Two British taxi firms are crowdfunding to fight Uber over VAT on rides. The Supreme Court case could add 20% to fares ...
South Africa's major opposition parties have launched a unified attack against Finance Minister Godongwana's 2025 budget, with the DA, EFF, and FF Plus forming an unprecedented alliance against the ...
In his second term as US president,Donald Trump wants to put "the American worker first"  and has imposed tariffs of 25% on EU imports. Member countries of the European Union, and countries ...
The South African Communist Party strongly opposes Finance Minister Godongwana's proposed VAT increases, arguing they will ...
Lawmakers in South Africa have laid out plans to shore up the budgets for health and defense but also put up value added tax by 0.5%, a move that will raise the cost of living ...
The current inflation rate is 3.2%. The higher-than-inflation social grant increases are intended to help cushion grant ...
A 0.5% VAT increase may seem like a small adjustment, but even the tiniest hike puts pressure on an already unstable South ...
South African consumers have been struggling with their finances for many years and even high-income consumers battle to make ends meet.
But beyond this, there are precious few ideas for boosting growth quickly and permanently — as is essential if public debt is ...
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has proposed a phased VAT increase of 0.5 percentage points in 2025 and 2026, bringing the ...
If anything, the 2025 Budget Speech adds more pressure on South African SMEs, many of which were already struggling.
South Africans were eagerly awaiting Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s 2025 Budget Speech, hoping for measures to ease financial pressure. However, the budget presents a mixed bag—while it seeks to ...