Former US Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool, declared persona non grata by the Trump administration, says he has no regrets about his tenure in Washington, after touching down in Cape Town on Sunday. After 32 hours of travel, via Doha to Cape Town, Rasool and his wife were met by a jubilant crowd of ANC, Cosatu and SACP supporters, and a media scrum all wanting a quote from the expelled Ambassador. Police officers formed a
Tributes have been pouring in for highly respected South African test pilot James O’Connell who died on Saturday 22 March after a dramatic crash at the West Coast Air Show in Saldanha Bay. O’Connell was performing a routine display intended to demonstrate the capabilities of the Impala Mark 1. The Impala had not been seen performing at airshows for many years. According to an official statement by the organisers, a sudden loss
Cape Town Triathlon road closures
Category: Sports
The third installment of the RSAWEB Cape Town Triathlon will coincide with a number of road closures this Sunday. The much-anticipated event, on the Atlantic Seaboard, includes a 1500m swim in Granger Bay, 40km cycle from the Grand Beach Café to Bantry Bay and a 10km run around the Green Point Urban Park for standard distance or a 750m swim, 20km cycle and 5km run for sprint distance. Cape
With South Africa’s expelled US Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool expected to touch down in Cape Town on Sunday, President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged Rasool’s supporters, including those in the ANC, to exercise restraint, in a bid to not further inflame tensions with the US. Rasool is due to land at the Cape Town International Airport sometime on Sunday afternoon, and the ANC’s Dullah Omar Region has encouraged Capetonians to come out to show “solidarity”
As debates about the 2025 Budget continue, the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) and the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) have warned that increasing VAT would disproportionately impact low-income households and is unlikely to generate proportional revenue growth. They presented their concerns during a joint parliamentary committee meeting on the 2025 national budget earlier this week. In his budget speech on 12 March, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana proposed increasing VAT by 0,5% this year, and
