# ʼn Federale regter in Manhattan het die strafregtelike saak teen die stad New York se burgemeester, Eric Adams, permanent verwerp. Hy is in September aangekla van omkopery, telekommunikasiebedrog, sameswering en dat hy veldtog-bydraes van buitelanders ontvang het in ruil vir politieke gunste. Regter Dale Ho sê sy besluit om die saak permanent te verwerp, […]
# Die EFF sê hy gaan met sy prokureurs beraadslaag om te bepaal of hy die fiskale begrotingsraamwerk se aanvaarding in die hof kan betwis. Die party verwerp ʼn BTW-verhoging soos voorgestel in die begroting, en sê kategorieë vir persoonlike belasting moet by inflasie aangepas, en korporatiewe en welvaartsbelasting moet verhoog word. EFF-leier Julius Malema […]
# Die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, sê die DA het ʼn streep getrek deur teen die 2025/2026-begroting se fiskale raamwerk te stem. Die rand en Suid-Afrikaanse effekte het Woensdagaand gestruikel omdat die politiek agter die begroting veroorsaak dat die regering van nasionale eenheid moontlik kan ineenstort. Godongwana sê dit sal vir die DA-ministers moeilik […]
# US president Donald Trump has announced universal ten-percent tariffs on all imports into America, which will go into effect on Saturday. Certain countries will be hit with steeper tariffs based on US trade deficits. South African exports are among the worst affected, and will now face tariffs of 30-percent. China, the second top importer […]
# Golf: Top-ranked player on the Ladies European Tour, Cara Gainer, says she looks forward to competing in the Joburg Ladies Open, which tees off at the Modderfontein Golf Club today. The English professional makes her first appearance in the tournament since 2023. This year’s field includes defending champion Chiara Tamburlini from Switzerland, South Africa’s Casandra […]
# A Manhattan federal judge has permanently dismissed the criminal case against New York City mayor Eric Adams with prejudice. He was indicted in September last year on charges related to bribery, wire fraud, conspiracy, and soliciting campaign contributions from foreign nationals in exchange for political favours. Judge Dale Ho said his decision to drop […]
# Finance minister Enoch Godongwana says the DA has drawn a line in deciding not to vote in favour of the 2025/2026 budget fiscal framework. The Rand and South African bonds stumbled on Wednesday evening, as the politics behind the budget raised the prospect of an unravelling of the government of national unity. Godongwana says […]
# The EFF says it will be consulting its lawyers to see if there are grounds to take the passing of the budget fiscal framework to court. The party has rejected a value-added tax increase, as proposed in the budget, and instead wants personal tax brackets to be adjusted for inflation, and for corporate and […]
# Adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile sal vandag die hoofrede lewer op die eerste Gautengse beleggingskonferensie in Johannesburg. Die konferensie sal daarop fokus om Gauteng se ekonomiese potensiaal te ontsluit, ter ondersteuning van president Cyril Ramaphosa se doelwit om ekonomiese groei met meer as drie-persent te bevorder. Regeringsleiers, beleggers en kundiges in die bedryf sal die konferensie […]
