# Die regering moedig verbruikers aan om seker te maak hulle betaal van môre af die regte BTW-koers van 15-persent op alle produkte en dienste. Dit volg nadat die Nasionale Tesourie se voorgestelde BTW-verhoging van 0,5-persent omgekeer is. Die woordvoerder van die regering se kommunikasie- en inligtingstelsel, Kgomotso Ranoto, sê handelaars moet volgens die BTW-wet […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê Suid-Afrika en Botswana wil handel, belegging en goeie internasionale verhoudinge bevorder. Hy het Botswana se president, Duma Boko, Woensdag by Mahlamba Ndlopfu, sy ampswoning in Pretoria, ontvang. Ramaphosa sê bilaterale betrekkinge tussen die twee lande is sterk en dek samewerking oor ʼn wye spektrum, insluitend politiek, ekonomie, die omgewing, wetenskap […]
# Higher Education minister, Nobuhle Nkabane, says the timely disbursement of Technical and Vocational Education and Training allowances, and the NSFAS appeals process are paramount towards a streamlined and transparent funding process. This is after recent delays in the disbursement of TVET student allowances, which were scheduled for 25 April but were affected by a system […]
# The Automobile Association has welcomed the significant reduction in vehicle collisions and fatalities recorded over the Easter period. Crashes were reduced from 209 in 2024 to 141 in 2025, which is a 32.5-percent overall decrease. Fatalities were reduced from 307 in 2024 to 167 in 2025, which is a 45.6-percent decrease. All provinces recorded decreases […]
# Government is urging consumers to check that they are charged the correct value-added tax rate of 15-percent on all goods and services from tomorrow. This follows National Treasury’s reversal of the proposed 0.5-percent VAT increase. Government Communication and Information System’s spokesperson, Kgomotso Ranoto, says vendors are expected to charge VAT at the rate of […]
# Parliament maintains that the processes followed in adopting the 2025 fiscal framework were not unlawful and procedurally defective, as they complied with the Constitution. National Treasury has been sent back to the drawing board by the Western Cape High Court after it set aside the fiscal framework. This follows the reversal of the 0.5-percent […]
# Die Nasionale Unie van Mynwerkers sê hy berei voor om in Mei met loononderhandelings by Sibanye Stillwater te begin. Die maatskappy het in November verlede jaar ʼn eenjaar-loonooreenkoms met vakbonde by sy goudbedrywighede bereik, wat ʼn verhoging van 5,5-persent insluit. Hierdie ooreenkoms verstryk op 30 Junie vanjaar. NUM sê die feit dat die mynbedryf, […]
# Adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile sê Suid-Afrika wil werkskepping, die bevordering van geslagsbeleid, en billike toegang tot geleenthede die middelpunt van die G20-dialoog maak. Hy het Dinsdag in Pretoria ʼn hoofrede gelewer by die T20 Afrika-hoëvlakbeleidsdialoog. Mashatile sê Afrika moet die voortslepende uitdagings van ekonomiese ontwikkeling, politieke onbestendigheid en swak regering aanspreek. Hy sê Afrika kan […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa and Botswana want to advance trade, investment and good international relations. On Wednesday, he hosted Botswana’s president, Duma Boko, at Mahlamba Ndlopfu, his official residence in Pretoria. Ramaphosa says bilateral relations between the two countries are strong and cover a wide spectrum of areas, including political, economic, environmental, […]
