South Africa’s Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, has urged Commonwealth countries in Africa to work together to tackle corruption. She warned that corruption has become global, sophisticated, and deeply damaging to states. Speaking at the opening of the 15th Commonwealth Regional Conference for Heads of Anti-Corruption Agencies in Africa on Monday, Kubayi stressed the need for strong, modern, and collaborative approaches to fighting corruption. “This conference sends a strong message that corruption will not be tolerated,” Kubayi…

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has given directives to vendors on how to process VAT claims following the decision by the government to scrap the increase to 15.5 percent – from 15 percent. In the directive issued on 25 April 2025, SARS Commissioner Edward Kieswetter said the decision has significant practical implications for VAT vendors and consumers. As such, SARS – as the administrator of all national government tax measures – will ensure that the necessary adjustments are made…

Royal AM will no longer be a part of the Premier Soccer League (PSL) as of next week. The troubled KwaZulu-Natal club has not played a match this year after the South African Revenue Service (SARS) took control of it due to the club president Shauwn Mkhize’s R40-million debt to SARS. SARS put the club up for auction, but there’s been no buyer for the club, and the PSL has had enough. The PSL’s executive committee has informed its member…

The South African Revenue Service [SARS] Curator has issued a statement to shed light on why Royal AM remains in the market. On Thursday, Durban businessman Chockalingam “Roy” Moodley was reported to have made a successful bid at auction for the club after offering about R25 million. Fast forward a few hours later, and news broke that the deal had fallen through, much to the dismay of football followers. Royal AM was seized from businesswoman Shauwn Mkhize as SARS looks…

The Royal AM saga continues after the Premier Soccer League (PSL) rejected the deal on Thursday. Earlier on, African Times reported that Durban businessman Chockalingam “Roy” Moodley had made a successful bid to the SA Revenue Service (SARS) Curator, which would have paved the way for Royal AM to resume league action. However, the PSL executive committee (Exco) has thrown a spanner in the works and decided to reject the deal after a meeting on Thursday, 27 March. The PSL…

KwaZulu Natal club Royal AM is reportedly now in new hands following a recent auction. Local publication Sportswire has confirmed Durban businessman Chockalingam “Roy” Moodley has won the bid, taking over from businesswoman Shauwn Mkhize, whose financial troubles with the SA Revenue Service (SARS) led to the SARS curator putting the club at auction. Details around the sale are still sketchy, but it’s believed the club could have fetched around R25 million as SARS attempted to recover approximately R40 million…

The recent deregistration of Athletics South Africa (ASA) by the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) has unveiled a disturbing narrative of administrative incompetence and negligence. This development tarnishes South African athletics’ reputation and jeopardises the careers of countless athletes who depend on these institutions for guidance and support. ASA’s deregistration, as reported by Sunday World, stems from its failure to comply with statutory obligations, including the timely submission of annual returns . This blatant disregard for compliance has stripped…

Royal AM’s days are numbered as the South African Revenue Service (SARS) is set to sell the club in just eight days. Since January this year, SARS has placed Royal Andile Mpisane Football Club under curatorship to collect on a large tax bill from the club’s president, businesswoman Shauwn Mkhize. Mkhize reportedly owes SARS over R40 million, and with Royal AM linked to her family trust, the club will be sold to recoup some of the money. In a public…

The Premier Soccer League (PSL) has taken a major decision on Royal AM. The KwaZulu-Natal club has been expelled from the 2025 Nedbank Cup, which paves the way for Milford FC and Sekhukhune United to battle it out for a place in the Ke Yona Quarter-finals. “The NSL Executive Committee convened on Monday to consider further representations from the (SARS) Curator and management of Royal AM Football Club,” confirmed the League in a statement on Tuesday. “Having reviewed these representations,…

The case against two men accused of trying to kill Advocate Coreth Naude who was to preside over a SARS committee investigating the tax affairs of high-flying Durban businesswoman, Shauwn Mkhize and her son, Andile Mpisane has been postponed to December 30 this year.  The men, who cannot be named until they have pleaded, were nabbed in Cape Town after almost five months of investigation. Naude survived an assassination attempt on 18 July this year outside a hotel in Umhlanga,…