Minister of Finance, Tito Mboweni (Photo by Gallo Images/Ziyaad Douglas) Gallo Images/Ziyaad Douglas The Democratic Alliance has filed an urgent interdict application at the North Gauteng Division of the High Court to prevent any money for SAA coming from "emergency" funding.The Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) gives Finance Minister Tito Mboweni "emergency" powers to spend…
Former SAA chairperson Dudu Myeni. (File photo: Gallo Images) The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse and the SAA Pilots' Association are applying to the Pretoria High Court seeking an order that a prior court order in May, declaring Dudu Myeni as a delinquent director, must be enforceable despite the former SAA board chair's appeal of the…
Commuters at Bara Taxi Rank on June 01, 2020 in Soweto. The Gauteng provincial government has been granted an interdict against a Johannesburg taxi association. The Johannesburg Minibus Taxi Association has been preventing another association from operating. Transport MEC Jacob Mamabolo says a "war zone" has been averted. Gauteng Public Transport and Roads Infrastructure MEC Jacob Mamabolo has been granted…
The Hawks in Rustenberg have arrested two men for imperonating lawyers.The men claimed to be representing two suspects arrested earlier for stealing diesel worth R480 000.The men attempted to bribe a police officer investigating the case.Two men have been arrested by the Hawks in Rustenburg for impersonating the lawyers of two people caught allegedly stealing…
US President Donald Trump President Donald Trump has been ordered to by the US Supreme Court to hand over his tax returns to New York prosecutors The ruling has prompted furious tweets from TrumpTrump's financial records, however, may remain hidden from public view because of grand jury secrecyThe US Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that President Donald…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…