BUDGET 2026 | Tax thresholds receive some long-awaited attention
Good news for small businesses and savers
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BUDGET 2026 | Good news for small businesses and savers
Good news for small businesses and savers
BUDGET 2026: How much tax was collected, how did it change and what can business expect?
The government has revised its tax revenue expectations due to rising collections from VAT and commodities, scrapping a proposed R20-billion tax increase for 2026.
Man jailed for minimum of 25 years for murder of nine-year-old girl in the street
Lilia Valutyte, 9, was playing outside a shop in Boston when she was stabbed by Deividas Skebas.
BUDGET 2026: Your budget survival guide — what the changes mean for your pocket
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivered rare relief for taxpayers by adjusting personal income tax brackets and medical tax credits in line with inflation, easing the sting of bracket creep after two frozen years. But higher fuel levies and inflation-linked increases to alcohol and tobacco taxes will take some shine off the otherwise ‘good news’ Budget.
WATCH LIVE: Godongwana delivers Budget Speech
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivers the 2026 Budget Speech
Commons Speaker passed Mandelson flight risk information to police ahead of arrest
Sir Lindsay Hoyle tells MPs he was acting “in good faith as is my duty and responsibility” as he felt information was “relevant”.
SA’s reading crisis: Why this province’s pupils fall off literacy cliff by Grade 3
KwaZulu-Natal, however, has a better literacy story to tell: it starts with a low Grade 1 score but more than doubles it by Grade 3.
WATCH LIVE | Finance minister Enoch Godongwana delivers budget 2026 speech
Finance minister Enoch Godongwana is delivering the 2026 budget speech on Wednesday in parliament.
South Africa’s education crisis is worse than it seems
A widening gap between skills taught at school and university and those wanted by employers is fuelling South Africa’s deepening youth unemployment crisis.
Madlanga commission won’t say if Musa Khawula will be called to testify
The Madlanga commission of inquiry has not disclosed whether Musa Khawula, a celebrity critic, will testify after he publicly shared a message from the commission seeking his availability.
TV’s Doctor Foster to return for third and final series
The BBC says the popular drama will return for five new episodes, nine years after series two aired.
BUDGET 2026 LIVE: Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivers Budget speech 2026
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana will deliver his Budget speech with a big order of business to cap SA’s debt levels at 77.9% of gross domestic product (GDP).
South Africa’s leading technology distributor has good and bad news for investors
Mustek, one of South Africa’s only pure-play technology companies listed on the JSE, released mixed results.
Tourette’s campaigner says BBC ‘should have worked harder’ to stop slur being aired
John Davidson, who tics due to his condition, shouted a racial slur while two black actors were on stage.
Scotland fans secure Fifa approval to wear sporrans at World Cup
Thousands of supporters are expected to travel to the US for Scotland’s first appearance in the tournament since 1998.
South African taxpayers have nowhere left to hide
SARS has confirmed that offshore financial secrecy is effectively over, with expanded global automatic information sharing making it increasingly difficult for taxpayers to hide undeclared foreign assets or income.
NEW FACES: The school of hard Boks: Why the 2025 junior stars are already aligning
Rassie Erasmus named his first Springbok training squad for 2026, which contains familiar names and some exciting raw talent.
Watch out for delivery on rail and roads in budget, says economist
Economists see modest growth lift if infrastructure spending gains traction