Month: April 2025
News24 | Tshwane mayor targets cleaner audit, bold reforms in 100-day progress update
Tshwane Mayor Nasiphi Moya says the City has set its sights on achieving an unqualified audit by convening monthly meetings with its executive audit tracking committee to reach its goals this financial year.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Sundowns strike weapon Shalulile believes second Champions League crest is possible
Peter Shalulile understood the magnitude of his goal - his celebration showed as much – with the Namibian producing his vintage gallop which he topped off with an acrobatic summersault.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Joshlin Smith trial: Kidnapping-accused claimed injuries were from a fall, court hears
A detective, who drove kidnapping-accused Steveno van Rhyn to Vredenburg Hospital to have his injuries seen to, told the Western Cape High Court, sitting in Saldanha Bay, Van Rhyn told the attending doctor he was injured after falling off a bakkie.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Matatiele child rape: Education department withdraws notice to deregister Bergview College
The Eastern Cape Department of Education has withdrawn its notice to deregister Bergview College, a school in Matatiele where a seven-year-old pupil reported being raped last year.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Joshlin Smith kidnapping: Police did not succumb to pressure from media, community – court hears
Despite the media frenzy and community interest in the kidnapping of Joshlin Smith, police were not pressured into making arrests, Brigadier Leon Hanana, who heads the Serious and Violent Crimes unit in the Western Cape, told the Western Cape High Court on Wednesday.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Sassa fraud accused argues lack of public outcry to justify release on bail
A South African Social Security Agency employee accused of defrauding the entity of millions claimed that a lack of public protests over her and her 10 co-accused's arrests is a mitigating factor for her release on bail.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Cosatu calls on Parliament to ensure Treasury doesn’t ‘blue tick’ it on VAT alternative
Cosatu called on Parliament to elevate the joint finance committee's recommendation that the Treasury should introduce a bill with clear alternatives to a VAT hike and income tax bracket adjustments, to a binding resolution.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Budget vote: DA, EFF and MKP ask Speaker to prevent adoption of ‘unlawful’ fiscal report
The DA and the EFF have written to National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza, flagging procedural irregularities in the adoption of the 2025 fiscal framework report.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Country first, party interests later – Ramaphosa urges ahead of Budget vote
Although President Cyril Ramaphosa expressed concern about a leaked recording of a confidential ANC caucus meeting, in reaction to what was said in the recording, he expressed hope that sobriety would prevail among DA MPs ahead of the Budget vote on Wednesday.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Where are the highest, lowest tariffs? Trump’s reciprocal tariffs explained
The US has some of the lowest tariffs in the world. Trump wants to reverse that with reciprocal tariffs on April 2.
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