Finance Minister Tito Mboweni Finance Minister Tito Mboweni says Eskom is closer to receiving a R59 billion bailout in terms of the Special Appropriation Bill, which was passed by the National Assembly on Tuesday. The bill must also be approved by the National Council of Provinces before President Cyril Ramaphosa can sign it into law. [...]
Scotland is questioning whether the sport’s controlling body’s misconduct charge is appropriate, following their comments about a deadly typhoon. World Rugby has taken Scotland to a disputes panel over what it called disappointing remarks before their final pool match against Japan. The game was threatened with cancellation because of Typhoon Hagibis. Scottish Rugby chief Mark [...]
Over the past financial year the Special Investigating Unit has recovered 137-million-Rands through its investigations and prevented losses to the State of 53-point-four-million-Rands. The unit briefed Parliament’s public account committee today on its investigations in several municipalities. Head of the SIU Andy Mothibi says in the Eastern Cape’s Alfred Nzo district municipality, they looked into [...]
Picture taken from News24: (Phill Magakoe, Gallo Images, file) Convicted rapist Nicholas Ninow says he was 13 when he started using drugs and that he has been on anti-depression medication for most of his life. He testified in mitigation of sentence in the Pretoria High Court today. Ninow was found guilty of raping a [...]
The Automobile Association says fuel prices are showing a mixed picture for next month, with some predicted to climb as others will fall. The AA was commenting on unaudited mid-month fuel price data released by the Central Energy Fund. Spokesperson Layton Beard says at first glance, the oil price seems to be finding its way [...]
South Africa is facing another major tax shortfall. Momentum Investments expects that the Revenue Services will collect around fifty billion Rands less tax than projected in last year’s budget. The financial services provider says Sars is facing shortfalls in personal income tax, corporate income tax and VAT. Fin24 reports that Finance Minister Toto Mboweni is [...]
Eskom announced that stage 2 loadshedding will be implemented from nine o’clock this morning till eleven o’clock tonight. This is due to a shortage of capacity.
Picture taken from People's Assembly International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor is undertaking a working visit to Qatar and Iran today and tomorrow. In Doha, she will have a meeting with her Qatari counterpart, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani and some of his ministers for a bilateral engagement. In Tehran, Pandor and [...]
Social Security Agency Sassa plans to recover money lost due to irregular and fruitless expenditure within a year. The Department of Social Development revealed that it has racked up two-billion-Rands in irregular expenditure from previous financial years, mainly due to Sassa’s habit of paying contractor invoices for services that were never delivered. Sassa spokesperson, Kgomotso [...]
Picture taken from New24: (Phill Magakoe, Gallo Images, file) The convicted Dros rapist, Nicholas Ninow, is expected to testify in mitigation of sentence when his trial resumes in the Pretoria High Court today. He was found guilty last month of raping a seven-year-old girl in the bathroom of the family restaurant in Silverton [...]
