South African budget delay over VAT hike shows cracks in coalition
South Africa's national budget was postponed on Wednesday because the two biggest parties in the ruling coalition disagreed ...
South Africa Budget Unraveled After a Key Detail Was Kept Secret
South African Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana presented highlights of his upcoming budget to colleagues two weeks ago, but ...
South Africa's finance minister fails to unveil budget after tax row
South Africa's Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has been forced to postpone the unveiling of the national budget following ...
Highlights of South Africa’s Budget That Stalled on Tax Hike
For the first time since the end of white-minority rule in 1994, South Africa’s annual budget was postponed because of ...
South Africa’s finance minister wanted to raise VAT: the pros and cons of a tricky tax
The reason for the abrupt cancellation was the failure of the minister to get cabinet approval for the proposal to raise ...
South Africa’s fight over VAT raises a key question: who should bear the burden of taxes?
The important question in a democratic setting is who gets to pay taxes and how they connect to the well-being of its ...
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VAT blow to South Africa
US President Donald Trump is escalating his global tariff and trade war, this time targeting countries that charge VAT on ...
South African rand slides after eleventh-hour national budget delay
South Africa's rand weakened on Wednesday after the national budget was postponed due to disagreements within the coalition ...
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BUDGET 2025 | VAT hike signals a fiscal time bomb for South Africa
The question is whether South Africa can afford the consequences of continuing to do so. The VAT hike is just the beginning. Unless urgent reforms take place, the real crisis is yet to come.
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BUDGET 2025 | VAT hike signals a fiscal time bomb for South Africa
The ANC government has made a habit of promising more than the country can afford. With this latest controversy over a proposed two-percentage-point increase in VAT, the maths is simply not mathing, ...
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The VAT Stand-Off: South Africa's Budget Delay
The Democratic Alliance (DA) in South Africa has delayed the 2025 budget announcement due to their strong opposition to the proposed 2% increase in value-added tax (VAT) by the ruling African National ...