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Home Affairs deal with Sars, BMA expands smart ID, passport services, and digitalises immigration 
By: Thabi Shomolekae 4th April 2025 The Department of Home Affairs has teamed up with the Border Management Authority, Government Printing Works and the South African Revenue Service... →
US lawmakers revive call for review of South African relations
By: Bloomberg 4th April 2025 Two US lawmakers introduced a bill to review South Africa’s ties with Washington, alleging that it supports America’s adversaries. Ronny Jackson, a... →
DA confident it will stop May VAT increase
By: Thabi Shomolekae 3rd April 2025 The Democratic Alliance on Thursday expressed confidence in its case that challenges the legality of the 2025/26 National Budget process, stating... →
South Africa's white Afrikaner separatists want Trump's help to become state
By: Reuters 3rd April 2025 A group of white Afrikaners was so opposed to majority Black rule when apartheid ended some three decades ago that they carved out a separatist... →
Grandstanding, political brinkmanship do not solve uncontrolled govt expenditure – ActionSA
By: Thabi Shomolekae 3rd April 2025 ActionSA said on Thursday it rejected the spread of “reductionist, malicious, and outright false narratives” perpetrated by “bad faith actors”,... →
Budget: DA accuses ActionSA of selling out S Africans, ActionSA defends itself
By: Thabi Shomolekae 2nd April 2025 The Democratic Alliance (DA) on Wednesday accused ActionSA and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) of betraying South Africans by supporting what it calls... →
Cogta committee calls for integration of two proposed coalition governance Bills
By: Thabi Shomolekae 2nd April 2025 Owing to the Private Member's Bill and the Local Government: Municipal Structures Amendment Bill seeking to address the same issues, Cooperative... →
George calls on Eskom to permanently waive solar panel registration fee
By: Sabrina Jardim 2nd April 2025 Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Dr Dion George has welcomed State-owned utility Eskom’s ongoing commitment, reaffirmed on April 1,... →
AfriForum urges international sanctions against Malema for ‘Kill the Boer’ chant
By: Thabi Shomolekae 1st April 2025 Lobby group AfriForum on Tuesday called on the international community to impose sanctions against Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema... →
Expropriation needed for South African growth, Macpherson says
By: Bloomberg 1st April 2025 South Africa needs an effective and fair land expropriation law to help ignite economic growth and revamp its dilapidated cities, the country’s... →
Mbalula expresses ANC’s commitment to GNU as Budget talks continue
By: Thabi Shomolekae 1st April 2025 African National Congress secretary-general Fikile Mbalula expressed confidence, on Tuesday, that the Budget will be passed, although negotiations... →
Over 1.4bn disbursed for disaster response in 2024/25 financial year – Velenkosini Hlabisa
By: Thabi Shomolekae 31st March 2025 Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa said on Monday that in the 2024/25 financial year, his department... →
