# The Congress of the People says government’s decision to increase value-added tax by 0.5-percent, cements the ANC’s abandonment of South Africans who are struggling. Finance minister Enoch Godongwana says the proposed VAT increases are set to generate 13.5-billion-rand in revenue in 2025/2026 and 30-billion-rand in 2026/2027. COPE says the budget protects the wealthy elite […]
# The South African Democratic Teachers’ Union says there is an urgent need for the Gauteng Education Department to improve safety measures in scholar transport. On Monday, a multiple-vehicle accident on the N12 in Daveyton, Ekurhuleni, claimed the lives of four learners. On Wednesday morning, an accident involving a scholar bus and truck also in Ekurhuleni […]
# The Freedom Front Plus says that even though South Africa finds itself in an enormous financial crisis, it is short-sighted to think that increasing state revenue through a tax hike will adequately address the budget deficit. Finance minister Enoch Godongwana delivered his revised budget on Wednesday, where he increased the value-added tax by 0.5 […]
# President Donald Trump van Amerika gaan nie meer tariewe op Kanadese staal- en metaalinvoere tot 50-persent verhoog nie. Dit volg nadat die Kanadese provinsie, Ontario, nuwe tariewe van 25-persent op elektrisiteit wat hy aan meer as 1,5-miljoen Amerikaanse huishoudings en sakeondernemings verskaf, opgeskort het. Ontario lewer elektrisiteit aan Minnesota, New York en Michigan. Die […]
# Die Parlement se portefeuljekomitee oor Basiese Onderwys het herhaal geen leerder moet uit die skool gehou word omdat onderwysamptenare nie vir hulle plek kan vind nie. Die komitee het met amptenare van die Gautengse en die Wes-Kaapse Onderwysdepartement vergader. Die Wes-Kaap moes teen einde verlede week nog plek vind vir 16 graad R-leerders en […]
# Die minister van Menslike Nedersettings, Thembi Simelane doen ‘n beroep op LUR’e burgemeesters en burgemeesterskomiteelede om voordeel te trek uit die Onteieningswet. Dit is deur verlate en gekaapte geboue in stadskerns oor te neem en dit in te rig vir bekostigbare huisvesting. Die departement se woordvoerder, Tsekiso Machike, sê regeringsleiers het ‘n grondwetlike verpligting […]
# US president Donald Trump has backed down from his threat of doubling tariffs on Canadian steel and metal imports to 50-percent. This comes after the Canadian province of Ontario suspended new charges of 25-percent on electricity that it supplies to over 1.5 million American homes and businesses. Ontario provides electricity to Minnesota, New York […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Basic Education has reiterated that no learner should be left out of school because of the unavailability of education officials to find space. The committee engaged with officials from the Gauteng and Western Cape Department of Education on Tuesday. As of the end of last week, the Western Cape still […]
