Budget 2025: A Tough Balancing Act for Beleaguered Finance Minister
Life is a game of pragmatic trade-offs; it was thus a realistic compromise by the Minister of Finance and his budget team to ...
2025 Budget Speech - A Value Added View
With limited options available, the government has placed reliance on increased VAT to raise additional revenue.
Godongwana defends Budget amid health crisis and VAT controversy
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana robustly defends the national budget in Parliament, addressing concerns over healthcare sector erosion, R21 billion in health accruals, and the controversial VAT ...
South African rand jumps as gold high boosts commodity-backed currency
South Africa's rand gained on Friday due to record high gold prices that were driven by investors seeking safe haven assets ...
South African Reserve Bank to Pause Rate-Cutting Cycle, Resume in May Reuters Poll
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) will likely keep interest rates steady at its March 20 meeting ...
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DA, EFF hit back at Godongwana’s Budget 2025 for failure to address SA’s jobs crisis
MPs on Friday had sharp words for Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana on the contentious 0.5 percentage point hike in the VAT ...
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SARS accepts revenue estimate set for 2024/25 fiscal year
SARS commissioner Edward Kieswetter has accepted the revised revenue estimate presented by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana.
South African Reserve Bank to pause rate-cutting cycle, resume in May
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) will likely keep interest rates steady at its March 20 meeting as global trade risks ...
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Discussion | Addressing SA's fiscal crisis
The proposed VAT hike has sparked a squabble between the ANC and DA, the two biggest political parties in the government of ...
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Budget Speech 2025: Electricity price hike, VAT increase cripples Mzansi
With VAT and electricity going up, South Africans will dig deep into their pockets to make end meets in the coming weeks and ...
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SABC targets 1m users for streaming app by 2027
SABC targets 1m users for streaming app by 2027 By Simnikiwe Mzekandaba, IT in government editorJohannesburg, 14 Mar 2025SABC eyes one million registered SABC+ users by 2027/28. The South African ...
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Youth Capital wants bold policy action
Acting Project Lead at Youth Capital Clotilde Angelucci are calling for a bold policy action which is a commitment in a ...