Sep 1, 2024 · The Draft Revenue Laws Second Amendment Bill (Second Amendment Bill) confirms 1 September 2024 as the implementation of the Two-pot system. This is among other significant changes to the Revenue Laws Amendment Bill (the RLAB) which are set to become effective on the same date. On 21 February 2024, the National Treasury released the Second Amendment Bill to make technical corrections to the RLAB.

Nov 18, 2024 · Poverty, unemployment and inequality will top South Africa's G20 presidency agenda. The Group of Twenty (G20) is an intergovernmental economic forum comprising 19 countries and two regional unions – the EU and AU. It represent 85% of the global economy, 75% of world trade and 67% of the global population.

Mar 2, 2023 · What’s envisaged under the proposed new law? If the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Bill 2022 is passed, South Africa will become only the third country in the world to fully decriminalise sex work. It would no longer be illegal to buy or sell sex. New Zealand and Belgium are the other countries where this is the position.

Jan 9, 2025 · When people watched political debates on Soico TV, one of the most watched private channels in Mozambique, around 2010, they often saw a young forest engineer and bank employee who was able to brilliantly articulate the country’s problems. He was Venâncio Mondlane, a distant kinsman of Eduardo Mondlane, the first president of Frelimo (Front for the Liberation of Mozambique).

Apr 11, 2024 · At the AI Government Summit on 5 April 2024, the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (“DCDT“) launched South Africa’s Artificial Intelligence (“AI“) Planning Discussion Document (“Discussion Document“) with the purpose of the Discussion Document being to initiate discussion between the public and private sector to facilitate AI innovation and along with that ...

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Dec 11, 2024 · South Africa’s general election of 2024 saw the African National Congress losing its majority at the national level for the first time since the arrival of democracy in 1994. To maintain its rule, President Cyril Ramaphosa led his party into a Government of National Unity (GNU) centered around a hitherto unlikely coalition with the opposition Democratic Alliance.

Jan 10, 2025 · Gauteng MEC for the Department of e-Government Bonginkosi Dhlamini is encouraging Gauteng learners to make use of the new Gauteng Matric Results Online System, as eager matriculants await the release of the results on January 14. The website will allow learners, parents, and educators immediate access to matriculation examination results, while adhering to the right to privacy for matriculants.

Nov 7, 2024 · Over the past 10 months, the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) rolled out several significant changes that will impact the immigration space in South Africa. These include the appointment of a new Minister of Home Affairs, the introduction of a point-based immigration system (not applicable to Zimbabwean Exemption Permit holders) and remote work visas, and an extension of temporary concession ...

Sep 9, 2024 · What happens when death becomes the ultimate marker of one’s commitment to one’s freedom? Jacob Dlamini explores this and other questions in his new book, Dying for Freedom: Political Martyrdom in South Africa. This edited extract, from the chapter Dead and Proud, focuses on Steve Biko’s attitude to martyrdom and to the political uses of death (30).