South African Revenue Services Commissioner (SARS) Edward Kieswetter says while he welcomes the tabling of the 2026 national budget, he believes more needs to be done to modernise SARS. His comments come after Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana tabled the budget at Parliament in Cape Town on Wednesday afternoon. Kieswetter says, “So we believe that the modernisation of SARS is not …

African National Congress (ANC) Spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu-Mtsiri says the focus on local government is one of the positive developments in the 2026 Budget Speech made by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana on Wednesday afternoon. Bhengu-Mtsiri says, “The lived experiences of the people that you are referring to can only be addressed through reforms that are going to create employment, reforms that …

North West businessman Brown Mogotsi says he received information from alleged criminal kingpin Vusimuzi “Cat ” Matlala before he infiltrated the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) as an informant. Mogotsi says Matlala told him that there was an employee in the IPID who was able to hack information about criminals by making their cases disappear. He testified before Parliament’s Ad …