# Die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof sal na verwagting vandag ʼn dringende aansoek van die DA en EFF aanhoor om ʼn interdik te kry teen die komende BTW-verhoging van 0,5-persent. Die partye daag die wettigheid uit van die aankondiging in Maart dat ʼn BTW-verhoging deel is van die hersiene fiskale raamwerk. Die EFF se tesourier-generaal, Omphile Maotwe, […]
# Harvard University has launched a lawsuit against president Donald Trump’s administration. This comes after the administration recently froze around 41.4-billion-rand in multi-year grants for the university, after it defied demands made by the government including shutting down all its diversity, equity, and inclusion programmes. Harvard’s president, Alan Garber, says this case involves the government’s efforts […]
# Soccer: Burnley and Leeds have secured automatic promotion to the English Premier League for next season. Captain Josh Brownhill’s first-half double saw Burnley beat Sheffield United 2-1 to seal the Clarets’ immediate return to the Premier League. Leeds thrashed Stoke City 6-0 as they secured their return to the top flight two seasons after […]
# The MK Party believes the community of Kleinfontein near Pretoria is trying to create another white Afrikaner enclave like Orania. The party led by chief whip Mzwanele Manyi visited the white Afrikaans-only settlement on Monday in a fact-finding mission. Last year, the High Court in Pretoria declared Kleinfontein illegal due to the City of […]
# The Western Cape High Court is expected to hear an urgent application from the DA and the EFF today, seeking to interdict the pending 0.5-percent value-added tax increase. The parties are challenging the legality of the VAT hike announced in March, as part of the revised fiscal framework. The EFF’s treasurer-general, Omphile Maotwe, says […]
# ActionSA beskuldig die DA van skynheiligheid oor die omstrede beoogde BTW-verhoging, ondanks die DA se openbare teenkanting daarteen. Alan Beesley van Action SA sê die DA se woordvoerder oor Finansies, Ashor Sarupen, was betrokke by die opstel van die oorspronklike begrotingsrede waarin die verhoging ingesluit is. Beesley beweer die DA se optrede was vir […]
# ActionSA has accused the DA of hypocrisy over the controversial VAT increase despite its public opposition. According to ActionSA’s Alan Beesley, DA national Finance spokesperson Ashor Sarupen was involved in drafting the original budget speech that included the VAT hike. Beesley claims the DA’s actions are politically motivated to gain influence within the government […]
# Die DA gaan voort met sy regstappe teen die verhoging van 0,5-persentasiepunte in BTW wat beplan word om 1 Mei in werking te tree. Die saak word môre in die Hooggeregshof in Kaapstad aangehoor. Die DA se woordvoerder, Karabo Khakhau, sê die party wil ’n dringende interdik hê om die verhoging te stop, en […]
# The DA is pushing ahead with its legal challenge against the planned 0.5-percentage point VAT increase set for 1 May. The case will be heard in the Western Cape High Court tomorrow. DA spokesperson Karabo Khakhau says they want an urgent interdict to halt the hike, arguing that the approval process in Parliament was […]
