South Africa’s fight over VAT raises a key question: who should bear the burden of taxes?
The important question in a democratic setting is who gets to pay taxes and how they connect to the well-being of its ...
Budget delay, an opportunity for a People’s Budget amid a cost of living crisis
The last-minute decision to postpone the tabling of the 2025 budget reflects deep cracks in the budget process ...
The Citizen20h
Budget 2025 postponement: no immediate economic risks, but…
Treasury and the GNU will have a big job to change Budget 2025 into a budget all parties approve of, especially if the VAT increase is off the table.
businessday9h
Manufacturers upbeat about economy as capital investment up 26%
Manufacturers are spending more on the acquisition of technologies, equipment, capital work in progress, and facilities, signaling ...
Unemployed single moms concerned about the cost of living as Gondongwana's VAT increase proposal adds more pain
IOL went to the streets of Johannesburg to hear first-hand accounts from people on their financial struggles that an increase ...
'We can't survive': Single mothers worry about the cost of living as VAT hike proposal adds more pain | Budget 2025
IOL went to the streets of Johannesburg to hear first-hand accounts from people on their financial struggles that an increase ...
Foreign ministers talk war in Ukraine and other conflicts on last day of G20 meeting in South Africa
Foreign ministers and senior diplomats from leading rich and developing countries focused on global conflicts, mainly on the ...
Bureau of Meteorology17h
South Coast Forecast
A trough near Hunter and Mid North Coast is weakening and will be replaced by a ridge of high pressure today while another trough lingers over the far western inland. On the weekend and early next ...