# EFF leader Julius Malema has proposed that the entire budget process be taken away from National Treasury. This follows an order by the Western Cape High Court, which effectively suspended the 0.5 percentage point value-added tax that was set to come into effect on Thursday. Malema says the EFF has long warned that Finance […]
# Transport minister Barbara Creecy and her deputy, Mkhuleko Hlengwa, will release the Easter Weekend road safety report today. The report will provide an account of the impact of the Easter Weekend road safety campaign interventions, as well as road crashes and fatalities during the period. Last month, the government launched the 2025 Easter Season Road […]
# Cosatu sê Nasionale Tesourie moet die emosionele en nuttelose versoeking weerstaan om belangrike toewysings in die begroting te besnoei. Dit sluit in die bevriesing van die brandstofbelasting, die uitbreiding van kossoorte wat van BTW uitgesluit is, en maatskaplike toelaes bo inflasie. Dit volg nadat die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof die BTW-verhoging van 0,5-persent opgeskort het. Cosatu-woordvoerder, […]
# Limpopo-premier Phophi Ramathuba het Murena Emmanuel Ṋetshiṱangani gelukgewens met sy geskiedkundige prestasie by die 78ste jaarlikse Cannes-filmfees in Frankryk. Hy het die toekenning vir beste Afrika-film ontvang vir sy grensverskuiwende Venda-film, LUBUNYU. Die fliek handel oor die fees se 2025-tema, naamlik die stryd teen geslagsgeweld en vrouemoord. Die premier se woordvoerder, Thilivhali Muavha, sê […]
# Cosatu says National Treasury needs to resist the emotional and unhelpful temptation to slash the many important progressive allocations in the budget. These include the freeze on the fuel tax, extending value-added tax exemptions for additional essential food items, and increasing social grants above inflation. This follows the Western Cape High Court officially suspending […]
# Die Polisie- en Gevangenisdiensvakbond, Popcru, het sy kommer uitgespreek oor die verdwyning van drie konstabel wat ontplooi is om aan operasie Vala umgodi deel te neem. Die vermiste beamptes was van Bloemfontein na Limpopo onderweg en is verlede Donderdag laas by ‘n Engen-vulstasie naby die Grasmere tolplaza op die N1-hoofweg opgemerk. Popcru se woordvoerder, […]
# Die minister van Binnelandse Sake, Leon Schreiber, sê die Grensbestuursowerheid se Paasveldtog is aangedryf deur die digitale hervormingsproses wat nou in volle swang is. Die owerheid het vanjaar ses-duisend-253 pogings om die land onwettig binne te kom, gefnuik teenoor slegs drie-duisend-841 in 2024. Dit is ʼn toename van 63-persent. Schreiber sê die doeltreffendheid van grensbeheer […]
# Cosatu sê die opskorting van die 0,5-persent BTW-verhoging sal verligting vir miljoene werkers bring wat sukkel op kop bo water te hou met stygende lewenskoste. Die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof het beslis die BTW-verhoging wat verlede maand aangekondig is, moet opgehef word, en dit voorkom dat op 1 Mei in werking tree. Cosatu se woordvoerder, Matthew […]
The headlines of the leading newspapers on 29 April 2025: NATIONAL: # Business Day: Reports the abolition of the VAT increase paves the way for the Treasury to compile a third budget for the 2025/26 financial year, with the DA expected to increase pressure on the department to implement its budget priorities. # And the […]
