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MPs questioned the notion that mega-donors to political parties could influence policy, after the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs received a briefing from the Parliamentary Budget Office on the threshold and limit for donations on Tuesday.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has decided to ignore Rwandan President Paul Kagame’s spokesperson’s claim that he deployed SA National Defence Force soldiers to the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to protect his personal mining interests.
All Anglican churches could be required to make submissions about any concerns of abuse or conduct to their bishops after a panel of inquiry found the Anglican Church of Southern Africa had not done enough to protect parishioners from an alleged child abuser.
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.