#SABCNews Headlines @07H00 | 13 April 2025

* The ANC continues to meet with political parties in and outside the Government of National Unity this weekend in an effort to resolve the impasse around a VAT increase and explore proposals for alternative revenue streams.
It's also expected that the way forward for the GNU will be discussed, particularly with parties like the DA and FF Plus.

* The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal has welcomed the re-opening of an inquest into the death of Inkosi Albert Luthuli and prominent anti-apartheid lawyer Griffiths Mxenge.

* A US court has given a student who led pro-Palestinian protests at Colombia University in New York until the 23rd of this month to appeal his judgment. This after a judge has ruled that Mahmoud Khalil can be deported.