Life is a game of pragmatic trade-offs; it was thus a realistic compromise by the Minister of Finance and his budget team to ...

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Most canned vegetables will not be included in the list of zero-rated food products, according to new VAT legislation ...

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Budget Speech 2025 sees VAT increase announced . Godongwana has announced that VAT, currently at 15%, will increase by half a percentage point in 2025/26 and another half a percen ...

With the ANC lacking a majority, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana faces an uphill battle to secure enough votes.

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana will brief lawmakers on the 2025 National Budget at 08:00GMT/10:00SAST. The African National Congress (ANC) is preparing for an uphill battle to find enough votes for ...

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A WAR of words has ensued between the major parties in the coalition government of South Africa, with the emotive issue of tax increases this time fuelling the fallout. The differences are the latest ...

Godongwana has indicated he’s prepared to make concessions, but he said differences over the budget need to be resolved at a ...

South Africa's budget may be tweaked further as more talks between political parties will try to overcome differences over a ...

South Africa has entered uncharted waters following deep divisions in the coalition government over the national budget that ...