# Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana says the power to raise the value-added tax rate is good fiscal management. The Constitutional Court reserved judgment in a legal battle over who holds the power to set the VAT rate. The DA approached the court to confirm the Western Cape High Court ruling, which declared the unilateral […]
# Soccer: UEFA is reportedly preparing to bring criminal proceedings against FIFA president Gianni Infantino over his attempt to sell shares in the World Cup to private investors. Infantino had proposed creating a new company, FIFA Forward Enterprise, which would have sold off stakes in competitions to private investors. The plan was scrapped after widespread […]
# Russia’s Foreign Ministry has warned that it could retaliate against the UK by striking British military facilities both inside and outside of Ukraine. This comes after UK prime minister Andy Burnham announced on Monday that Britain would allow Kyiv access to classified technology to start its own production of Storm Shadow long-range cruise missiles. Russian […]
# Eskom says it safely and in line with procedure took Koeberg Nuclear Power Station’s Unit One offline after a turbine trip early yesterday morning. All plant monitoring confirmed that operating conditions remained stable throughout the event. Eskom spokesperson, Daphne Mokwena, says nuclear safety was never compromised, and there was no risk to employees, the public, […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the release of the Nkabinde Panel of Inquiry report, which probed the fitness to hold office of Gauteng South Director of Public Prosecutions Andrew Chauke. The panel, chaired by Justice Baaitse Elizabeth Nkabinde, found no credible evidence that Chauke acted unlawfully regarding the prosecution of former KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head […]
# Gauteng se LUR vir Onderwys, Lebogang Maile, sê 17 skole is tydens polisie-geleide soek-en-beslagleggingsoperasies deursoek. Die doel is om dwelms, wapens en ander verbode items uit skole te verwyder. Vyf skole is gister besoek: Baleseng Junior Secondary School, Tiyelelani Secondary School, Ngaka Maseko Secondary School, Holy Trinity Secondary School en FR Smangaliso Mkhathwa Secondary […]
# Die Konstitusionele Hof hoor vandag die DA se aansoek aan dat ʼn uitspraak van die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof aanvaar word wat ʼn artikel van die Wet op Belasting op Toegevoegde Waarde ongrondwetlik bevind het. Die artikel laat die minister van Finansies toe om die BTW-koers in die begroting aan te pas. Dit volg na verlede […]
# Gholf: Die Suid-Afrikaner, Stals Swart wat sy eerste Sonskyntoer-titel wil wen, loop voor by die Sunbet Challenge Wild Coast in Port Edward in die Oos-Kaap. Hy is na die eerste ronde twee houe voor op ses onder. Agt spelers is gelykop tweede met vier onder baansyfer. Dit sluit die Suid-Afrikaners Rupert Kaminski en Keagan […]
# Minstens 157 mense is dood en meer as 300 buitelanders, insluitend minstens vier Suid-Afrikaners, word vermis na ʼn massiewe kitsvloed en modderstorting in Nepal. ʼn Enorme wal modder en rotse het in die rivier op die Himalaja-grens tussen Nepal en Tibet gestort, en die kitsvloed veroorsaak. In China is drie mense dood en meer […]
