RECORDED | Senior members of Zulu royal family brief media on leadership battle
Senior members of the amaZulu royal family will on Friday hold a media briefing to discuss the power battles within the family.
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‘You must be ashamed’: EFF MPs slam deputy minister Hendricks for ‘using AI to answer parly questions’
EFF MPs have criticised social development deputy minister Ganief Hendricks for allegedly using artificial intelligence to answer parliamentary questions.
RECORDED | Godongwana appears before parliament
Finance minister Enoch Godongwana is on Friday appearing before parliamentary committees responsible for finance.
Coalition takes wrangling over tax in the budget to parliament
Budget approval hangs in the balance and resistance to it is set to play out in the legislature’s finance committees
WATCH | EU pledges R93bn to South Africa as Trump brings them closer
European Union leaders announced a €4.7bn (R93.31bn) investment package during a visit to South Africa on Thursday, at a time when both are on worse terms with the US than they have been for decades.
ANC, DA harden attitudes as budget woes persist
Top figures in the DA say the ANC’s now ‘pushed the price higher’, while EFF shows no signs it would be willing to negotiate with Ramaphosa’s party
BUDGET 2025 | Jobs for only 800 of 1,800 unemployed doctors
SA’s budget can only afford to employ 800 of 1,800 unemployed doctors, despite vacancy rates for public sector facilities ranging between 5% and 22%
EU announces 4.7 billion euro investment pact with South Africa
The deal was announced days after the United States withdrew support for the country’s just-energy transition
Sadc withdrawal of troops from DRC a step in the right direction: DA
The DA has welcomed the Southern African Development Community’s decision to withdraw troops from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
LIVE: ANC SG Mbalula briefs media on 2025 National Budget
ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula briefs the media on the 2025 national budget.
Zelenskyy’s visit to SA could spark diplomatic tensions, says expert
SA could place itself at the centre of diplomatic tensions with Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit
Most political parties reject Godongwana’s budget over 0.5% VAT hike
Finance Minister has tabled a budget that proposes hefty tax increase on alcoholic beverages
Budget 2.0: Political parties divided over VAT hike, albeit lower than initial proposal
The Democratic Alliance said the budget would struggle to pass in parliament, given the ANC’s lack of a majority
Sihle Zikalala calls for expropriation of hijacked buildings in Johannesburg
To address the ongoing crisis of hijacked and abandoned buildings in Johannesburg, public works deputy minister Sihle Zikalala has called for the buildings to be expropriated without compensation.
Steenhuisen reiterates DA opposition to tax hikes
His party would have yielded if any increases were guaranteed to be temporary and tied to an overhaul of state spending patterns
DA calls for leadership change at Gauteng Health
DA has called for a change in leadership at the Gauteng Health Department.
IN FULL | Finance minister Enoch Godongwana’s budget speech
Finance minister Enoch Godongwana tabled his 2025 budget on Wednesday, sticking to his guns in announcing a VAT hike of half a percentage point for this year and next, with no inflation-related adjustments to personal income tax or the fuel levy.
Former manager of Karoo Hoogland municipality jailed for theft
Former Karoo Hoogland Municipality Manager, Louis Nothnagel sentenced to four years in jail
DA calls for Gauteng Health leadership overhaul after damning report
DA demands leadership change in Gauteng Health after neglect report on Helen Joseph Hospital.
Ramaphosa confirms diplomatic efforts to engage with US president
President Cyril Ramaphosa says he reached out to Donald Trump on two occasions diplomatically.
EFF calls on MPs to reject any tax increases in today’s Budget Speech
Contralesa has also called on the Finance Minister not to increase VAT or any taxes