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Testing and screening for TB back on track following Covid-19 disruptions – NICD
By: News24Wire 8th August 2022 The Covid-19 pandemic dealt a blow to other healthcare issues, like the treatment of HIV/Aids and tuberculosis (TB). This as resources had to be... →
Mkhwebane hearing: Court judgments are just 'opinions', says Dali Mpofu
By: News24Wire 5th August 2022 Court rulings are just "opinions", and those against Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane are "blatantly wrong", her counsel, advocate Dali Mpofu... →
Saps, Mineral Resources dept to address illegal mining, crime in Krugersdorp – Ramaphosa 
By: Thabi Madiba 5th August 2022 President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Friday that government, represented by the South African Police Service and the Department of Mineral... →
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Opinions
Africa needs to forge a unified approach to Russia before 2023 Russia-Africa Summit
4th August 2022 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s visit to Africa highlights the need for the development of a continental Russian strategy to avoid... →
Electricity – ‘Green is the New Gold’
3rd August 2022 Before we go any further, let’s deal with load-shedding. It will still be with us until the end of 2024. There is no short-term fix for Eskom, it... →
Jury still out on how much South Africa loses to corruption every day
3rd August 2022 “Over R800-million per day is lost to corruption, nationally,” claims a June 2022 tweet posted by South Africa’s Democratic Alliance (DA)... →
Bilingual education can work in South African schools: here’s how
3rd August 2022 From the fourth year of schooling, the majority of South African schools teach all subjects in English only. The devastating learning consequences... →
Recommendations
Global Gender Gap Report 2022
13th July 2022 Gender parity is not recovering, according to the Global Gender Gap Report 2022. It will take another 132 years to close the global gender gap. As... →
Inclusion and exclusion in humanitarian action: findings from a three-year study
13th July 2022 In recent years, the humanitarian sector has started paying more attention to those it leaves behind, such as people with disabilities, older... →
Prison or Exile – Cuba’s Systematic Repression of July 2021 Demonstrators
11th July 2022 On July 11, 2021, thousands of Cubans took to the streets in the largest nationwide demonstrations against the government since the 1959 Cuban... →
The Rights of Foreign Spouses
8th July 2022 Recently the Western Cape High Court handed down what could well turn out to be a landmark decision in refugee jurisprudence. Judge Mark Sher ruled... →
Statements
AMCU response to the solicitor comments on ENCA interview
11th August 2022 AMCU maintains that the past ten (10) years since the Marikana Massacre have been years of betrayal with no accountability, no apology, and no... →
COSATU mourns and remember the 44 workers who lost their lives during 2012 violent strikes in Marikana
11th August 2022 The Congress of South African Trade Unions mourns and remember the 44 workers who lost their lives during the violent strikes in Marikana in 2012.... →
No cases of African Horse Sickness in WC since May
11th August 2022 The Western Cape Department of Agriculture has confirmed that there have been no new cases of African Horse Sickness (AHS) in the province since a... →
DA wants patient transporter to get moving
11th August 2022 The DA is urging the Northern Cape Health Department to speedily assist in mobilising a recently donated Patient Transport Vehicle (PTV). Since the... →
Press Offices
A minefield of taxes lies ahead for crypto asset transactions
3rd August 2022 A gain on the disposal of crypto assets may be taxed as either revenue or capital, in line with the same income tax rules that apply to the... →
The mining of crypto assets has complex income tax and VAT implications
3rd August 2022 Crypto assets can be earned as rewards from proof of work or proof of stake mining, and the tax payable will be different from each activity The... →
Valuable benefits of an Emigration TCS PIN and SARS Non-Resident Tax Status Confirmation Letter
2nd August 2022 Of late, digital news platforms have been awash with volumes of contradicting information regarding the Emigration Tax Compliance Status (TCS) PIN... →
Mobility and Tax Changing Practices
2nd August 2022 Xpatweb hosted a South African first full-day Global Mobility conference on 30 June 2022, the purpose of the conference was to discuss the current... →
