Category: SA News

Edward Kieswetter on Thursday said that imports decreased, with local VAT also affected during the hard lockdown, adding that the tax base was also getting smaller. South African Revenue Service (Sars) Commissioner Edward Kieswetter. Picture: @sarstax/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – South African Revenue Service (Sars) commissioner Edward Kieswetter on Thursday said that the hard lockdown had a […]

According to police, the officer and his two friends were sitting in a vehicle when they were attacked. CAPE TOWN – An off-duty police officer was shot and killed in Samora Machel on Wednesday night. According to police, the officer and his two friends were sitting in a vehicle when they were attacked. The two […]

Over the past month there has been a six percent average increase in weekly COVID-19 cases across the continent, and nine countries have test positivity rates higher than 10%. A young girl waits to be tested during mass testing for COVID-19 coronavirus provided free of charge by the Kenyan government in the Kibera slum in […]

Mayoral committee member, Zahid Badroodien, said that a number of facilities had been vandalised during protests and land invasions amounting to estimated losses of more than R10 million. FILE: The Desmond Tutu Hall in Khayelitsha was damaged extensively during a protest on 18 July 2020. Picture: @CityofCT/Twitter CAPE TOWN – The City of Cape Town […]

In a letter seen by Eyewitness News, which was addressed to the Hawks and other law enforcement agencies, Bilal Malani – who represents Khan, Bechoo, and Ansari – said that his clients were unnecessarily detained ahead of their first court appearance in July. FILE: Four suspects accused of looting R30 million from the KwaZulu-Natal Coastal […]

President Cyril Rampahosa said that government remained committed to doing whatever was necessary to bring the taxi industry into the mainstream of South Africa’s economy so that its invaluable service could be improved. Commuters wait to enter their taxi at Bree taxi rank in Johannesburg. Picture: AFP CAPE TOWN – President Cyril Ramaphosa has described […]

According to Western Cape health authorities, 106 people had recovered. FILE: A screenshot of the Tin Roof nightclub in Clarement, Cape Town. Picture: Google Maps CAPE TOWN – Only seven people infected with COVID-19 via a super spreader event at a Claremont pub are still being treated. According to Western Cape health authorities, 106 people […]

The minister was speaking about support for new hospitals during his during his Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement, when he said that Tygerberg Hospital still had a black and white section and that structurally it was still there. Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivers his Medium-Term Budget Policy Speech in Parliament on 28 October 2020 in Cape […]

Former President Jacob Zuma is insisting that Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo recuse himself before he returns to the state capture commission to testify. FILE: Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo. Picture: AFP JOHANNESBURG – Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo has responded to former President Jacob Zuma’s claims that he should recuse himself from the state […]

The minister was responding to questions in the National Assembly on Thursday as part of the governance cluster. FILE: Minister in the Presidency, Jackson Mthembu. Picture: GCIS CAPE TOWN – Government has failed to conduct lifestyle audits on Cabinet members more than two years after saying that it would. Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu […]