US Treasury’s Bessent to skip G20 finance meeting in South Africa
Pending Trump-Putin summit could require Bessent’s attention, cancellation comes amid tensions between US and G20 hosts South Africa
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‘Enoch blindsided everyone’: how cabinet blocked Godongwana’s VAT hike plan
ANC ministers are said to have been the first to object
Political parties say postponing the budget tabling renders parliament useless
The parties accused parliament of failing its constitutional duties after the delay, caused by divisions in the unity government over a proposed VAT hike
IN PICS | Joburg mayor Dada Morero determined to reclaim inner city
Focus is on problem properties, illegal advertising, dumping, illegal trading, crime, displaced people, bylaw enforcement and illegal taxi ranks
BUDGET 2025 | Postponed budget floated 2% VAT increase, more foodstuffs to be zero-rated
Finance minister Enoch Godongwana has hit consumers in the pocket, raising VAT from 15% to 17%, effective from April 1.
2025 Budget is postponed by disagreement within government of national unity
In a bizarre move, the presentation of the 2025 Budget, scheduled for 2pm in the National Assembly, has been postponed.
Morero set to retain ANC Greater Johannesburg chair as leadership battle hots up
Six names have been touted for the position of deputy chair, and three for the position of regional secretary
Parties warn Godongwana against tax hikes ahead of budget speech
Last year, the finance minister hinted there would be tax increases in 2025
News24 | Political party funding: ActionSA wants more enforcement, says proper accountability is missing
ActionSA has proposed giving the Electoral Commission of SA access to the bank accounts of political parties to prevent them from holding events that cost millions of rand, even though they only declare a few thousand.
‘Black people are still in chains’: Mayibuye Mandela joins EFF
Great-grandson of former president Nelson Mandela has previously never been affiliated to any political party
News24 | My Vote Counts heads to High Court to seek enhanced party funding transparency
The often-murky world of political party funding will be illuminated in the Western Cape High Court this week.
Our co-authored book will be entitled ‘The Three Betrayers’: Mpofu takes a jab at Malema
Former EFF national chairperson Dali Mpofu took a jab at party president Julius Malema, joking that he, MK Party secretary-general Floyd Shivambu and former red berets MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi will co-author a book titled The Three Betrayers.
SA opts for quiet diplomacy over impossible mission to Washington
The government is trying instead to build alliances within the G20 as President Trump continues to malign South Africa
King calls for imbizo over ‘threats to Zulu nation’ amid poison plot rumour and latest insider ‘firing’
Ousted Zulu prime minister Rev Thulasizwe Buthelezi is back in favour with the royal household and has been tasked with assiting with an imbizo to discuss issues posing a threat to the Zulu nation.
News24 | Parliament speaker accedes to EFF request for urgent debate on US-SA fallout
Parliament will debate the diplomatic fallout between the US and SA governments after Speaker Thoko Didiza granted the EFF’s request for an urgent parliamentary debate on a United States decision to halt aid to South Africa.
Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla apologises again — this time to Shivambu for insulting him on X
Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla had called Floyd Shivambu the “worst thing that happened to the [MK] party”.
‘I’d never join any voice to write Malema off’: Mbuyiseni Ndlozi after resigning from EFF
Former EFF member Mbuyiseni Ndlozi says there’s no bad blood between him and EFF leader Julius Malema after resigning from the party this week.
News24 | Hlophe and Manyi ‘get physical’ over SONA debate speech disagreement, MKP insiders say
Infighting in the MK Party has escalated to its parliamentary caucus, with allegations that things became physical between the party’s deputy president, John Hlophe, and its chief whip, Mzwanele Manyi.
EFF eyeing MK party strife to regain KZN ground ahead of 2026 poll
Tensions between uMkhonto weSizwe’s Floyd Shivambu and Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla have exposed divisions the Red Berets intend to exploit
News24 | ‘Don’t rush to foreign lands to complain about issues that we can solve ourselves’ – Ramaphosa
President Cyril Ramaphosa has emphasised unity and a shared goal – “a South Africa that belongs to all who live in it” – in the face of divisiveness fuelled by a local lobby group and the administration of US President Donald Trump.
Zuma aide takes aim at Duduzile and Shivambu in open letter to party members
The criticisms are plenty — Zuma-Sambudla is ‘the hallmark of organisational and political incompetence’, and Shivambu is ‘arrogant’ and ‘unapproachable’