# The Western Cape High Court is expected to hear an urgent application from the DA and the EFF today, seeking to interdict the pending 0.5-percent value-added tax increase. The parties are challenging the legality of the VAT hike announced in March, as part of the revised fiscal framework. The EFF’s treasurer-general, Omphile Maotwe, says […]
# Die SAKP het die onlangse aanval op adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile se konvooi veroordeel. Hy was op pad van ʼn vergadering van die ANC se nasionale uitvoerende komitee toe daar naby die N12 in Boksburg op sy konvooi geskiet is. Die SAKP sê die misdadige optrede is ʼn aanval op ʼn individu en ʼn regstreekse […]
# The ANC says Pope Francis led a life of service, humility, and unwavering moral leadership. The 88-year-old Pontiff, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, died of a stroke and subsequent irreversible heart failure on Monday morning. The ANC’s spokesperson, Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri, says Pope Francis’s ability to lead beyond religious, political, […]
# Build One SA se president, Mmusi Maimane, het by die wêreld aangesluit om oor pous Franciskus te rou en sê hy was ʼn kampvegter vir die armes, geregtigheid en Afrika en ʼn hervormer. Die 88-jarige pous is Paasmaandag by die Vatikaan dood. Maimane sê hy het in die Katolieke Kerk grootgeword en verstaan die […]
# Die Anglikaanse aartsbiskop, Thabo Makgoba, sê pous Franciskus was die laaste morele stem wat wêreldwyd herken is in hierdie tye van verwarring, en ʼn leier wat duidelik leiding gegee het in ʼn ingewikkelde en gepolariseerde politieke wêreld. Die 88-jarige pous is Maandag dood, ʼn dag nadat hy Paassondag op Sint Petrusplein verskyn het om […]
# Die polisie en die Presidensiële Beskermingseenheid het ‘n ondersoek van stapel gestuur nadat daar op adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile se amptelike voertuig geskiet is. Mashatile het teruggekeer van ’n vergadering van die ANC se nasionale uitvoerende komitee toe daar ‘n paar weke gelede op sy konvooi in Boksburg, naby die N12, geskiet is. Mashatile het […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê as kerkhoof en wêreldwye figuurlike leier, het pous Franciskus ‘n beskouing van insluiting, gelykheid en sorg vir gemarginaliseerde individue en groepe bevorder. Die eerste Latyns-Amerikaanse leier van die Rooms-Katolieke Kerk, is gisteroggend op 88-jarige ouderdom oorlede. Hy is onlangs uit die hospitaal ontslaan ná weke se behandeling vir longontsteking. Ramaphosa […]
# The South African Communist Party has condemned the recent attack on deputy president Paul Mashatile’s convoy. He was on his way from an ANC national executive committee meeting when his convoy was shot at in Boksburg, near the N12. The SACP says this criminal act represents not only an assault on an individual but […]
# Build One SA’s president, Mmusi Maimane, has joined the world in mourning Pope Francis, saying he was a champion for the poor, justice and Africa and a reformer. The 88-year-old Pontiff died at the Vatican on Easter Monday. Maimane says growing up in the Catholic Church, he understands the significance of the death of […]
