# The DA says it will push hard for a broader spending review to cut wasteful expenditure. This comes after Finance minister Enoch Godongwana reversed the proposed 0.5-percent value-added tax hike scheduled to be implemented next Thursday. The termination of the VAT hike will leave a 75-billion-rand expenditure hole in the fiscus. The DA’s Federal […]
# Die minister van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging, Parks Tau, het die sperdatum vir openbare kommentaar oor die Konsepdokument vir die Transformasiefonds verleng vanaf 7 tot 28 Mei. Dit gee meer tyd vir openbare deelname en deelname van organisasies. Die fonds beoog om 100-miljard-rand in te samel deur ’n openbare-privaat poging om ondernemings in swart […]
# The minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau, has extended the deadline for public comments on the Draft Transformation Fund Concept Document to 28 May. Initially set for 7 May, the extension allows more time for public and organisational engagement. The fund aims to raise 100-billion-rand through a public-private effort to support black-owned […]
# Atletiek: Die naelloper Gift Leotlela het die mans 100-meter titel verower op Suid-Afrika se senior kampioenskap in Potchefstroom. Hy het die wêreld-junior-kampioen en Olimpiese silwermedaljewenner Bayanda Walaza met slegs 0,01-sekonde geklop en in 9,99-sekondes klaargemaak. Walaza was tweede op presies 10 sekondes, en Benjamin Richardson het die derde plek ingeneem in 10,05-sekondes. Leotlela en […]
# Athletics: Sprinter Gift Leotlela has won the men’s 100-metres title at South Africa’s senior championships in Potchefstroom. He beat world junior champion and Olympics silver medallist Bayanda Walaza by just 0.01 seconds, finishing in 9.99 seconds. Walaza came second in ten seconds, and Benjamin Richardson took third place in 10.05 seconds. Both Leotlela and […]
# Die organisasie teen belastingmisbruik, OUTA, het die regering van nasionale eenheid aangemoedig om interne kommunikasie te verbeter na die verwarring rondom die geskrapte BTW-verhoging. Die organisasie het die besluit verwelkom om BTW op 15-persent te hou, maar sê die situasie kon vermy gewees het deur beter koördinering. OUTA se uitvoerende hoof, Wayne Duvenage, sê […]
# The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse has urged the government of national unity to improve internal engagement after the confusion surrounding the now-scrapped VAT hike. While welcoming the decision to keep VAT at 15-percent, the organisation says the situation could have been avoided through better coordination. OUTA CEO Wayne Duvenage says South Africa’s real issue […]
# Die vakbond Nehawu hou vandag ’n betoging by die Uniegebou in Pretoria om die Oekraïense president, Volodimir Zelensky, aan te spoor om ’n vredesooreenkoms met Rusland te onderteken. Zelensky het gister by die regeringsetel met president Cyril Ramaphosa vergader. Nehawu verwag dat die saamtrek wat om 11-uur begin, teen 2-uur verby sal wees. Motoriste […]
# The National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union will stage a picket at the Union Buildings in Pretoria today to urge Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky to sign a peace agreement with Russia. Zelensky met president Cyril Ramaphosa at the buildings yesterday. The gathering, which starts at 11am, is expected to disperse by 2pm. Motorists […]
