Agri-inputs group Zeder said on Thursday that it would be sitting on its cash for now as it looks to conclude further disposals and eyes the uncertainty stemming from local politics and global trade conflict.
Motorists have been urged to use alternative routes as heavy rainfall has led to the temporary closure of major roads in the North West, including the N12 highway near Potchefstroom and Martin Khunoe Road near the New Matlosana Mall.
Without the planned VAT increases over the next two years, estimated government revenue is now expected to fall short by around R75 billion over the medium term.
The DA’s ‘muscle in the courts’ was behind Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s decision to scrap the VAT increase, says DA Federal Council chairperson Helen Zille.
Former South African professional cyclist Daryl Impey has been appointed new head coach of the New South Wales Institute of Sport’s Endurance Cycling programme.
The Legal Practice Council’s chairperson has dismissed as ‘inappropriate’ Dali Mpofu’s bar association’s efforts to persuade him to ‘rethink’ misconduct charges against the advocate.
After years of squandering and providing a swelling army of cadres and their kin with government jobs and contracts — not to mention outright stealing and looting — there are simply no other trees to shake in the hope that money will magically fall from the canopy.
The DA says the reversal of the 0.5 percentage point VAT increase had little to do with political consultations and everything to do with the DA and EFF’s court application in the Western Cape High Court.