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

The board also approved Egypt’s request for an arrangement under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF) with access ...

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivered his 2025 Budget Speech despite the lack of support from any parliamentary majority, proposing a phased VAT hike by 0.5p this year and by another 0.5pp in ...

After years of campaigning for cannabis legalisation, activists are dismayed by the South African government's sudden ban on ...

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

The Democratic Alliance and Economic Freedom Fighters have both rejected Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana's budget speech, ...

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana announced a VAT increase of 0.5 % this year, which will raise an additional R28 billion in ...

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana tables 2025 Budget Speech at the Nieuwmeester Dome in Cape Town on 12 March. Picture: X / @ParliamentofRSA Opposition parties have expressed dissatisfaction after ...

Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema said that Treasury had run out of ideas on how to generate the country's ...

Both the DA and the EFF have now voiced their intent to challenge the Budget Speech 2025. The Democratic Alliance has announced that it will not be supporting the Budget Speech 2025 in its current ...

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has delivered a balanced but contentious 2025/26 budget by introducing a ...

The EFF has called for collaboration with the DA on budget amendments, specifically regarding the contentious VAT increase, ...