# The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union has expressed concern at the disappearance of three constables, who were deployed to participate in the operation Vala umgodi. The missing officers were travelling from Bloemfontein to Limpopo, and they were last spotted at an Engen garage near the Grasmere toll plaza on the N1 highway last […]
# Home Affairs minister Leon Schreiber says the Border Management Authority’s Easter operations success was driven by the digital transformation process that is now in full swing. This year six-thousand-253 attempted illegal migration crossings into South Africa were intercepted by the BMA, compared to just three-thousand-841 in 2024. This is a 63-percent increase. Schreiber says there is […]
# Die parlementêre gekose komitee oor Ekonomiese Ontwikkeling en Handel sê Suid-Afrika moet strategiese bande smee met lande soos Oekraïne, eerder as om vas te klou aan ou vennootskappe wat nie die land se belange dien nie. Dit volg ná president Volodymyr Zelensky se eerste staatsbesoek verlede week aan Suid-Afrika. Die komitee-voorsitter, Sonja Boshoff, sê […]
# Cosatu says the halting of the 0.5-percent value-added tax hike will provide relief to millions of workers, who have been struggling to cope with the rising cost of living. The Western Cape High Court has ruled to suspend the VAT increase announcement made last month, preventing the tax hike from taking effect on May […]
# EFF-leier Julius Malema sê hulle sal enige mosie van wantroue teen president Cyril Ramaphosa ondersteun ná die omstrede kwessie oor die BTW-verhoging. Die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof het die beplande BTW-verhoging van 0,5-persent opgeskort en ook die Parlement se aanvaarding van die fiskale raamwerk ongeldig verklaar. Malema sê ten spyte van die minister van Finansies, Enoch […]
# Parliament’s presiding officers welcome the agreement reached in the court proceedings concerning the value-added tax increase and the adoption of the fiscal framework. The Western Cape High Court has suspended the proposed 0.5-percent VAT increase, formally scrapping the measure. The court made the order in the DA and EFF’s court challenge to have the VAT […]
# Die EFF het die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof se besluit verwelkom om die 0,5-persent BTW-verhoging op te skort, wat dié belastingverhoging Donderdag voorkom. Hierdie besluit volg ná ‘n regsgeding deur die DA en die EFF teen die BTW-koersaanpassing en die besluit van die Nasionale Vergadering en die Nasionale Raad van Provinsies om die finansiële komitees se […]
# Parliament’s select committee on Economic Development and Trade says South Africa must foster strategic partnerships with countries such as Ukraine, rather than cling to outdated alliances that do not serve the country’s interests. This follows Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky’s first official visit to South Africa last week. The committee’s chairperson, Sonja Boshoff, says building stronger, […]
# EFF leader Julius Malema says they will support any motion of no-confidence put against president Cyril Ramaphosa over the value-added tax hike controversy. The Western Cape High Court has suspended the planned 0.5-percent VAT increase and has also invalidated Parliament’s adoption of the fiscal framework. Malema says, despite Finance minister Enoch Godongwana’s role in […]
