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The Now-Dead Plan To Raise R58bn In Extra Taxes – How It Would Have Hit Your Pocket – Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s plan was to introduce revenue measures to collect billions more in taxes this year — most of which would have come from household spending. [news24]
Durban’s eThekwini Municipality To Chop Home Water Supplies With New ‘Restrictor’ Gadgets – The eThekwini Municipality will install more than half a million water restriction devices on consumer meters over the coming weeks as pressure grows on the City to curb the massive waste of water through leaking city pipelines. [dm]
Godongwana Says VAT Increase Carried Political Risk – Finance minister says raising VAT was the best option in the face of very high debt to GDP and the erosion of front-line services. [businesslive]
First Pharaoh’s Tomb Found In Egypt Since Tutankhamun’s – Egyptologists have discovered the first tomb of a pharaoh since Tutankhamun’s was uncovered over a century ago. King Thutmose II’s tomb was the last undiscovered royal tomb of the 18th Egyptian dynasty. [bbc]
US Adds Mexican Cartels To List Of Foreign Terrorist Organisations – Six cartels added to list as part of Trump’s plan to ‘wage war’ on drug trafficking groups to address fentanyl crisis in US. [guardian]
Zanzou Nightclub’s Liquor Licence Suspended – The Pretoria nightclub is in the spotlight after videos showing men being assaulted at the club circulated on social media. [timeslive]
Transnet Hit By Chronic Cape Town Wind Delays During Peak Season – The extreme conditions have disrupted loadings at the terminal in the midst of broader efforts by Transnet to turn the business around. [moneyweb]
The Secret Behind Temu’s Rock-Bottom Prices – Despite widespread skepticism over its long-term viability, Temu continues to invest heavily in advertising and market penetration, challenging an e-commerce sector where no new player has made a significant breakthrough in the past decade. [theconversation]
As Trump’s Attacks On Zelensky Turn Personal, There’s Only One Winner: Russia – The past 24 hours has seen US President Donald Trump’s slow-burn, apparent dislike for his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, belch out into the open. And with it comes a real and new uncertainty about the future of Ukraine, and more widely the security of Europe. [cnn]
‘Coyote Ugly’ Turns 25: Stars Reunite For A Night Of Nostalgia And Empowerment – Some films from the early 2000s just refuse to fade into the background, and “Coyote Ugly” is one of them. [iol]
Nike Rekindles Tom Sachs Collaboration, Two Years After They Dropped Him – Nike had paused its partnership with the artist after allegations of abuse from his former studio staff. [artnet]
‘Load Reduction, Harsher Than Load Shedding’ – Township folk tell SAHRC they suffer for wealthier areas. [sowetan]
Chance Of ‘City Killer’ Asteroid Striking Earth Increases To 3.1%: NASA – The asteroid, discovered just after Christmas and named 2024 YR4, could strike the planet in December of 2032, according to NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies. [abc]
Oscars 2025: Selena Gomez, Ben Stiller And Oprah Announced As Presenters – New batch of names join previously announced presenters such as Halle Berry, Penélope Cruz, and Elle Fanning. [independent]
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