Jacob Zuma on Sunday reminded South Africans that he is still the president of the country. “As your shepherd, let me lead you,” Zuma said in Zulu to more than 10 000 people gathered at a
National assembly speaker Baleka Mbete on Sunday said she “regretted” the hostile reception public protector Thuli Madonsela got while presenting her budget to a parliamentary
South Africa is an overtaxed and uncompetitive country that is inching closer to junk status, according to chairman of the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse Wayne Duvenage. He was
The top three selling passenger vehicles in South Africa in March were the Volkswagen Polo Vivo, the Volkswagen Polo and the Ford Figo. While vehicle sales have fallen dramatically in
In the latest episode of TalkCentral, your hosts Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about Apple’s new 4-inch iPhone and the new iPad Pro. Also this week, they talk about Microsoft’s Build conference, which took place in
The South African Revenue Services (Sars) has never collected more than a trillion rand in taxes before — until now. “Gross tax revenue for the fiscal year came in at R1,0699 trillion or R0,2bn more than the February estimate,” Sars commissioner
The ANC has confirmed that its top six officials met on Thursday night to discuss the judgment handed down by the constitutional court earlier that day. “They met yesterday and they will again today,” national spokesman Zizi Kodwa said on
Media outlets across the country took a brief sojourn from bad news, engaging in some humorous attempts to dupe their readers and listeners on April Fools’ Day. The Witness newspaper in Pietermaritzburg spun a yarn that the city council
The accountability of public governance in South Africa has come a long way since 1994. When the transitional constitution was hammered out in negotiations in 1993, the primary consideration was to establish an unshakeable commitment to government under
The recent announcement of the imminent opening of a rival stock exchange to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange caused considerable media excitement. It is indeed a historic development in South Africa’s economic history and is to