What looked like a looming budget showdown in Parliament has shifted gears dramatically, thanks to one ministerial dismissal and a sharp pivot from the Democratic Alliance...
In South Africa, a quiet crisis is brewing behind the counters of taverns, shebeens, and small bottle stores. Every time the government nudges up the tax...
In the whirlwind of policy announcements and political posturing, it’s easy to overlook how decisions made in Parliament echo at the petrol pump, the grocery aisle,...
In its ambitious and comprehensive budget for the 2025–2026 fiscal year, the City of Johannesburg has committed R89.4 billion to improve vital services and revitalize the...
A 16 cents per litre hike in South Africa’s fuel levy, announced by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana during the 2025 Budget Speech, has sent ripples through...
South Africa’s Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivered his third national budget speech this week, confirming much-anticipated updates for millions of South Africans relying on social assistance....
South Africa is heading toward a fiscal cliff, and the numbers paint a sobering picture. To stabilise its ballooning debt burden—currently approaching 80% of GDP—South Africa...
South Africans are now officially working for themselves—at least in theory. On Friday, 16 May 2025, the country reached Tax Freedom Day, a symbolic milestone that...
President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa’s slow economic growth is being held back by deep-rooted structural and regulatory inefficiencies — but reforms are on the horizon....
South Africa is teetering on the edge of a financial disaster, according to award-winning economist Dawie Roodt, who warns that ballooning debt and runaway government spending...