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Call for health research that tackles root causes of disease

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Higher Education and Training Deputy Minister, Nomusa Dube-Ncube, has called for a new generation of health science research that goes beyond diagnosing disease, to confronting and dismantling the systems that sustain illness and inequality.

Eskom notes Sibanye Stillwater high court judgement

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Eskom is studying the high court judgement brought by Sibanye Stillwater and others setting aside the power utility’s refusal of Sibanye’s wayleave application to develop a 50MW behind the meter Photovoltaic (PV) power plant to supply electricity to Sibanye’s Kloof Mine.

Reforms introduced to improve local government

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Government has announced strengthened measures to improve the operations and financial management of local and provincial government, marking a shift to structural intervention from oversight.

HIV/Aids research funding bolstered

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Government will allocate some R410 million over the medium term to offset the funding gap in research left after the withdrawal of funding by the United States.

Social grants to increase

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All social grants, barring the COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant, will increase in the next financial year.

Proposed VAT increase officially withdrawn

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Government has officially withdrawn the R20 billion tax increase for Value Added Tax (VAT) that was previously penciled in for the 2026 Budget, to provide inflationary relief to taxpayers.