# COSATU in Mpumalanga is holding the national May Day rally today at Kees Taljaard Stadium in Middelburg. The event highlights urgent worker concerns, including job losses, lack of decent work, austerity measures, and rising poverty. The federation is also raising alarm over gender-based violence, femicide, and child abuse. The federation is also calling for […]
# Die minister van Hoër Onderwys, Nobuhle Nkabane, sê die tydige afhandeling van toelaes vir tegniese en beroepsgerigte onderwys en opleiding, en die Nasionale Finansiële Hulpskema vir Studente, is noodsaaklik vir ʼn eenvoudige en deursigtige befondsingsproses. Dit volg na onlangse vertragings met uitbetalings van TVET-studente se toelaes. Dit sou op 25 April plaasvind, maar is deur […]
# Die Parlement hou vol die prosesse wat gevolg is om die 2025 fiskale raamwerk te aanvaar, was nie onwettig en volgens verkeerde prosedures nie omdat hulle die Grondwet nagekom het. Die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof het Nasionale Tesourie beveel om van voor af te begin nadat hy die fiskale raamwerk tersyde gestel het. Dit volg nadat […]
# Die regering moedig verbruikers aan om seker te maak hulle betaal van môre af die regte BTW-koers van 15-persent op alle produkte en dienste. Dit volg nadat die Nasionale Tesourie se voorgestelde BTW-verhoging van 0,5-persent omgekeer is. Die woordvoerder van die regering se kommunikasie- en inligtingstelsel, Kgomotso Ranoto, sê handelaars moet volgens die BTW-wet […]
# Tennis: Die Argentyn, Francisco Cerundolo, het die topgekeurde Alexander Zverev van Duitsland verslaan om die Madrid Ope se kwarteindronde te haal. Die negende gekeurde Rus, Daniil Medvedev, is deur na die laaste agt nadat hy met die Amerikaner, Brandon Nakashima, afgereken het. Casper Ruud van Noorweë het die Amerikaner, Taylor Fritz geklop. In die […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê Suid-Afrika en Botswana wil handel, belegging en goeie internasionale verhoudinge bevorder. Hy het Botswana se president, Duma Boko, Woensdag by Mahlamba Ndlopfu, sy ampswoning in Pretoria, ontvang. Ramaphosa sê bilaterale betrekkinge tussen die twee lande is sterk en dek samewerking oor ʼn wye spektrum, insluitend politiek, ekonomie, die omgewing, wetenskap […]
# Higher Education minister, Nobuhle Nkabane, says the timely disbursement of Technical and Vocational Education and Training allowances, and the NSFAS appeals process are paramount towards a streamlined and transparent funding process. This is after recent delays in the disbursement of TVET student allowances, which were scheduled for 25 April but were affected by a system […]
# Government is urging consumers to check that they are charged the correct value-added tax rate of 15-percent on all goods and services from tomorrow. This follows National Treasury’s reversal of the proposed 0.5-percent VAT increase. Government Communication and Information System’s spokesperson, Kgomotso Ranoto, says vendors are expected to charge VAT at the rate of […]
# Parliament maintains that the processes followed in adopting the 2025 fiscal framework were not unlawful and procedurally defective, as they complied with the Constitution. National Treasury has been sent back to the drawing board by the Western Cape High Court after it set aside the fiscal framework. This follows the reversal of the 0.5-percent […]
