South Africa

Cape Town – Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan says social grants will be increased by up to R90 as government provides a safety security net for the poor.

Cape Town – Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has announced an increase in sin taxes for consumers of alcohol and tobacco.

Cape Town – Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has proposed a new personal income tax bracket for those earning salaries of above R1.5 million.

Cape Town – Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan says a provision of R5 billion has been set aside to fund the higher education and training sector in 2019/20.

Cape Town – National Treasury says the idea of a graduate tax incentive is unlikely to raise enough monies to fund higher education.

Pretoria - Government says it will study the judgment delivered by the North Gauteng High Court today, which ruled that the executive never had the power to terminate existing inte

Pretoria - The SA Post Office (Sapo) has requested customers, who normally use its Duduza branch, to use the Bluegum View branch after the Duduza branch was damaged by fire as a result of community protests.

An estimated 6.6 million South Africans diligently rise each day to go to work. Yet however hard they work, they only have enough to live from one day to the next. Their efforts are never enough to break out of the vicious cycle of poverty they are in.

Pretoria - Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan will today deliver the 2017 Budget amid slow growth and high unemployment.

Pretoria – KwaZulu-Natal Agriculture and Rural Development MEC Themba Mthembu has assured farmers and the people of that province that the department is in control of the Fall Army Worm.

Pretoria – Life will soon be much easier for visually impaired community radio presenter Siyabonga Mlotshwa, of Nqubeko FM, in Ladysmith.

Pretoria - Government will on Friday unveil the Operation Phakisa segment that focuses on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development.

Pretoria - The Justice, Crime Prevention and Security (JCPS) Cluster has called on citizens to stop acts that seek to divide communities.

Pretoria - The Competition Commission has filed with the Competition Tribunal a settlement agreement reached with Citibank N.A. for being part of the forex trading cartel.

Pretoria - The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has warned drivers to take good care when driving in rainy conditions, especially at night when it’s harder to recognise flood dangers.