The headlines of the leading newspapers on 27 August 2026: NATIONAL: # Business Day: Reports the DA voted against the EFF’s motion to remove the Speaker of the National Assembly, Thoko Didiza. The party says removal will undermine parliamentary reforms that are underway. # And the Netwerk24 website: Reports EFF leader Julius Malema says Didiza […]
Die hooftrekke uit die belangrikste nuusblaaie soos op 27 Augustus 2026: NASIONAAL: # Business Day: Berig die DA het teen die EFF se mosie gestem om die Speaker van die Nasionale Vergadering, Thoko Didiza, te verwyder. Die party sê verwydering sal parlementêre hervormings wat aan die gang is, ondermyn. # En die Netwerk24-webblad: Berig die […]
# The Constitutional Court will today hear the DA’s application for confirmation of the Western Cape High Court order, which declared a section of the Value-Added Tax Act unconstitutional. The section in question allows the Minister of Finance to announce a change to the VAT rate in the budget. This follows last year’s fight over […]
# Minister of Agriculture, Willie Aucamp, has extended the registration deadline for farms and feedlots supplying livestock for slaughter for red meat exports to the United Arab Emirates. Farms and feedlots now have until the 31st of December to ensure they have put the necessary systems in place to comply with the Veterinary Procedural Notice […]
# Die Verkiesingshof het bevind die GOOD-party het die Wet op Politieke Befondsing oortree wat ʼn onverklaarde veldtog-skenking van 900-duisend-rand betref. Die party het versuim om die skenking, om T-hemde en promosie-items te koop voor die 2021 munisipale verkiesing, te verklaar. Die hof het die party beveel om 50-duisend-rand te betaal vir oortreding van Artikel […]
# Build One South Africa se leier, Mmusi Maimane, sê die party se verkiesingsveldtog is vereenvoudig, professioneel georganiseer en bied kiesers landwyd geloofwaardige kandidate. BOSA gaan in die November-verkiesing met 794 kandidate in 24 munisipaliteite in vyf provinsies deelneem. Die meeste van sy kandidaatlyste is in Johannesburg, Tshwane, Ekurhuleni, Kaapstad en Mangaung. Maimane sê BOSA […]
# Die EFF se mosie van wantroue in die Speaker van die Nasionale Vergadering, Thoko Didiza, het gister misluk. Altesaam 282 parlementslede het teen die mosie gestem en 101 ten gunste. Die EFF-leier Julius Malema het die mosie in Junie ter tafel gelê omdat Didiza nie president Cyril Ramaphosa se aansoek in die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof […]
# Die EFF-leier Julius Malema sê die Speaker van die Nasionale Vergadering, Thoko Didiza, het nie haar grondwetlike verantwoordelikhede met onafhanklikheid, onpartydigheid en integriteit nagekom nie. Sy het nie president Cyril Ramaphosa se interdik om die verrigtinge van die Ampsklagkomitee te staak, betwis nie. Die party se mosie van wantroue teen Didiza in die Parlement […]
# The Electoral Court has found the GOOD Party breached the Political Funding Act over an undisclosed 900-thousand-rand campaign donation. The party failed to disclose the donation to buy T-shirts and party regalia ahead of the 2021 municipal elections. The court has ordered the GOOD Party to pay 50-thousand-rand for contravening section 9 of the […]
