Covid-19 relief fund payments to taxi operators are legitimate and follow strict eligibility criteria. According to the council, only tax-compliant operators with valid operating licenses qualify. They dismissed claims of irregular payments, stating delays are often due to license backlogs, not mismanagement. Santaco’s Rebecca […]
# Die Departement van Water en Sanitasie het verdere beheerde water-uitvloei by die Vaalrivierstelsel ingestel. Twee bykomende sluise is oopgemaak met die Vaaldam wat tans 111-persent vol is. Intussen het die departement se woordvoerder, Wisane Mavasa, gewaarsku die uitvloei sal ook by die Bloemhofdam verhoog word met die dam wat byna 107-persent vol is. Mavasa […]
# The Department of Water and Sanitation has activated more controlled water releases in the Vaal River System. Two additional sluice gates were also opened with the Vaal Dam now at 111-percent capacity. Meanwhile, the department’s spokesperson Wisane Mavasa has warned that Bloemhof Dam, at almost 107-percent will increase outflows. Mavasa says that overflowing dams, […]
# Die Forum for South Africa versoek president Cyril Ramaphosa om die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, te verwyder en beskryf hom as onbevoeg en sielsmoeg. Die organisasie voer aan Godongwana se hantering van die voorgestelde BTW-verhoging, voor dit heeltemal geskrap is, dui op besluiteloosheid en ‘n gebrek aan kommer oor die armes. Tebogo Mashilompane […]
# Forum for South Africa calls on president Cyril Ramaphosa to remove Finance minister Enoch Godongwana, labelling him incompetent and fatigued. The organisation argues Godongwana’s handling of the proposed VAT increase before scrapping it entirely, shows indecisiveness and a lack of concern for the poor. The forum’s Tebogo Mashilompane says the minister’s actions prove he […]
# Die minister van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging, Parks Tau, het die sperdatum vir openbare kommentaar oor die Konsepdokument vir die Transformasiefonds verleng vanaf 7 tot 28 Mei. Dit gee meer tyd vir openbare deelname en deelname van organisasies. Die fonds beoog om 100-miljard-rand in te samel deur ’n openbare-privaat poging om ondernemings in swart […]
# The minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau, has extended the deadline for public comments on the Draft Transformation Fund Concept Document to 28 May. Initially set for 7 May, the extension allows more time for public and organisational engagement. The fund aims to raise 100-billion-rand through a public-private effort to support black-owned […]
