South Africa is a nation of gamblers with more than 70% of its population participating in the national lottery and 19% of the population engaging in casino gambling.
The South African government said they were monitoring the situation in Zimbabwe, following the arrest of opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Monday and reports of violence.
The Exchange Control Amnesty and Amendment of Taxation Laws Bill was passed by the second house of the South African Parliament, the National Council of Provinces, on Wednesday afternoon.
Business has misunderstood the issues over the draft Liquor Bill and the industry has read the legislation wrongly, says South African Trade and Industry Minister Alec Erwin.
A member of South Africa’s National Council of Provinces — one of the two houses of parliament — has warned fellow members not to develop delusions of grandeur and has even taken the mickey out of President Thabo Mbeki’s fondness for motor cavalcades.
A draft Bill, titled the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Bill, has been put before members of Parliament (MPs) serving on the National Assembly Trade and Industry portfolio committee.
Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota has disclosed interests in two properties to Parliament’s ethics committee in addition to acknowledging that he had not told Parliament of his oil and wine interests.
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=14586">Lekota eats humble pie</a><br>
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=14580">Lekota out of pocket by just R11 485</a><br>
Charities and non-profit organisations received donations of nearly R60-billion rand between March 2000 and February 2001 from the public, according to South African Finance Minister Trevor Manuel.
Official opposition finance spokesperson Raenette Taljaard says South African Finance Minister Trevor Manuel cannot merely state that an error has been made over inflation figures by Statistics SA (Stats SA). In a statement on Tuesday afternoon, following the minister’s meeting with the Statistics Council and the decision to delay last week’s release of the CPIX […]
The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) will on Wednesday request Parliament to set up a multiparty committee to investigate the arms deal, says opposition leader Tony Leon.