# Die minister van Openbare Werke en Infrastruktuur, Dean Macpherson, verwelkom die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria se besluit om ʼn interdik-aansoek deur die Black Forum SA and Izwi Labantu Forum te verwerp. Die aansoek eis dat die aanstellings van vyf trustees op die Onafhanklike Ontwikkelingstrust se raad opgeskort word. Die minister sê die beslissing toon sonder […]
# Eskom sê daar is die afgelope 24 uur drie-duisend-320 megawatt opwekkingsvermoë herstel wat genoeg is om in die langnaweek se vraag te voorsien. Die kragvoorsiener het Donderdagmiddag fase 2-beurtkrag ingestel na verliese by eenhede en groter as verwagte aanvraag. Eskom se woordvoerder, Daphne Mokwena, sê daar is genoeg noodreserwes wat indien nodig strategies gebruik […]
# Eskom says in the past 24 hours, a total of three-thousand-320-megawatts of generation capacity has been restored, ensuring a stable power system with enough supply to meet the long weekend’s demand. The power utility implemented stage two load-shedding on Thursday afternoon after the loss of generation units and higher-than-expected electricity demand. Eskom’s spokesperson, Daphne […]
# The minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Dean Macpherson, has welcomed the High Court in Pretoria’s dismissal of an interdict application to suspend the appointments of five trustees to the Independent Development Trust board. The application was filed by the Black Forum SA and Izwi Labantu Forum. The minister says the ruling demonstrates, beyond […]
# Die MK-party het ʼn amptelike mosie van wantroue teen die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, by die Nasionale Vergadering se speaker, Thoko Didiza, ingedien. Die party voer aan die minister het die BTW-kwessie roekeloos en verkeerd hanteer. Godongwana het die omstrede BTW-verhoging van 0,5-persentasiepunte Woensdag geskrap. Die MK-party sê die minister se versuim om […]
# Die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, verwerp oproepe dat hy bedank nadat hy die beplande BTW-verhoging van 0,5-persentasiepunte omgekeer het. Die voorstel dat BTW oor twee jaar met een-persent verhoog word, moes die staatskas aanvul, maar het teenstand gekry van sommige politieke partye en die sakesektor. Die skrapping laat ʼn tekort van 75-miljard-rand in die […]
# Finance minister Enoch Godongwana has rejected calls for him to resign, following his reversal of a planned 0.5-percent increase in value-added tax. The proposal to raise the VAT by one percentage point over two years, which was intended to boost state revenue, met resistance from some political parties and the business sector. The termination leaves […]
# The MK Party has formally submitted a motion of no confidence in minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, to the National Assembly speaker Thoko Didiza. This is over what the party says is the minister’s reckless mishandling of the value-added tax matter. On Wednesday night, Godongwana scrapped the contentious 0.5-percent VAT hike. The MK Party […]
# Die DA eis dringende geregtigheid vir die slagoffers van die brand in die Usindiso-gebou in Johannesburg, waar meer as 70 mense in 2023 dood is. Die party sê onlangse bewerings dat ’n bekentenis onder dwang van ’n dwelmbaas gemaak is, het naasbestaandes verder getraumatiseer terwyl hulle op antwoorde wag. Andrew de Blocq van die […]
