Author: staff
The grandson of ANC president Chief Albert John Luthuli, Mthunzi Luthuli, tore into the party during court testimony on Thursday, accusing it of making a deal with the nationalist government to make sure that those responsible for high-profile apartheid murders were not prosecuted.
In South African political parties’ mad scramble to claim credit for the VAT increase reversal, DA federal council chair Helen Zille said their court case to prevent a VAT hike was “pivotal” in Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s backtracking on raising this tax by 0.5 percentage points.
ASP Isotopes, a Nasdaq-listed, but largely SA-based, company that researches and develops technology for enriching isotopes used in medicine, as well as manufacturing and energy, said on Thursday it intends to pursue a secondary listing on the JSE later this year.
Sassa has suspended its gold-to-black-card migration deadline indefinitely after multiple extensions, citing commitment to uninterrupted grant payments. Both card types will remain operational while Postbank addresses widespread distribution challenges.
US President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday ordered the closure of a US agency that invested billions in African and other developing countries’ infrastructure in return for good governance, effectively ceding ground to China.
After being wrongly accused of sexual harassment during his interview for the position of Chief Justice, Gauteng Judge President Dunstan Mlambo is now one of four candidates chosen by President Cyril Ramaphosa to potentially fill the Deputy Chief Justice vacancy.
Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille has lauded Africa’s Travel Indaba for its immense contribution to the economy and tourism – saying interest is surging from major markets including the United States, China, the United Kingdom, and India.
In the reopened inquest into the death of Nobel Peace Prize winner Chief Albert John Luthuli, the State has used documents written by then Prime Minister John Vorster and the apartheid police on restrictions placed on him to highlight the threat he posed to the regime.
The case of two people accused in connection with a brazen shooting inside the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court earlier this month has been postponed to give one of them an opportunity to secure legal representation – something which has been proven to be more difficult than anticipated.
The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure has asked the Development Bank of South Africa to spearhead renovations at Bryntirion Estate in Pretoria, where President Cyril Ramaphosa’s official Mahlamba Ndlopfu residence is located.