Author: staff
SARS Commissioner Edward Kieswetter says investing in SARS to improve its capabilities will pay better dividends than introducing a wealth tax, as SA has reached an inflection point where higher tax rates could have an adverse effect on tax compliance.
President Donald Trump’s possible pick for US ambassador to SA, Joel Pollak, says the country must abandon race-based policies and align with the US on Israel and China if it is to continue to benefit from aid and special trade arrangements.
US President Donald Trump has waded into South Africa’s land reform debate, claiming in social media posts and later directly to the press that the country is “confiscating land”, “treating certain classes of people very badly”, and “doing some terrible things, horrible things”.
What was supposed to be an exciting start to the school year has turned out to be a nightmare for a Grade 8 pupil who was assaulted by a group of older boys who ambushed him in a toilet, pushed his head into a toilet bowl, and smeared his face and uniform with faeces.
After US President Donald Trump’s inflammatory post about cutting off funding to South Africa because the government is “confiscating land”, President Cyril Ramaphosa says he will not engage Trump with a “begging bowl” but will instead educate him.
Cape Town’s gang landscape is becoming increasingly volatile as high-ranking gang leaders are being assassinated in a series of targeted shootings. The latest wave of violence highlights an escalating turf war, with rival gangs vying for control in key areas.
Murder accused Ferrel Govender came up from the holding cells beneath the Durban Magistrate’s Court on Monday upbeat after being refused bail for his role in the Umhlanga love triangle murder, while his brother Darren was released on a whopping R200 000.
An inquiry to review the way the Anglican Church of Southern Africa (ACSA) handled warnings it received about former UK barrister and church member John Smyth, accused of abusing young boys, has found the Church failed to mitigate the risk that he might have carried out similar abuse while in South Africa.
On Saturday, the US State Department issued details of who qualifies for a limited waiver during the Trump administration’s 90-day pause of foreign aid. The freeze has resulted in the temporary close down of several HIV treatment clinics in South Africa.
Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality has identified at least six names of landmarks, towns and streets – including East London and Oxford Street – that will form part of its name-change process, but not everyone is happy with the proposals.