In this week's Friday Briefing, we consider what needs to be done to get out of the fiscal disaster and to get South Africa's economy growing again.

Crime Intelligence's Major General Feroz Khan has been cleared of all charges in a disciplinary hearing battle linked to a R700-million drug bust in July 2021.

A little-known company controlled by Tembisa Hospital tycoon Vusimusi Cat Matlala landed a R360-million police tender midway through 2024. A high-ranking cop on the panel, who appointed Matlala’s firm, resigned three weeks before the deal was awarded and now works with the man she helped appoint.

Springbok wing Cheslin Kolbe etched his name into the history books, while Nadine Roos picked up the best women's player at the SA Rugby Awards in Cape Town.

Major General Feroz Khan has been cleared of all charges in the controversial disciplinary hearing brought against him by his boss, police crime intelligence head Major General Dumisani Khumalo.

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana says he alone came up with the idea of the contentious 2-percentage-point increase in VAT, which caused last month's budget to be delayed.

Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos was left red-faced by Khulumani Ndamane's missing passport which necessitated his removal from the team for their World Cup qualifiers next week.

"Warning. Warning. Proceed to the nearest shelter. Your overconfidence is your weakness!" The siren sounds in Kyiv at 22:00 on Monday.

The Department of Home Affairs says former minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula personally facilitated a meeting between state capture-accused Atul Gupta and top officials over his nephew's permanent residence application - which she "unlawfully" signed off on.

The ANC is willing to speak to all parties, within and outside the GNU, to pass the Budget, but the party will not be "submissive" in its approach.