Today on The Midday Report, host Mandy Wiener breaks down the top stories making headlines.

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has scrapped the proposed VAT hike, confirming that the rate will remain at 15% beyond 1 May.

In other developments, President Cyril Ramaphosa is hosting Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky today in Pretoria.

Meanwhile, former President Jacob Zuma has failed in his bid to appeal the court’s decision to keep Advocate Billy Downer as the lead prosecutor in the long-running arms deal trial.

Elsewhere, four police officers accused of stealing R20 million worth of jewellery from a Nigerian businessman’s Llandudno home appeared in court again today.

All this and more.

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