The minister in the presidency says the DA’s opposition to the Budget hinges on political issues such as the Expropriation ...

It also ultimately attracts new businesses and both residential and commercial property development and helps foster thriving economic hubs ...

The key sticking point? The value-added tax (VAT) increase, which was originally proposed at a 2% hike to 17%, but was later ...

While the macroeconomic outlook remains uncertain, there are some positive signals for the SME sector in South Africa. These ...

The DA, the second largest party in the GNU has already indicated that they would not support the current budget in its ...

Agricultural role players have raised several concerns in response to the recently tabled budget, which was announced by ...

Discover how South African experts are reacting to the 2025 Budget Speech, highlighting concerns over VAT increases, youth ...

Following its tabling, the Budget still has to go through four parliamentary committees of the National Assembly and the ...

The decision to hike VAT instead of increasing the Health Promotion Levy flies in the face of scientific evidence.

It said the social grant spending made up 81% of the allocation and that the number of social grant beneficiaries, excluding ...

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana cannot escape the VAT chaos, with the 2025 budget being left to a high-stakes numbers game in Parliament that the minister might not win.

Some political brinkmanship is probably about to be played out, despite all the seemingly high-minded objections to the VAT hike.