The government’s expenditure on public servants’ salaries declined between 2013 and 2022, and the state employees wage bill is not the sole challenge to the nation’s fiscus – so says Public Service and Administration Minister Inkosi Mzamo Buthelezi, who has defended the government’s enormous wage bill.
The ANC secretary general said the Economic Freedom Fighters voting with the Democratic Alliance would not be a surprise should a motion of no confidence be brought against Ramaphosa
Taking control of the ANC would be part of uMkhonto weSizwe party’s ‘political project’ of unifying black people, the MK party’s head of presidency added
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How can a single member of the executive, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana, unilaterally withdraw a decision of Parliament related to the proposed 0.5 percentage point VAT increase, without the legislature’s involvement?
The KwaZulu-Natal government will dole out R86.141 million for the Zulu royal household this financial year, according to KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli.
Meetings are due in coming days and weeks to undo the damage after the finance minister caved on the tax increase
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The Democratic Alliance has claimed credit for the about-turn by the treasury on the tax, saying its legal team had presented a strong case against the flawed parliamentary process used to adopt the fiscal framework
News24 apologises to Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie for using the phrase “Send me!” in the headline of a story reporting how more than R800 000 of taxpayers’ money was spent on his trip to the Paris Olympics last year.
The Ukrainian president cut short a trip to South Africa after Russian drone and missile strikes which killed at least eight people and injured about 80
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will cuts short his working visit to South Africa and will return home due to an overnight attack in his country.
Promoting “the unity of the nation and that which will advance the republic” will inform President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision on who to appoint as South Africa’s next ambassador to the United States.
Pope Francis advanced a world view of inclusion, equality and care for marginalised individuals and groups, said President Cyril Ramaphosa as he offered his condolences on behalf of the government and South Africans to Catholics on the passing of the pontiff.
An Eastern Cape royal family has outright rejected Premier Oscar Mabuyane’s recognition in the gazette last month of Prince Freeman Dumelani Sigcau as the acting king in the deeply divided AmaMpondo kingship.