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Parliament has not lawfully endorsed the 0.5 percentage point VAT increase that will come into effect on 1 May, the DA argued as their urgent application to suspend the VAT increase was heard before a full bench of the Western Cape High Court.

An ANC councillor in the Buffalo City Metro has accused a fellow party councillor of incompetence and being wrongfully deployed due to her proximity to the party or municipal leadership while residents are struggling with infrastructure challenges.

The award of a R360-million SAPS tender to state-procurement doyen Vusimusi Cat Matlala was riven by irregularities, misrepresentation and scandal, according to an internal audit. Top cop Fannie Masemola was warned about this in January and advised to cancel the tender. He didn’t.

It was a bloody Easter weekend in Cape Town after five people were shot dead and six others hospitalised for gunshot wounds in separate incidents across the city. A sixth body was also discovered, but no obvious wounds were found to determine the cause of death.

Pope Francis advanced a world view of inclusion, equality and care for marginalised individuals and groups, said President Cyril Ramaphosa as he offered his condolences on behalf of the government and South Africans to Catholics on the passing of the pontiff.

Three years ago, he was instrumental in denying Zurenah Smit’s civil claim to her murdered husband’s millions. And if Bradley van Eysland’s version of events is accepted in the criminal trial into the killing of Stefan Smit, he could be one of the main reasons she faces life behind bars.

Driven by a conviction that it could serve customers that traditional banking had left behind, fintech group Yoco now has over 200 000 active merchants and has played a big role in quadrupling the card machine market in SA over the last decade.

The Supreme Court of Appeal has dismissed a bid by former investment manager Marc van Veen to halt his prosecution over R146 million in alleged hedge fund losses, rejecting arguments that a brain tumour left him cognitively unfit to stand trial.

Louis Maepa of Centurion first became aware of an unpaid MTN account in his name in January after receiving a call from the network service provider. But despite being cleared of the debt, the credit bureaux “blacklisting” has yet to be removed. He turned to Wendy Knowler for help last week.

A “Sharia Court” affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has been terrorising foreign nationals in Johannesburg, shooting at vehicles and torching businesses when they refuse to pay extortion fees, according to a police detective’s affidavit before the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court.