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The Finance Minister delivered his medium-term budget policy statement in the National Assembly on 28 October 2020. Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivers his Medium-Term Budget Policy Speech in Parliament on 28 October 2020 in Cape Town. Picture: GCIS Twenty-six years ago, President Nelson Mandela stood at this very spot to weave the tapestry of our […]

The accused has appointed a Legal Aid representative and the matter has been postponed to next week for a formal bail application. Picture: SAPS. CAPE TOWN – An elderly man has appeared in the Muizenberg Magistrates Court for the premeditated murder of his wife in Marina Da Gama. The accused was taken into custody earlier […]

Budget guidelines propose a wage freeze for the next three years, among other options – including a new strategy for public sector pay. Department of Home Affairs. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN CAPE TOWN – The government plans to slam the brakes on public servants’ wage increases. Budget guidelines propose a wage freeze for the next three […]

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has presented the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) against the backdrop of growing national debt and an economy decimated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivers his Medium-Term Budget Policy Speech in Parliament on 28 October 2020 in Cape Town. Picture: GCIS CAPE TOWN – Finance Minister Tito Mboweni […]

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni made the announcement while delivering his Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement in Parliament. FILE: SAA planes. Picture: EWN JOHANNESBURG – South African Airways (SAA) has been given the funds needed to restructure the airline as part of the government’s efforts to help state-owned entities. Finance Minister Tito Mboweni made the announcement while […]

Aden Abels, Justin Adonis, Andre Gouws and Desire Goeieman are accused of killing 58-year-old Roelof Botha in June. CAPE TOWN – Four people charged with the murder of a Tulbagh doctor have appeared in the local magistrates court. Aden Abels, Justin Adonis, Andre Gouws and Desire Goeieman are accused of killing 58-year-old Roelof Botha in […]

Inside government’s R500 bn fiscal relief package Abigail Javier | Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivered his medium-term budget policy statement on 28 October 2020 in which he detailed initiatives by government to provide fiscal relief worth more than R500 billion. __your iOS or Android device.

The institute’s head of justice and violence prevention, Gareth Newham, said that there were various factors that drove murder and other crimes but the root of it was that people had normalised violence in South Africa. Police car/van. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter. CAPE TOWN – The Institute for Security Studies (ISS) said that police work must be […]

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni warned that public finances needed to be rehabilitated as efforts went into helping the economy to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown. Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivers his Medium-Term Budget Policy Speech in Parliament on 28 October 2020 in Cape Town. Picture: GCIS CAPE TOWN – Finance Minister Tito Mboweni […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa is in isolation after he came into contact with someone who tested positive. FILE: President Cyril Ramaphosa visits Mpumalanga province to assess the province’s state of readiness for COVID-19. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – President Cyril Ramaphosa‘s office on Wednesday said that he would only test for COVID-19 once he showed symptoms while […]