# Parliament’s standing committee on Finance chairperson, Joe Maswanganyi, has warned against the promotion of populist agendas, including opposition to tax policy. This comes as some political parties have rejected the fuel levy increase announced by Finance minister Enoch Godongwana in his amended budget this week. The fuel levy increase is to fund the budget […]
# The Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport, Kedibone Diale-Tlabela, has strongly condemned the recent resurgence of taxi violence across parts of the province. In recent weeks, violent incidents, including the killings of taxi drivers and marshals, have continued to take lives and disrupt services in the taxi industry. The department’s spokesperson, Lesiba Mpya, says […]
# The US Department of Homeland Security has revoked Harvard University’s Student and Exchange Visitor Programme certification, meaning it cannot enroll international students. Existing international students at the university have been ordered to transfer or lose their legal status. The Trump administration has for months demanded that Harvard change its hiring, admissions and teaching practices […]
# Soccer: Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos has named a 41-member preliminary squad for next month’s international friendlies against Tanzania and an as-yet-unnamed second opponent. Broos has called up several new faces, including Orlando Pirates sensation Mbekezeli Mbokazi, his teammate Simphiwe Selepe, and Kaizer Chiefs youngster Mduduzi Shabalala. The matches will serve as crucial preparation […]
# Die Vryheidsfront Plus sê die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, se gewysigde begroting is ʼn oorwinning vir veelparty-demokrasie in Suid-Afrika. Die minister het probeer om die inkomstegaping te vul wat deur die geskrapte BTW-verhoging gelaat is en terselfdertyd die stygende staatskuldvlakke onder beheer te hou. Die VF Plus sê hy is tevrede dat sy […]
# Krieket: Mumbai Indians het Delhi Capitals met 59 lopies verslaan vir ‘n plek in die Indiese Premierliga se uitspeelrondes. Suryakumar Yadav het ʼn onoorwonne 73 van 43 balle behaal en Mumbai het 180 vir vyf in hul 20 boulbeurte aangeteken. Mitchell Santner en Jasprit Bumrah het daarna met die bal beïndruk en elkeen drie […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê sy ontmoeting met sy Amerikaanse ampsgenoot, Donald Trump en sy administrasie was ʼn groot sukses. Hy het gister die media toegespreek oor sy ontmoeting met Trump by die Withuis. Ramaphosa sê hulle kon die verhouding tussen Pretoria en Washington herstel wat volgens hom deur verskeie berigte, soos oor die wit […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê die moontlikheid dat Elon Musk se Starlink na Suid-Afrika kom, is nie tydens die ontmoeting met president Donald Trump bespreek nie. Die regering beplan om wette oor plaaslike swart eienaarskap te omseil sodat die Starlink-internetdiens in die land gebruik kan word. Ramaphosa het aan die media gesê hulle moet ʼn […]
# The Freedom Front Plus says the amended budget tabled by minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, is a victory for multiparty democracy in South Africa. The minister aimed to fill the revenue hole dug by the scrapping of the proposed value-added tax hikes while keeping mounting state debt levels under control. The FF Plus says […]
