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Finance minister Enoch Godongwana tabled his 2025 budget on Wednesday, sticking to his guns in announcing a VAT hike of half a percentage point for this year and next, with no inflation-related adjustments to personal income tax or the fuel levy.
Former Karoo Hoogland Municipality Manager, Louis Nothnagel sentenced to four years in jail
DA demands leadership change in Gauteng Health after neglect report on Helen Joseph Hospital.
President Cyril Ramaphosa says he reached out to Donald Trump on two occasions diplomatically.
Contralesa has also called on the Finance Minister not to increase VAT or any taxes
Last month, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana proposed a 2% VAT hike to address shortfall
Members of the government of national unity and opposition parties have raised concerned that the ongoing impasse between the ANC and the DA could trigger the need for fresh elections
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The Gauteng Department of Health will have to restructure its budget to compensate for a R1.4-billion shortfall caused by the US freeze on aid, Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko told the Gauteng legislature in response to oral questions on Tuesday.
A National Treasury official told the Electoral Commission of South Africa’s (IEC) conference on electronic voting she is not sure it would lead to cost savings due to the high input costs.
South Africa is looking to new investment markets amid a possible axing from the lucrative US trade agreement, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).
Ramaphosa was responding to a question in Parliament about the possibility of SA losing AGOA.
The president affirmed South Africa’s interest in trading with the US under Agoa despite the diplomatic spat between the two countries
Justice and constitutional development minister Mmamoloko Kubayi has revealed that the national sex offenders register (NSOR) has 32,557 convicted sex offenders, with an additional 10,456 potential entries pending in various courts.
The City, which is the country’s economic hub, is currently in a state of deterioration.
President Cyril Ramaphosa updates Parliament on the government’s efforts on development
The secretary general said a local government intervention task team would be sent to assist struggling Free State municipalities
The majority of everyday South Africans are positive about electronic voting, or e-voting.
ANC MP Joe Maswanganyi says he believes value-added tax (VAT) should not be increased to fill gaps in the country’s national budget.
The president is taking a transactional approach to resolving a diplomatic tempest
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The national working committee agrees the party will need to look at managing budgeting processes differently to allow for more political engagement
The party’s secretary general said he was only halfway through his current job and was focusing on rebuilding the party