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PARLIAMENT, February 21 (ANA) - Audit firm PwC said on Wednesday that the South African government's decision to hike the value-added tax (VAT) rate by one would have a major impact on already struggling households, but said that this was a

PORT ELIZABETH, February 21 (ANA) - Community members gathered in their numbers on Wednesday outside the Engcobo police station in the Eastern Cape where earlier a group of armed suspects stormed the building and opened fire killing 6 people.ANC

PARLIAMENT, February 21 (ANA) - Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba on Wednesday remained firm that South Africa could not afford to embark on a nuclear power expansion programme, adding that for the moment the country's new coal-powered stations

A 14 year old Port Elizabeth school pupil was attacked in broad daylight on Wednesday and was found lying unconscious on the side of the road by a fellow learner.A teacher was alerted and the girl was rushed to hospital.  The name of the school

Minister of Police Fikile Mbalula on Wednesday vowed that police would hunt down the suspects who killed five police officers and a retired soldier during an attack at the Engcobo Police Station in the Eastern Cape.Mbalula was speaking at a prayer

PARLIAMENT, February 21 (ANA) – Government has allocated R6 billion in the 2018/19 financial year for drought relief, Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba announced in his budget speech on Wednesday“Severe drought conditions are affecting

CAPE TOWN, February 21(ANA) -  The killing of six Ngcobo police station officers in the Eastern Cape should be considered a national tragedy, said the chairperson of parliament’s police portfolio committee, Francois Beukman, on Wednesday

PARLIAMENT, February 21 (ANA) - South Africa will spend R57 billion on providing free higher education for an estimated 1.1 million students from low household incomes over the next three years, Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba announced in his 2018

Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba on Wednesday announced a one percent increase in value-added tax (VAT), from 14 percent to 15 percent, the first ever adjustment to VAT in democratic South Africa in a bid to replenish the fiscus and reduce the budget