
Not on our watch: DA moves to block VAT hike through legal action
In its court papers filed on Thursday, the party said the fiscal framework that will lead to the tax increase was pushed through unprocedurally
FRIDAY, 11 JULY 2025, 03:59
In its court papers filed on Thursday, the party said the fiscal framework that will lead to the tax increase was pushed through unprocedurally
If ActionSA leaders made a mistake on the national Budget, they will own that mistake, but for now the party wants a Budget for the country.
As the ANC prepares for a pivotal provincial conference in Limpopo, tensions are rising over what some members describe as a targeted campaign by the party’s integrity commission to “purge” political rivals using corruption allegations related to the collapsed VBS Mutual Bank.Senior ANC figures in Limpopo and in the national executive committee (NEC) told the […]
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The Democratic Alliance now plans to challenge the fiscal framework in court, further raising the tension around its future in the ruling coalition
Speaker of the National Assembly Thoko Didiza has rejected requests to postpone Parliament’s vote on the 2025 Fiscal Framework and Revenue proposals.
A new book argues that South Africa should ‘start again’, but the reviewer says it doesn’t make a strong case.
But the presidency said on Wednesday the crunch vote on the fiscal framework was a test of the party’s commitment to the GNU
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The ANC has so far rejected conditions on which the DA would agree to support Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s 0.5 percentage point VAT increase for the coming fiscal year
The ANC secretary general also said there was no truth to rumours that it and the DA had reached an agreement
The Presidency has confirmed that President Cyril Ramaphosa and DA leader John Steenhuisen are scheduled to meet on Tuesday morning to discuss the Budget deadlock.
The decision was a logical consequence of Donald Trump’s decision to suspend aid to South Africa, the ministry said
The minister also took a swipe at the DA during the inaugural Aziz Pahad dialogue, saying government was implementing the will of the people, not ANC policy
According to a New York Times report, the United States has deployed teams to convert commercial office space in Pretoria into ad hoc refugee centres for white Afrikaners.
The ANC appears nonchalant about the prospect that some of its leaders could face sanctions by a hostile Trump administration.
Much of the more than R10 billion irregular expenditure at the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality won’t be recovered any time soon as officials place a great emphasis on write-offs as opposed to clawing back their lost money.
The company contracted for demolition work on the razed parliamentary buildings, despite a chequered track record with government contracts, faces penalties after failing to complete its work on time.
The ANC is not confining itself to a 0.5 percentage-point VAT increase, and the door to engagement on the matter remains wide open, says the party’s secretary-general, Fikile Mbalula.
The ANC secretary general said the ANC would not water it down to ‘Kiss the Boer’, nor would it prescribe to other parties what they must sing
While the ANC will not prescribe what other parties can sing or chant, the party does not believe the Kill the Boer, Kill the Farmer song is relevant in the current political space, said ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula.
As you walk into the ANC Gauteng headquarters in Jan Smuts Avenue, a collection of portraits of past presidents hangs on the wall. Interestingly, it does not include President Cyril Ramaphosa, who is serving his second term as party president.
Therese Wagner said no deal had been made with the Trump administration but Kinshasa was exploring forms of cooperation